eli5 Why do old pc games that look good run better than new PC games that look bad

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For example, I have a decent non-gaming laptop I can’t figure out how I can run say battlefield 4 or titanfall 2 or even GTA v which looks great at 50-60fps pretty consistently however I can’t run say outer wilds or apex or cod at minimum with the resolution set so low I can barely see but only get 20-25fps it just doesn’t make sense pleaaase help me understand thanks so much guys!

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Older games are meant to run on older hardware which in turn means lower spec equipment… It may have been top of the line then but mediocre now. So playing older games is nbd because they have to run on old “mediocre” hardware too. I can play Crysis 1 np at over 144 fps (non remastered) bc that game was built for much lower resolution and fps. Now with insanely better equipment it runs np, still looks good too, but if I run remastered, I struggle to keep over 60-70fps

So you may have a decent laptop that’s a few years old that’ll run slightly aged games np, but newer stuff is optimized for newer he and that’s why it sucks. Also, try a driver update

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