For Destiny 2, you definitely need a powerful graphics card, right? No. This player shows that it works even with the integrated graphics unit.
Sometimes, not everything goes according to plan in life. Then it helps to be creative to find a solution for new problems.
Gamers are not protected from such problems either. When you meet up online with your friends for a gaming session and suddenly your hardware fails, you need a quick solution.
No Graphics Card? No Problem!
Reddit user Ballisticshark experienced what no gamer wishes for. After just four hours in Destiny 2, his GTX 1080 graphics card failed and stopped working. So what do you do without a replacement graphics card? Put Destiny 2 on hold until you get new hardware? No!
Ballisticshark did what most would dismiss as a bad joke. He decided to use the integrated graphics unit in the processor to play. This unit is not really designed for high gaming demands but rather for office use.
In his case, it is an Intel HD 530 graphics unit, which is built into his Intel Core i7 6700K. To run Destiny 2 at a comfortable framerate, the player had to say goodbye to “FullHD”. He adjusted the resolution down to 720p. But that wasn’t enough – he had to set the render scaling for Destiny 2 to 45%.
With that, he achieved at least 30 FPS. But only if no other players were nearby. Besides that, there were occasional stutters. But that didn’t matter, as he wanted to play.
Despite these circumstances, Ballisticshark reached Power Level 300 with all three of his characters. Kudos!
And now you are probably wondering how the game looks for him. Luckily, he documented his experience with various GIFs that he uploaded. The look resembles that of a retro shooter:
Ballisticshark now hopes to get a replacement graphics card soon so he doesn’t have to “digitally suffer” anymore. Would this look in Destiny 2 be an option for you if your graphics card failed? Or would you rather switch to other games until the new card arrives?
