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Re:Intel’s Alder Lake big.little CPU design, tested: it’s a ... by riversflow on Thursday November 04, 2021 @02:29PM (#29110816)
lol! Stellaris can be played on a laptop, but try ramping the Galaxy size up to 1000 and/or increase the habitable planet multiplier. You get a couple hundred years in and the game just crawls even on nice hardware. Its not unplayable, its a strategy game, but the pace definitely slows down a lot, and space battles aren't as fun to watch.

By the same token you can play virtually any game on a cheap gaming rig. Just put all the graphics on low, run it at 720p and be happy with 20 fps.

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Re:Intel’s Alder Lake big.little CPU design, tested: it’s a ... by GhettoComputers on Thursday November 04, 2021 @02:55PM (#29111111)
Most games don't need the latest or greatest hardware to run well, there's a lack of good AAA games that make the value proposition of new hardware much less appealing versus the days of wanting to build a computer to play Crysis.
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