Mixed with proper kernel and drivers it may provide a better low end gaming experience than Windows, especially when most open source games have a low system requirement.
Desktop environments such as XFCE or LXQt are very lightweight and provide little to no compositions and distributions such as Lubuntu, Xubuntu, PeppermintOS and Bodhi Linux are made specifically for low end computers. The former being more common than the latter, however both are available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions and can be customized to use the classic appearance and disable their composer, Windows Aero, exchanging wasted CPU cycles for minuscule RAM savings.Īnother alternative is using Linux system. When it comes to Windows system family, Windows 7 or Vista can be used for low-end gaming. This is in stark contrast to previous generations of integrated GPUs such as HD 3000 or GMA 950, which had very poor 3D performance compared to dedicated GPUs of its time.
PCGamingWiki has chosen this cut-off point to determine what is low end gaming because, as of 2012, Intel's Ivy Bridge (on its impressive HD 4000 chip) and AMD's Fusion chips will provide relatively high quality 3D performance as a standard for virtually all computers in the future.
