question about game specifications

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jasonxman

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When I look at a games specs it says:

Recommended Configuration:

Processor: Intel or AMD 2.8 GHz
Now I have a E6300 1.8 Ghz Dual Core Processor do I meet this requirement?

Graphics Card: 256 MB DX9.0c compatible card,
Soon on my HP Pavillion a1640n I will change my graphic card to either the nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX OR EVGA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB, but now the Graphics Card Supported says that is requires Geforce 7800 does that mean I can run it cause my video cards are too high?

Graphics Cards Supported:
Radeon 9600
Radeon 9700
Radeon 9800
Radeon X300
Radeon X600
Radeon X800
Radeon X1600
Radeon X1800
Radeon X1900

GeForce 6200
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6800
GeForce 7800
 
i believe those recommendation were put there before the newer cards come out... so at that time those listed are the cards that are available...

as for the CPU, those were i believe pre-C2D...

someone correct me if im wrong... :)
 
Yeah you can't wrong with the 8800, the game must be release before those new hardwares. I have never heard of specs being TOO HIGH. :confused:
 
yea, many games that were out before c2d will have specs that don't compair to c2d speeds. but, generally speaking, a game will almost always work with newer/better hardware even if its not listed. usually the stuff just isen't listed because it wasen't out when the game was released.

ie, even though its not listed, the game will (or atleast should) work perfectly fine (if not better) when you get an 8800 since its a newer card then the ones listed.

oblivion is an example of this. minimum specs say you need atleast a 2ghz cpu for it (if i recall correctly). but a C2D 1.6ghz runs it perfectly fine.

theres acceptions to the rule, but the only ones i've seen are very old games.
simcity 2000 on a modern pc can have the time fly by, still playable but incredibly easy
Descent 1 and 2 (a space shooter game) on a modern pc are somewhat unplayable because the space ship bobbing up and down effect gets magnafied on a modern pc resaulting in an impossible to fly shuttle.
all three of these games were made for PCs that were around 10-15 years ago so modern fast computers are literally TOO powerful for them.
 
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Yeah, you can't expect a maker of a game to anticipate any future hardware releases you would just have to use common sense. If you card is better than the 7800, the of course it will run because 7800 is listed as a supported card. 99% of new hardware are backward compatible.
 
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