I’m thinking of buying a cheaper laptop that has Ryzen 7 in it. I’m the type of guy who only plays simple games that don’t require the latest and greatest machinery to operate. I just like dungeon crawlers, RPG maker games, and other simple concept games.
Every computer is a gaming computer. Some are just more capable than others.
A Ryzen 7 should be able to do light gaming without any trouble. My main system used for gaming is an older Ryzen 5 connected to a TV and it’s great.
No you could die, depending on the difficulty of the game.
No, Nvidia will send a goon squad to your home.
Is this how Jensen sources the leather for his jackets?
It’s human leather? OMG IT’S HUMAN LEATHER
Relax! He’s totally against non-artificial anything.
It is safe. You just might be limited in the games you can run.
Safe? Yes.
It’s not like the thing will break if you demand a lot from it. At the very worst, if even throttling doesn’t help the computer to regulate temperature, what you will experience is an emergency shutdown.
I tried playing games so much more demanding than my hardware that I had 3 SPF… Not 3 FPS (frames per second) but 3 SPF (3 seconds per frame… Took 3 for one frame to render) the game was unplayable but PC was okay.
Reminds me of when I first tried to play Quake (I think? some old arena FPS) over dialup. I tried for a few minutes hoping my ping would even out. At one point I had ~4,500 ping. That’s 4.5 seconds between my input affection what I saw on the screen. Needless to say, I was often gibbed before I got to see my inputs manifest.
It’s not a safety issue. At least not a physical one. Depending on the game it could cause emotional problems. Rage, depression, addiction are all possible. You should consult a qualified mental health professional if you are, or become, concerned.
Oh. You meant safe for the computer…
The types of games you like to play shouldn’t be an issue even with truly ancient hardware (over 20 years old) so long as it was written for your OS/hardware combination. Compatibility layers (VMs, emulators and the like) can enable you to run software that is not compatible with your hardware or primary OS. As far as the hardware goes, depending on the game it may just not run, but worst case, the game may have bad frame rates rendering it effectively unplayable. Possibly leading to the above mental health issues.
In short, you’re unlikely to damage the computer.
In short, you’re unlikely to damage the computer.
You ever worked in IT? Laptops can be damaged when thrown.
Or stepped on. Or had red wine spilled on them.
you’ll be fine, computers dont catch fire if you overload them unless something is very VERY wrong, which would be its own issue
you’ll likely just run into some game performance issues if you play something too demanding. simple games run fine on anything modern :)
absolutely… but you may need to turn down graphics settings in-game. also make sure you don’t block the ventilation–most have intakes on the bottom and output the side or the back of the base.
My framework 13 has a Ryzen 5 7640U with only the integrated graphics and I’ve yet to find a game it can’t run decently. It gives me maybe a little over half the performance of my desktop with a Ryzen 7 5700X and Radeon 6650XT, so I can usually run anything on my laptop at 30fps if I can run it on my desktop at 60.
Yep,you can also check the game’s system requirements if you want to be extra safe, and I want to add if the game is older then your pc its probably gonna run.
It might start a small controlled fire.
Check the system requirements for the game you want to play. If a PC meets or surpasses them, you’re fine, regardless what kind of PC it is.
Yeah I play Doom on my Chromebook
