moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 months agoWhat site can I use to find if games will run on my computer?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareWhat site can I use to find if games will run on my computer?moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefishos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·11 months agoCheck Steam. It lists minimum system requirements on each games store page at the bottom.
minus-squareExtraMedicated@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·11 months agoAs someone who released a game on Steam, I had no idea what to put in as the minimum requirements. I basically said “screw it” and put in the specs of the PC I started developing it on because I had no way to test it on anything else.
minus-squarecasual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·11 months agoYou couldn’t at least profile the RAM and CPU usage?
minus-squareExtraMedicated@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·11 months agoI’m kind of an idiot, you see.
minus-squarefishos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·11 months agoI always like when the recommended maximum requirements are clearly some devs high end rendering box with 256 GB of RAM and 4 Video Cards.
minus-squaresonovebitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-211 months agoStarfield CPU requirement is “Intel Core i7-6800K or newer”. I ran the game at nearly constant 60FPS on an (unsupported) i7-4790K. Sometimes the requirements are bullshit.
minus-squareDonut@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoMinimum requirements means that it will need that hardware to hit the target FPS at target resolution. It doesn’t mean you can’t run it on anything lower spec. Just that it’s not guaranteed to work at the target FPS and res.
Check Steam. It lists minimum system requirements on each games store page at the bottom.
As someone who released a game on Steam, I had no idea what to put in as the minimum requirements. I basically said “screw it” and put in the specs of the PC I started developing it on because I had no way to test it on anything else.
You couldn’t at least profile the RAM and CPU usage?
I’m kind of an idiot, you see.
I always like when the recommended maximum requirements are clearly some devs high end rendering box with 256 GB of RAM and 4 Video Cards.
Starfield CPU requirement is “Intel Core i7-6800K or newer”. I ran the game at nearly constant 60FPS on an (unsupported) i7-4790K.
Sometimes the requirements are bullshit.
Minimum requirements means that it will need that hardware to hit the target FPS at target resolution.
It doesn’t mean you can’t run it on anything lower spec. Just that it’s not guaranteed to work at the target FPS and res.