If you are looking for the old videos, I have archived them on this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLp-6MMWURCz3FMshMrq60zuAXbpP7zk6n.html I am currently running an algorithmic experiment with the new videos that require only those to be on the channel page.
your old videos were incredibly insightful and valuable. I thought they had a pile of views. It is a pity that they are quite hard to find now. People are trying to get PCVR running on the Steamdeck these days and some of the stuff you did a couple of years ago would be very valuable to them. EDIT: sorry if I sounded negative. Kudos to you for your good work both in your old videos and in your new phase. You have to do what you enjoy the most. All the best in your new endeavours!
Honestly you’re making absolute S-tier content right now, I’m so stoked to see where you take this new path :) I’ll miss the fun of turning a modern game into cheese but this is great
+1. The new videos are great. I was actually hoping for some low-spec games honestly, like great games which don't require the best PC to run. We kind of need it with the chip shortage, but maybe that's still possible?
@@therealsunnykI'd love if he'd come back to that content every once in a while. I don't know about anybody else that is able to do stuff like him I think that it would be ok, if he'd go in the direction he want, but still occasionally posted some tips on how to make some games work. Maybe a newsletter for things that are not possible to make it into a video? I don't want to force him into doing anything, I don't want people to burn out or to do things they don't want, but I don't want to loose this content as it's really helping people
@@LowSpecGamer I think a video on the game and watch would be interesting, in your video on the game boy you said you could make an entire video on just that alone, and asked if we wanted to see it. Yes.
You probably won't see this comment but I'm African and I stay in a remote country (Zambia to be exact) we don't have much here but we get by. I've always been the weird kid who didn't fit in so when my parents got me my first pc I loved it and I wanted to explore so much of it. Games have always been my passion but because of hardware limitations I couldn't even think of trying the much harder to run games, that was till I found your videos. I'd go on rumbling but you literally saved me a number of times I'd contemplate suicide but I'd remember there's a new game coming out. Then I'd also remember my shitty hardware but I'd always have hope knowing if I waited hard enough you'd get to it and I could finally play it. Times have changed and I grew up so , I guess what I'm trying to say is thankyou. For all those sleepless nights and research. They helped a little kid in Africa. THANKYOU. What ever you plan to do now I'll follow and leave a like lol something I should have been doing before. Go well and make videos that might save another kids life and put smiles on many others. Thankyou Low spec gamer.
bro there is always bad times and reality is often disappointing , but thats the charm of this life , is to experience the joy and the pain and live by until we live this life , anyway i also struggeled my whole life with hardware , im from africa also , and its super expensive for a parents to get a good pc for the son , its like 10 times sometimes the salary so its impossible , but at one point i grew up a bit and i started working , and after like 10 months of working , i got my pc , rtx 3070 and i5 10400f and its a game changer , but still weird enough , i miss the days i was barely running games 640*480 and super low with 15 fps , at that time i had more passion with games , i still play pretty much hours each day but still trust me the thing is about loving the creativity in games and our childhood , more than fancy gear and high graphics and AAA games
Same in Argentina, i still have my shitty laptop but I can play some good quality games, but the internet is only 80kb/s (at maximum) hope when my dad gets his pension we can have a different reality an also have some good studies 👍😊
@@gallerr7103 As an Argentinian I agree, still rocking my GT440, better used cards are nowhere to be found! It's a pain in the ass to even find some old ass HD7770. Some cost the same as my motorcycles lol.
@@bmc508 Same thing in the Balkans. Most parents couldn't afford good PC's. Now I have Ryzen 7 2700, RX590 and 200/100Mbps fiber connection I'm not planning to sell it in this shortage.
I think this video is gonna resonate with a lot of us budget based creators, this year burned me out so hard. New prices are through the roof, used prices have pushed us back almost to the C2Q being a “good buy” again, the last new hardware to excite me was the 200GE which I bought instantly… since then absolutely nothing has excited me enough to go out and buy instantly. Best of luck with the future, will keep watching regardless, I absolutely adore looking into the older consoles, admittedly still from a performance rather than historical point of view, but as it stands you can have a lot more fun with these old consoles on the cheap, than you can PCs at the moment. 👍
Mostly all new "budget" pc build guides on youtube always go the APU route or some lame GT 710 or 1030 and that's pretty much it, there is no more exciting/good value hardware right now.
I really hope AMD can release some cheap 6 core rdna 2/3 apus? That or Intel with the XE graphics improving majorly. In the mean time I feel budget parts are migrating to kid range prices....
It’s just sad, I watched this channel when I had no money and just wanted to hve a PC, I still have the original build I made too idk if I’ll ever get rid of it way too many good memories
Let's hope AMD Rembrandt APUs come to the desktop but even that could be almost a year from now and probably more 300$ than 100. So, yeah, I know the feeling.
For me running new games on lower end hardware is what attracted me of this channel, unfortunately the stories dont interest me so this is a farewell, hope you suceed with your new content :P
As someone with really outdated laptop and a lowspec pc, this channel fundamentally changed how i approached modern gaming. It absolutely sucks that modern game companies and manufacturers ignore the lower end of the spectrum and focus on "bigger is better", but i love this new approach towards content. Its useless to pursue something you no longer enjoy, so this is healthier for you in the long run
Whenever I decide to break my spirit by trying to play a new game, like Dishonored 2 on my extreme budget PC, that is nearing vintage quality at this point, I inevitably end up scouring the internet for forums looking for specific fixes, and one thing that always amazes me is the ubiquitous "just upgrade bro. You can't play this game in full 4k resolution and experience ray tracing blah blah so give it up". And every time I think, so what? I've been playing Far Cry4 on like, 500x260 or something resolution, and it hasn't ruined the experience for me one bit. It sucks people don't understand that, because if gaming companies put more effort into making longer, deeper games with richer stories instead of the best looking, gaming as a whole would be a much, much better experience. And I know I'm not alone because people are still playing Fallout New Vegas, and no one is out there going "if only they would remaster the graphics so I could enjoy it". Everyone is still having a blast, with this decades old game, and their only interest is adding more to it. Not it looking better. P.S good luck LowSpec, I'm glad you found something that makes you happy. Frankly I had no idea how much work went into all these videos, and I already appreciated them immensely just because I got to play stuff I would never have been able to without you, but knowing all the work you put in just makes me that much more appreciative.
@@dishonoredundead just show how bad is Modern Gaming now, all of it just try to impress us with outstanding graphic which USA or I should say western gamer always try to push, I sick with this 4K BS, overprice GPU BS, and broken game at day 1 which need day 1 patch just so we can see the title screen, I believe Gaming is dying now and I don't find the fun from AAA game anymore, indie game look promising but that also start doubt me specially after what happen to FEZ and Paprium (new genesis game by Watermelon studio).
If you won't spend much on the System, how can game companies expect you to buy the in-game contents and new add-ons. I think that's the mentality most game studios have. And those low end CPUs are afterall made only for Office PCs to meet companies like Dell & Lenovo's bulk demands. So yeah. Budget PC gaming is just not sustainable.
@@dishonoredundead Idk where you live and your situation. But I’d rather focus on getting a better paid job and work more hours so I could get a better gaming PC for a better experience. I wouldnt even think about gaming if I had to suffer through with resolution lower than 1080p.
You saved my social life as a passionate young gamer. I watched your videos when I was younger and I only had a crappy PC with integrated graphics to run games with, you made it possible for me to play with friends online and actually connect with them more. Without you I probably would have become a different person with a different life right now. Now that I've grown up and have a job, I managed to build myself a system capable of playing games that I love with my friends without trouble. But the years that I went by with that old PC sure has made some great memories, and those would not exist without you.
Thanks Azeal! As you say it is nearly impossible, which is why I personally framed it almost like starting fresh again, just with the people that choose to stick around. Given how passionate those people are about the new videos I am positive I have a good base to build from.
The same, i Only spect that You continúe i SEE that do beetter the videos le galeboy because You hace love before this vídeo i SEE that and i want You can be happy, sorry for My horrible english
i was skimming through all my subscriptions to find some stuff to get rid of and i came back to this channel wondering where everything went. i had upgraded my PC and had been able to play pretty much any game but back in the day this channel helped me a lot play a lot of games. just thought i would leave a thanks behind. so thank you.
you've basically gave me my whole pc gaming childhood up until i got a "decent" rig (and probably many others too) simple thanks wouldn't cut it, godspeed to you mr.lowspeclore
Thanks for everything, seriously. I’m sad that you even got criticized for your hard work, they don’t deserve you. But from my heart, thanks! These years were amazing and i’ll follow you wherever you go with.
Considering that GPUs are impossable to get at a resonable price it would be a good idea for the game studios to cool their jets on next gen graphics requirements so the people can recover from this chip shortage.
@@gideonkloosterman Terrible game devs like Ubisoft can't even make their modern games run at 1080p 40 fps Medium settings on a 1650 Super, a 1060 or a RX 580
This is a tricky one, many AAA games take more than 2 years to develop, which means that if you start developing a game now, it is likely it'll be released after a lot o the shortage has cooled down, and if you started developing 2 years ago, you likely had no idea the scope of the shortage.
@@iurigrang most games are just extremely poorly optimised because the newest generation of devs works with little to no hardware and software limitations, because well, the days of having extremely limited hardware are slowly being forgotten, until this shortage atleast... Not that the infinite money printing machines really care if a few poor people can't play their game though, you just need to impress the people who pay thousands for their rigs
You are a hero for the people that don't have the money for good specs. I can't put in words how thankful I am for knowing your channel. It's ok to stop going that way, thanks from me and my Brazilian friends, you made some people really happy.
