Hi everyone! So I just switched to Linux and I am a little unsure of what to play on my laptop.

It’s a presumably decent laptop, 16gb of ram and Iris Xe, but I find that it has battery issues trying to play anything fancy like Skyrim.

I’m looking into things like emulation, finally tackling my Itch.io backlog, and bringing out old classics.

I like RPGs and text-based choose your own adventure games, so if you have any recommendations I’d appreciate it!

  •  Witch   ( @Witch@beehaw.org ) OPEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Wait, what? Is that why everyone’s recommending steam deck games? I assumed Steam Deck verified games required something like, an okay GPU. Its actually the voltage? That definitely makes my life easier, lmfao.

    •  Yetanaika   ( @yetanaika@feddit.cl ) English
      5•1 year ago

      By the Steam Deck’s site, the verification means that:

      • It plays well with the Deck’s inputs
      • Can use the Deck’s native resolution or similar (1280x800 or 1280x720) without issues
      • It “just works” without having to tinker with the game
      • Every component of the game is supported by Proton if running a non-native game
    •  Hexarei   ( @Hexarei@beehaw.org ) English
      4•1 year ago

      Well, the TDP of the chip is only part of the equation; The main thing is that the Deck is limited in performance in ways that your laptop likely is not, regardless of clock-for-clock differences.

    •  DovahShy   ( @dovahshy@lemmy.pt ) English
      1•1 year ago

      Intel Xe doesn’t seem that bad, specially compared to older Intel GPUs (UHD 630-like). Correct me if I’m wrong, but they’re basically low power versions of Intel Arc. I still don’t think they’re on level with a RDNA 2 GPU like the Deck one.