So hello , I was making upscaler for the igpus but I have questions in mid work do you guys even need it.

Because I think in i5 8th gen with 8gb many games work on low graphics ?

Correct if I'm wrong

Its only 1.5gb and can run on anything.

Considering most games today couldnt even run on a super computer from 1995.

The shear amout of content packed in this game of this storage capacity. Most games take atleast 10gb for about 8hrs of playtime.

Playing on a Samsung s24ultra at 30fps is more than i could ever ask for from such a great game.

[Game native](https://imgur.com/a/L6CNjA3)

Hi community, i hope youre all okey, im here because i have found a problem with the intel drivers on my celeron n4500, and its uhd graphics of 11gen, under this is what the AI wrote of what i told to it, the thing is that i found that intel never did drivers for the celeron n4500, because it has 11gen uhd graphics, but for the N series processor, the drivers are for the older ones and the ones "maked" for my n4500, is of 10gen uhd graphics, not the 11gen that is the one of my n4500, and its not the first time i see problem with intel drivers on celerons N, on a celeron n3060 i installed once the drivers that were made for it, and yt at fullscreen the videos got a black screen, i had to use te drivers of hd graphics that windows update install for it, and the thing is that for my uhd graphics, even if the drivers of the 10gen uhd graphics works fine, it brokes the vulkan of my uhd graphics, i have tested my uhd graphics with the drivers of intel and the ones made by acer for my model laptop, a acer aspire a114-33-c882 distributed to me by junaeb, and those drivers does fix the problems with vulkan, but they are too old, that in games like fortnite, the game doesnt run properly entering a match and it delays so much in getting in the match and when it loads, the hud and sound are in there, but the game is black, and with the intel drivers the game runs properly, it doesnt delay in loading the match and just because of my 4gb of ram xddd, it has a lot of stuttering, but the game runs between 30 and 45fps, quite well for a laptop like this one, but again, in games or emulators that use vulkan, if i use vulkan, the game or emulator crashes, i dont ask for a miracle or improving fps, i´d just like to have drivers that works good on my hardware you know? not too old that in some games works bad, and not drivers that works well, but breaks an api like vulkan, forgive me if at the end it isnt such a problem, or it isnt you know, really a problem, then please help me and instruct me, teach me, i really like this stuff and hardware, i am only asking for help, under this is what the ai wrote si of you see that is clearly written by an ai, forgive me, i dont have too much images, but i hope you to believe, if i didnt believe this could really be a problem i wouldnt be writting this and asking for help, i hope you are all okey, really, i will send an image of the hardware id of my uhd graphics, just in case, so, well, thats it pals, guide me, help me, teach me.

*(Note: I am using an AI to help me structure and translate this post into English to explain my situation as clearly as possible, but these are real technical issues I am facing on my budget laptop).*

I am calling out to any modded driver developers (like nIGHTmAYOR, PHDGD, or custom INF modders) because the **Intel Celeron N4500 (Jasper Lake / 11th Gen architecture)** is currently in a terrible "dead zone" regarding graphics driver support. We desperately need a working custom driver.

**The Current Technical Mess & Real Benchmarks:**

Hardware-wise, this 6W SoC has potential, but Intel's official software ecosystem is completely handicapping it. Here is exactly what happens depending on the driver stack used, verified by my own hardware testing:

1. **Official Intel 11th Gen Drivers:** If you try to download the official modern 11th Gen Intel Graphics Drivers (meant for Core i3/i5/i7 chips), the installer directly blocks you, stating that **"the hardware is not compatible."**

2. **Official Intel 10th Gen Drivers (The Trap):** Intel's support assistant forces you to install the older 10th Gen legacy drivers, claiming these are the "compatible" ones for the N4500. However, using this modern Intel driver stack **completely breaks Vulkan**. Any Vulkan-based game or emulator **crashes instantly upon launch** and refuses to start.

