13 years old so agp quite likely or intel hd graphics x000 and not much memory on card.
What I did was a few years ago my PC was getting up there and I couldn't afford a lot, so I planned out what I wanted to buy, then I saved money each month and bought a new system one part at a time. Started with a new case and motherboard, then a month or two later, grabbed other parts like a video card, hard drive etc... took me nine months as I am not rolling in cash, but I managed to put together a nice upgrade with a video card that was okay. I then spent a year saving for a better video card, only $100 a month, but time flies and I managed to get something decent.
He could grab a cheap, used video card that would probably fix his problems. Even a low end card would be enough as he just needs to be able to handle 1080P with some basic, modern hardware acceleration etc... NVidia's cheapest cards, while not the fastest at 3D, are fine for gaming like this and would be an upgrade on the cheap.
What I haven't seen anybody ask, and I will - are you still using a 32-bit version of the operating system? I've worked with a lot of hardware that old (and more), and the biggest problem is people running ancient 32-bit installs when most RenPy games have since moved to 64-bit. Even if it's not the core game code itself, it could be the memory addressing limitations caused in 32-bit operating systems.
Shit I still have a working XP-Pro working
Shit machine compared to the i-9 G11 but still has a purpose, and use....
It's probably the issue Robwood is having. I don't think a lot of computers run a 64 bits OS 13 years ago.
new content yes.
Yes. I am almost certain that is the issue. Even a potato should run Renpy just fine. It is very low in resources.
Seem to have been some good years for long-lasting hardware. Built my old PC in 2012 and just gave it a complete facelift a few months ago because I can work from home now thanks to Covid and 16 GB ram wasn't cutting it for that anymore.
You can do quite a bit to prop up older PCs, to be sure. I gifted my 2nd to last PC to a friend. i7-970 chip, buffed it up with 24GB memory, put an NVMe slot adapter in it(with 1TB drive) and a USB 3 adapter card. Polished it off with my now-retired 2080 GTX card. After that I put in Win10 Enterprise and she's off to the races, having a great time. It's vastly out-performing her laptop that she bought only 3-4 years ago (probably mostly due to the expanded RAM, honestly).
Regarding the graphics card - really depends on what kind of power you need.
I still got a working Windows 98 SE computer with 8 Mb video card and also a XP Home machine with a 32 Mb video card.Shit I still have a working XP-Pro working
My computer's original OS was Windows Vista Home Premium. I had it upgraded to Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, which is the latest OS that can be installed on the system.
My last computer lasted me from 2009 until2019, with just one or two graphic card upgrades. Then my late wife used it as all she did was internet stuff, Facebook and whatnot, so it was plenty fast enough for her. I upgraded hers with my old parts. Right now, I still have the old system, it's a Windows 7 system with two HDDs, a 2TB and a 500G and it will get a 1050TI video card soon (my old one). It has a triple core AMD CPU. I originally built it when Windows 7 came out. I built the system I got now at the very end of Windows 7 support, to make sure most of the bugs in Windows 10 were ironed out, and most were by 2019, so I built a totally new system, as I do every time I switch OSes (fewer problems) with Windows 10 at that time.
OOooh, good question! Yeah, if it is from 2009, it more than likely will be 32bit. The latest version of RenPY 8.0 that came out on June 26th is now 64bit only. So.... time to upgrade that 32bit system folks! heheh