"LowSpec" was always great. Distorting faces and hiding trees gave a surefire chuckle. IMO all engine developers should make those parameters configurable.
It never were to that extent. When crysis remastered came, noone remembered figting with cvars in year 2000. Foundry did super material on tweaking ray tracing
in this day and age, when games surpass 100gb, looking through a file that takes months only to read, expecting miracles is unfeasible. Do what you feel like doing and thank you for the thing you have done so far. we are in your forever in your debt and wish you all the best. Most people (me including) will continue to watch you content.
Did you delete the old videos from your channel, they're useful. I thought you were a low spec gamer. Now you're just somebody. You're not lowSpecGamer.
This will most definitely get lost in the comments but when I first found your channel I was just out of high school and exploring building PCs. I had a crappy Nvidia GPU from 2006. I got it from a friend for my first PC build. Your channel helped me play modern games on that 640x480, 20fps had never felt so good 😂. These days I own fairly powerful hardware and I still love your videos. I don't just come here to see config files being edited. You straight-up produce great content. I've seen the recent videos and I look forward to seeing what you'll make next.
In all honesty losing a passion felt like a very hard suffering, that's why i will support your decision and i hope you can still have fun creating more videos
You absolutely helped me so much when I was playing on a potato as a 13 year old barely able to run league with Intel HD 3000. You alone kept my passion and my enjoyment of PC gaming and computers as a whole going when I had extremely limited hardware. I respect you so much and have kept watching even though I have good hardware. I'm excited for the new direction and I can't wait to see where your channel goes. I still have my old Dell optiplex that I got for a literal dump in my office as a reminder of where I came from, but without you all the great memories I had from that machine wouldn't of existed. I hope you do come back with your old content from time to time to show us your opinions on modern titles and the upcoming steam deck but I'm so happy that you've found a new kind of content you enjoy making more.
@@Local_commentor I mean I have a good pc now, but I had to work for it 😂. Honestly if I started out with good hardware I wouldn't know half the stuff I know about computers now.
This is a wise move. I can't be the only one banishing PC gaming hardware content from my feeds because I'm just tired of watching people with a money tree gab on and on about hardware that might as well be alien tech from Mars because I simply can't have any of it, can't even shoot for a modest GPU upgrade. Gaming, especially globally, seems due for a serious shift of some sort, away from PC hardware intensive stuff, for certain. A move toward something completely different for your channel can only be a smart idea.
Every day I'm vindicated that PC gaming has off the rocker I'm with you that I cannot stand the constant barrage of overpriced hardware being obsessed like it's the second coming of jesus. It's not even a money thing, I'll buy hardware that costs a good sum of money but as an "old school" PC shopper I flat out cannot support the current market. It's not about trying to get the best hardware for your money but spending as much as physically possible based on nothing but marketing innuendos and benchmark "gains" that might as well be margin of error. It wouldn't be so bad if they basically didn't kill the entry level. 10 years ago $600 got you a PC with a modern if low end CPU with a dedicated GPU that allowed you to play basically anything you could want with most of them being on the highest settings. There was nothing that was a better value.
Don't you just love when Linus talks about how you can buy 2 gen old GPU re-releases since you can't get a 3000 series card while he wanders around his stock room where 40 3000 series cards sit on a shelf collecting dust, just like every other tech youtuber?
@@Xathian I don't like how Linus cannot relate to us normies but don't blame his 40 cards for the shortage. Blame Nvidia for selling directly to miners in bulk. This isn't a conspiracy either many show their warehouses and admitted that Nvidia sold to them directly so they could skip the Best Buy line.
@@zacharytaylor8523 for having such a low end PC back in the days, what you described did not existed. Now games are more flexible even if they have limits. Before if a game was too demanding it would never launch or would crash or be badly slow like hell with crazy errors. PICMIP setting existed back in the days and it would not look good like now when disabled. But yeah, before a 1200 $ laptop had some value. Now it's just a piece of trash with a celeron. I can't understand how manufacturers aren't even ashamed
Everything good has to come to an end, I hope we can see some of the your other video ideas, I really enjoy the Nintendo ones you make, but maybe exampling how some developer was able to port a game and make it stable on a platform like a handheld or console might bring some of your old fan base back.
Yo dude, stuff happens sometimes. Don’t sweat it. I’ve been watching for over two years now, and every single video entertained me like anything. Literally sometimes I would be browsing UA-cam and find that there was a new LowSpec video out, which I immediately dashed to watch. LowSpec stuff was so fun! I wish you luck in the future. - A fellow LowSpec gamer Edit: ahaha I made it look like he quit UA-cam. oops it’s rewording time
I just watched "Intel's worst Nightmare" at 4am and i couldn't stop the video eventhough i was very tired because it was very good and interesting..never thought it's from your channel, but this is mindblowing! keep doing your best.. thank you!
Your insight into the Gameboy finally made me take up a nebula subscription, and it's made me appreciate creators just like you. Please keep doing what you're doing, you've a way of telling stories that few others can.
That title sounded bad…. But you need your fresh start. I understand the burnout and finding that one thing that reignites you. I hope you still do some lowspec hardware if you have the opportunity. But I definitely enjoy the lore videos and watch every second of it. I’ll continue watching your videos regardless! Very great story teller!
You're right. The game industry and hardware industry looks like they doesn't care low spec gamers anymore. All games need insane amount of hardware and we have nothing much to do, even some games struggle to hit 60 fps on ultra spec. Our only hope right now is AMD's upcoming budget APUs. I played most games thanks to your videos back in the time. Maybe you have accessed decent hardware through UA-cam income but you should still strive for us. For instance, continue to do videos when new budget APUs of AMD are released. Even, AMD thinks to put iGPU to its all processors whether its APU or not, maybe you can continue to do videos on how to run games on them in the future.
I wonder how much of an impact the Steam Deck will have on the games being so bloated. I am hoping that it is popular enough that studios start thinking about what they can do with low(er) end hardware.
this guy had 97 million views in total before he unlisted all his old videos and put them in an unlisted playlist. By doing this it also dropped his channel out of the youtube algorithm essentially killing his channel. These tech videos would have been better served on a second channel.
I remember finding your channel for the first time‚ it was like I had struck gold. I even had you added on steam‚ thats how much I loved you and your channel. You have helped my childhood brain experience some of its most joyful memories. I will always watch your videos and ill be interested in the next steps you take.
I haven't watched your "LowSpecLore" videos because I wasn't really interested in the topic but since you asked to watch it I decided to give it a try. I can clearly see how much research you made and how well-made the videos are. It also sucks now that games aren't nearly as customizable as before, also they keep getting more and more demanding on specs while my old "gaming" laptop stays in place. I just don't even try to run new games anymore. At lowest settings games usually look like crap and they somehow still manage to run like crap. I don't know how game development works but there should be a way to make a game look "older" with low setting so it doesn't look as bad and also runs well. I'm guessing companies don't even try, but like why should they, this way they're forcing us to buy better hardware. With all that all I can say is that I support the choice you made and appreciate you letting us know your thoughts.
Well as time goes on games evolve to look better and it requires better hardware to run it better. If you cant catch up its not the games fault, its yours
They don't try to optimize at all anymore, instead they focus on making everything pay to win/rigged/gambling/over-monetized as hell... and then rush it out to gullible consumers as fast as they can with no regard to quality.
You could change the channel name to SpecGamer or LowGamer. Idk, cuz Low Spec is a very specic thing lot of people look for and they will not find in this channel anymore.
We can feel the passion in every episode of lore. UA-cam was never supposed to be a job, it was always supposed to be a hobby for fun. I love this new direction you're taking, and I love how passionate about it you are. I'm worried you'll eventually run out of topics to do videos about, but I hope we can get at least three years of this stuff. Check out the War Stories episode about crash bandicoot on ARS Technica's channel, you'll see how they basically hacked the PlayStation to give them more memory. I think one thing that would help you get back some of that former reach is to bleep the swears. I think the algorithm would be kinder to it, and your content isn't really m-rated, so it makes no sense to make it m-rated with language. If you must, you could put the uncensored stuff on Nebula. It's a little extra work, but honestly nothing compared to the amount of work you already do. But this stuff is amazing, I love everything about it. The art, the research, the passion, the drama, and how it highlights the importance of low end hardware.
Really gonna miss your low spec videos they helped me get though class by playing games on my old crappy school chromebook that I installed windows 10 on lol. But I support your new videos they are great man keep up the good work. "The end of low spec, and the start of something new"
Your content helped me when I was first transitioning over to PC gaming on my old laptop. It's really touching to see a creator such as yourself reinvent himself and his content, rather than becoming a hollow sellout like a lot of longtime UA-camrs do. I will absolutely check out that playlist and leave my thoughts on one of the videos. Best of luck to you with this new direction!!
