I just found out about this place yesterday, pretty sweet site, although my computer really sucks so i't kinda entertaining to see the test reccomend that i get a new computer for almost every game I test it for.

cyberg4

@Siegeman: I do have to question "failing" of a computer due to a lack of available disc space...

Well, if the site is there to tell you whether or not you can go buy the game right now and play it, disk space is a concern.

ElijahDProphet

I'm just wondering who paid them to recommend those specific hardware upgrades. neat toy though.

graybird

Last time I used that site, it wasn't too friendly with ATI GPUs and multi-core processors. Seems to have gotten its act together though, as I just checked my PC and everything is detected perfectly.

I do have to question "failing" of a computer due to a lack of available disc space...

Siegeman

Ehh, that doesn't work too well. It failed my 8800gt for Crysis because it didn't have 640mb vram and suggested that I "upgrade" to the much slower 8800gts 640mb. Also, for some reason when you have XP it gives you a low score under the operation system section.. Last time I checked, XP is better for gaming at this point due to the compatibility and lack of bloat Vista is known for.

giantenemycrab

Just a note, these are the minimum and recommended requirements as stated by the game makers. Which are sometimes not always that correct.

chris-mcc

I knew this a looong time ago.

dude49

Like some others are saying, this is inaccurate. There are plenty of games I was able to play on my computer when this said that I couldn't play them. Thats why I don't use sites like this, but rather just search the game requirements myself.

TheVault

You all know this is extremely old, and horribly inaccurate..

katorok

Now my computer officially sucks

atom88

cool i can run crysis or somthing more taxing on my work computer...maybe ill give it a try

crobar

this might be laughed at, but does it not support mac?

tajesmahoney

It detected my external usb hard drive rather than the internal because it had more space. And for some reason XP tends to jump all over the bar even for the same game when looking at the min and recommended tabs.

Woodsyx

Good tool! Sure it's not perfect, but for those of us who don't memorize our hardware stats, it's damn handy. Nice post LH.

rscotta

@gouki4u:

A lot of the GameFaqs threads are targetted at unreleased Games... i see like 3 a day about assassin's creed. lol. but still plenty of people on Gears Of War posting about it.

ph15h

@Maurik: Thanks muchly. I always wondered what the 2800 meant.

Krondonian

@Krondonian:

Your sempron called a Sempron 2800, runs at 1.6Ghz, but it is called 2800 because it is equivalent to the speed of a pentium IV running at 2.8Ghz.

AMD decided to do the nomenclature like that way back since the Athlons because AMD processor were running faster than Pentiums at lower clock speeds.

Hope that helps.

Maurik

@tetranitro:

I use a mac, but there's a (crappy) PC in the house. Figuring out what'll run on it with a minimum of fuss would be very nice.

krylonultraflat

If only posting a "Can my system run this?" thread on GameFAQS would automatically link the thread creator to the test a lot of forum strife could be solved, and people could get back to yelling at each other over more important things.

gouki4u

Well, sometimes Dual Core Processors Clock Faster than Stated. Like they told me my Core 2 Duo 1.8GhZ clocked at 4.4Ghz when testing for some game.. i think it was enemy territory. So that's the only reason I needed it.

ph15h

Here's a hint, folks: If you need to download and install some program (blindly, no less), to figure out if you meet the hardware requirements? You probably don't know enough about the hardware you're using.

Honestly, how hard is it to read the box / website?

TetraNitroCubane

I've a measly 1.6 Ghz Single Core Sempron Proccessor [I know, it sucks] yet the site rates it as 2.8, ie. almost equal to the decent one in the picture. Is there a reason for this. [I haven't overclocked it or anything.]

Krondonian

Well... expected from a laptop that's set up to play the miniumum of gaming.. I knew I could never play Crysis. lol. that's the only minimum I failed.

ph15h

It does look like the site provides minimum and recommended levels on separate tabs...

onetrueu

I find [www.yougamers.com] is better. It's run by Futuremark and they give their own realistic minimum and recommended specs as well as the publishers' recommended specs. They also give suitable hardware upgrade suggestions. It's not brilliant but it's a nice extra.

mobiusuk

I was about to say something cute and clever how System Requirements Lab.com has had this for a while now, but it seems they are the ones behind the can you run it site.

Molbork

My system can barely run Sam and Max, much less Crysis.

Jonn

^fails........edit!!!

MJDeviant

Recommends an 8800 and fials my 8600 for Guitar Hero III. Wow.....I didn't know it was that demanding.

MJDeviant

This is a great idea, if only games would actually run on "minimum specs"

a few weeks ago I ran into serious issues trying to play The Witcher even though I met minimum specs... here's the techniques I used to get it to run:
[internetducttape.com]

engtech

Great site however it takes them awhile to add a new game to the site.

tom804

Bah, doesn't work with OS X. Not that there are many games, but it would be nice to run thru some of the ones I'm not sure about and click em to see.

Myles

neat test.. and the more tests the better.. I just got bioshock.. and i thought that it would not run.. even though i installed it blindly. in the end it... it did run. and i just ran the test for bioshock; -the result was accurate :)

bksteve