Genshin Impact 4.4 on a 2008 Core2 Quad Q9550
Not bad for a 16 year old CPU. It's definitely not perfect but I think it's still playable and I'd take that over a phone or a tablet any day.
I don't have a capture card so I had to screen record it locally on the system which does have a small impact on performance.
While the CPU is the bottleneck the GTX 660 still gets quite high usage most of the time. Something like an AMD Radeon HD 7850 / HD 7870 or similar would probably do better thanks to having less CPU overhead, I sadly don't have any to test on.
The oldest GPUs that could run Genshin are Radeon HD 5000 series from 2009 and GeForce GTX 400 series from 2010.
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Edit: I've now tested Genshin 4.5 on the C2Q Q9550 + Radeon HD 7870
• Genshin Impact 4.5 / Core2 Quad Q9550...
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The loading times are quite long but I think those could be reduced quite a bit by having the game on a SSD. I had to install it on a HDD because I only have a 120GB SSD in the system and a 86GB game isn't going to fit on it.
CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 overclocked to 3.4GHz
Cooler: Stock cooler from a C2Q Q6600
GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II OC 2GB (released in 2012)
RAM: 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB 1067MHz)
Motherboard: Asus P5KC (Intel P35 chipset)
SSD: 120GB Kingston A400
HDD: 500GB Seagate from 2013
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1
Recording software: NVIDIA Shadowplay
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Genshin Impact[a] is an action role-playing game developed by miHoYo, published by miHoYo in mainland China and worldwide by Cognosphere, d/b/a HoYoverse. It was released for Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, and Windows in 2020, and on PlayStation 5 in 2021. The game features an anime-style open-world environment and an action-based battle system using elemental magic and character-switching. A free-to-play game monetized through gacha game mechanics, Genshin Impact is expanded regularly through patches using the games as a service model.
Genshin Impact takes place in the fantasy world of Teyvat, home to seven nations, each of which is tied to a different element and ruled by a different god (archon). The story follows The Traveler, an interstellar adventurer who, at the start of the game, is separated from their twin sibling after the two land in Teyvat. Thereafter, the Traveler journeys across the nations of Teyvat in search of the lost sibling, accompanied by their guide, Paimon. Along the way, the two befriend myriad individuals, become involved in the affairs of its nations, and begin to unravel the mysteries of the land.
Development of Genshin Impact began in 2017, and takes inspiration from a variety of sources, including The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, anime, Gnosticism, and an array of cultures and world mythologies. Genshin Impact has received generally positive reviews, with critics writing approving of its combat mechanics and its immersive open world. Conversely, some criticism has been directed at its simplistic endgame and its gacha-based monetization model. Across all platforms, the game is estimated to have grossed nearly $3.8 billion by the end of 2022, representing the highest ever first-year launch revenue for any video game.[2][3]
