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Playing games on a low-end pc needs you to make compromises.
It should not be a Status matter if you don't possess a Zeus gaming rig and have a burning desire to play games according to your wants. Even I own a budget PC and enjoy most of my favorite games just like any other payer on a high-end device.
The following methods will help you to play most games on a low-end pc:
Compromise on graphics quality:
As you know gaming requires a lot of heavy graphics just look at the likes of Sky Rim, Witcher 3, just cause 4, FarCry 5 . These games demand you to have a good graphics card installed.
But some games like call of duty, tomb raider, GTA 5, Fortnite, and more can be played on a decent gaming pc with a low-end graphics card.
You need to lower
your settings and have to compromise on the gaming experience.
- Shut
off shadow quality
- lower
distance view
- lower
texture quality
- Motion
blur off
- vertical
sync off
- and most importantly keep the resolution to 800x600
For a ultra-low graphics gaming experience in GTAV:
Go to GTAV mods and download Super Ultra-low settings mod keeping your game on ultra-low settings.
Graphics settings to optimize:
If you want to automatically set low graphics move towards your graphic software like Nvidia Gforce experience and optimize the best settings from there.
Software:
You can use software to lower graphics available at ragnotechpowered. It automatically set lower graphics settings helping to play most games.
Play browser games:
The second thing you can do is go towards browser games. These work on a server and don't require you to have high-end graphics or pc.
In the early days of
the internet browsers, games were very famous but as high-end gaming pc and
mobile apps came these become less and less popular.
Still, in offices
and outdoor, browser games are being played and enjoyed
One thing to be
careful of is privacy issues you should read their policy to know which
information you're giving them.
- List
of most-played browser games here.
- PC gamer
- hp.com
These are some places you can enjoy browser games without compromising privacy safety issues.
Play virtual:
If you’re not
interested in playing browser games there is always an option to play virtual
through a streaming service.
This service will
allow you to overcome technological barriers and play most games otherwise
requiring you to buy a separate high-end gaming pc or a PlayStation.
Keep in mind these
streaming virtual games might require a subscription fee. Below are the best
places for streaming games without requiring a download or a high-end gaming
rig.
- Try
sony streaming allowing you to play PS games on windows PC
- Have
one friend download a game on a high-end pc and the rest can play
with Steam Remote play
- You
can try Steam cloud which
is still in beta form but can allow you to have a virtual PC
Lag-free high-speed internet required:
To play games on a
low-end pc, you are required to have fast internet connections.
As we have mentioned
Stream Games are a good way to play virtual, but still requires you to have
fast downloading for a lower Lag and a great gaming experience.
You should spend
some money on a good quality connection.
Set
priority from Windows task manager:
This technique will
allow you to enhance your streaming game experience. In order to set a priority
open your windows task manager, go to services options and set a priority for Browser
(Under use) as high.
This way it will
make sure that windows are giving top speed to the browser allowing you to have
a smooth virtual gaming experience.
Ram Memory:
Ram is very
important for gaming. Even a low-end gaming pc will need you to install quality
RAM.
8GB minimum RAM is
required for a best experience.
Other tweaks you can
do Is turn off desktop background or change it to black color to keep
functioning of RAM as effective as possible.
It will lower the workload on the hardware and prevent PC from freezes and unexpected crashes.
Choose storylines over graphics:
In my opinion, the
storyline is the most important aspect of gaming instead of graphics.
The Early days of
gaming, we all had a taste of games like commandos, true crime, age of empire which
lack graphics but have a compelling storyline.
You can also try
hidden object games as these are mostly low specs and have a very interesting
story.
- List
of best-hidden object games I play
- My list of low specs PC games
It's better to
compromise on graphics rather than storylines. If the storyline is good what
more you can expect from the gaming world.
Benchmark Games:
Visit Gamedebate make an account there and enter your pc hardware details
This is to have a
better idea of which hardware needs an upgrade in order to play the desired games
and if the AI shows you can’t run it's better to avoid it.
While on the site
you can also search for games by year.
Try to find better storyline games around that year where your low-end gaming pc was manufactured.
Update:
Hard-disk:
Keep hard disk memory low, especially the one with windows installed for a good gaming experience.
Update
your graphics software and make
sure you are using the most updated version.
Go to disk manager
and see if your graphics software is fully updated sometime outdated data drivers can prevent you from good gaming.
Update
windows:
It's best to keep your windows updated. Windows requires manual updating make sure you're using a better version so the gaming experience is not affected.
Summarizing Everything:
Methods to play games on a low-end pc.
- Compromise on graphics quality
- Play browser games
- Play virtual
- Ram Memory
- Choose storylines over graphics
- Do a gaming Benchmark
- Update
