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Gabriel8897 (Hello) June 19th, 2018 11:01 AM

Do your pc is strong enough to run newer or half-newer games?
 
Mine can't run some half-newer games like gta v and probably won't even run doom 2016, but can run half-old games like gta iv, tf2, cs:go (it's the only source engine game that i have on low), cs:source, doom 3 and even garry's mod, and the reason why some newer games like gta v can't run it's because i have an intel core i5 with only 6 gb of ram, yeah, not enough to run this game, i even was forced to get an settings.xml archive that reduces things like shadows, shadows are probably the thing that makes the game really laggy in some pc's, of course still lag sometimes but is playable, tf2, cs:source and garry's mod even if they are in default graphics settings, is still pretty optimized, hell i can even run goldsrc games like cs 1.6 or tfc, because they are old, duh.
And what about you?
Do you pc is strong enough to run newer or half-newer games?

Enpatsu Shakugan June 19th, 2018 11:06 AM

I can run newer games, so long as I turn down the settings. Mad Max ran pretty good at lower settings, same with GTA V (about on par with the PS3 version) and that's fine by me!

Despite 'lower' settings, they still both looked great. I don't get the need to run everything at super HD levels that so many crave. Looks aren't everything, so long as it runs and looks fine to you.

TY June 19th, 2018 11:34 AM

Can pretty much run anything at decent graphics and put up consistent 144 FPS

Gabriel8897 (Hello) June 19th, 2018 5:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Enpatsu Shakugan (Post 9891370)
I can run newer games, so long as I turn down the settings. Mad Max ran pretty good at lower settings, same with GTA V (about on par with the PS3 version) and that's fine by me!

Despite 'lower' settings, they still both looked great. I don't get the need to run everything at super HD levels that so many crave. Looks aren't everything, so long as it runs and looks fine to you.

Oh, that is good, but even if is gta san andreas, i still have to lower the settings, because of the goddamn bush that lags the game, gta iv also had to lower the settings too, i have to admit, they still look good even in lower settings, and also cs:go had to lower the settings also too, but there is a game that lagged in your pc no matter if you lower the settings?

Enpatsu Shakugan June 19th, 2018 5:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Gabriel8897 (Hello) (Post 9891491)
Oh, that is good, but even if is gta san andreas, i still have to lower the settings, because of the goddamn bush that lags the game, gta iv also had to lower the settings too, i have to admit, they still look good even in lower settings, and also cs:go had to lower the settings also too, but there is a game that lagged in your pc no matter if you lower the settings?

Even my old computer could run something like SA. barely, but it could.

Well, I'm sure that as settings continue to skyrocket, in due time even the lowest settings will probably not run well, but I'm not there yet.

The most lag I've had is trying to run something is on complicated emulation. Like a PS2 emulator, which is tricky enough to run.
I think you'd have to have mega power to get those games to play super smoothly, if it's possible at all. They were playable, but noticeably choppy and even frustrating at times.

Not had the issue for actual games made for PC yet though.

Gabriel8897 (Hello) June 19th, 2018 6:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Enpatsu Shakugan (Post 9891496)
Even my old computer could run something like SA. barely, but it could.

Well, I'm sure that as settings continue to skyrocket, in due time even the lowest settings will probably not run well, but I'm not there yet.

The most lag I've had is trying to run something is on complicated emulation. Like a PS2 emulator, which is tricky enough to run.
I think you'd have to have mega power to get those games to play super smoothly, if it's possible at all. They were playable, but noticeably choppy and even frustrating at times.

Not had the issue for actual games made for PC yet though.

Yeah, the issue with lag only happened with gta v, no other gta i had lag, also interested in your old pc, might be an windows xp or an vista or even an windows 2000.

Palamon June 19th, 2018 6:04 PM

It does not. My computer is too old for new games to work.

Taemin June 19th, 2018 6:04 PM

My comp can play some MMOs, and some JPRGs, but I have to turn the graphics down.

It can't play newer games like Overwatch very easily, which pisses me off, because I bought it, and tried to play on low settings, and it worked but barely...

Enpatsu Shakugan June 19th, 2018 6:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Gabriel8897 (Hello) (Post 9891502)
Yeah, the issue with lag only happened with gta v, no other gta i had lag, also interested in your old pc, might be an windows xp or an vista or even an windows 2000.

Yep, XP. I literally used that from then to 2015 when I skipped all the way to 10 on the new one.

It was so ancient too, it never could've played anything past a PS1 era game until the video card got replaced. That's the only reason it could handle GTA anything.

Hilariously too, it only had about 32 gigabytes total memory and yet I still tried GTA IV on it, when that game was almost that entire size! Oh man that install progress was a comedy of errors, haha.

And after all that... Only the text showed up and it barely worked at all.

Gabriel8897 (Hello) June 19th, 2018 6:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Enpatsu Shakugan (Post 9891510)
Yep, XP. I literally used that from then to 2015 when I skipped all the way to 10 on the new one.

It was so ancient too, it never could've played anything past a PS1 era game until the video card got replaced. That's the only reason it could handle GTA anything.

