Best settings for non-gaming laptop to play 3D games..

[Goldengirl]

like The House of Da Vinci, and The Room series?

Hi All, I hope someone can give me directions on how to get the best out of my new laptop for playing my mechanical type puzzles, and may other games eventually.

What I have is an HP Pavilion and I use it for more than gaming as I do have an HP Pavilion Desktop where I play most of my games. Here's the full description from Amazon where I got it:

"2022 HP Pavilion 17.3-inch IPS FHD Laptop, Intel Quad Core i5-1135G7 (Beats i7-1065G7,upto 4.2GHz), Iris Xe Graphics, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD,Backlit Keyboard, WiFi 5,Webcam, Windows 11+HubxcelCables "

I figured out how to set a couple settings in the game itself (The House of Da Vinci 2) and it helped. I set Resolution to 1600 x 900 and the Textures to Low. I'm not saying this is correct, it's just what I tried. I'm open to any feedback, and I respect people's input opinions. My issue was mainly, a choppy, jerky-like screen and mouse, not smooth as on my gaming computer. It's not high-end either, for gaming, but I'll put a link to it in case someone wants to know. Thank you in advance for any help/direction:

"HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop Computer, AMD Ryzen 3 2200G, AMD Radeon RX 550, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, Windows 10"

[Goldengirl]

That's great Lemonfed!! Thanks so much!

[Goldengirl]

Decided to try the option in Steam (Steam's remote play) to play game on the PC and and my laptop, plays perfect. So when I want to play on my laptop, I just turn Steam on in both computers, and my game play is in sync that way.

Anyway, I hope this is a good way to do it and doesn't mess up the less powerful laptop, it doesn't look like it's having not one single issue buy play my games this way. Feedback welcome though, as always ;)

[Iceira]

Im not sure you get it, you can find very old games you can have hig settings on and newest games you cant even run. so its actual game devs that set what they aim a game to and fill the market in what they aim for, all this is strait forward, im sure you get that, but setting all on low then maybe its not needed thats wrong.

you can find plenty of games from that year that pc was release and backwards. but as i said nothing prevent a game dave to make a new game to old pc, but most dont, they will rather have all the pc and target them all if possible, in graphic needs or what ppl want.

you might want to google "Can i run it"
https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/

( its not perfect app, but try see it as better then nothing can be use as yes it do and a warning with lesser requirement or stay away from it, dont have it at all. )
untill you know the diffrence better.

im sure the other reply helper agree, its not always just low settings its also set no shadow up then you can sometimes keep better resolution or detail on game, thats all depend on own hardware, and can lead to many arguments or debat per game. but you wont get and closer to a best option then that here in a general chat.

[Iceira]

and stop try explan things like that
"2022 HP Pavilion 17.3-inch IPS FHD Laptop, Intel Quad Core i5-1135G7 (Beats i7-1065G7,upto 4.2GHz), Iris Xe Graphics, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD,Backlit Keyboard, WiFi 5,Webcam, Windows 11+HubxcelCables "

if you have problem in what is next gen (generation per model), ( then you failed to understand new world rule in what is and what you once come from, if you own a i7 then you dont go down to a newer pc with i5 , ( it might look as better but the so few point in performance its not worth it stay with same i7 in next gen will be a improvement , so new world rule is stay with same i# to match or get higher, you can find so many outdate sale person and think they know better , its funny noone argue witha i9 generation pc , problem is more a i3 or i5, and you can now find games that game devs says I7 as requirements or game will not run as smooth as it should and its not that simple to have a i3 and think has mirolag , they simple dont have the power and script dont work as it should and game devs do not say why and stay other of what ppl have bought.
so you see hardware matter. ( settings can go so fare , but cant fix what pc dont have or game devs game requirements. )

and you will find so few ppl that will explan such , we cant stop ppl buy a i3 or i5 then game devs said i7 as minimum.

[Bee🐝]

Publicado originalmente por Goldengirl:

Decided to try the option in Steam (Steam's remote play) to play game on the PC and and my laptop, plays perfect. So when I want to play on my laptop, I just turn Steam on in both computers, and my game play is in sync that way.

