mattador101: So I recently bought a new laptop. Nothing crazy, and certainly not one made specifically for gaming. However, it still has some brains to it. It's a Dell Intel Core i5 with 256GB of storage, 8GB of memory, and runs Windows 10. I generally play older games on GOG -- Rollercoaster Tycoon, Civ series, Brothers in Arms, to name a few.
My question is should I expect to run into installing/playing issues for games with those system figures? Am I misinterpreting system requirements?
For example, I looked at Rollercoaster Tycoon's system requirements and, unless I'm not grasping something, my processor doesn't meet their requirements, yet I play it with no issues (although it has crashed on me a few times, which never happened on my old laptop). It's confusing because I figured a modern laptop would be able to play just about any older game.

mattador101: So I recently bought a new laptop. Nothing crazy, and certainly not one made specifically for gaming. However, it still has some brains to it. It's a Dell Intel Core i5 with 256GB of storage, 8GB of memory, and runs Windows 10. I generally play older games on GOG -- Rollercoaster Tycoon, Civ series, Brothers in Arms, to name a few.
My question is should I expect to run into installing/playing issues for games with those system figures? Am I misinterpreting system requirements?
For example, I looked at Rollercoaster Tycoon's system requirements and, unless I'm not grasping something, my processor doesn't meet their requirements, yet I play it with no issues (although it has crashed on me a few times, which never happened on my old laptop). It's confusing because I figured a modern laptop would be able to play just about any older game.

nightcraw1er.488: What graphics card? That’s probably going to be the most headache if any.

Melvinica: Rollercoaster Tycoon requires a 1.8 GHz or faster processor. Of course your i5 is way above what the game asks for.

mattador101: Intel UHD Graphics 620.

Randalator: https://www.techcenturion.com/intel-uhd-graphics-620

I wouldn't expect much from that thing...

Randalator: https://www.techcenturion.com/intel-uhd-graphics-620

I wouldn't expect much from that thing...

Melvinica: For the kind of games that the OP says he is playing that card is more than enough.

mattador101: Intel UHD Graphics 620.mattador101: I figured, but there was anther time I was looking into my system settings and I thought I saw something saying my processor was only 1.6 GHz. That's why i got confused. I forget where I was at though.

mattador101: I figured, but there was anther time I was looking into my system settings and I thought I saw something saying my processor was only 1.6 GHz. That's why i got confused. I forget where I was at though.

Dark_art_: Cpu speed (in GHz) is not a good for comparing different CPU's. Roller coaster Tycoon should run smooth in your pc unless there is some software or configuration problem.
A good exemple is the 1st gen i5-760 and 8th gen i5-8400, both rated at 2.8GHz base clock. The newer CPU is probably around 2 times faster on light loads and 3x on heavy loads. The reason is the 8400 has 6 cores compared to the 4 cores on the 760, and improvements on the "uArch" aloows it be way faster, even with less power comsumption.
What this means is that game requirements is harder than ever to get...

The Intel UHD 620 has enough power to run older games, however some games have trouble dealing with integrated graphics from Intel. Screen resolution is also a big factor.

Windows 10 probably contributes the most to crash older games.

Lord_Kane: Modern laptop and some desktop processors will slow them selves down to conserve power, you can adjust this in window's power settings.

You should be more then fine.