Looking to get some Total War Games again, Rome, maybe Empire, Shogun. Wondering if those cheap like 200 dollar laptops will work for that, and if walmart is an ok place to get it, as best buy has burned me on defective electronics post 2020.
Thanks for any advice, was just going to use steam to play.
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Probably better looking for something used. A 200 dollar laptop will run nothing and then disintegrate into dust
Two to 3 year old off lease business laptops can hit that price point and are often available with graphics cards. Might be an option also.
How are you with GNU/Linux and how do you feel about paying nvidia a fee every month?
I know we’re mostly against cloud subs here, but not all of us can afford graphics cards.
My recommendation is probably: buy a thinkpad on ebay and use geforce now. $200 laptops aren’t going to get you very far these days at all. Focus on storage.
I am not too computer savvy, I do want to switch to linux but it may have to wait for a bit.
How much more would I have to pay for a laptop to be able to play these games? My old laptop played them just fine, until the cooling fan broke. That was 500 dollars or so, but bought back 15 years ago before they cheaped out on everything more.
If the problem with your old laptop is just that the fan broke, you might be better off just getting a new fan. If you’re near a big city there’s probably a repair shop that will do it.
… although I guess 15 years is a pretty old in computer years. When my laptop died recently I went with a second-hand thinkpad for $300 (edit: not as old as I thought it was, it’s from 2021.) But that was a year ago before prices for everything went crazy.
For the games you listed, probably, yes. Anything made after 2015 or so, probably not. Anything more modern will require something near and around the $400 price point just to be acceptable.
Whatever you do, make sure it has an SSD. Any SSD will do. Do not get one with a hard drive.
A quick online search found some Rog Ally’s for 400. Save up a bit more and find something like that, or older used gaming laptops. You won’t be happy with current $200 laptops.
Get a used one off ebay or something. No way anything new will be worthwhile in this price bracket.
