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What games can my laptop run?

lutherl

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Nov 6, 2015
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Hi,

I have an HP EliteBook 840 G1. I'm wondering what games from steam and elsewhere my laptop can handle and are good to play?

Specs:
- Intel Core i5 4300U (2.5GHz)
- 8GB DDR3 (1x8)
- 500GB HDD + 32GB SSD Cache
- Intel HD Graphics 4400 (128MB)
- Windows 10 Pro x64

For comparison, I can run GTA5 at 30fps (low settings, 1154x768) and BeamNG Drive at 60fps (low settings, 1366x768). I love driving/racing games, especially free roam editions. I don't mind keeping settings low as long as my laptop can actually run it.

Thanks!
 
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If you can actually run GTA V on your system in playable frame rate than really any game short of some badly optimized games like BF4 or ARK should run OK. GTA V is one of the higher games out, so anything under that you are OK with. Don't know any racing games that need more hardware power than GTA V does.
If you can actually run GTA V on your system in playable frame rate than really any game short of some badly optimized games like BF4 or ARK should run OK. GTA V is one of the higher games out, so anything under that you are OK with. Don't know any racing games that need more hardware power than GTA V does.
 
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