I’m going on an 8 hour road trip in a few days and i wanted to know what games you all like to play that don’t consume a lot of power to conserve battery life. Any steam games or even emulated games are welcome

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    1 year ago

    Pretty much anything before and including PS1, emulation wise. Probably up to Dreamcast with maybe a 1W bump.

    Fallout: New Vegas at 30fps. Likely other PC native 360/PS3 era games can run at 720p with a similar framerate.

    VNs like Phoenix Wright, Clannad and Hatoful Boyfriend for extreme power saving (3W TDP, sub-30fps cap).

    Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast. Likely a lot of games from pre-2010 run on a minimal TDP, even 3D (well, not Crysis) even a lot of lighter modern 3D games like Lunacid and Offroad Mania work quite nicely at 4W.

    Alternatively: try the games you already play with a 3W TDP cap, and see how it feels. unless you’re exclusively into incredibly audacious 3D games, of course (ie. Forza, Cyberpunk, RDR2)