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Offline BFM_Exodus

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Can Your Computer Run It?
« on: October 21, 2007, 04:39:47 AM »
Welcome to the System Requirements Lab!

I found this groovy gadget on the net. If you ever wonder whether you computer will be able to run a particular game, you can check it with this. It simply scans your computer's specifications and compares them to the minimum and recommended specs for the game. All it requires is that you enable an ActiveX control to use it.

I find it is really useful to test whether your machine will be able to run a game you are thinking of buying and trying out. This way you don't need to remember the specs of your machine, or of the game, you can just scan, and it compares it for you and gives you a nice readout!

I hope its useful!


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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2007, 04:54:48 AM »
It's not completly accurate but yeah. It is pretty good.

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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2007, 06:09:03 AM »
I failed for Halo 2.

CPU and CPU Speed I passed.

RAM, Operating System and Video Card I failed. :P
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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2007, 10:01:25 AM »
Lol! I tested to see if I could run regular Halo on my computer, and it failed on both the minimum and required. ;D I'm getting a laptop soon though, I hope.


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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2007, 05:02:30 PM »
Cool, it's pretty accurate for me. I bookmarked it for future use.   d_b
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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2007, 07:46:09 PM »
Knight posted this around 4-5 months ago on the old forums...:D

ANd I posted it in a thread about 2 weeks ago. =/

Its purdy cool :D


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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2007, 01:27:22 AM »
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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2007, 01:38:25 AM »
I think it would probably be worthwhile, especially if others before have referenced or posted it, as it is a really easy to use, simple and effective tool.


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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2007, 04:33:29 PM »
nice find exodus. ill use it heaps now. cause i usually am always looking for a new game to play  ;D

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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2007, 04:53:01 PM »
OMG, I failed the regular Halo.

Everything was good except the video card. (I hate Dell...)

733MHz is the minimum to run Halo?? Wow.. I have 2.79 GHz
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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2008, 08:27:35 AM »
I can run COD 4 Modern Warfare PC... But I failed because I need a new hard drive which I am aware of.

It's getting quite crammed in the one I have now ;D

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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2008, 10:21:11 PM »
lol i failed for halo 2

but also failed for halo normal...

its funny i play halo and no problems about it (only the flashing beams but they disapeared and appear often)


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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2008, 10:56:05 AM »
im fine for reg halo... but my computers brains cant handle halo 2  :sad: ah, well, neat program... im gonna use it to find a new game my comp will run!  :neckbeard:

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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2008, 09:30:34 AM »
Hmm, when I get home I'm gonna run it to see how bad my computer will fail at trying to run crysis :XD:


Minimum requirements:a really big amount of RAM and other important stuff

Your computer:-2 Ram :P


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Re: Can Your Computer Run It?
« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2008, 04:23:11 AM »
If this is correct,  then my computer is fine for halo and it is my dodgey Australian internet that is making me laggy laggy. 

Silly K-RUDD .... when will he get us our national broadband??  :bang:

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