I feel it's really important to make Hardware as efficient as it can, and I feel the industry wants to keep pushing to greater quality with high prices, and then quite forgetting to proper make their games compatible to the hardware they keep pushing, making optimization just a constant effort of "get a better PC" Final Fantasy 7 Remake will never push up to lower specs because it was never Square's Intention, and I got this Watch Dogs feeling where it was a rumor that the game had to be downgraded for the consoles, but here, they try to make such an abomination of port to not outshine the PS5, games like the newest Call of Duty, maybe S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 will make gamers forget configuration, and keep bare-bones settings that forces the player to keep up with new graphics. And the funny thing is that I can still play BF3 and BF4 with medium-high settings, and still get such sceneries and beatiful software design behind it, that still cannot be compared with newer games, because it's running better and keep an image. AAA Games are forgetting the importance of graphical design, based on the hardware they make, as Warzone keeps forgetting that compression exists, making it a more of a move of undeniable practice against the consumer, more games will show this trait of forgetting that your Harwdware does matter, and it's the new high cost one you look, and hopefully you are up to the other components as well. Back at my teenage years I visited this channel, which illuminated me with so much gratification, and I'm really proud of how far you went with this. I felt that I found an economical solution as I kept using my old laptop, being a student with no revenue or job because I had to keep 8+ hours of daily school , coming back from the bus to be able to sleep, then wake up earlier than the rest of the workers just to arrive on time so I'll be able to partake on University or College. It sparked a lot of interest for me on old hardware, as well proper use of resources for a program, keeping up with a scalation of better components, but having the old ones to be an option for the new releases. I, thank you a lot. I feel that there are inspirations that I take from you, while also look forward to my future and be able to spend researching, I may haven't stopped a lot of times in this channel as I kept getting even busier than before, but this channel helped me and many others when it came to not make us pay more when we don't have the resources for it.
Honestly since im from brazil and prices here was always sky high, i was really happy that someone was reaching out for us. So, while it is totally understandable your change in focus i cannot let it by without a sad remark. We living a huge crisis that is devastating in less technology driven countries like mine, and its really painful basically not having a single device for our budget. We are basically left out in the dark and no one really cares about. That to me is a really show of what is going on around the world, which is, profit is more important than anything, even if you product is only reaching 1/10000 of your possible market. But anyway your content was always gold and i really hope to keep watching your new stuff bc I love content about video games! Keep the awesome hard work on!
*Laughs in Portugal* But in all seriousness I agree with this, it's sad that most of the people won't ever be able to experience high end gaming unless they are from a first world country
I live in Rio and have using computers since 1994 (my father was using way before IBM-compats were even a thing, I still have one of his old MSX2) and prices weren't always this high, actually computers were very affordable here on the late 90's to the mid 2000's, they were actually cheaper than consoles for a long time. The problem we are living now is that we kinda reached a plateau on hardware, be it phones, handhelds, laptops or desktops, even mid-low end hardware is quite capable now of running a lot of software so hardware makers are just making new ways of pushing their high-end stuff which is hurting the whole industry. But for me there isn't much problem since AAA games were all awful for the last 3 years... Cyberpunk, deathloop, back4blood, COD, BF, RDR2 and so on. I have been playing way more indie titles and old games lately since there isn't anything new to be excited anymore, and even with the few exceptions they don't justify spending tons of money on new hardware just to play one game.
@@LucasCunhaRocha computers were never affordable until the fiscal incentives during PT government. The prices were 10 to 30 times the minimum wage back in early 90, which got ajusted with time. True is, technology in brazil was mostly and elite/high class only. I only had acess to a computer nearly on 2000 and we took a year to pay for one, and both my parents made 3 times more than a minimum wage. And besides there is the point of AAA gaming sucking , which is not 100% real. Elden ring, FFVII and other games are coming out with awful performace and unreal requirements and extreme pricetags. Between the 2010-2015 we had a golden age of affordable graphics cards that performed well with a plethora of games that were awesome and easy to run and WAY MORE CHEAPER. I remember when i got a entry level gtx 650 for about 80$ ( something around 250 BRL back in the day) and i could play nearly every launch date game in 2012. Welp gaming industry is really pushing way more than what it can handle, really sad times. Still, in a country which about 50% of population have acess to smartphones, you can question really how badly the lack of brazilian tech companies and the unstable incoming of average brazilian is. many other countries in our continent go through something similar. Its pretty sad.
I'm happy you are going in a direction that makes you happy! I wanna thank you for all the videos of the past though, they really helped when I had a low end laptop but now with a help of a friend that helped me build it I have my very own high end pc. Hope all is well for you in the future and take care
On the games and hardware subject: I feared this would happen eventually. I always felt that I was too little too late to really get myself into this world. All I wanted was a gaming setup that could play most games under 4-5 years old and whose resources were applicable ONLY to games and nothing else. Yes, I'm describing a console, but I wanted to play PC games and emulators and whatnot. I'm still not too confident in the Steam deck. it feels too cheap for what it is, and I really didn't want a portable console, I wanted a gaming machine. Which Steam DID have before but discontinued. EDIT: I saw the Unreal 5 demo and yeah. they really stopped caring about low end machines. As I said. I'm too late to the party. Companies and developers just stopped caring about the little man and focused on making bigger games and faster components. Which is understandable, but I hope that the lowspec wave will return sometime in the future, and this time I will be ready. Until then, I'm very happy with your resolution to continue these documentaries. They are a lot of fun and interesting to listen to. Do what makes you happy! Good luck!
Uhhh…there’s nothing stopping you from building that now. You’re saying companies don’t care about the little man as if devs are only making games for the RX 6000 and RTX 3000 series but in reality new games still run on older, cheaper and more available hardware such as the RX 470 and GTX 770 with the right settings. Of course not everything with as customizable settings as the next. The Unreal Engine 5 demo will obviously show the HIGHEST capabilities of the engine, no one would view in to see the lowest. Obviously though they’re going to optimize it for as much hardware as possible. Til the day the 750 and 1050 Ti finally die there’s still place for low spec. Steam Deck has already had performances revealed and how it looks with numerous UA-camrs playing on it and it’s great. If you watched other videos from LowSpec you can see he detailed why other portable PCs can’t be cheaper but a big company like Valve can keep it low.
Actually Unreal Engine 5 with Nanite tech will actually make things a lot better... you get insane quality of geometry and a speed boost... FPS boost since it's dynamically streaming it... so really you will only need a nice SSD for it... and better PC in general only means longer range of it... so more detail at longer ranges Lumen is basically raytracing... that's the worrying part But Nanite... oh boy... no need to make LOD"s anymore so it's just plug and play adventure from the looks of it... then with Nanite also means you can render like a billion high poly hamburgers and run at nice FPS... but with it off.. you get like 5 fps lol so yeah... HUGE optimization with nanite tech... it's really cool But Lumen is the lighting and raytracing part which is intensive sort of... so yeah lol
dude unreal 5 is the biggest sign that someone still cares about optimizing games we don't need LODs and so many many things could be possible with that such as the huge render distance and ofcourse we are getting DLSS and FSR too which is still very primitive but if it works well you can get great amounts of fps. Don't give up there is still LOTS of hope and potential coming in
I just got into PC gaming like 2 years ago. Horrible timing really. Was saving up for a desktop while having bought a 1050 laptop for school. Then crisis hit and everything was fucked. Now I'm stuck with that laptop. I deeply, deeply regret not getting a more powerful one. And honestly at this point I just don't even care about getting a new one or desktop. I'm thinking I'll just snag Elden Ring and cope with laptop or PS4 (whichever has the best frames). Then I'm done with modern gaming. I'll keep playing on emulators and all my old game backlog though
Te comprendo completamente, mi canal originalmente se trataba de construir cosas (nicho maker), pero eventualmente la necesidad de espacio, dinero y herramientas para poder crear lo que estaba en mi mente termino por apagar la pasión que tenía por ese tema... Ahí fue cuando decidí cambiar de lo físico a lo virtual. Por un lado se sintió como abandonar el corazón del canal, pero en realidad sólo fue una nueva forma de expresar mi interés por el entender los mecanismos de los dispositivos que nos rodean desde mi perspectiva de diseñador. Y creo que fue el mejor cambio que he hecho en cuanto a contenido 😁 Ánimo, se que te irá bien 💪
Hey un saludo Eduardo!, Te sigo desde que tú canal se llamaba búnker maker, muy buenos videos que me han ayudado a entender y crecer educativamente gracias por tus animaciones y que tengas éxitos en tus vídeos, keep going!!
Appreciate you so much man, You've helped me a lot during all those years I ran with "LowSpec" I was able to play and enjoy the games that I never expected to run with the rig that I have and I continued to watch your content even after I've upgraded. Good luck with your new journey!
It’s nice to see you be honest about the situation and how you feel, I stared to watch this when i used to play games in an old laptop and your vids helped me a lot, but things change and as long as you find something you are passionate about i will watch and enjoy
Me salvaste la vida en múltiples ocasiones, todos agradecemos tu trabajo a lo largo de los años, Tienes razón con que los juegos ya no son tan flexibles como antes, es triste, pero los tiempos cambian. Es hora de que hagas lo que te apasiona Alex! Yo seguiré viendo tu contenido porque me encanta 💖 Suerte en todo rey
You saved my life in multiple occasions, everyone cheers your work over the years, you're right about the games not being as accessible as before, it's sad, but everything changes with enough time. It's time that you do what you love Alex! I'll keep watching your content because i love it (hearth emoji) Good luck, king
@@notoltrexclearly2690 LOL I didn't mean to type look instead of luck, like, its not even close to the same word kek. Also, remember that lowspec speaks english in his videos for a reason, not everybody speaks spanish my friend, that's why i decided to translate the comment. Also I'm bored af
Your videos helped me through high-school when all I had in that tough, money-strained period of my life was a crappy laptop that struggled to play the games that gave me the only reasons to keep on living and pushing. I think I speak for a lot of kids and adults alike here when I say you helped a tonne of us more than we would ever be able to thank you for. Wish you all the best on your journey into the future.