Hilariously too, it only had about 32 gigabytes total memory and yet I still tried GTA IV on it, when that game was almost that entire size! Oh man that install progress was a comedy of errors, haha.

And after all that... Only the text showed up and it barely worked at all.

I think gta iv should not be supposed to run in xp, because it was really actual and difficult to run for the time it was released for the pc, also i've wanted to download the game in my old xp for like so many years since i was a kid, but, i could encounter any portable version, then, i only installed the game in my pc and got to play it only in 2016, yeah, also i didn't know gta sa at the time of gta iv, and i confused cj with a white bald man like niko bellic, yeah...good times, also my old xp computer broke in 2014, the same year that xp officially ended support, and now i have windows 8 and it works pretty fine tbh. Also, windows xp is 16 years old, there is no way gta iv could run alright even if you lower the settings, cs:go also is from 2012, windows xp would practically burn and explode if you tried to run it even on lower settings, cs:go also shouldn't be released for windows xp either.

Enpatsu Shakugan June 19th, 2018 6:26 PM

What is CS:GO?

Sorry, I'm not familiar with it.

Gabriel8897 (Hello) June 19th, 2018 6:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Enpatsu Shakugan (Post 9891520)
What is CS:GO?

Sorry, I'm not familiar with it.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, an fps and sequel to Counter-Strike: Source, that is also a remake of the Counter-Strike 1.6, i made it clear for you?

Enpatsu Shakugan June 21st, 2018 9:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Gabriel8897 (Hello) (Post 9891521)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, an fps and sequel to Counter-Strike: Source, that is also a remake of the Counter-Strike 1.6, i made it clear for you?

Yes, I got it your first time. Remember though I don't care about first person shooters, hence why I didn't know.

Gabriel8897 (Hello) June 21st, 2018 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Enpatsu Shakugan (Post 9892102)
Yes, I got it your first time. Remember though I don't care about first person shooters, hence why I didn't know.

Ok.
But also, there is some other games that run alright in your pc besides mad max?
On both, your old xp computer and your new windows 10 computer

ZeoStar June 21st, 2018 5:50 PM

It can run certain PS2 games.

Gabriel8897 (Hello) June 21st, 2018 6:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeoStar (Post 9892252)
It can run certain PS2 games.

In a ps2 emulator of course.

pkmin3033 June 21st, 2018 10:20 PM

My laptop has an i5-6300HQ and GTX 970M, so whilst it could certainly be better by current standards I can run anything I want to pretty comfortably, and some higher-end games too if I make a few compromises with settings that I probably wouldn't even notice.

...but more important than that, it has a customisable backlit keyboard.

Disturbed June 21st, 2018 11:15 PM

I don't have a 144Hz monitor and I play at 1080 instead of something fancy like 1440 or beyond, but mostly every new game runs at a steady 60 for me unless it's horribly optimized. I'm pretty happy with my pc. It wasn't overly expensive and I built it myself years ago

Sheep June 23rd, 2018 2:13 PM

I think so? I play FFXIV just fine, even when clustered together with a bunch of people in a small map. I've a MacBook Pro 2017 with touch bar which isn't exactly known for being a stellar gaming computer (it is a Mac haha, though I do have a Windows partition...) but the specs are fine and it does well!

Razer302 June 23rd, 2018 4:25 PM

Mine can play pretty much anything at max graphics. Its less than a year old. Has a i7 7700k and a GTX1080, I must admit the only game that really pushes it is rainbow 6 siege, other than that it handles anything easily.

CodeHelmet June 23rd, 2018 5:58 PM

My computer is so old that I’m lucky to play my games at Medium graphics. Circa 2009/2010 with hardware that is several years prior(like 2007/2008). Despite it’s age, it can run Civ 6 but I rarely ever try to push it for fear of Hardware failure(its old goddamnit).

Besides... I’m waiting on things such as this to come down significantly in price along with DDR5 RAM(I have DDR3 and we’re on DDR4. Whether or not RAM will even be needed in the future is the real question but DDR5 is a quantum leap over what I got), Volta GPU and waiting on CPU’s to finally hit 10nm Lithography(Intel has been pushing it back for years).

Figure by the time I’m ready to buy new components in 2020, technology will have advanced and dropped in price to where it doesn’t break the bank.

tranceking26 July 12th, 2018 7:07 AM

Nothing special because Intel HD 4000 is poor. Can't even display PS2 games properly, although I can emulate some things just fine.

Sylphiel July 12th, 2018 7:37 AM

I haven't actually tested the limits of what my computer can do (most is maybe trying to run WoW in ultra, which it can do easily enough), but with the tech it has I would hope it could run newer games well enough.

Reyzadren July 14th, 2018 2:20 AM

My 2012 laptop can run Guild Wars 2, which is safe to say the most "intensive" game that I regularly play.

Recently, I randomly bought Risen 3 through a summer sale, and I suppose it does lag sometimes, so perhaps it still ought to be fine with regards to most games.

deltamind July 16th, 2018 4:06 AM

It'll last me a few years more lol! The 1050 ti is decent enough to be honest, would only upgrade the GPU in a few years.


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