Will OLD RTS games RUN on cheap laptop

I’m getting my son a laptop.

But I was thinking I could perhaps play some games on it whilst I’m waiting to buy my 30 series gaming laptop at some point in the future.


Now all I’m looking at really is they have reasonably decent processors and have 8GB RAM.


ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS — CAN THEY RUN....? COMPANY OF HEROES AND MOW

If they can run those smoothly — happy days. If not, then forget it, I’ll look to buy an even cheaper laptop! Since I won’t need it for anything but the simplest web surfing and school work.



Company of Heroes

• 
  RECOMMENDED:
  • OS: Windows® XP or Vista
    
  • Processor: 3.0 Ghz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent
    
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    
  • Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or better
    
  • Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit

Men of War Assault squad 2

• 
  MINIMUM:
  • OS: 64bit - Windows 7, 8, 10
    
  • Processor: 4.0 GHz single-core, 2.0 GHz dual-core or higher
    
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible
    
  • DirectX: Version 11
    
  • Storage: 6 GB available space
    
  • Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible

The laptops I’ve been looking at —

ASUS VivoBook M413DA Full HD 14 Inch Laptop (AMD Ryzen 5, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, Windows 10

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B089Q2PWN8/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1


- Dell Inspiron 15 3000 15.6

• AMD Ryzen™ 5 3450U Mobile Processor with Radeon™ Vega 8 Graphics
  
  
• 
  Windows 10 Home 64bit, English, Dutch, French, German, Italian
  
  
• AMD Radeon™ Graphics with shared graphics memory
  
  
• 8GB, 1x8GB, DDR4, 2400MHz
  
  
• 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive

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HP 14s-fq0000na Laptop - AMD Ryzen™ 5

• 
  
  
  • Windows 10 Home 64
  • AMD Ryzen™ 5 4500U (2.3 GHz base clock, up to 4.0 GHz max boost clock, 8 MB L3 cache, 6 cores)
  • 14" diagonal, Full-HD (1920 x 1080), micro-edge, anti-glare display
  • 8 GB memory; 256 GB PCIe® SSD storage
  • AMD Radeon™ Graphics

And the Acer Aspire 5

ACER Aspire 5 A514-52 14" Laptop - Intel® Core™ i5, 256 GB SSD

• 
  
  
  • Windows 10
  • Intel® Core™ i5-10210U Processor
  • RAM: 8 GB / Storage: 256 GB SSD
  • Full HD screen

 

I just want to make sure my thread is not blacklisted ....


I don’t necessarily need advice about which laptop hence did not post in the other thread — is more I just want to know roughly whether I can run those two games on these laptops that I’ve included with spec.


Thanks

 

You're asking if a game that recommended a Pentium IV will run on a 2020 machine?

Yeah', at 1000fps probably.

I played Dawn of War on year 2005 integrated graphics.

 

Yeah sorry am about of a noob!


Some of those picks don’t have dedicated graphics card??

I’m inclined to go for the HP laptop then — looks the best components for the money...

 

Just a little ribbing, don't sweat it.

The HP is definitely the best buy of those you posted.

 

Dawn of War is another I’d like to get. It ran smooth on your 2005 model??

 

it will run just fine I use a ultra book with a hd620 and it games medium settings just fine with pre 2014 games

 

How low price range could you go do you think to run those games on high settings and smooth fps?

CoH
MoW:Assault Squad 2
Dawn of War

below £500?

 

your best bet money wise is amd...try to get vega 10

 

So the HP is the best I’ve seen at that price point.

Ryzen 5 4500u

 

I played competitive online W40K: DOW at 1280x1024 on an Intel GMA 950 and whatever pos dual core was out around then.

Definitely pick it up. Enjoy the tale of the Blood Ravens and the legendary Gabriel Angelos.

Dawn of War is my favorite RTS series, up until DOW3.

 

Also question //


I’ve seen another HP laptop


HP 15s-eq0031na 15.6 Inch Full HD Laptop - (White) (AMD Ryzen 5 3450U, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Windows 10 Home)

exactly the same price. Bigger screen.
The only concern is it’s Ryzen 5 3450U
as opposed to Ryzen 5 4500U. Assuming the 4500 is faster?

is that gonna make a huge difference?

 

im not sure but newer usually means better

 

https://laptopmedia.com/comparisons/amd-ryzen-5-4500u-vs-ryzen-5-3500u-there-is-only-one-choice/

 

Oh that’s great — thank you. So helpful!

ok no brainier ! Going with the HP Ryzen 5 4500U


Thanks.

 

Looking forward to play this — looks great. Very tactical.