general gaming topic

arkarian

2015-05-05 08:45:43 pm

red chamber dream

er, wow came out in 2005 so maybe that's not the best example

arkarian

2015-05-05 08:45:56 pm

red chamber dream

i dunno though, in my experience sysreqs are pretty dead on

arkarian

2015-05-05 08:46:15 pm

red chamber dream

they might not take into account multiple cores though, you're right

Poision Envy

2015-05-05 08:46:27 pm

Club 27 Goals

they dont use almost any of the original WoW models or textures anymore, Cataclysm completely revamped the engine, and then Warlords of Draenor upped the minimum req like crazy

Poision Envy

2015-05-05 08:47:36 pm

Club 27 Goals

http://kotaku.com/world-of-warcraft-system-requirements-have-changed-a-lo-1638506551

Jesus, went from a 800Mhz CPU to duo core min. rofl.

Poision Envy

2015-05-05 08:49:09 pm

Club 27 Goals

but yeah I mean my point is if a crappy $450 laptop from walmart can handle 3D games fine, I imagine a desktop from 2013 can handle a 2D platformer perfectly fine

arkarian

2015-05-05 08:49:50 pm

red chamber dream

that's what i would think too

arkarian

2015-05-05 08:50:31 pm

red chamber dream

what i'm most confused about is how opium has a 1 year old computer with a 1.6ghz processer

that just doesn't make sense to me

Poision Envy

2015-05-05 08:52:04 pm

Club 27 Goals

could be this: http://ark.intel.com/products/65696/Intel-Core-i3-3217UE-Processor-3M-Cache-1_60-GHz

in which case it'd be more than enough to handle it

Poision Envy

2015-05-05 08:53:09 pm

Club 27 Goals

oh wow there's even an i5 that's running at 1.6Ghz http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4200U+%40+1.60GHz

arkarian

2015-05-05 08:58:10 pm

red chamber dream

wild, i didn't know there was still that much of a cost difference

arkarian

2015-05-05 08:58:36 pm

red chamber dream

eh, the video card is what's important anyway

Poision Envy

2015-05-05 09:01:57 pm

Club 27 Goals

I was under the impression Opium was just using integrated graphics, since it was a desktop that was bought in-store. Unless she bought one that was labled as a "gamer" desktop of course.

arkarian

2015-05-05 09:03:13 pm

red chamber dream

i guess i was under the impression that those sorts of computers couldn't be expected to run modern games

arkarian

2015-05-05 09:04:08 pm

red chamber dream

in which case i would be very hesitant in saying her machine can "definitely" run axiom verge

Poision Envy

2015-05-05 09:06:00 pm

Club 27 Goals

ones with integrated? if its the i3 or i5 line, those are pretty damn good. My grandma has one, I could play WoW and Counter Strike GO on it (at minimal settings of course) at about 30-40FPS, but a 2D game shouldn't be a problem

Poision Envy

2015-05-05 09:06:13 pm

Club 27 Goals

in the end she should probably just pirate or download a "demo" of it to make sure it works first

arkarian

2015-05-05 09:09:46 pm

red chamber dream

ah ok, that makes sense

also, axiom verge's minimum reqs say "intel pentium" which i think opium missed/didn't understand - yeah, ANYTHING nowadays will be able to run it lol

Opium

Edit history:

Opium: 2015-05-06 01:18:04 am

2015-05-06 12:55:51 am

OK so I exaggerated how old the 1.6 is, so sue me. It's about 2 years old at my best recollection. The one I used before it is 1.4. The laptop that my sweetie brought home for me last night is a 1.6 as well, and I assumed it was newer than it is. He now says he doesn't know how old it is. His desktop PC is 2.? but I can't play on that. My work computer is 3.6? but I can't play on that either, company policy.

Fuck all that though because I think I'm going to call in sick for this game. It looks like the new Super Metroid. I've heard nothing but praise. The music and atmosphere are great. I heard the controls were awesome, too. I'm pretty stoked. This game seems like it was made for me.