Will it run on my PC

[SGCW124]

Christmas is coming, & I hear a conversation on a train the other day aboutr a gaming related site you can log on with all the PC games in it, the site will tell you if a certain game will run on your own PC I guess it runs a test on your PC but dammned if I can recall the sites name, which serves me right for earwigging I suppose

ring any bells anyone?

Steve

 

[masqueraid]

Windows Games Advisor but it doesn't cover everything. Always make a note of your system specifications, especially memory and graphics card before shopping. The box (or even the manufacturers' websites) will list this minimum you need to run the game - bear in mind that if you have the minimum that just means the game will run on your box - it gives no guarantees of how well.

 

[pammy]

And also makes no allowances for anything else you might be running at the same time

 

[guydewdney]

modern high spec games are very resource hungry - if you are looking at a new / expensive shoot-e-mup 1st person game - and your PC is over 2 years old, forget it. Or go buy 2 gig of ram and a 500 quid graphics card

Or so I have been told - im not a gamer.

 

[WLeg]

What ever it says on the back of the box /mimimum specs...double it, then turn off your AV/Spysweper, etc to play.

As Guy says, you will need a decent processor, Graphics card, and loads of RAM.

Always worth checking the PC specs on the game manufature's web site....

 

[SEM]

Don't always believe what it says on the box check the gaming forums first. Some software gaming houses do not always test their products with certain hardware.. You may have a fancy graphics card and the latest drivers and it will still not work. Then you spend 3 weeks rolling back your drivers to suit.

 

[marcos]

modern high spec games are very resource hungry - if you are looking at a new / expensive shoot-e-mup 1st person game - and your PC is over 2 years old, forget it. Or go buy 2 gig of ram and a 500 quid graphics card

Or so I have been told - im not a gamer.

Or go and buy an X-Box 360

 

[HughJarse]

Or go and buy an X-Box 360

Speaking of which, 49 quid at argos with about 80 quids of free games at the moment. Nice in time for Xmas.

 

[masqueraid]

err ... X-Box £49.98 ... X-Box 360 £199.99

 

[Spinal]

Surely you meant a Wii? 179 fishy things and you get Wii Sports, a wireless controller and a nunchuck controller...