I wish somebody would fill the gap this left. There is so much left to do. Unreal 5 showed we can dynamicly tessilate and LOD even more extremely. Getting Spiderman to run on a PSP for example.
I think one reason no one seems to have filled the gap is that they hit the same walls I did. There are diminishing returns to what modern games allow on configuration file changes
I’m a new subscriber BECAUSE of your gameboy videos and I can’t wait to go back and watch the back catalog of videos. Had you not tried something new I may never have stumbled on your channel! Keep doing what you love, it shows!
You're my hero, man. You've helped me a lot during all those years I ran with a potato and I continued to watch your content even after I've upgraded. I wish you good fortune on your future endeavors and I'll stick around to see what's next.
You have helped so many people and I have to agree with all those difficulties. PC gaming, hell, gaming in general has become something so disgusting, very few projects and industry ideas are truly beneficial to consumers. I am hyped with you pursuing these endevours, those videos are so great. Let's go!
subscribed to this channel for the dishonored lowspec tutorial and you helped me enjoy a majority of my teens playing the games that interested me and i thank you for that. i gotta admit its really great to to see the spark in your eyes when it comes to getting excited about your content again. cant wait to see where this channel goes.
Dude I was so young when I watched your channel now I'm 21 you literally helped me at my worst when I had a all in one Toshiba to play on I'm fr grateful for you thank you for allowing me the chance to play games when my parents couldn't affordable a PC set up now I'm gaming on an rtx card.
Evolution is necessary in everything. This feels like the equivalent of when the game boy finally got a back light. I’m glad that you’ve found your next evolve form, and I can’t wait to learn about all kinds of lore from across the consoles! Keep it up alex, you’re doing great :))
I'm glad you're working on projects that you enjoy! Thank you for all of the work you've done in the past, they've helped me, and tons of other people out a lot, and I can't wait to see the future of the channel!
When I had a low spec PC you were my true savior, helped me play a lot of games that I thought would never run in my old PC, I have only eternal gratitude and admiration for all the work you did my friend and rest assured that whatever you decide to create in your channel those that are truly your friends and admirers are going to keep enjoying your content. Again, thank you very much!
The new videos are some of your best work. They were honestly the videos that pulled me back into your channel. At first it was curiosity since I don't think I've seen you do any video essay type content before, but by the end of the first video I found myself craving for more. Each video is meticulously researched, written, and edited with such intent and passion that it's impossible not to be interested in the topic. This also feels like a natural evolution to the channel - from testing the limits of older hardware, to appreciating the history that lead to where we are today. Good luck, Alex. Your passion shines through in whatever you do, and it's beautiful to see.
You're one of the few UA-camrs that I know that really cares about low end, I appreciate what you've done for us. Thank you for your efforts. Appreciate it 👍
somewhat you've been my childhood, i was 11 when i got a cheap $250 laptop from my parents, i wanted to play so much games back then, i remember once i wanted to play gta 5 but then i came across this channel, from then on this channel has been my life, trying every single game i wanted to play with low end optimizations, sad to think all this is coming to an end. Thanks for everything man, my childhood wouldn't have been the same without your amazing videos
you are the chef and we love whatever you cook! sorry i couldn't do patreon or nebula, hope watching youtube with ads is ok. road to 1 mil subs! 🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️
I’d occasionally watched your vids in the past, but never subscribed. I just watched your two most recent though, and was like “woah, whats’s this channel again? I wanna watch more of this!” I *love* this sort of deeply-researched history and stories about how the various companies evolved, the roles of key personalities, etc,etc. So your new direction definitely hit a nerve with me, I’m a new subscriber and can’t wait to see what you produce next!
I love the history lessons. We needed something to fill in the gaps, when the Gaming Historian is still working on his next entry. Not to mention, you already nailed the production value. You and him could both upload videos on the same channel and they'd mesh extremely well. Or you could at least just collab and make videos that coincide with one another, at least from time to time. Something along those lines. And maybe if a game and/or piece of hardware comes along, that you feel passionate about, make a video or two about getting some great gaming on a budget, the sprinkle it in with the documentaries. There really isn't a reason why you couldn't branch out and diversify. Look at Simon Whistler.
I have been watching you since the old days I had my laptop until II had a good PC and it has been a great journey, but things change and that's normal. I'll keep supporting you man.
Querido amigo, lamentablemente en la web hay de todo, hasta incluso gente que critica el trabajo de una persona tan generosa, capaz y grande como vos. Me pone un poco triste que ya no vas a hacer videos como los de antes (que son excelentes y me han ayudado muchísimo) pero también me pongo muy feliz al saber que vas a hacer algo que te gusta mucho y que ya lo estás disfrutando. Gracias por la inmensa calidad de TODO tu trabajo. Te merecés lo mejor. Un abrazo desde Argentina.
Good luck dude, I never once had a decent laptop in my life and you're the reason why I was able to experience certain games that without you I wouldn't have gotten to play
I have always found an intrest your videos, i ran a 1 core 2 thread laptop for years and your videos helped me run games i never thought could work so thank you!
With the exception of the last two (and it is still early, these grow slowly) most of the new videos are much higher than the average of the old style videos
@@LowSpecGamer they really haven't. none of your recent videos have reached over 600k views, meanwhile a lot of your older ones (even ones made not long before this change) have WAY more views, a few even having over 1mil.
Oh Manx if that had been true it would had been much easier to pivot the topics. I used to have a mini celebration any time an old video hit 100k and over the years that became rarer and rarer…
Thank you!so much good memories tweaking a lot of my games before with your help. Got a crappy computer before and this channel help me play games that i thought i couldnt play. Thank you good sir!
If you are looking for the old videos, I have archived them on this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLp-6MMWURCz3FMshMrq60zuAXbpP7zk6n.html
I am currently running an algorithmic experiment with the new videos that require only those to be on the channel page.
I was panicking💀💀
dude almost had a heart attack needed a config from one of your vids LOL
your old videos were incredibly insightful and valuable. I thought they had a pile of views. It is a pity that they are quite hard to find now.
People are trying to get PCVR running on the Steamdeck these days and some of the stuff you did a couple of years ago would be very valuable to them.
EDIT: sorry if I sounded negative. Kudos to you for your good work both in your old videos and in your new phase. You have to do what you enjoy the most. All the best in your new endeavours!
damn thx i rly wanted torewatch all of ur videos they were so good esp the xeon trashtops
Me había asustado, pensé que lo dejarías en privado para siempre.
This guy is the reason I grew up playing so many games on my potato laptop, thank you.
same ;D
same. when i started watching this video thought he was leaving youtube which almost made me cry🥲.
nah bro. you grew up playing with yourself wishing you had thought of Sonichu.
Same
same and i play far cry 3
LAG i think its UHH 20 fps after he help me tweak it it was 30 to 50 fps
Honestly you’re making absolute S-tier content right now, I’m so stoked to see where you take this new path :)
I’ll miss the fun of turning a modern game into cheese but this is great
Same
+1. The new videos are great. I was actually hoping for some low-spec games honestly, like great games which don't require the best PC to run. We kind of need it with the chip shortage, but maybe that's still possible?
@@therealsunnykI'd love if he'd come back to that content every once in a while. I don't know about anybody else that is able to do stuff like him
I think that it would be ok, if he'd go in the direction he want, but still occasionally posted some tips on how to make some games work. Maybe a newsletter for things that are not possible to make it into a video?
I don't want to force him into doing anything, I don't want people to burn out or to do things they don't want, but I don't want to loose this content as it's really helping people
Smokin' Sexy Style!!
Good luck with the new direction!
Thanks Marton!
@@LowSpecGamer ty for your commitment on helping lots of people, you made alot of people really happy beeing to play videogames on shitty hardware
@@michielroskam3877 true
@@LowSpecGamer I think a video on the game and watch would be interesting, in your video on the game boy you said you could make an entire video on just that alone, and asked if we wanted to see it. Yes.
😂😂😂Didn’t know TechAltar is also running a low spec machine. Love your channel bro.
You probably won't see this comment but I'm African and I stay in a remote country (Zambia to be exact) we don't have much here but we get by.
I've always been the weird kid who didn't fit in so when my parents got me my first pc I loved it and I wanted to explore so much of it.
Games have always been my passion but because of hardware limitations I couldn't even think of trying the much harder to run games, that was till I found your videos. I'd go on rumbling but you literally saved me a number of times I'd contemplate suicide but I'd remember there's a new game coming out. Then I'd also remember my shitty hardware but I'd always have hope knowing if I waited hard enough you'd get to it and I could finally play it. Times have changed and I grew up so , I guess what I'm trying to say is thankyou.
For all those sleepless nights and research. They helped a little kid in Africa. THANKYOU.
What ever you plan to do now I'll follow and leave a like lol something I should have been doing before. Go well and make videos that might save another kids life and put smiles on many others.
