Do you think my laptop can play Yakuza 0?

[ashastoashas]

I went to canyourunit.com to get an idea of whether my laptop would be able to run this game and I was told the minimum requirements are all fulfilled except that my dedicated video RAM is insufficient. (1024 MB needed, I have 128 MB) I have an Intel UHD Graphics 620 card. Like I said, everything else seems to be ok - do you think my lack of RAM will be a big problem?

[Duckilous]

You must have a very outdated graphics card if the VRAM is only 128 MB.
Don't expect the game to work as good as the PS4 when running on your laptop.

[A Regular Italian Plumber]

It'll fill that gap with your actual RAM. As long as you have 8 or more gigs, you should be OK and at very worst have the game playable with a low resolution and low graphics options. I'd wait till its about to release so if it doesnt work you can return it. I think the two week return window counts down even before a game releases.

Keep in mind the min spec is around 300% faster in general graphical tasks than your iGPU.

[ashastoashas]

Originally posted by Hoovyspenser:

You must have a very outdated graphics card if the VRAM is only 128 MB.
Don't expect the game to work as good as the PS4 when running on your laptop.

It's actually a brand new laptop, but it was definitely not built for gaming, lol. I don't really expect it to look as good as on the PS4, but I hope I can run it at least.

Originally posted by HeWhosKnownAsIAm:

It'll fill that gap with your actual RAM. As long as you have 8 or more gigs, you should be OK and at very worst have the game playable with a low resolution and low graphics options. I'd wait till its about to release so if it doesnt work you can return it. I think the two week return window counts down even before a game releases.

Keep in mind the min spec is around 300% faster in general graphical tasks than your iGPU.

Thanks for the heads up about when to purchase, I'll try to be patient! I don't quite understand the last thing you said, though - do you mean I'll have a lot of lag if I try to run this on my laptop? Also, I've heard you can give more memory/space to your graphics card through the BIOS. Should I try that, or leave my computer alone? I'm not terrible with computers, but I'm not exactly an expert either, and I wouldn't want to screw it up by trying to make it better.

[Chouchers]

Yes you got mimimum GPU beat

Originally posted by combustibletigers:

I went to canyourunit.com to get an idea of whether my laptop would be able to run this game and I was told the minimum requirements are all fulfilled except that my dedicated video RAM is insufficient. (1024 MB needed, I have 128 MB) I have an Intel UHD Graphics 620 card. Like I said, everything else seems to be ok - do you think my lack of RAM will be a big problem?

Vram don't matter for intel HD it use system ram. However may get away at 720p 30fps on low.

[A Regular Italian Plumber]

Originally posted by combustibletigers:

Originally posted by Hoovyspenser:

You must have a very outdated graphics card if the VRAM is only 128 MB.
Don't expect the game to work as good as the PS4 when running on your laptop.

It's actually a brand new laptop, but it was definitely not built for gaming, lol. I don't really expect it to look as good as on the PS4, but I hope I can run it at least.

Originally posted by HeWhosKnownAsIAm:

It'll fill that gap with your actual RAM. As long as you have 8 or more gigs, you should be OK and at very worst have the game playable with a low resolution and low graphics options. I'd wait till its about to release so if it doesnt work you can return it. I think the two week return window counts down even before a game releases.

Keep in mind the min spec is around 300% faster in general graphical tasks than your iGPU.

Thanks for the heads up about when to purchase, I'll try to be patient! I don't quite understand the last thing you said, though - do you mean I'll have a lot of lag if I try to run this on my laptop? Also, I've heard you can give more memory/space to your graphics card through the BIOS. Should I try that, or leave my computer alone? I'm not terrible with computers, but I'm not exactly an expert either, and I wouldn't want to screw it up by trying to make it better.

The option in the BIOS to give an iGPU more dedicated RAM is pretty hard to mess up, you can easily give it the 1gig the game requires without messing anything up as long as you dont screw around with other settings, and I was saying the min requirement for the game (a GTX 560) is roughtly 3 times more powerful than what you are using. Raw power of the GPU has little to nothing to do with its VRAM size, that just allows it to more efficently stream in things like textures. The game will lag (pretty much no matter what) but im sure you can get it running if you compromise resolution and settings and are ok with sub 60 frame rates.

Something to also keep in mind with laptops (and desktops as well) is something called thermal throttling. If the CPU gets too hot it's going to dial it's frequency back and run significantly weaker to bring thermals down, and since you're using an integrated GPU that also means the GPU will become weaker as temperatures go up. If your laptop regularly gets hot when playing games you're going to run into a thermal wall where the game will be playable till your temps get too high when performance starts degrade.

