I had this same thought when I started playing games again but found out what you mentioned, which is that the Intel integrated graphics processor was just not having it. I remember having the money back in 2013 to go dedicated but since I wasn’t gaming at that time I said “nah it’ll just distract me into wanting to play games again.” Five years later I get back into it with massive disappointment in my past decision.
I do only play for about an hour or two so I really like the free version of GeForce for helping limit it to that (or at least forcing me to take a break and get up and walk around every hour when I do swap out sleep for more playtime). There’s been a couple times I’ve thought about getting GamePass for a month and smashing through a couple games but I know I can’t trust myself to play that much right now and will end up just paying for another subscription service but not using it often like a schmuck.
But Alternate option B…my goodness have I been eyeing that Steam Deck. I usually try to save five or 10 bucks or so here and there to build up for “fun stuff” and I’ve wondered if I could build it up long enough for one. I think you’ve just inspired me to make that a goal, or at the very least cut that into two separate batches so I still can do fun stuff or buy a cheap game on sale every now and then while still building up a Steam Deck fund.
I had this same thought when I started playing games again but found out what you mentioned, which is that the Intel integrated graphics processor was just not having it. I remember having the money back in 2013 to go dedicated but since I wasn’t gaming at that time I said “nah it’ll just distract me into wanting to play games again.” Five years later I get back into it with massive disappointment in my past decision.
I do only play for about an hour or two so I really like the free version of GeForce for helping limit it to that (or at least forcing me to take a break and get up and walk around every hour when I do swap out sleep for more playtime). There’s been a couple times I’ve thought about getting GamePass for a month and smashing through a couple games but I know I can’t trust myself to play that much right now and will end up just paying for another subscription service but not using it often like a schmuck.
But Alternate option B…my goodness have I been eyeing that Steam Deck. I usually try to save five or 10 bucks or so here and there to build up for “fun stuff” and I’ve wondered if I could build it up long enough for one. I think you’ve just inspired me to make that a goal, or at the very least cut that into two separate batches so I still can do fun stuff or buy a cheap game on sale every now and then while still building up a Steam Deck fund.