Thankyou Low spec gamer.
bro there is always bad times and reality is often disappointing , but thats the charm of this life , is to experience the joy and the pain and live by until we live this life , anyway i also struggeled my whole life with hardware , im from africa also , and its super expensive for a parents to get a good pc for the son , its like 10 times sometimes the salary so its impossible , but at one point i grew up a bit and i started working , and after like 10 months of working , i got my pc , rtx 3070 and i5 10400f and its a game changer , but still weird enough , i miss the days i was barely running games 640*480 and super low with 15 fps , at that time i had more passion with games , i still play pretty much hours each day but still trust me the thing is about loving the creativity in games and our childhood , more than fancy gear and high graphics and AAA games
Same in Argentina, i still have my shitty laptop but I can play some good quality games, but the internet is only 80kb/s (at maximum) hope when my dad gets his pension we can have a different reality an also have some good studies 👍😊
@@gallerr7103 i thought i had it hard with my limited 800kb/s internet , good luck for you and all of us for a brighter future
@@gallerr7103 As an Argentinian I agree, still rocking my GT440, better used cards are nowhere to be found! It's a pain in the ass to even find some old ass HD7770. Some cost the same as my motorcycles lol.
@@bmc508 Same thing in the Balkans. Most parents couldn't afford good PC's. Now I have Ryzen 7 2700, RX590 and 200/100Mbps fiber connection I'm not planning to sell it in this shortage.
I think this video is gonna resonate with a lot of us budget based creators, this year burned me out so hard.
New prices are through the roof, used prices have pushed us back almost to the C2Q being a “good buy” again, the last new hardware to excite me was the 200GE which I bought instantly… since then absolutely nothing has excited me enough to go out and buy instantly.
Best of luck with the future, will keep watching regardless, I absolutely adore looking into the older consoles, admittedly still from a performance rather than historical point of view, but as it stands you can have a lot more fun with these old consoles on the cheap, than you can PCs at the moment. 👍
Mostly all new "budget" pc build guides on youtube always go the APU route or some lame GT 710 or 1030 and that's pretty much it, there is no more exciting/good value hardware right now.
I really hope AMD can release some cheap 6 core rdna 2/3 apus? That or Intel with the XE graphics improving majorly. In the mean time I feel budget parts are migrating to kid range prices....
It’s just sad, I watched this channel when I had no money and just wanted to hve a PC, I still have the original build I made too idk if I’ll ever get rid of it way too many good memories
Let's hope AMD Rembrandt APUs come to the desktop but even that could be almost a year from now and probably more 300$ than 100. So, yeah, I know the feeling.
For me running new games on lower end hardware is what attracted me of this channel, unfortunately the stories dont interest me so this is a farewell, hope you suceed with your new content :P
As someone with really outdated laptop and a lowspec pc, this channel fundamentally changed how i approached modern gaming. It absolutely sucks that modern game companies and manufacturers ignore the lower end of the spectrum and focus on "bigger is better", but i love this new approach towards content. Its useless to pursue something you no longer enjoy, so this is healthier for you in the long run
Whenever I decide to break my spirit by trying to play a new game, like Dishonored 2 on my extreme budget PC, that is nearing vintage quality at this point, I inevitably end up scouring the internet for forums looking for specific fixes, and one thing that always amazes me is the ubiquitous "just upgrade bro. You can't play this game in full 4k resolution and experience ray tracing blah blah so give it up". And every time I think, so what? I've been playing Far Cry4 on like, 500x260 or something resolution, and it hasn't ruined the experience for me one bit. It sucks people don't understand that, because if gaming companies put more effort into making longer, deeper games with richer stories instead of the best looking, gaming as a whole would be a much, much better experience. And I know I'm not alone because people are still playing Fallout New Vegas, and no one is out there going "if only they would remaster the graphics so I could enjoy it". Everyone is still having a blast, with this decades old game, and their only interest is adding more to it. Not it looking better.
P.S good luck LowSpec, I'm glad you found something that makes you happy. Frankly I had no idea how much work went into all these videos, and I already appreciated them immensely just because I got to play stuff I would never have been able to without you, but knowing all the work you put in just makes me that much more appreciative.
@@dishonoredundead just show how bad is Modern Gaming now, all of it just try to impress us with outstanding graphic which USA or I should say western gamer always try to push, I sick with this 4K BS, overprice GPU BS, and broken game at day 1 which need day 1 patch just so we can see the title screen, I believe Gaming is dying now and I don't find the fun from AAA game anymore, indie game look promising but that also start doubt me specially after what happen to FEZ and Paprium (new genesis game by Watermelon studio).
If you won't spend much on the System, how can game companies expect you to buy the in-game contents and new add-ons.
I think that's the mentality most game studios have. And those low end CPUs are afterall made only for Office PCs to meet companies like Dell & Lenovo's bulk demands. So yeah. Budget PC gaming is just not sustainable.
@@dishonoredundead Idk where you live and your situation. But I’d rather focus on getting a better paid job and work more hours so I could get a better gaming PC for a better experience. I wouldnt even think about gaming if I had to suffer through with resolution lower than 1080p.
You saved my social life as a passionate young gamer. I watched your videos when I was younger and I only had a crappy PC with integrated graphics to run games with, you made it possible for me to play with friends online and actually connect with them more. Without you I probably would have become a different person with a different life right now. Now that I've grown up and have a job, I managed to build myself a system capable of playing games that I love with my friends without trouble. But the years that I went by with that old PC sure has made some great memories, and those would not exist without you.
Same except for me, it was single player games. Helped me escape reality.
This is a masterclass for UA-camrs in pivoting content, which is often near impossible to do. Really excited for what's to come on this channel 💪
Why all of your videos are in fundraiser?
Thanks Azeal! As you say it is nearly impossible, which is why I personally framed it almost like starting fresh again, just with the people that choose to stick around. Given how passionate those people are about the new videos I am positive I have a good base to build from.
@@LowSpecGamer
Meanwhile the technic is advancing Captain. The war is actually being won against the great Jensenized Winter.
this is an inspiration Alex, can't wait to see what amazing things are in the pipeline
More UA-camrs are friend IRL than you imagine!
Thank you Stephanie. It means a lot.
Bruh this comment was at 999 likes so I made it 1k XD
@@Dani-iy5bi Happy for you
@@LowSpecGamer what is best under 50k ₹ laptop for gaming
Hey man, things change and so do we. You’re a great content creator so I’ll follow you in whatever you do, good luck man.
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@@Mattex456 what?
The same, i Only spect that You continúe i SEE that do beetter the videos le galeboy because You hace love before this vídeo i SEE that and i want You can be happy, sorry for My horrible english
😂😂 True we ni longer no spec but still subscribe your done so much for us
i was skimming through all my subscriptions to find some stuff to get rid of and i came back to this channel wondering where everything went. i had upgraded my PC and had been able to play pretty much any game but back in the day this channel helped me a lot play a lot of games. just thought i would leave a thanks behind. so thank you.
Why even keep the low spec gamer name? You're just Low Spec Gaming Historian at this point.
you've basically gave me my whole pc gaming childhood up until i got a "decent" rig (and probably many others too) simple thanks wouldn't cut it, godspeed to you mr.lowspeclore
Bruh i can relate to you soo much❤
The thing is I still couldn't get a "decent" rig!
Same this man alone made my childhood so much better as someone who’s parents wouldn’t let me play video games
Speak for yourself, please...
@@Tutankamion196 you game on an android with a 240p screen.
Thanks for everything, seriously. I’m sad that you even got criticized for your hard work, they don’t deserve you. But from my heart, thanks! These years were amazing and i’ll follow you wherever you go with.
I deeply appreciate your support
@@LowSpecGamer Thanks for give me a way to play payday2 with my friends and thanks for helping me make memories
I miss the low spec gamer that helped me run fallout 4 on my potato
Considering that GPUs are impossable to get at a resonable price it would be a good idea for the game studios to cool their jets on next gen graphics requirements so the people can recover from this chip shortage.
A lot of games are fun at medium graphics too ;)
@@gideonkloosterman Terrible game devs like Ubisoft can't even make their modern games run at 1080p 40 fps Medium settings on a 1650 Super, a 1060 or a RX 580
This is a tricky one, many AAA games take more than 2 years to develop, which means that if you start developing a game now, it is likely it'll be released after a lot o the shortage has cooled down, and if you started developing 2 years ago, you likely had no idea the scope of the shortage.
@@iurigrang most games are just extremely poorly optimised because the newest generation of devs works with little to no hardware and software limitations, because well, the days of having extremely limited hardware are slowly being forgotten, until this shortage atleast... Not that the infinite money printing machines really care if a few poor people can't play their game though, you just need to impress the people who pay thousands for their rigs
Uh no? Most ppl can afford PS5/Series S/X. This low end pc gaming scene is niche and kind of an oxymoron
You are a hero for the people that don't have the money for good specs. I can't put in words how thankful I am for knowing your channel. It's ok to stop going that way, thanks from me and my Brazilian friends, you made some people really happy.
All the brazilians thanks for your content
"LowSpec" was always great. Distorting faces and hiding trees gave a surefire chuckle. IMO all engine developers should make those parameters configurable.
Configurable in the game without having to mess with stuff outside of it.
It never were to that extent. When crysis remastered came, noone remembered figting with cvars in year 2000. Foundry did super material on tweaking ray tracing
Did you hide your older videos? Those can still be useful resources.
He purposely hid them to funnel his audience to the new stuff.
in this day and age, when games surpass 100gb, looking through a file that takes months only to read, expecting miracles is unfeasible. Do what you feel like doing and thank you for the thing you have done so far. we are in your forever in your debt and wish you all the best. Most people (me including) will continue to watch you content.
"LowSpec was a good man. What a rotten way to die."
Now hail the GameBoySpecGamer!
Did you delete the old videos from your channel, they're useful. I thought you were a low spec gamer. Now you're just somebody. You're not lowSpecGamer.
