cool system requirments site: unreal 3 demo is out too

[kryton9]

This is a very cool site. It tests your computer to tell you if you can run a video game fine or not.
I tested it with BioShock, I passed the minimum and I will tell you I would not take that as the game being playable,
I did fail big time on the recommended requirements and that is what I would look at in my opinion.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

Also the unreal 3 demo version just came out. Here you can download it without too many hassles:
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/11252/Unreal+Tournament+3+Demo

[Petr Schreiber]

Hi Kent,

this is nice UT3 demo is out, I will try it by end of the month :)

Regarding BioShock - try to tune your drivers, when you for example force disabled anisotropy, V-sync and other things I think you can get very decent framerates.
What model exactly is your GeForce 7300 - SE, LE, GS or GT ?


Petr

[kryton9]

7300 LE with 256MB Video Memory. It is good for pre 2005 games, I get decent fps then to give me smooth motion, so I don't get motion sickness playing.
I will get the latest drivers today to see if it helps with Unreal 3, thanks.

[Petr Schreiber]

Hi,

I think main bottleneck could be 64bit bus. Fillrate is also a bit lower on this card, but rest of parameters seem to be OK.
( Where did I found it ? Try here :): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_NVIDIA_Graphics_Processing_Units )
If your card supports turboCache try to disable/minimize it - this really made the difference on my onboard GeForce.

It is also wiser to keep resolution lower, and better to avoid windowed mode to get maximal performance.


Bye,
Petr