Will this game ruin my computer???

I used to play dragon age origins a few computers ago, the computer was dual core and all that, the game always made the fans turn on, and spin really loud and hard. I recently read that this is comm...

ThandalNLyman
12 years ago
Yes, grimmpickering, the game will ruin your specific machine. In fact, unlike the way it works for over a million other players, the Developers managed to get your specific machine's serial number and coded a graphics-card race condition just to destroy yours. 😕mileytongue:

GrimmPickering

12 years ago

9 views and on one can even tell me yes or no? >.>

Anonymous
12 years ago
It isn't possible to "kill" properly designed hardware with software. Only bad hardware dies from being used; that wimpy HD 7450, for instance, is far enough below the minimum the game needs, it strains and struggles, and over time, wears out faster because you chose cheapness ahead of quality.
The minimum four years ago was ATI's Radeon X850, which had been the top of the line six years ago. Bottom basement cards haven't moved upward particularly far over those six years, unless we look at the Integrated video from AMD and Intel, which have progressed a good ways.
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=625&card2=55
These days, the lowest new model Radeon you can buy at retail in a store is the HD 7750.
The HD 6570 is still available, and will work fine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102994
All lower solutions than that are built into the APU / CPUs (although some retailers want really cheap old video cards, and keep using stuff like HD 5450s, but it's had a firmware plug-in performed on it for a different name.
The HD 5450 was AMD's last low-end video card actually on its own separate circuit board.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Radeon+HD+7450
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-6450M.43971.0.html
- GrimmPickering
  12 years ago
  lmao. This "wimpy" hd 7450 can run a modded skyrim with over 200 mods without a single problem on maximum graphics with a very high ENB mod as well. its simply this game that causes problems. the 2nd DA causes none.
  But I guess I shouldn't ask if a game will ruin a computer on the game makers website. I'm sure if I went on a fake virus forum and asked if the program caused the virus, they would try to insult me as well.
  EDIT: just checked specs on skyrim, the graphics card gets over 10 degrees celsius HIGHER on dragon age origins than on skyrim. Thats clearly not right as skyrims graphics are more than 10x better than DAO. atm, while running skyrim, it is 61c. Earlier, after 5 minutes on DAO it was 73c. So it is clearly **bleep**ty software, not **bleep**ty hardware.
  EDIT 2:
  
  The recommended requirements:
  
  OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1
  Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz)/AMD Phenom II X3 720 (2.8 GHz)
  Memory: 2 GB
  Hard Drive: 20 GB Free
  Video Memory: 512 MB (nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS/ATI Radeon HD 3850)
  Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  DirectX: 10
  Keyboard & Mouse
  DVD Rom Drive
  my computer is far better than this as well. You need to check your info before you act like you know what youre talking about.
  - Anonymous
    12 years ago
    Try to argue after you build your hundred and first computer, kiddo! I built my first in 1986. I programmed my first IBM 360 in 1972, and taught college in the Computer Information Systems department for a dozen years. You bought junk instead of a decent video card. That's a fact, period.