This will most definitely get lost in the comments but when I first found your channel I was just out of high school and exploring building PCs. I had a crappy Nvidia GPU from 2006. I got it from a friend for my first PC build. Your channel helped me play modern games on that 640x480, 20fps had never felt so good 😂. These days I own fairly powerful hardware and I still love your videos. I don't just come here to see config files being edited. You straight-up produce great content. I've seen the recent videos and I look forward to seeing what you'll make next.
Same here, literally
daaamn
Was it the 7600GT?
Same bro, I feel like crying and we definitely achieved something
*PISSies
*PISSy build
Man you helped me a lot , through these many years
In all honesty losing a passion felt like a very hard suffering, that's why i will support your decision and i hope you can still have fun creating more videos
You absolutely helped me so much when I was playing on a potato as a 13 year old barely able to run league with Intel HD 3000. You alone kept my passion and my enjoyment of PC gaming and computers as a whole going when I had extremely limited hardware. I respect you so much and have kept watching even though I have good hardware. I'm excited for the new direction and I can't wait to see where your channel goes. I still have my old Dell optiplex that I got for a literal dump in my office as a reminder of where I came from, but without you all the great memories I had from that machine wouldn't of existed. I hope you do come back with your old content from time to time to show us your opinions on modern titles and the upcoming steam deck but I'm so happy that you've found a new kind of content you enjoy making more.
League haha damn my phone has more power than ur potato PC I feel bad for people like you makes me wish for everyone to have a nice pc
@@Local_commentor I mean I have a good pc now, but I had to work for it 😂. Honestly if I started out with good hardware I wouldn't know half the stuff I know about computers now.
but what happened to that videos?, i just dont find them
@MoradGE he explicitly pinned a comment with the playlist to all of his old videos
This is a wise move. I can't be the only one banishing PC gaming hardware content from my feeds because I'm just tired of watching people with a money tree gab on and on about hardware that might as well be alien tech from Mars because I simply can't have any of it, can't even shoot for a modest GPU upgrade. Gaming, especially globally, seems due for a serious shift of some sort, away from PC hardware intensive stuff, for certain. A move toward something completely different for your channel can only be a smart idea.
Every day I'm vindicated that PC gaming has off the rocker
I'm with you that I cannot stand the constant barrage of overpriced hardware being obsessed like it's the second coming of jesus.
It's not even a money thing, I'll buy hardware that costs a good sum of money but as an "old school" PC shopper I flat out cannot support the current market. It's not about trying to get the best hardware for your money but spending as much as physically possible based on nothing but marketing innuendos and benchmark "gains" that might as well be margin of error.
It wouldn't be so bad if they basically didn't kill the entry level. 10 years ago $600 got you a PC with a modern if low end CPU with a dedicated GPU that allowed you to play basically anything you could want with most of them being on the highest settings. There was nothing that was a better value.
Don't you just love when Linus talks about how you can buy 2 gen old GPU re-releases since you can't get a 3000 series card while he wanders around his stock room where 40 3000 series cards sit on a shelf collecting dust, just like every other tech youtuber?
@@Xathian I don't like how Linus cannot relate to us normies but don't blame his 40 cards for the shortage. Blame Nvidia for selling directly to miners in bulk. This isn't a conspiracy either many show their warehouses and admitted that Nvidia sold to them directly so they could skip the Best Buy line.
Aaa gaming is finished, long live indie aa
@@zacharytaylor8523 for having such a low end PC back in the days, what you described did not existed. Now games are more flexible even if they have limits. Before if a game was too demanding it would never launch or would crash or be badly slow like hell with crazy errors. PICMIP setting existed back in the days and it would not look good like now when disabled.
But yeah, before a 1200 $ laptop had some value. Now it's just a piece of trash with a celeron. I can't understand how manufacturers aren't even ashamed
Everything good has to come to an end, I hope we can see some of the your other video ideas, I really enjoy the Nintendo ones you make, but maybe exampling how some developer was able to port a game and make it stable on a platform like a handheld or console might bring some of your old fan base back.
Yeah, I want to have the contacts to explore those stories too
Yo dude, stuff happens sometimes. Don’t sweat it. I’ve been watching for over two years now, and every single video entertained me like anything. Literally sometimes I would be browsing UA-cam and find that there was a new LowSpec video out, which I immediately dashed to watch. LowSpec stuff was so fun! I wish you luck in the future.
- A fellow LowSpec gamer
Edit: ahaha I made it look like he quit UA-cam. oops it’s rewording time
I just watched "Intel's worst Nightmare" at 4am and i couldn't stop the video eventhough i was very tired because it was very good and interesting..never thought it's from your channel, but this is mindblowing! keep doing your best.. thank you!
Your insight into the Gameboy finally made me take up a nebula subscription, and it's made me appreciate creators just like you. Please keep doing what you're doing, you've a way of telling stories that few others can.
That title sounded bad…. But you need your fresh start. I understand the burnout and finding that one thing that reignites you. I hope you still do some lowspec hardware if you have the opportunity. But I definitely enjoy the lore videos and watch every second of it. I’ll continue watching your videos regardless! Very great story teller!
Yeah, I'd rename the video "LowSpecGamer 2.0"
"A new direction" maybe? Definitely concerning.
@@TheXlen Probably a rename of the channel to something more appropriate is in order.
it has been a good journey guys thank you for what you have provided
I was for it, now I see the old videos are deleted. I wanted to rewatch some of them.
Yeah, no.
They weren't deleted, just unlisted. There's a playlist of them in the description.
Bro your old videos are really good
Theyre gone
You were there for us when the big brands abandoned us , we are gonna be there for you until the end of time ,
You're right. The game industry and hardware industry looks like they doesn't care low spec gamers anymore. All games need insane amount of hardware and we have nothing much to do, even some games struggle to hit 60 fps on ultra spec. Our only hope right now is AMD's upcoming budget APUs. I played most games thanks to your videos back in the time. Maybe you have accessed decent hardware through UA-cam income but you should still strive for us. For instance, continue to do videos when new budget APUs of AMD are released. Even, AMD thinks to put iGPU to its all processors whether its APU or not, maybe you can continue to do videos on how to run games on them in the future.
I wonder how much of an impact the Steam Deck will have on the games being so bloated. I am hoping that it is popular enough that studios start thinking about what they can do with low(er) end hardware.
my friend plays the most bloated game to ever exist (ARK: Survival Evolved, if you are curious) in a 10 year old PC
In the meantime I'm on a pre-Zen APU
@eduardo guevara lozano tell that to my gtx 1080
@eduardo guevara lozano easily and on max settings most times. I still game 1440p and 4k
this guy had 97 million views in total before he unlisted all his old videos and put them in an unlisted playlist. By doing this it also dropped his channel out of the youtube algorithm essentially killing his channel. These tech videos would have been better served on a second channel.
I remember finding your channel for the first time‚ it was like I had struck gold.
I even had you added on steam‚ thats how much I loved you and your channel.
You have helped my childhood brain experience some of its most joyful memories.
I will always watch your videos and ill be interested in the next steps you take.
I feel like I couldn't let go of this channel. I might not be low spec anymore but it still has a place in my heart.
I haven't watched your "LowSpecLore" videos because I wasn't really interested in the topic but since you asked to watch it I decided to give it a try. I can clearly see how much research you made and how well-made the videos are.
It also sucks now that games aren't nearly as customizable as before, also they keep getting more and more demanding on specs while my old "gaming" laptop stays in place. I just don't even try to run new games anymore. At lowest settings games usually look like crap and they somehow still manage to run like crap. I don't know how game development works but there should be a way to make a game look "older" with low setting so it doesn't look as bad and also runs well. I'm guessing companies don't even try, but like why should they, this way they're forcing us to buy better hardware. With all that all I can say is that I support the choice you made and appreciate you letting us know your thoughts.
the demand for efficiency is getting lower and lower, and as getting things efficient takes time, developers bother less and less
Well as time goes on games evolve to look better and it requires better hardware to run it better. If you cant catch up its not the games fault, its yours
They don't try to optimize at all anymore, instead they focus on making everything pay to win/rigged/gambling/over-monetized as hell... and then rush it out to gullible consumers as fast as they can with no regard to quality.
You were simply the best when it came to running games on old hardware, now you're just like any other video game documentarist on youtube.
So... Good?
You could change the channel name to SpecGamer or LowGamer. Idk, cuz Low Spec is a very specic thing lot of people look for and they will not find in this channel anymore.
We can feel the passion in every episode of lore. UA-cam was never supposed to be a job, it was always supposed to be a hobby for fun. I love this new direction you're taking, and I love how passionate about it you are. I'm worried you'll eventually run out of topics to do videos about, but I hope we can get at least three years of this stuff. Check out the War Stories episode about crash bandicoot on ARS Technica's channel, you'll see how they basically hacked the PlayStation to give them more memory.
I think one thing that would help you get back some of that former reach is to bleep the swears. I think the algorithm would be kinder to it, and your content isn't really m-rated, so it makes no sense to make it m-rated with language. If you must, you could put the uncensored stuff on Nebula. It's a little extra work, but honestly nothing compared to the amount of work you already do. But this stuff is amazing, I love everything about it. The art, the research, the passion, the drama, and how it highlights the importance of low end hardware.
