Games you want to see tested in Notebook Reviews?

This is a general inquiry thread - what specific games do you want to see tested in notebook reviews?

Please mention specific games and any preferences you have for settings.

 

I would like to see Crysis 1 maxed with Pure Realism mod enabled on a MRHD 5870 and, when possible, compare it to a 6970M at 1920x1080 please

 

Recent games that push the hardware to its limits.

-Crysis 2
-Bad Company 2
-Shift 2 Unleashed
-Dead Space 2

 

I think that is too specific... I think Jeff meant what games should be tested on every future gaming notebook they review.

 

Oh, I see.

Then, here is the list I would like :

- Crysis 2
- Bad Company 2
- Battlefield 3 ( when released )
- Crysis 1
- Metro 2033

At 1920x1080, and Low/Med/High/Very High settings comparison.

 

We need to have the most popular games tested, as those would be liked and recognized by the internet community more commonly than just the most demanding games. But, then the demanding games to see just how powerful the machines really are.

 

A mix between the latest hardware-crushing FPS and some of the more demanding RTS/TBS games like the recently released Shogun 2: Total War. That should give plenty of leeway for both GPU and CPU stress tests.

RPGs are a decent alternative, once the Witcher 2 and Skyrim are released they should take their respective positions as the most hardware-demanding games of their genre.

Edit: As for specific settings, native resolution at FHD would be preferred. Any free benchmarks that go with the game would be nice. For games like Starcraft 2 and Total War, big maps with lots of AI players and the maximum number of battlefield units fielded. For RPGs, native resolution maximum settings at any game location with lots of scenery and/or AI calculations.

 

Starcraft 2 - since it seems to put a good emphasis on both gpu & cpu, also its the #1 e-sports game in the world now if I am not mistaken.

 

I agree with these games. Starcraft 2 would be a good one also.

 

BFBC2 (replace with BF3 when released)
SC2
DA:O or DA2 (whatever is available)
generic COD title (for the bros)
Civ 5
L4D2 or TF2

civ 5 and sc2 will test cpu+gpu combinations, it's good to have a valve title just because they generally aren't hugely demanding.

 

And people will want to know of how they run due to their popularity among PC gamers.

 

Shogun 2
Dow 2 retribution
Witcher 2
Batman arkham city

 

Crysis 2 for me.

 

How about games that are not obvious console ports... for example:
civ 5
anything valve makes
Monday night combat (Very optimized use of the unreal 3 engine)
Shogun total war 2

 

The list. All tested with either internal bench or FRAPS logging

1. Battlefield Bad Company 2 (Test Criteria is empty 32 man multiplayer map, Atacama Desert in Conquest Mode. Capture each flag, shoot at certain targets along the way and be consistent for each hardware version)
2. Crysis 2 (Vanilla High or Extreme)
3. Homefront (Vanilla High or Very High)
4. Dragons Age 2 (I dont play it but loads of others do)
5. SC2
6. COD MW2 and/or COD BOPS
7. Two Worlds 2 (looks gorgeous at very high)
8. Racing Game of some sort?
9. Another RTS (Maybe Shogun2 or Empire Total War)?
10. Flying Game -- How about new IL-2 (Some folks really like flying! I Do about twice a year for a month stint or so)

Well, That's 10. I can probably think of more but it's a good start.

Overall I think BFBC2 is a good overall indicator of BOTH cpu and gpu. Crysis 2 and Homefront peg the GPU at 100 percent the whole time playing.

Thanks and Good Luck,

StevenX

 

SC2 one of the few games that will still be played years from now.
Shogun 2 (Since one of the few PC exclusive that will crush even the best rigs considering every unit is fully animated and detailed, along with every blade of grass etc).
World of Warcraft, because so many laptop gamers still ask for benchmarks of this game. Would be tough since most are interested in framerate in 25 man raids.
Crysis 2 or BC2, doesn't matter to me.
NFS Shift whenever that comes out.
I wouldn't do Metro 2033 since that game has enormous bias towards Nvidia.
Stalker COP DX11 benchmarks with heavy tessellation. That would probably be the best for DX11 shooters for now I think.

 

I don't think dead space 2 pushes hardware to its limits.

 

L4D2 has the shader bug causes the game crash when shader setting is above normal. And it's based on source engine which is too old for benchmarking purpose.

For pushing hardware limits, Stalker: Call of Pripyat with Call of Pripyat Complete Mod is a good addition.

 

Dragon Age 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Shogun 2:Total War
Crysis 2
Metro 2033
COD: Black Ops
Dirt 2/3

 

Portal 2

 

Yeah, forgot about that one. Both stalker games when patched with the complete mod are the only games I own that frequently push 100% gpu usage (they heat the card to near furmark levels).

 

Metro 2033
Starcraft 2
Crysis 1 and/or 2

I think that about covers all the types of games out there...

 

But thats mostly in 2v2 closer to the supply limit.

 

But people play it, and can relate to a benchmark with it.

 

They need to be games everybody can relate to... So I vote:

Bioshock 2 (not very graphically demanding)
Crysis
Batman: Arkham Asylum
COD: Black Ops (cpu heavy)

And maybe a recent title like Bulletstorm or DAII?

 

People also plays minesweeper and solitaire.

I failed to see any significant meaning of benchmarking L4D2 when the game is:
1. bugged
2. low graphic requirement.

 

FSX and Arma2 + the games mention here

 

GTA IV should also be part of basic testing...

 

- Civ V
- Battlefield Bad Company 2
- Starcraft 2
- Crysis 2
- Rift (since it can be quite demanding maxed out compared to other MMO's)

Note:
I'd like Civilization V end-game tested, since you truly see how well it's handled. Instead of getting that far every test (which takes far too long), perhaps the tester could do it once, save the game, and transfer it to test units through flash drive every test.

 

I also vote for more strategy games: (there is however a caveat, the test should be done with)

*shogun: 2,

2-4 full armies (you pick the choice of units)

low, medium, high

*SC2:

2v2 and 4v4

low, medium, high

*CIV5:

late game, at least 3 civs

low, medium, high

Some titles that favor either of the makers:

*BCB2

*dirt2

Some titles that dont favor any of them:

*Hawx

And a very demanding game: The secret of monkey island, that should tax any pc

 

I think it depends on the laptop you're testing. I find it ridiculous when sites test Crysis or even if they test it they report results of 1-2 fps on something with an integrated chipset.

 

For SC2 it should be a trivial task for somebody of moderate map making skills to make a forced camera view of a custom game with tons of units and other things that you can run as a benchmark test.

This way you can repeat the same circumstances between multiple testings and machines.

The #1 thing about benchmarks is consistency, this is why when I do reviews of a laptop I always use games with built in benchmark tests or 3rd party benchmark tools first and only fall back to min/avg/max fraps testing over a period of time for big games that are popular at the time.

It is also why all my benchmarks always include a screenshot of all the settings used for testing. Without knowing this information the benchmark is worthless as you cant compare it to another machine and without a comparison point results mean nothing.

 

Point being that if people play it, they will want to know how it runs. We all know that Minesweeper and solitaire can run on all modern computers.
I said nothing about this game in particular, I am just saying that we need games that a large population of the PC gaming community will be able to acknowledge; games that people will want to know how well they run on the notebooks they are looking at.

 

bad bad sentence structure. barely understood what you're saying.