Anyway, I hope this is a good way to do it and doesn't mess up the less powerful laptop, it doesn't look like it's having not one single issue buy play my games this way. Feedback welcome though, as always ;)

Brilliant idea. Really good problem-solving - it's how I play games on my Raspberry Pi.

BTW, Steam Link/Remote Play has a "hidden" feature", while it auto boots into BPM, if you just close that from the power settings, it will just exit to your normal desktop. This is great if you need to do something outside BPM or change a file setting on the other PC. Just don't access anything that will pop the Windows' admin permissions window - it goes a bit wonky.

[Iceira]

Index and explanationa and dont fall for lower then a game devs said, ( we cant fix speed inside core that dont match what game devs told us at system spec. )
https://www.bestcpus.com/what-is-the-difference-between-i3-i5-i7-and-i9/

you can find 1000+ of steam threads with people think they know better, ( point is hardware matter ) not what ppl think is better in core and ghz on a i3 if game devs said i5 or higher

so cores and ghz actual dont matter then its a inside cpu issue with a game in how game devs made it.

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

Publicado originalmente por Iceira W10:

Index and explanationa and dont fall for lower then a game devs said, ( we cant fix speed inside core that dont match what game devs told us at system spec. )
https://www.bestcpus.com/what-is-the-difference-between-i3-i5-i7-and-i9/

you can find 1000+ of steam threads with people think they know better, ( point is hardware matter ) not what ppl think is better in core and ghz on a i3 if game devs said i5 or higher

so cores and ghz actual dont matter then its a inside cpu issue with a game in how game devs made it.

some of the game system requirments are actually useless when they only mention things like I5 3 ghz without mentioning a generation or model ... some I5 and I7 are dual cores while some I3 are quad cores , especially in older laptop model you can find a lot's of I7 that are dual cores despite being I7 cpu.

Intel naming convention is weird and it's different between laptop and desktop.

in the the I thing are grades and only a hint of the cpu performances and not a metric.

[Iceira]

Thats why i link that, its a index and why things is made simple , as i explan if you sit on I9 anything lesser then that is seen as slow or lesser, and its same crap even in I3 or I5
even seen a game devs made game to I7 then later optimized it for I5 a then dlc then popup requiremens to I7 again. so you see its not that simple. pretty sure most dont check dlc requirement.

point is stop tell other whats best if you are on a I7 now then go down to I5 might not be the boost you was hopeing for in a new pc, almost waste of money in not got the upgrade you was looking for. ( most still argue about lesser minor system diffrence and what they can afford, fair enough, but that dont explan best of the best in every generation and 3D bencemark already show stats whats best so its quite simple then you compare with highest and best.

most here dont care with 10% and lesser improvement ( could be rude and say even 25% is seen as not much of a improvement ) check them chats in point in how good they are in GPU and CPU most trust that, most learn this wayback at magasin then such was news in the performance charts.

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

still in some case you get games mentioning old cpu like a I7 2500 ... it's a very dated cpu even if it's a I7 , sometime it's mean you'l be able to run the game perfectly fine even if you're using an I3 or I5 if the computer is recent enough.

[Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}]

1. grab low power os such as win7, linux mint
2. play on low settings
3. games like half life can play on linux on old hardware at 40 fps

[Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}]

o u got ryzen, the vega graphics are pretty good you can prob crank settings to medium in your case

[Iceira]

Publicado originalmente por Lemonfed:

still in some case you get games mentioning old cpu like a I7 2500 ... it's a very dated cpu even if it's a I7 , sometime it's mean you'l be able to run the game perfectly fine even if you're using an I3 or I5 if the computer is recent enough.

and you still argue with game devs with what is needed or not, sense you dont have data our opioin dont matter and it still dont mean game devs dont make a made a extra room for magin error or they have optimized game or update it so it run even better, point is stop argue with game devs that minute you do and another steam user try use a underpower pc just because it can dont mean it will in end game. to heaver then game is near end even that is seen before in some game they get bulky later in the game.

so then even i can agree with you and understand you, it wont stick if game devs says diffrent and even steam will take game devs side and give us warning if we told ppl sure go ahead and dont bother what game requirements is. ( game devs is the law here in what game requirement is. no matter what they print or they corrected it to later if they made mistake or margin is wrong even ) they win they hold the long end here as we say today.