   * *Example (Doom 2016):* On these modern Intel drivers, I am forced to use OpenGL because switching to Vulkan causes an immediate crash.

   * *Example (Fortnite):* The game actually loads into the main menu, the HUD works, and the audio plays fine. But when trying to matchmake into a match, it takes an eternity, and once you get in, the screen goes completely black.

   * *Example (PCSX2 Emulator - God of War 2):* Testing the stable version of PCSX2 with the modern Intel driver completely crashes the emulator the second Vulkan is selected as the renderer.

3. **OEM Drivers (Acer 2020 - Version 27.20.100.8983):** The official manufacturer drivers are extremely outdated, but they prove Intel's Vulkan stack is broken.

   * *Example (Doom 2016):* When trying to run the game on the old Acer drivers, the game console explicitly triggers an error stating **the system ran out of RAM**, showing how poorly these old drivers manage shared VRAM on 4GB Single-Channel setups.

   * *Example (PCSX2 Emulator - God of War 2):* Running the exact same Vulkan test on the Acer driver **does NOT crash**. The game actually boots and runs. Even though the performance is terrible (which is normal since *GoW 2* is extremely heavy and Vulkan isn't always faster than DX11/OpenGL on older configurations), **the API itself works stable**, proving that the modern Intel driver is the one breaking Vulkan.

**What we are asking for:**

It feels incredibly unfair that a modern chip is left behind just because it's a budget model. I am not asking for miracles; if a game runs poorly because the 6W hardware hits its physical limit, I can accept that. But it is deeply unfair when games refuse to run simply because Intel's official driver software breaks the APIs. We need a custom driver that allows us to use modern, up-to-date driver stacks that are compatible with modern titles, without locking the hardware or breaking essential APIs like Vulkan.

* We need a custom `.inf` mod that allows the **true 11th Gen Intel UHD Graphics driver stack** to bypass the hardware compatibility block.

* Fixed registry paths to prevent **Vulkan runtime instant crashes** on 6W SoCs.

* Forced minimum VRAM allocation via registry tweak (similar to nIGHTmAYOR's extreme plus tweaks) to bypass 4GB single-channel RAM limitations on devices like the Acer Aspire 3 A114.

There is a huge user base of budget laptops and educational devices (like the government-issued JUNAEB laptops in Chile) running this specific N4500 SoC. If any dev is willing to look into modifying the latest Intel DCH drivers for Jasper Lake, I am more than happy to act as a beta tester and provide Hardware IDs, system logs, and benchmark testing.

VULKAN ERROR on intel drivers

I have attached a screenshot of the exact error when running PCSX2 under Vulkan using the recommended Intel drivers. It triggers a hard crash: *"Assertion failed in function GSRenderer::BeginPresentFrame... Host GPU lost too many times, device is probably completely wedged."* This confirms the modern Intel driver stack forces a GPU hang/reset when handling Vulkan workloads on Jasper Lake architecture, whereas the old 2020 OEM driver keeps the API alive without crashing.

I'm not sure if this is the right subreddit to post this, let me know so I can post it somewhere else.

I have a PC that I built around 10 years ago that wasn't high end at the time but managed to play a decent amount of games. My specs are:

• CPU: AMD FX-8350
• GPU: AMD RX 460 2GB
• Motherboard: ASRock 970a-g/3.1
• RAM: 12GB DDR3

So my issue is that my GPU had heating issues and now my PC can't stay a lot of time turned on because it freezes. A friend of mine has a GTX 970 I can borrow but I'm afraid I should also have a better CPU fan (I have the AMD stock one which is very loud, I'm already looking into something like a hyper 212 for this socket). I was very active playing around 2017-2018 and the games I could play smoothly were Overwatch, Borderlands 2, Fortnite, and a lot more things around the same requirements.

I've been playing on my laptop which is not very good and just use it for simple games with my friends (Terraria, Among us, Bombanana, etc); I don't consider myself a demanding gamer when it comes to graphics so I'm aware of the expectations for my desktop PC. So that's why I'm here to ask if it's worth it to buy a more modern GPU or something around the same specs as the 970 my friend is lending me.