Like I said tho you may as well buy it and see if you can get it to run correctly, if you cant you can always just return it as long as it's within 2 weeks of purchase and you have less than 2 hours of time in game.


*Edit* Correction, the 560 is only around twice as fast. I was thinking of the RX 560 not the GTX 560.

[A Regular Italian Plumber]

Originally posted by Chouchers:

Yes you got mimimum GPU beat

No he doesnt, not by a long shot. Here is a 1 to 1 comparison of the min spec card and OP's iGPU http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-UHD-Graphics-630-Desktop-Coffee-Lake-i3-vs-Nvidia-GTX-560/m359294vs3155 . Its between 40-50% the strength of what they say is needed for 1080 60fps. 720 or lower @ 30fps should be attainable either way tho.

[ashastoashas]

Originally posted by HeWhosKnownAsIAm:

Originally posted by combustibletigers:

It's actually a brand new laptop, but it was definitely not built for gaming, lol. I don't really expect it to look as good as on the PS4, but I hope I can run it at least.



Thanks for the heads up about when to purchase, I'll try to be patient! I don't quite understand the last thing you said, though - do you mean I'll have a lot of lag if I try to run this on my laptop? Also, I've heard you can give more memory/space to your graphics card through the BIOS. Should I try that, or leave my computer alone? I'm not terrible with computers, but I'm not exactly an expert either, and I wouldn't want to screw it up by trying to make it better.

The option in the BIOS to give an iGPU more dedicated RAM is pretty hard to mess up, you can easily give it the 1gig the game requires without messing anything up as long as you dont screw around with other settings, and I was saying the min requirement for the game (a GTX 560) is roughtly 3 times more powerful than what you are using. Raw power of the GPU has little to nothing to do with its VRAM size, that just allows it to more efficently stream in things like textures. The game will lag (pretty much no matter what) but im sure you can get it running if you compromise resolution and settings and are ok with sub 60 frame rates.

Something to also keep in mind with laptops (and desktops as well) is something called thermal throttling. If the CPU gets too hot it's going to dial it's frequency back and run significantly weaker to bring thermals down, and since you're using an integrated GPU that also means the GPU will become weaker as temperatures go up. If your laptop regularly gets hot when playing games you're going to run into a thermal wall where the game will be playable till your temps get too high when performance starts degrade.

Like I said tho you may as well buy it and see if you can get it to run correctly, if you cant you can always just return it as long as it's within 2 weeks of purchase and you have less than 2 hours of time in game.


*Edit* Correction, the 560 is only around twice as fast. I was thinking of the RX 560 not the GTX 560.

Thanks for all this info, I really appreciate your help. I'll go ahead and give it a shot, fingers crossed lol

[A Regular Italian Plumber]

Originally posted by combustibletigers:

Originally posted by HeWhosKnownAsIAm:

The option in the BIOS to give an iGPU more dedicated RAM is pretty hard to mess up, you can easily give it the 1gig the game requires without messing anything up as long as you dont screw around with other settings, and I was saying the min requirement for the game (a GTX 560) is roughtly 3 times more powerful than what you are using. Raw power of the GPU has little to nothing to do with its VRAM size, that just allows it to more efficently stream in things like textures. The game will lag (pretty much no matter what) but im sure you can get it running if you compromise resolution and settings and are ok with sub 60 frame rates.

Something to also keep in mind with laptops (and desktops as well) is something called thermal throttling. If the CPU gets too hot it's going to dial it's frequency back and run significantly weaker to bring thermals down, and since you're using an integrated GPU that also means the GPU will become weaker as temperatures go up. If your laptop regularly gets hot when playing games you're going to run into a thermal wall where the game will be playable till your temps get too high when performance starts degrade.

Like I said tho you may as well buy it and see if you can get it to run correctly, if you cant you can always just return it as long as it's within 2 weeks of purchase and you have less than 2 hours of time in game.


*Edit* Correction, the 560 is only around twice as fast. I was thinking of the RX 560 not the GTX 560.

Thanks for all this info, I really appreciate your help. I'll go ahead and give it a shot, fingers crossed lol

No problem dude. There is a youtube channel called "Low Spec Gamer" that does tutorials on how to get games to run on super low end hardware. Some of the techniques he uses are universal for games, may be worth checking him out and using some of the methods he does to get games working. You would be shocked what you can get running on low end hardware with the right tweaks.