Really gonna miss your low spec videos they helped me get though class by playing games on my old crappy school chromebook that I installed windows 10 on lol. But I support your new videos they are great man keep up the good work. "The end of low spec, and the start of something new"
So refreshing to see someone this happy to embark a new endeavor which is always something scary and exciting. Ánimos!
Your content helped me when I was first transitioning over to PC gaming on my old laptop. It's really touching to see a creator such as yourself reinvent himself and his content, rather than becoming a hollow sellout like a lot of longtime UA-camrs do.
I will absolutely check out that playlist and leave my thoughts on one of the videos. Best of luck to you with this new direction!!
I feel it's really important to make Hardware as efficient as it can, and I feel the industry wants to keep pushing to greater quality with high prices, and then quite forgetting to proper make their games compatible to the hardware they keep pushing, making optimization just a constant effort of "get a better PC"
Final Fantasy 7 Remake will never push up to lower specs because it was never Square's Intention, and I got this Watch Dogs feeling where it was a rumor that the game had to be downgraded for the consoles, but here, they try to make such an abomination of port to not outshine the PS5, games like the newest Call of Duty, maybe S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 will make gamers forget configuration, and keep bare-bones settings that forces the player to keep up with new graphics. And the funny thing is that I can still play BF3 and BF4 with medium-high settings, and still get such sceneries and beatiful software design behind it, that still cannot be compared with newer games, because it's running better and keep an image.
AAA Games are forgetting the importance of graphical design, based on the hardware they make, as Warzone keeps forgetting that compression exists, making it a more of a move of undeniable practice against the consumer, more games will show this trait of forgetting that your Harwdware does matter, and it's the new high cost one you look, and hopefully you are up to the other components as well.
Back at my teenage years I visited this channel, which illuminated me with so much gratification, and I'm really proud of how far you went with this. I felt that I found an economical solution as I kept using my old laptop, being a student with no revenue or job because I had to keep 8+ hours of daily school , coming back from the bus to be able to sleep, then wake up earlier than the rest of the workers just to arrive on time so I'll be able to partake on University or College. It sparked a lot of interest for me on old hardware, as well proper use of resources for a program, keeping up with a scalation of better components, but having the old ones to be an option for the new releases.
I, thank you a lot. I feel that there are inspirations that I take from you, while also look forward to my future and be able to spend researching, I may haven't stopped a lot of times in this channel as I kept getting even busier than before, but this channel helped me and many others when it came to not make us pay more when we don't have the resources for it.
Honestly since im from brazil and prices here was always sky high, i was really happy that someone was reaching out for us. So, while it is totally understandable your change in focus i cannot let it by without a sad remark. We living a huge crisis that is devastating in less technology driven countries like mine, and its really painful basically not having a single device for our budget. We are basically left out in the dark and no one really cares about. That to me is a really show of what is going on around the world, which is, profit is more important than anything, even if you product is only reaching 1/10000 of your possible market. But anyway your content was always gold and i really hope to keep watching your new stuff bc I love content about video games! Keep the awesome hard work on!
*Laughs in Portugal*
But in all seriousness I agree with this, it's sad that most of the people won't ever be able to experience high end gaming unless they are from a first world country
I live in Rio and have using computers since 1994 (my father was using way before IBM-compats were even a thing, I still have one of his old MSX2) and prices weren't always this high, actually computers were very affordable here on the late 90's to the mid 2000's, they were actually cheaper than consoles for a long time.
The problem we are living now is that we kinda reached a plateau on hardware, be it phones, handhelds, laptops or desktops, even mid-low end hardware is quite capable now of running a lot of software so hardware makers are just making new ways of pushing their high-end stuff which is hurting the whole industry.
But for me there isn't much problem since AAA games were all awful for the last 3 years... Cyberpunk, deathloop, back4blood, COD, BF, RDR2 and so on. I have been playing way more indie titles and old games lately since there isn't anything new to be excited anymore, and even with the few exceptions they don't justify spending tons of money on new hardware just to play one game.
@@LucasCunhaRocha computers were never affordable until the fiscal incentives during PT government. The prices were 10 to 30 times the minimum wage back in early 90, which got ajusted with time. True is, technology in brazil was mostly and elite/high class only. I only had acess to a computer nearly on 2000 and we took a year to pay for one, and both my parents made 3 times more than a minimum wage. And besides there is the point of AAA gaming sucking , which is not 100% real. Elden ring, FFVII and other games are coming out with awful performace and unreal requirements and extreme pricetags. Between the 2010-2015 we had a golden age of affordable graphics cards that performed well with a plethora of games that were awesome and easy to run and WAY MORE CHEAPER. I remember when i got a entry level gtx 650 for about 80$ ( something around 250 BRL back in the day) and i could play nearly every launch date game in 2012. Welp gaming industry is really pushing way more than what it can handle, really sad times. Still, in a country which about 50% of population have acess to smartphones, you can question really how badly the lack of brazilian tech companies and the unstable incoming of average brazilian is. many other countries in our continent go through something similar. Its pretty sad.
I'm happy you are going in a direction that makes you happy! I wanna thank you for all the videos of the past though, they really helped when I had a low end laptop but now with a help of a friend that helped me build it I have my very own high end pc. Hope all is well for you in the future and take care
Thank you for everything. I wish you good luck with your new path and couldn't wait to see.
On the games and hardware subject: I feared this would happen eventually. I always felt that I was too little too late to really get myself into this world. All I wanted was a gaming setup that could play most games under 4-5 years old and whose resources were applicable ONLY to games and nothing else. Yes, I'm describing a console, but I wanted to play PC games and emulators and whatnot.
I'm still not too confident in the Steam deck. it feels too cheap for what it is, and I really didn't want a portable console, I wanted a gaming machine. Which Steam DID have before but discontinued.
EDIT: I saw the Unreal 5 demo and yeah. they really stopped caring about low end machines.
As I said. I'm too late to the party.
Companies and developers just stopped caring about the little man and focused on making bigger games and faster components. Which is understandable, but I hope that the lowspec wave will return sometime in the future, and this time I will be ready.
Until then, I'm very happy with your resolution to continue these documentaries. They are a lot of fun and interesting to listen to. Do what makes you happy! Good luck!
Intel seems to be bringing some competition in that sector
Uhhh…there’s nothing stopping you from building that now. You’re saying companies don’t care about the little man as if devs are only making games for the RX 6000 and RTX 3000 series but in reality new games still run on older, cheaper and more available hardware such as the RX 470 and GTX 770 with the right settings. Of course not everything with as customizable settings as the next. The Unreal Engine 5 demo will obviously show the HIGHEST capabilities of the engine, no one would view in to see the lowest. Obviously though they’re going to optimize it for as much hardware as possible. Til the day the 750 and 1050 Ti finally die there’s still place for low spec.
Steam Deck has already had performances revealed and how it looks with numerous UA-camrs playing on it and it’s great. If you watched other videos from LowSpec you can see he detailed why other portable PCs can’t be cheaper but a big company like Valve can keep it low.
Actually Unreal Engine 5 with Nanite tech will actually make things a lot better... you get insane quality of geometry and a speed boost... FPS boost since it's dynamically streaming it... so really you will only need a nice SSD for it... and better PC in general only means longer range of it... so more detail at longer ranges
Lumen is basically raytracing... that's the worrying part
But Nanite... oh boy... no need to make LOD"s anymore so it's just plug and play adventure from the looks of it... then with Nanite also means you can render like a billion high poly hamburgers and run at nice FPS... but with it off.. you get like 5 fps lol so yeah... HUGE optimization with nanite tech... it's really cool
But Lumen is the lighting and raytracing part which is intensive sort of... so yeah lol
dude unreal 5 is the biggest sign that someone still cares about optimizing games we don't need LODs and so many many things could be possible with that such as the huge render distance and ofcourse we are getting DLSS and FSR too which is still very primitive but if it works well you can get great amounts of fps. Don't give up there is still LOTS of hope and potential coming in
I just got into PC gaming like 2 years ago. Horrible timing really. Was saving up for a desktop while having bought a 1050 laptop for school. Then crisis hit and everything was fucked. Now I'm stuck with that laptop. I deeply, deeply regret not getting a more powerful one. And honestly at this point I just don't even care about getting a new one or desktop. I'm thinking I'll just snag Elden Ring and cope with laptop or PS4 (whichever has the best frames). Then I'm done with modern gaming. I'll keep playing on emulators and all my old game backlog though
Te comprendo completamente, mi canal originalmente se trataba de construir cosas (nicho maker), pero eventualmente la necesidad de espacio, dinero y herramientas para poder crear lo que estaba en mi mente termino por apagar la pasión que tenía por ese tema... Ahí fue cuando decidí cambiar de lo físico a lo virtual. Por un lado se sintió como abandonar el corazón del canal, pero en realidad sólo fue una nueva forma de expresar mi interés por el entender los mecanismos de los dispositivos que nos rodean desde mi perspectiva de diseñador. Y creo que fue el mejor cambio que he hecho en cuanto a contenido 😁 Ánimo, se que te irá bien 💪
spam ninja
@@Cangreburger69 why?
@@elpsykoongro5379 He is indirectly promoting his channel
@@Cangreburger69 yeah
But at least give him some credit, at least he did with the context of the video
Hey un saludo Eduardo!, Te sigo desde que tú canal se llamaba búnker maker, muy buenos videos que me han ayudado a entender y crecer educativamente gracias por tus animaciones y que tengas éxitos en tus vídeos, keep going!!
i appreciate you man. you helped me alot to enjoy alot of what other people enjoyed. i love you and thank you
Appreciate you so much man, You've helped me a lot during all those years I ran with "LowSpec" I was able to play and enjoy the games that I never expected to run with the rig that I have and I continued to watch your content even after I've upgraded. Good luck with your new journey!
