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sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Just of note, “Ryzen 7”, “Intel Core i7”, etc. aren’t good indicators of performance. The generation of chip is more important, as newer chip designs are more efficient and have better performance.

Also note, both Intel and AMD have re-released older chips as seemingly “newer gen”, so beware of that! For AMD, which is what the laptop you are looking at is specced with, see if the chips is Zen 3, 4, 5, etc. Zen 5 is the latest gen, 4 is still pretty good, and 3 is bit older and is now found in a lot of really cheap machines.

If you have a modern processor, the iGPU is fine for basic gameplay. I have a laptop with an Intel 13th gen chip (P series), and the iGPU is good enough to reasonably run most games I want to play. The games you have added will probably play fine on modern iGPUs.

TLDR: Look at the architecture of the CPU (Zen n?), modern chips have good iGPU performance that will run most games just fine (just don’t expect AAA games at highest quality settings)

Another thing, since it looks like you won’t be playing any evil multiplayer games with invasive anticheat, I would recommend for you to run Linux if you aren’t already! It generally improves the user experience and sometimes has better performance too. Distros like Fedora, Mint, etc. are all great options, just go with one that you like. You can always distro hop!

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