Hi, want to buy some used hardware to run with Linux (Gnome DE ON Mint, Debian OR ElementaryOS). Mainly Office use, transcoding, but also for casual gaming Half-life 2 and maybe some more modern games.
Are Thinkpads with integrated GPUs sufficient for that? Any nice alternatives which are sturdy and can be upgraded?
TIA!
EDIT: thank you for all the helpful input. Will check AMD options!
Modern games are not going to run well. Look for a Thinkpad with a Thunderbolt 3 port (make sure it actually has 4 PCIe lanes, some only have 2) and use an eGPU. Retro games will run fine on integrated graphics though.
I've been enjoying my Thinkpad E16 that I got brand new from Best Buy. https://startrek.website/post/13283869
I don't know about other games, but it wasn't too terrible playing Civ 6.
I can reliably play wii on an x230. I am pretty sure you can go ahead and play unless it is ps2 or xbox og or anything newer (wii/gamecube excluded)
Yes it’s fine stay away from the discrete gpus there’s not adequate cooling for their extended use.
generally a thinkpad should be fine, but you'll want a 1.7ghz+ cpu, aswell as a dx8.1 video card for half life 2
