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kulpavel's avatar
11 years ago

Will be game workin?

Windows 7 64 bit

Intel i5 3230m (2.6 GHZ)
4 GB RAM

Nvidia GT 635m?

Will be game working fine on this device (low settings)?

10 Replies

  • EA_David's avatar
    EA_David
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    11 years ago

    Maybe. Checking benchmarks, the card comes in just below min spec, but below min spec will often work fine.

    CPU seems fine.

    If you're considering making a digital purchase, it's worth bearing in mind the Great Game Guarantee, which you can use if they game doesn't run acceptably.

    For posterity, here are the min specs:

    Required: Internet connection required to install and play

    DVD-ROM: N/A

    OS: Windows 7/8 64bit

    Video Card: NVIDIA 8800GT, AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5750

    Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.0 GHz

    Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible

    Memory: 4GB RAM

    DirectX: 10.0+

    Hard Drive: 15 GB

    Input: Keyboard, Mouse or Dual Analog Gamepad

  • Thanks for answer.

    I just fear for the videocard support.

    Maybe, yes. I try to buy this game and if the game will not work I use "Origin Game Guarantee".

  • http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

    this site is pretty decent for letting you know what you can and can't run. Sometimes it's off though. It can't predict any changes based on spyware, viruses, bloatwear, background programs and other stuff that will reduce you computer's performance. Sometimes it can be off due to a game's optimization. Told me I could run bf3 on medium. I run it on ultra at 60fps

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    @Humpypants wrote:

    http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

    this site is pretty decent for letting you know what you can and can't run. Sometimes it's off though.


    No not decent IMO.  If you don't know what your system has and what the game requires... odds are rolling dice will be just as effective as that website.  That's 100% opinion.

    http://www.game-debate.com/ has one.  Requires you to sign up but if that says you can run a game... you're likely going to be well qualified because from what I've seen they don't use the minimum specs of games which is the where SRLab gets confused and it ruins people's days. 

    Best to ask here or someone who knows about the game than using any of those.

    /2 cents

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    @OP

    635m

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html?&architecture=0&archive=1&benchmark_values=&codename=0&condensed=0&corespeed=0&daysold=0&deskornote=0&directx=0&dx=0&gameselect%5B%5D=249&gpu_fullname=1&gpubenchmarks=0&itemselect_2804=2804&itemselect_2808=2808&itemselect_2822=2822&itemselect_2961=2961&itemselect_3567=3567&itemselect_4573=4573&memorybus=0&memoryspeed=0&month=&multiplegpus=0&or=0&pixelshaders=0&professional=0&search=&shaderspeed=0&showBars=0&showClassDescription=0&showCount=0&showPercent=0&sort=&technology=0&type=&vertexshaders=0

    Should be playable.  Don't expect Ultra (infact expect low).. but going easy on the settings and resolution should have no problem getting a playable experience.

  • It's been accurate, so it's a good website. When I had a crappy laptop, it was right about games I couldn't run. If your computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements, it'll let you know. Again, these sources do not consider what software you have running or if you're even overclocking. 

    Best option is to use origin's great game guarantee. Downfall is paying full price when you can get it discounted on gamestop's website for $20. I don't think they refund those.

    Beats asking people who have never used your computer's build since we all have our own and rarely game with people using the same exact build

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    They definitly incorrectly guess at comparing low end modern mobile graphics versus decade old desktop minimum specs. (party due to decade old minimum specs... lol)

    That is probably the guy looking it up isn't it?  If you have a Titan chances are you don't use that website.

    It boggles my mind because they have always been inaccurate at comparing minimum to "yours", let alone what the game actually needs at minimum to have a decent experience.

    There are what I look at to compare.

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

    http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

    http://gpuboss.com/ 

  • Fred_vdp's avatar
    Fred_vdp
    Hero+
    11 years ago

    @Humpypants wrote:

    http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

    this site is pretty decent for letting you know what you can and can't run.


    I don't know about their current state, but they used to be highly inaccurate.

    They were especially bad in the GPU department, where they compared your GPU's features to that of the minimum, but ignored the card's clock speeds. They also used to consider higher model numbers to be better, even if it doesn't work that way. For this reason, it would consider a Geforce 9400 sufficient if the requirement is a Geforce 8800.

    I don't know if they fixed that by now. It was easier to spot mistakes back when I was using entry-level hardware. (My geforce 8500 was considered better than the 7900 because 8500 > 7900.)

    It's safer to compare your GPU to the required GPU on the hierarchy chart.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    @Humpypants wrote:

    nope. They display the minimum requirements


    That is what I was trying say, that is all they do.  That's the problem they list minimum spec.  In this case minimum spec is a decade old high end GPU.

    Copy and Pasting minimum spec is what they have always done and the people who use it have lower end equipment (I'd presume hence they are running it)... If they started by copying and pasting, how good are their internal comparison lists of GPUs? 

    I'd be curious if OP ran it,  my guess is it says "it'll play it with flying colors" when in reality a 635m is going to struggle.  With low res, low settings and a moderate resolution, capping it at 30fps might be pretty playble however.

    I bet SRlabs is telling people their 210m's can run this game :P

  • Hello. 

    Today i bought this game. And this game work very good! (Ultra textures and 1366x768, other settings are low)

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