Right now I'm choosing between the RX 580 and the RX 5600XT, as they're both around the same price and wouldn't do a lot of bottleneck to my CPU. I read that a very old GPU could give me issues with modern games so I'd like to know if there's issues with choosing the 580 (I'm aware its power consumption is considerably high). I'm leaning more towards buying the 5600XT but I'm afraid if there will be any compatibility issues due to having an old CPU and DDR3 RAM.

Keep in mind I don't have a budget for a new PC due to the prices going up in PC components. I'm aware of the performance I'll be getting with just changing the GPU and I'm ok with it; most of the things I play (and want to play) don't demand a lot either.

Let me know all things I should consider before buying

You can buy used ipad m1 and later and basically you can play any mobile games. The m silicon they put in the ipad is the one they also put on their laptop. A laptop on an ipad is generally powerful.

You can buy macbook or mac mini and play steam games on it, especially a game from valve. They literally can play it, with caveat it gets hot.

Either way it's still easier to cool it because they chip itself is very low watt.

My journey started on the Intel HD 4000 with a Dell Latitude, and eventually I got a Dell Vostro 3510 when I was a topper from my province in 2022. Since then I have been squeezing the Intel Iris Xe graphics right until last week. I finally saved enough to afford the Asus Tuf A16 with a RTX 5060.

At times it felt hopeless. I completed Red Dead Redemption 2 on my Vostro, but held out on 100% it as I wanted to do it in its full glory. It definitely is a dream come true.

Keep grinding for it. It is absolutely worth it.

My new baby: https://imgur.com/a/A20fLsn

Just curious about what would be your top 5 all-time favorite games as a low-spec gamer, since we can’t really keep up with newer AAA games. Could be old classics, indie gems, or anything that runs smoothly on weaker systems.

If you had to pick your absolute top 5, what would they be?

Hello, I'm not a frequenter of this sub.. but I always struggle to find out whether my laptop will run games.

Anyway, I played the Talos Principle 2 on my very own Dell laptop with Intel(R) Graphics 32GB RAM and Intel(R) Core(TM) Ul-ul-ul-ulllltra 5 235U processorrrr!!!

Kept the graphics on low. Minor stuttering, but overall playable. Couple of crashes but I think they were a result of me killing the game instead of exiting nicely. Also, it's a solid sequel to the first game as far as puzzles go.

My build is in my flair

So I got this pc about two month ago and been playing every game that I wanted to play since i was like 12.

I didn't really think that it's going to work this good i thought it will be the same as the laptopplaying the games at low settings just more newer games. but surprisingly every game i played in the two months i pretty watch played them and the highest setting at 1080p and all of them worked pretty good. Last i checked on YouTube there rx 550's are not getting 40 fps on rdr2 highest setting.

I also played elden ring that got 35ish fps,

Also gta v got 65ish fps,

Also played gow 2018 got the lowest fps on this one about 26-28.

Also played the first spider man game that also got about 35 ish probably a bit lower i don't perfectly remember,

Rdr2 got 40ish as you can see,

All 1080p highest settings.

I have internal graphics (AMD Athlon Neo X2 dual core L335 1600mhz)
My laptop is an HP Pavilion DM3 and running win 7 SP1 with 4gb ram. Yes i have steam installed and its quite snappy. Its also x64. Im hoping for it to run GTA6

my laptop has 16.0 GB ram Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8665U CPU

I just upgraded my pc from a intel i5 4570s, with its integrated gpu I can barely play anything, to a i5 14400f, rx 6600, now I can enjoy the games that I dreamed about playing while watching others.

