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    Hardware demanding

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Hillbilly, Jun 28, 2006.

  1. Hillbilly

    Hillbilly Notebook Geek

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    Hi all,

    Just a mater of interest.What is the most hardware demanding game out there at the moment?
    I see BF2 asks for a min of 128mb of ram,or is FEAR still the hardware killer?or is there something in the pipeline that will everyone cry.
     
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    I'd say it's a toss-up btw BF2 and Fear (but I dunno how Prey will be). I still think that BF2 is the more demanding of the two. It's a RAM hogger.
     
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    Oblivion. That thing will kill a system!
     
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    Either Oblivion or F.E.A.R.

    BF2 is also demanding but I can personally run it slightly higher with a better framerate on my x800 desktop then I can run FEAR on the same.

    I can also run BF2 fine on my Geforce go 6400, but I haven't bothered trying F.E.A.R as of yet....
     
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    Current Killer: FEAR and Oblivion
    Future Killer ( this one is big, mass killer) : Crysis (i want to cry too)
     
    anubissx, Jun 28, 2006
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  6. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Oblivion is the most demanding game at the moment, mostly as a result of poor coding. It is the worst port from the xbox I've seen.

    Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter is demanding, part of that being because it is a port as well.

    FEAR is demanding and definitely deserving of it, since it is a real PC game.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jun 28, 2006
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    Oblivion. FEAR. and Crysis!
     
    deedeeman, Jun 29, 2006
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    Yes very true chaz. I mean after spending an extra 3 months to optimize that game its still horribly demanding. Hopefully they can fix something in patches because that game is amazing.
     
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    The worst I've tried is F.E.A.R. My setup (see sig) can't run it at max settings, though close, and I still get lag during intense shadow rendering. It's a beast. I'm hoping to upgrade to 2gigs of RAM and hopefully that will help a little. I've never tried Oblivion though. And Prey runs at max settings quite smoothly on my rig.
     
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  10. Hillbilly

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    I've just looked up the 'recommended system requirements' for Crysis :eek: :eek: :eek:
    Looks like alot of people won't be playing that one.

    Does anyone a know rough ATA?
     
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    Sorry that's ETA not ATA (does not school me good)
     
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    Possibly the fall. There are no system requirements for Crysis, the game itself is not complete yet.
     
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    I did see one last night,they were only educated guesses but i will try to find it again and post it.
     
    Hillbilly, Jun 30, 2006
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    Hillbilly, Jun 30, 2006
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