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    Can you run it .com?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by miscolobo, Mar 12, 2008.

  1. miscolobo

    miscolobo Notebook Deity

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    Are the results accurate? let me post some of the screens i got from testing 2 graphics intensive games such as:

    Bioshock:


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    Oblivion: (Note to look at where the line is where it says "Here are your computers results")

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    Now i know that these settings are kinda mind blowing....i think it rates my system with 1008.3mb memory (VRAM or w/e). Maybe its accurate, inacurate


    *****SPECS ARE IN SIG********
     
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  2. Satyrion

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    not very accurate but still accaptable
     
    Satyrion, Mar 12, 2008
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    they just use the developers recommended specs ... so if those are accurate to the game.. then yes. but a lot of developers list minimum specs a lot lower than what the game usually needs
     
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  4. miscolobo

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    What does recommended specs mean in terms of graphics settings? medium?
    minimal specs= low?
     
    miscolobo, Mar 12, 2008
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    That website is not accurate. They simply copy and paste the minimum and recommended system requirements and then offer you an Alienware PC if you fail the test. The GeForce 8400GS is a weak graphics card. It plays Half-Life 2 and Battlefield 2 well, but Bioshock will probaly chug on anything but low settings.
     
    knightingmagic, Mar 12, 2008
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  6. miscolobo

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    Dave, its an 8400M GT GDDR3. Twice as strong as the 8400M GS.
     
    miscolobo, Mar 12, 2008
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    But still not a fast GPU.
     
    Jalf, Mar 12, 2008
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    ^its like putting an exhaust system on my civic, it still sucks but is better then it was.
     
    narsnail, Mar 12, 2008
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  9. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    isn't 8400M GT just below mobility X1600 in performance? Granted that that's not the fastest card in the bunch, but it's still last generation midrange.
     
    fabarati, Mar 12, 2008
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  10. narsnail

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    yeah i think about there, im think about the same level actually, it pretty much an 8600 GS
     
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  11. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    True. Specs look hauntingly similarm, save for Clockspeed. And Core.
     
    fabarati, Mar 12, 2008
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