A Way to try Valheim before I buy?

I don't play many games on my PC, sometimes WOW which runs decently at mid levels. My pc is old and used to walk to school in the snow both ways. I guess I can refund if it wont run but isnt there an easier way? Also will Gloomhaven run on GTX 450, 8gb i7 @ 2600 3.4ghz?
11:13 pm, October 23, 2021
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_I_ replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 24, 2021 @ 3:42:36 am PDT

it will not run good on the gtx450
gt cards are also way too weak for decent fps
11:13 am, October 24, 2021
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Doingle Dingus replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 7:14:00 pm PDT

Originally posted by Ryzilynt:
Originally posted by Doingle Dingus:



-window-mode exclusive -screen-fullscreen put that in your launch settings

unfortunately does nothing for me
Really? For the few friends that ive played with, its like night and day for them. Sorry :/
5:13 am, October 24, 2021
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Ryzilynt replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 7:28:16 pm PDT

Originally posted by Doingle Dingus:
Originally posted by Ryzilynt:

unfortunately does nothing for me
Really? For the few friends that ive played with, its like night and day for them. Sorry :/

again , its a 2 gb video card, and it draws it power from the rail. Pretty sure 2gb on GPU is my bottleneck
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Doingle Dingus replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 9:41:56 pm PDT

Originally posted by Ryzilynt:
Originally posted by Doingle Dingus:
Really? For the few friends that ive played with, its like night and day for them. Sorry :/

again , its a 2 gb video card, and it draws it power from the rail. Pretty sure 2gb on GPU is my bottleneck
oh, yeah that would be it. But its not even the gpu that much. Just a poorly optimized game
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xxdovaxx1 replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 4:35:32 pm PDT

Originally posted by Shad0wman:
I don't play many games on my PC, sometimes WOW which runs decently at mid levels. My pc is old and used to walk to school in the snow both ways. I guess I can refund if it wont run but isnt there an easier way? Also will Gloomhaven run on GTX 450, 8gb i7 @ 2600 3.4ghz?
family share
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Ryzilynt replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 5:33:38 pm PDT

Originally posted by Doingle Dingus:
Originally posted by Ryzilynt:
Yeah I got a nice new i7 box for free, and i figured I'd just throw a decent video card and some ram in and I'd be good to go. Sadly it is a SFF box with a 190watt power supply. I think I get like 4.9 x 3.7 inches of tolerance for video card, so the best I could find that fits is a GT730 2gb gddr6 SFF card.

Game still runs like trash on those specs, sadly.


Originally posted by Shad0wman:

Sure, couple things, sounds simple enough. Pulling hair out already.
-window-mode exclusive -screen-fullscreen put that in your launch settings

unfortunately does nothing for me
2:13 am, October 24, 2021
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Ryzilynt replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 22, 2021 @ 1:43:45 pm PDT

Yes, there is a way. If you buy a game on Steam you can get a refund within the first 2 hours of purchase.

Maybe someone else will actually link to the refund policy. But the short answer is "yes"

""Also will Gloomhaven run on GTX 450, 8gb i7 @ 2600 3.4ghz?"

Probably not well.
11:13 pm, October 23, 2021
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Doingle Dingus replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 22, 2021 @ 1:47:05 pm PDT

Originally posted by Shad0wman:
I don't play many games on my PC, sometimes WOW which runs decently at mid levels. My pc is old and used to walk to school in the snow both ways. I guess I can refund if it wont run but isnt there an easier way? Also will Gloomhaven run on GTX 450, 8gb i7 @ 2600 3.4ghz?

Ive got a 2070 and an i7 and the game runs like crap. You have to do a couple things in the files and property settings. I can show you if you want. Just let me know!
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Shad0wman replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 2:32:28 pm PDT

Originally posted by Doingle Dingus:
Originally posted by Shad0wman:
I don't play many games on my PC, sometimes WOW which runs decently at mid levels. My pc is old and used to walk to school in the snow both ways. I guess I can refund if it wont run but isnt there an easier way? Also will Gloomhaven run on GTX 450, 8gb i7 @ 2600 3.4ghz?

Ive got a 2070 and an i7 and the game runs like crap. You have to do a couple things in the files and property settings. I can show you if you want. Just let me know!

Sure, couple things, sounds simple enough. Pulling hair out already.
11:13 pm, October 23, 2021
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stvlepore replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 2:41:52 pm PDT

Sometimes upgrading to a new everything is out of the budget but replacing a couple parts may be doable. I tossed a few video cards in mine till I got the $$ for a good machine.
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Shad0wman replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 2:48:47 pm PDT

Originally posted by stvlepore:
Sometimes upgrading to a new everything is out of the budget but replacing a couple parts may be doable. I tossed a few video cards in mine till I got the $$ for a good machine.
Yea Geez, I hear ya on that, but $250-400 for like a GTX 960, seems like I might as well buy a new pc at that point, but what a terrible time to be buying tech.
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Ryzilynt replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 2:49:55 pm PDT

Yeah I got a nice new i7 box for free, and i figured I'd just throw a decent video card and some ram in and I'd be good to go. Sadly it is a SFF box with a 190watt power supply. I think I get like 4.9 x 3.7 inches of tolerance for video card, so the best I could find that fits is a GT730 2gb gddr6 SFF card.

Game still runs like trash on those specs, sadly.
11:13 pm, October 23, 2021
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Doingle Dingus replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 2:55:08 pm PDT

Originally posted by Ryzilynt:
Yeah I got a nice new i7 box for free, and i figured I'd just throw a decent video card and some ram in and I'd be good to go. Sadly it is a SFF box with a 190watt power supply. I think I get like 4.9 x 3.7 inches of tolerance for video card, so the best I could find that fits is a GT730 2gb gddr6 SFF card.

Game still runs like trash on those specs, sadly.


Originally posted by Shad0wman:
Originally posted by Doingle Dingus:

Ive got a 2070 and an i7 and the game runs like crap. You have to do a couple things in the files and property settings. I can show you if you want. Just let me know!

Sure, couple things, sounds simple enough. Pulling hair out already.
-window-mode exclusive -screen-fullscreen put that in your launch settings
11:13 pm, October 23, 2021
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Doingle Dingus replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 2:57:02 pm PDT

Originally posted by Doingle Dingus:
Originally posted by Ryzilynt:
Yeah I got a nice new i7 box for free, and i figured I'd just throw a decent video card and some ram in and I'd be good to go. Sadly it is a SFF box with a 190watt power supply. I think I get like 4.9 x 3.7 inches of tolerance for video card, so the best I could find that fits is a GT730 2gb gddr6 SFF card.

Game still runs like trash on those specs, sadly.


Originally posted by Shad0wman:

Sure, couple things, sounds simple enough. Pulling hair out already.
-window-mode exclusive -screen-fullscreen put that in your launch settings
https://www.pcgamer.com/valheim-increase-fps-performance/ then go on that website and copy those settings that they tell you. I went from mid 40s to around 100 sometimes 120. The game doesn't force full screen, it just stays in windowed boarder less. So setting these forces full screen,
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Kitsune Dzelda replied to A Way to try Valheim before I buy? October 23, 2021 @ 3:33:43 pm PDT

I wouldnt even bother trying. The RTX 30 series are notorious for being faulty at this point, but even so Valheim is infamous for overheating and drawing a lot of resources due to poor optimization. Any problems you may have with your PC, if you value it, may become exacerbated with continued running of your rig, especially if its old.
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