How can I optimise my performance on my old Lenovo t470 laptop ? Here are the specs :

i5 7300U

16 ram

<200 gb storage ( available partition of 512 gb drive )

Integrated graphics Intel HD 620

Got a heavy bash crash when trying to inject a layer into r3 cores but turns out I may have been wrong fucked up that ddr5 mobo gave out as well but it is what is I just terminated specific math orders that should of been left alone on the 9120x concept not the end but gonna take break for awhile it’s been a long 2 months

https://www.vinted.it/items/9301326694-pc-hp-295-g8

I got one, if you are in Europe, this can do a lot.
Throw in some low power card and you can play a lot.
Got mine for 70€, got a hated RX6500XT for 45€ and it can play lots.

This way you could move from very low spec gamer to an average low spec gamer.
Very low 180W PSU, but can do for the GPU I threw in.
I am not the seller, I just got one.

Cheers!

I tested two different P104-100 units (same model, same seller's test rig: i3-9100T, 16GB RAM, driver 531.41) on Unigine Superposition 1080p Medium:

Unit A: OCCT VRAM test showed 337 WHEA errors within 2 min 28 sec. Superposition score: 3837 (avg 28.7 FPS)

Unit B: OCCT VRAM test showed 0 errors over a full 15 min run. Superposition score: 11641 (avg 87 FPS)

Same GPU model, same test system, same driver. The only difference was VRAM health, and it caused a 3x difference in score. For reference, a GTX 1070 with a mild OC scores around 13683 on the same test, so a healthy P104-100 lands surprisingly close to that.

My takeaway: if you're buying one of these off Marketplace/FB, always ask the seller to run OCCT (GPU > VRAM > 90% dataset > 15 min) before you commit. The visual/physical condition tells you nothing about VRAM health, and the performance gap between a healthy and degraded unit is massive.

Happy to answer questions if anyone's going through the same buying process.

I have a Ryzen 7 5700G with integrated graphics. It has a 16 GB Ram card. Any tips you have for me to play the game in the most optimal way?

Warning, my english isn't perfect American or British English and I'm writing this at around 2 am and on a phone so ask for help in the comments if you don't understand my writing.

Laptop is an Asus gaming laptop

Now for context, my laptop is around six years old I got it as a Christmas present in 2020 if I remember correctly. I think that the air intake has been cleaned since it got repaired (if they cleaned it), that might be part of the issue. Another reason I think that it might be struggling is that last time I checked from the taskbar manager thing while Roblox was running it was on 80 percent usage (it has like 7-9 gigs of DDR 4). This only happens in jujutsu shenanigans, but not in blox fruits or in other games like Finnish cottage simulator or dark souls 2. Yes it's 6 years old and that might be part of the reason.

Thanks to a mini-program combining GameScope and Vkbasalt, I get an average of 25 fps in the open world, 40 in shrines, and 60 in menus. Breath of the wild is pretty optimized 🙃🥲

I don't follow Microsoft; Microsoft follows me

My GF’s 11 year old nephew is desperate for a gaming PC for his birthday but money is tight for his folks at the moment so I dug out some old parts I had lying around.

GTX 1070 TI - sat on my shelf
Samsung SSD - as above
600w Be Quiet PSU - ditto
Ryzen 2600 - £22 on ebay
16GB DDR4 - £40 on ebay
A320 Asrock mobo - £29 on ebay (unused)
added an Ionz case and Assassin X and the full build came to around £140. Hope he enjoys it.

Hi everyone,

In my country, the price difference between a used GTX 1070 and a P104-100 is quite large. I can get a P104-100 for much cheaper, sometimes almost half the price of a GTX 1070.

I know the P104 is a mining card and doesn't have display outputs, but performance-wise it seems very similar to a GTX 1070.

For those who have used one recently:

• How is the gaming experience in 2026?
• Are there any driver issues with newer games?
• Does the PCIe x4 interface cause noticeable performance loss?
• Is reliability a concern since most of these cards were previously used for mining?
• Would you still recommend a P104 over a GTX 1060 6GB or GTX 970 at a similar price?

My goal is mostly 1080p gaming on a budget.

Thanks!