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Factorio isn't stressing 8 core CPUs. Stellaris can be played on a laptop. You are confirming his conclusion that they don't need a strong CPU to play.
by GhettoComputers 5y ago
Factorio isn't stressing 8 core CPUs. Stellaris can be played on a laptop. You are confirming his conclusion that they don't need a strong CPU to play.
- omni 5y ago> Stellaris can be played on a laptop. You are confirming his conclusion that they don't need a strong CPU to play. Movies can be watched on phones. Does that mean theater screens are pointless?
- GhettoComputers 5y agoJust look at the attendance of movies or how often phones are used for videos.
- dragontamer 5y agoEndgame Factorio stresses CPUs because rocket-per-minute bases are a thing. 1 RPM is where a mega base starts. Stronger players can do 20 RPM (yes, a rocket every 3 seconds). In those conditions, your CPU becomes the limit to the RPM as your game starts to slow down
- riversflow 5y agolol! 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.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoMost 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.