It’s nice to see you be honest about the situation and how you feel, I stared to watch this when i used to play games in an old laptop and your vids helped me a lot, but things change and as long as you find something you are passionate about i will watch and enjoy
Me salvaste la vida en múltiples ocasiones, todos agradecemos tu trabajo a lo largo de los años, Tienes razón con que los juegos ya no son tan flexibles como antes, es triste, pero los tiempos cambian. Es hora de que hagas lo que te apasiona Alex! Yo seguiré viendo tu contenido porque me encanta 💖 Suerte en todo rey
You saved my life in multiple occasions, everyone cheers your work over the years, you're right about the games not being as accessible as before, it's sad, but everything changes with enough time. It's time that you do what you love Alex! I'll keep watching your content because i love it (hearth emoji) Good luck, king
@@milanga4560 but times change*
Good luck king*
Also...
LowSpec's native language is Spanish so all this was unnecessary lol
@@notoltrexclearly2690 LOL I didn't mean to type look instead of luck, like, its not even close to the same word kek.
Also, remember that lowspec speaks english in his videos for a reason, not everybody speaks spanish my friend, that's why i decided to translate the comment. Also I'm bored af
@@milanga4560 There are more native spanish speakers in the world than english native speakers fyi
@@milanga4560 r u bored? Wanna hangout at steam?
Your videos helped me through high-school when all I had in that tough, money-strained period of my life was a crappy laptop that struggled to play the games that gave me the only reasons to keep on living and pushing. I think I speak for a lot of kids and adults alike here when I say you helped a tonne of us more than we would ever be able to thank you for. Wish you all the best on your journey into the future.
Man you have no idea how many memories you've given me. Thank You and good luck on your path.
Thank you for your help throughout all these times for our potato pc's
Times are tough for everyone. You got the passion to do something. People will always follow you for that. I appreciate you very much.
Poda punda
I wish somebody would fill the gap this left.
There is so much left to do. Unreal 5 showed we can dynamicly tessilate and LOD even more extremely.
Getting Spiderman to run on a PSP for example.
I think one reason no one seems to have filled the gap is that they hit the same walls I did. There are diminishing returns to what modern games allow on configuration file changes
@@LowSpecGamer bro. i think it seems too late. but how about migrating your old videos to a new channel instead. like... LowSpecLegacy maybe?
I’m a new subscriber BECAUSE of your gameboy videos and I can’t wait to go back and watch the back catalog of videos. Had you not tried something new I may never have stumbled on your channel! Keep doing what you love, it shows!
You're my hero, man. You've helped me a lot during all those years I ran with a potato and I continued to watch your content even after I've upgraded. I wish you good fortune on your future endeavors and I'll stick around to see what's next.
You have helped so many people and I have to agree with all those difficulties. PC gaming, hell, gaming in general has become something so disgusting, very few projects and industry ideas are truly beneficial to consumers. I am hyped with you pursuing these endevours, those videos are so great. Let's go!
subscribed to this channel for the dishonored lowspec tutorial and you helped me enjoy a majority of my teens playing the games that interested me and i thank you for that. i gotta admit its really great to to see the spark in your eyes when it comes to getting excited about your content again. cant wait to see where this channel goes.
Dude I was so young when I watched your channel now I'm 21 you literally helped me at my worst when I had a all in one Toshiba to play on I'm fr grateful for you thank you for allowing me the chance to play games when my parents couldn't affordable a PC set up now I'm gaming on an rtx card.
Evolution is necessary in everything. This feels like the equivalent of when the game boy finally got a back light. I’m glad that you’ve found your next evolve form, and I can’t wait to learn about all kinds of lore from across the consoles!
Keep it up alex, you’re doing great :))
It was fun whole it lasted, seeing how playable extremely low Res modern games go was always a treat to see, good luck man.
Sad I barely found you today... Glad to say you have impacted so many people here you probably don't even realize... Thank you.
I love all of your work! Do what makes you happy and I'll keep watching!!
I'm glad you're working on projects that you enjoy! Thank you for all of the work you've done in the past, they've helped me, and tons of other people out a lot, and I can't wait to see the future of the channel!
When I had a low spec PC you were my true savior, helped me play a lot of games that I thought would never run in my old PC, I have only eternal gratitude and admiration for all the work you did my friend and rest assured that whatever you decide to create in your channel those that are truly your friends and admirers are going to keep enjoying your content. Again, thank you very much!
You helped us so much for a long time. All i can say is thank you 🙂 and good luck for your new direction ❤️
The new videos are some of your best work. They were honestly the videos that pulled me back into your channel. At first it was curiosity since I don't think I've seen you do any video essay type content before, but by the end of the first video I found myself craving for more. Each video is meticulously researched, written, and edited with such intent and passion that it's impossible not to be interested in the topic. This also feels like a natural evolution to the channel - from testing the limits of older hardware, to appreciating the history that lead to where we are today. Good luck, Alex. Your passion shines through in whatever you do, and it's beautiful to see.
You're one of the few UA-camrs that I know that really cares about low end, I appreciate what you've done for us.
Thank you for your efforts. Appreciate it 👍
Damn. The title don't sound too good
Sunnyv2 gonna probably do video rise and downfall of lowspecgamer
Lol
U made my childhood happy man.. thank you so much sir for everything.
This channel is so nostalgic you helped a lot of people i miss lowspec so much such underrated channel thank you
somewhat you've been my childhood, i was 11 when i got a cheap $250 laptop from my parents, i wanted to play so much games back then, i remember once i wanted to play gta 5 but then i came across this channel, from then on this channel has been my life, trying every single game i wanted to play with low end optimizations, sad to think all this is coming to an end. Thanks for everything man, my childhood wouldn't have been the same without your amazing videos
We'll be here for you the way you were for us. Thanks for all the great content and hope to see what comes from you in the future. Thank you!!!
Why deleting the old videos?
You never appreciate anything until it’s gone
you are the chef and we love whatever you cook! sorry i couldn't do patreon or nebula, hope watching youtube with ads is ok. road to 1 mil subs! 🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️
I’d occasionally watched your vids in the past, but never subscribed. I just watched your two most recent though, and was like “woah, whats’s this channel again? I wanna watch more of this!”
I *love* this sort of deeply-researched history and stories about how the various companies evolved, the roles of key personalities, etc,etc.
So your new direction definitely hit a nerve with me, I’m a new subscriber and can’t wait to see what you produce next!
honestly your game boy videos got me back into the whole handheld and console gaming space in general and im enjoying gaming a whole lot agian!!
I love the history lessons.
We needed something to fill in the gaps, when the Gaming Historian is still working on his next entry. Not to mention, you already nailed the production value. You and him could both upload videos on the same channel and they'd mesh extremely well.
Or you could at least just collab and make videos that coincide with one another, at least from time to time. Something along those lines.
And maybe if a game and/or piece of hardware comes along, that you feel passionate about, make a video or two about getting some great gaming on a budget, the sprinkle it in with the documentaries. There really isn't a reason why you couldn't branch out and diversify. Look at Simon Whistler.
I have been watching you since the old days I had my laptop until II had a good PC and it has been a great journey, but things change and that's normal. I'll keep supporting you man.
Thank you for creating these videos for people like me that dont have a really good computer, you made my days amazing.
I love your channel and will never stop watching.
Querido amigo, lamentablemente en la web hay de todo, hasta incluso gente que critica el trabajo de una persona tan generosa, capaz y grande como vos. Me pone un poco triste que ya no vas a hacer videos como los de antes (que son excelentes y me han ayudado muchísimo) pero también me pongo muy feliz al saber que vas a hacer algo que te gusta mucho y que ya lo estás disfrutando. Gracias por la inmensa calidad de TODO tu trabajo. Te merecés lo mejor. Un abrazo desde Argentina.
Good luck dude, I never once had a decent laptop in my life and you're the reason why I was able to experience certain games that without you I wouldn't have gotten to play
Found your video on a random article today, but I'm here to see the new chapters. Keep up the good work!
I have always found an intrest your videos, i ran a 1 core 2 thread laptop for years and your videos helped me run games i never thought could work so thank you!
This man literally helped me run some of the games I’ve always wanted to play on a potato pc and I’ll never stop watching this channel no matter what
Damn. And it looks like new vids are not doing numbers. Sad to see this happen. Was looking to see if you could make BG3 run on a laptop 1050ti
With the exception of the last two (and it is still early, these grow slowly) most of the new videos are much higher than the average of the old style videos
@@LowSpecGamer they really haven't.
none of your recent videos have reached over 600k views, meanwhile a lot of your older ones (even ones made not long before this change) have WAY more views, a few even having over 1mil.
The average view count of the old series was around 70k to 80k. There were a handful that were very successful but they were very far from the norm.
@@LowSpecGamer From what I can tell its moreso 100 -> 400k, with there being less videos below that threshold than your newer ones.
Oh Manx if that had been true it would had been much easier to pivot the topics. I used to have a mini celebration any time an old video hit 100k and over the years that became rarer and rarer…
You do what's good for you! Most of us will still be here for it. And more will come. Happy new year!
Thank you!so much good memories tweaking a lot of my games before with your help. Got a crappy computer before and this channel help me play games that i thought i couldnt play. Thank you good sir!