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> I already do “light gaming” [...] Team Fortress 2 The system requirements for TF2 are 1GB RAM, a single-core 1.7GHz CPU and a graphics card with 64 MB of VRA

> I already do “light gaming” [...] Team Fortress 2 The system requirements for TF2 are 1GB RAM, a single-core 1.7GHz CPU and a graphics card with 64 MB of VRAM [1] - the game is 18 years old. If a review told me a laptop exceeded those specs, it wouldn't tell me much :) [1] https://www.5kgamer.com/game/team-fortress-2 https://www.5kgamer.com/game/team-fortress-2

const_cast 1y ago
TF2 won't actually run on a system like that, the system requirements on Steam are a bit of a meme. It's 18 years old but it's also been updated for 18 years.
- Lammy 1y ago
  Yep, last year's 64-bit update is a great example of something that unquestionably breaks the old system requirements: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/April_18,_2024_Patch https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/April_18,_2024_Patch
  - bigyabai 1y ago
    If you open "properties" and then "Betas" in Steam, you can download old 32-bit versions of TF2 and play on dedicated servers. There's also a recompile of the leaked source code available, so I think 32-bit clients with a TF2 addiction will be okay for a while longer.
Lammy 1y ago
The wiki has updated requirements: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2#System_Requirements https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2#Sys... Even these feel a little suspect (minimum Intel HD Graphics 3000? no way) since I had to do some tweaking to avoid my framerate tanking on Intel 7th Gen iGPU when playing the PvE mode (Mann vs Machine, waves of robots on the other team far larger than any PvP match would ever be), and/or when other players use cosmetics or weapons with flashy particle effects: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2/Particles#Unusual_Hats https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2/Par... https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2/Particles#Unusual_Weapons https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2/Par...

const_cast 1y ago

TF2 won't actually run on a system like that, the system requirements on Steam are a bit of a meme. It's 18 years old but it's also been updated for 18 years.

Lammy 1y ago
Yep, last year's 64-bit update is a great example of something that unquestionably breaks the old system requirements: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/April_18,_2024_Patch https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/April_18,_2024_Patch
- bigyabai 1y ago
  If you open "properties" and then "Betas" in Steam, you can download old 32-bit versions of TF2 and play on dedicated servers. There's also a recompile of the leaked source code available, so I think 32-bit clients with a TF2 addiction will be okay for a while longer.

Lammy 1y ago

The wiki has updated requirements: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2#System_Requirements https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2#Sys... Even these feel a little suspect (minimum Intel HD Graphics 3000? no way) since I had to do some tweaking to avoid my framerate tanking on Intel 7th Gen iGPU when playing the PvE mode (Mann vs Machine, waves of robots on the other team far larger than any PvP match would ever be), and/or when other players use cosmetics or weapons with flashy particle effects: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2/Particles#Unusual_Hats https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2/Par... https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2/Particles#Unusual_Weapons https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Team_Fortress_2/Par...