Poll: How well does your PC run games

[Korten12]

Me trying the Lost Planet 2 Benchmark.

Wierdly enough, I can run Crysis, settings all max and no lag.

Though that wasn't DX11 like the Benchmark is.

That is not bad, PS3 and XBox can only run Mafia II at 24 FPS.

yeah though I thought I should have been able to run it with no problems at all.

 

[Delusibeta]

While I wouldn't say I can run *everything* maxed out (Just Cause 2 gets a bit choppy, but runs fine on Medium), I haven't ran into a game I can't run.

 

[ShawnShady]

I guess it runs games fine, except GTA IV, it doesn't support a comfortable game when the graphics are full D:

 

[10zack986]

My parents bought some default Costco PC. I checked the specs and realized that it should be able to take an HD 5670. So I ordered it, installed it, and I couldn't be happier. It can run Fallout 3 maxed, games like Crysis and Shattered Horizon on medium.

 

[WittyInfidel]

I haven't come across anything I cannot play on ultra-high settings yet. PC is custom, built it myself. *bows*

 

[SuperNashwan]

To the OP

I am running a pretty ancient mobo, with the best gear I can probably get for an outdated architecture. Ive got an AGP machine (rather than the newer PCI-e) with an Athlon X2 processor, plus an ATI HD 3850 512 Mb graphics card. It can do crysis warhead, Fallout 3, and all my games at full settings, but I dont have vista or windows 7 so never seen the DX 10 effects in Crysis 1.

It can run every game I have at full settings, all except on some games dynamic shadows need to be set at medium or it chugs a little. I get best consistent frame rate at 1024 x 768 resolution. As most new games tend to be developed with a dual console / PC route in mind, current graphics demands dont tend to push my machine that far. However there are some 'PC developed' games like Metro 2033 that are pushing the envelope, and pretty soon you will need one of the NVidia GTX range and at least an Intel i5 or i7, or one of the AMD Phenom or quad core chips.

Dual core with a 256 Mb graphics card seems to be the minimum at the mo.

I recently saw a Dual Graphics card (Not SLI or crossfire, it was two GPU's on one board) in the GTX 480 range for £900.00. That made my eyes water ....

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

suprisingly pretty good. just built it recently with a rough 600 dollar spent on it

got a hd 5770, phenom 3.2 ghz x2, 4gb of ddr3 ram, and a decent mobo to hold it together i suppose.

runs everything (i have tried) so far at high or ultra without breakin much of a sweat

 

[gigastrike]

2.5GHz dual core

2GB RAM

NVidia 8600 Graphics card

It works, but not well by modern standards.

 

[veloper]

3.2 ghz phenom II x4; radeon 4870; 4 GB DDR3

Runs everything smoothly at 1680x1050 on high settings.

 

[ScRaT_the_destroyer]

i recently dropped £120 on a gtx460 768mb, and to be particularly honest, it's mega
it replaced a 512mb 8800gt which while still decent just wasn't cutting it in BC2 (me likes me anti-aliasing). it reinvigorated my oc'd pentium E5300 system to the point i'm thinking ill hold off on a nice shiny new i5 until june

 

[Christemo]

i can get Dead Rising 2 on pretty good settings, and everything maxed out in BFBC2, so im happy with my tower.

 

[SalamanderJoe]

Mine can handle Portal with everything set down to lowest quality.

 

[sir.rutthed]

Mine runs great. Starcraft II on ultra, Modern Warfare on highest, even Crysis on high. If you have the cash, I strongly suggest building your own compy. It's much cheaper and more fun than just going to Best Buy and picking one up.

 

[mirror's edgy]

I know little about the subject. All of my games are are 2005 or earlier, except Serious Sam HD, and I have to turn down the resolution a few notches to get a decent frame rate. Go ahead and groan, everyone, but what exactly is the video card, and can I replace it without tearing my laptop apart?

 

[AcidLillies]

Bare minimum settings on WOW, in a completely deserted zone, I manage... 16 FPS? Aion runs at 9. :|

 

[Nolanp01]

Runs everything fine but I built it myself.

 

[Wolfram23]

To the OP
I recently saw a Dual Graphics card (Not SLI or crossfire, it was two GPU's on one board) in the GTX 480 range for £900.00. That made my eyes water ....

You're probably talking about the 5970, from ATI. It's essentially 2 slightly cut down 5870 GPUs on one PCB, and it is... no, it was the largest and most expensive and highest performing single card available. Not anymore. I give you, the Asus Ares! ($1200 USD)

(A regular 5970 is the small one)

 

[Captain Pancake]

I can only barely play any new releases. I have to play civilisation 5 on low settings, when your computer can't even run a Civ game you know it's time to upgrade.

 

[Imat]

I can run any game on the market, though I haven't got anything from within the last year or so. So far it runs everything fine on the higher settings, fine meaning no lag and full framerate, but I don't have very many graphically intense games that I truly enjoy...Atm I'm trying to beat Majesty's expansion, a game many times harder than the original despite carrying the same difficulty descriptions.

 

[SuperNashwan]

To the OP
I recently saw a Dual Graphics card (Not SLI or crossfire, it was two GPU's on one board) in the GTX 480 range for £900.00. That made my eyes water ....

You're probably talking about the 5970, from ATI. It's essentially 2 slightly cut down 5870 GPUs on one PCB, and it is... no, it was the largest and most expensive and highest performing single card available. Not anymore. I give you, the Asus Ares! ($1200 USD)

(A regular 5970 is the small one)

Lol yes I probably looked at both ranges and got confused ... it was the 5970! I am getting old ... wheres my teeth gone? **wobbles whilst looking for slippers**

That ares looks rather nice too. I wonder how long it would be before you had to upgrade though? Would all that throbbing power keep you in games for a few years, or will the base architecture get superceded too quickly for it to be worth having to sell your mother for?