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RandomAccount#49059
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2140 Posts
January 25 2010 23:04 GMT
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ToyotaDemon
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia150 Posts
January 25 2010 23:10 GMT
#2
Crysis is still the game that pushes hardware the most atm, most games don't push the graphics beyond what consoles can handle (for obvious reasons).

But there's still plenty of games out there, but crysis is definitely the one if you want to see how far you can push your hardware.
rawr
RandomAccount#49059
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2140 Posts
January 25 2010 23:12 GMT
#3
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Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
January 25 2010 23:14 GMT
#4
Mass Effect 2? Or is that M rated also.
OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
January 25 2010 23:21 GMT
#5
Play a fancy online MMO at max settings... that should be a good test of general specs as well as your internet speed. I haven't touched MMO's for a long time so I don't know what to recommend though.
[TLMS] REBOOT
andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
January 25 2010 23:22 GMT
#6
Mass effect 1 and then 2 are great options imo.
Nightmare1795 wrote: I played a guy in bronze who said he was Japanese. That was the only game I ever dropped a nuke, which was purely coincidental.
eborp
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States266 Posts
January 25 2010 23:25 GMT
#7
Hes 12. Mass effect has "sex" scenes.
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ToyotaDemon
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia150 Posts
January 25 2010 23:29 GMT
#8
On January 26 2010 08:12 stormtemplar wrote:
Also I need to mention, I can't get M games because I'm twelve and my mom would not let me. Also aI don't want to have the like super pushing game, just something that will let me get some good performance from my hardware.

The new Alien versus Predator (haha just joking xP)

Mmm, I don't know, maybe Spore ;D that game was pretty fun and addictive.

Need for Speed Shift is really nice to play, the first person view in NFS:Shift is pretty awesome = ]

And of course Starcraft 2 (when it comes out)
rawr
Folca
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
2235 Posts
January 25 2010 23:33 GMT
#9
Are the 9000 series of GeForce cards better than the 8000 series?
Dea : one time when he was playing vs the comps he asked me "how do I make that flying unit that makes the other stuff invisible" and I reply "ur playing terran zomg"
WheelOfTime
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada331 Posts
January 25 2010 23:34 GMT
#10
Crysis will rape your current setup so hard your eyes will bleed.

With my core i7 and 5870 setup, I barely get 50FPS on high settings.

WIth your ancient first-gen phenom and 9800, you'll be lucky to hit 30 FPS on medium settings with Crysis.

There you have it.
Romance_us
Profile Joined March 2006
Seychelles1806 Posts
January 25 2010 23:46 GMT
#11
On January 26 2010 08:34 WheelOfTime wrote:
Crysis will rape your current setup so hard your eyes will bleed.

With my core i7 and 5870 setup, I barely get 50FPS on high settings.

WIth your ancient first-gen phenom and 9800, you'll be lucky to hit 30 FPS on medium settings with Crysis.

There you have it.


That's even better performance than I thought though. I thought you'd need dual 5870's to do that well.. need to read up lol
Notes and feelings, numbers and reason. The ultimate equilibrium.
Perguvious
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1783 Posts
January 26 2010 00:04 GMT
#12
*sigh* with my current computer hon rapes me like nothing ):
starfries
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada3508 Posts
January 26 2010 00:08 GMT
#13
woo you're as old as starcraft
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Husky
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3362 Posts
January 26 2010 00:16 GMT
#14
On January 26 2010 08:12 stormtemplar wrote:
I can't get M games because I'm twelve and my mom would not let me.


Oh man, I remember those days.

Try HalfLife 2 or a higher end game from around that time.
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Polar_Nada
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1548 Posts
January 26 2010 00:21 GMT
#15
On January 26 2010 09:08 starfries wrote:
woo you're as old as starcraft

i lawled HAHAHH
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FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
January 26 2010 00:57 GMT
#16
At that setup, you might want to try something like Call of Duty 4 or Supreme Commander
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WheelOfTime
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada331 Posts
January 26 2010 02:01 GMT
#17
Remember just THREE years ago?

When the 9800GTX was the absolute king of graphic cards that everyone drooled upon with a $600 price tag?

Present day, a $99 Radeon 4850 rapes the shit out of the 9800GTX.
Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3685 Posts
January 26 2010 02:32 GMT
#18
On January 26 2010 09:08 starfries wrote:
woo you're as old as starcraft


Good observation but we're trying to find games to push his computer not relate to pushing his mother.

As previously posted, the most computer stressing game is Crysis. I think you'd probably prefer a good game though so look for something else.
Coulthard
Profile Joined September 2005
Greece3359 Posts
January 26 2010 02:37 GMT
#19
crysis gg no re
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
January 26 2010 02:38 GMT
#20
On January 26 2010 11:01 WheelOfTime wrote:
Remember just THREE years ago?

When the 9800GTX was the absolute king of graphic cards that everyone drooled upon with a $600 price tag?

Present day, a $99 Radeon 4850 rapes the shit out of the 9800GTX.


it hasn't even been 2 years since the 9 series...?
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
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