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

Publicado originalmente por Iceira W10:

Publicado originalmente por Lemonfed:

still in some case you get games mentioning old cpu like a I7 2500 ... it's a very dated cpu even if it's a I7 , sometime it's mean you'l be able to run the game perfectly fine even if you're using an I3 or I5 if the computer is recent enough.

and you still argue with game devs with what is needed or not, sense you dont have data our opioin dont matter and it still dont mean game devs dont make a made a extra room for magin error or they have optimized game or update it so it run even better, point is stop argue with game devs that minute you do and another steam user try use a underpower pc just because it can dont mean it will in end game. to heaver then game is near end even that is seen before in some game they get bulky later in the game.

so then even i can agree with you and understand you, it wont stick if game devs says diffrent and even steam will take game devs side and give us warning if we told ppl sure go ahead and dont bother what game requirements is. ( game devs is the law here in what game requirement is. no matter what they print or they corrected it to later if they made mistake or margin is wrong even ) they win they hold the long end here as we say today.

no , you're the one that don't understand and derailing the thread.

CPU architecture get better with each generation , a newer I3 cpu might in some case score better then a old I5 CPU because the I3 and I5 are GRADES ... the exact CPU MODEL is more imporrtant then if it's a I3 or I5 ...

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-2400-vs-Intel-Core-i3-8100/803vs3942

this I3 is 10% faster then this other I5 in benchmarks ... so yeah if you have a I3-8100 and play a game that require a I5 2400 you'l get the same performances out of both cpu.

even your own website that you've link would argue agains't you because it's sais this

''Note that the difference in performance between i3, i5, i7, and i9 is only easy to understand when comparing two CPUs within the same generation.''

if the game is old it might not mention an I3 simply because the I3 that where available when the game came out where not as fast then the I3 that are currently on the market , it's logic and reasoning , simple.

[Goldengirl]

Publicado originalmente por Iceira W10:

Im not sure you get it, you can find very old games you can have hig settings on and newest games you cant even run. so its actual game devs that set what they aim a game to and fill the market in what they aim for, all this is strait forward, im sure you get that, but setting all on low then maybe its not needed thats wrong.

you can find plenty of games from that year that pc was release and backwards. but as i said nothing prevent a game dave to make a new game to old pc, but most dont, they will rather have all the pc and target them all if possible, in graphic needs or what ppl want.

you might want to google "Can i run it"
https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/

( its not perfect app, but try see it as better then nothing can be use as yes it do and a warning with lesser requirement or stay away from it, dont have it at all. )
untill you know the diffrence better.

im sure the other reply helper agree, its not always just low settings its also set no shadow up then you can sometimes keep better resolution or detail on game, thats all depend on own hardware, and can lead to many arguments or debat per game. but you wont get and closer to a best option then that here in a general chat.

Good information, I'm not a big gamer, so I am set for now. This was all good info for me though and I do appreciate it. The next game I buy, I will follow your info and a special thanks for the link!

[Goldengirl]

Publicado originalmente por Bee:

Publicado originalmente por Goldengirl:

Decided to try the option in Steam (Steam's remote play) to play game on the PC and and my laptop, plays perfect. So when I want to play on my laptop, I just turn Steam on in both computers, and my game play is in sync that way.

Anyway, I hope this is a good way to do it and doesn't mess up the less powerful laptop, it doesn't look like it's having not one single issue buy play my games this way. Feedback welcome though, as always ;)

Brilliant idea. Really good problem-solving - it's how I play games on my Raspberry Pi.

BTW, Steam Link/Remote Play has a "hidden" feature", while it auto boots into BPM, if you just close that from the power settings, it will just exit to your normal desktop. This is great if you need to do something outside BPM or change a file setting on the other PC. Just don't access anything that will pop the Windows' admin permissions window - it goes a bit wonky.

Oh thanks ;) I felt this was a perfect solution for someone like me! I don't need the 2 computers used separately. Last night it was so nice to kick back in my recliner and play my game on the laptop. I especially love the game, House of Da Vinci 2. You time-travel in it to make things work in the present Believe me, my mechanical puzzles really help me with exercising my brain, lol!!