Hi everyone.
I recently bought a new laptop for academic work and light gaming, so had a dig around online and ended up with a Lenovo G505s, 4GB model which after research online pointed towards it being an 'okay' laptop for lightweight games. I do have a desktop for gaming, so please don't lecture me, this is not a dedicated gaming machine.
However, the laptop struggles to keep up with rather old games.
http:// Here is the link for specs.
Using Team Fortress 2, Endless Space and Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Runescape as an example.
TF2: Really can't play, the input is sluggish, I get stuttering and extremely low framerates, even on lowest settings, and setting power options to high performance.
CS:GO: Same problem as TF2. Menus often freeze up and loop audio.
Endless Space: No framerate issues, but slow to respond, and slight framerate drops when scrolling around the playable area. In-game menus are slow to load up and respond when clicking.
Runescape: Slow to load (not connection based, running fibre optics), bad FPS issues in game at low settings.
All of these games had to be tuned down from the default PC-defined settings, and still produce these issues running at low.
I close all applications while gaming, which leaves me running at ~68% RAM usage on average and outside of gaming, applications tend to load up quickly and are responsive.
Now, my issue is: Are my issues likely caused by lack of RAM, insufficient CPU or lack of dedicated GPU? Please help me identify the issues so I can upgrade, or replace my system accordingly so I don't make this mistake again.
I recently bought a new laptop for academic work and light gaming, so had a dig around online and ended up with a Lenovo G505s, 4GB model which after research online pointed towards it being an 'okay' laptop for lightweight games. I do have a desktop for gaming, so please don't lecture me, this is not a dedicated gaming machine.
However, the laptop struggles to keep up with rather old games.
http:// Here is the link for specs.
Using Team Fortress 2, Endless Space and Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Runescape as an example.
TF2: Really can't play, the input is sluggish, I get stuttering and extremely low framerates, even on lowest settings, and setting power options to high performance.
CS:GO: Same problem as TF2. Menus often freeze up and loop audio.
Endless Space: No framerate issues, but slow to respond, and slight framerate drops when scrolling around the playable area. In-game menus are slow to load up and respond when clicking.
Runescape: Slow to load (not connection based, running fibre optics), bad FPS issues in game at low settings.
All of these games had to be tuned down from the default PC-defined settings, and still produce these issues running at low.
I close all applications while gaming, which leaves me running at ~68% RAM usage on average and outside of gaming, applications tend to load up quickly and are responsive.
Now, my issue is: Are my issues likely caused by lack of RAM, insufficient CPU or lack of dedicated GPU? Please help me identify the issues so I can upgrade, or replace my system accordingly so I don't make this mistake again.