Checking System Requirements.

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Back when i was in school, most of what i remember from buying games was me going to the store, checking the system requirements, noticing my PC did not meet them, then putting the game back.

Thankfully since i started earning a salary i have never had to bother checking system requirements again.

What i want to know is, do people still check the system requirements anyway?
 
the only time i check requirements is when i am going to upgrade and i want to be sure my new system will run whatever game it is i am desperately waiting for to b released

because of console ports, my system pretty much always handles any game thrown at it. and most games can be set to low settings anyway
 
The_Unnamed said:
Back when i was in school, most of what i remember from buying games was me going to the store, checking the system requirements, noticing my PC did not meet them, then putting the game back.

Thankfully since i started earning a salary i have never had to bother checking system requirements again.

What i want to know is, do people still check the system requirements anyway?
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Yes, to grumble about how low they are. :p
 
I definitely do. I don't want to buy something, then it runs badly and they say 'your pc doesn't meet the specs, your bad'.

Case in point: this weekend bought London 2012 and got home, it rendered a frame per second, loaded like 10 minutes.

Took it back, told them my specs, swopped my disc and new one works. If I didn't meet the specs they probably wouldn't have swopped it.
 
I actually don't remember when last I checked, most of my gaming happens on XBox now anyways... Besides, checking the requirements would just depress me, because I know as a fact my laptop wont meet half of the graphics requirements anymore and there is no chance I can afford a new laptop :D

Used to check religiously though, back in the day, the Half Life days...
 
Flidiot said:
I actually don't remember when last I checked, most of my gaming happens on XBox now anyways... Besides, checking the requirements would just depress me, because I know as a fact my laptop wont meet half of the graphics requirements anymore and there is no chance I can afford a new laptop :D

Used to check religiously though, back in the day, the Half Life days...
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I didn't even bother picking up the half life box back when it came out. I just knew it wouldn't run on what i had at the time :p
 
The_Unnamed said:
I didn't even bother picking up the half life box back when it came out. I just knew it wouldn't run on what i had at the time :p
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haha, I got it running after I convinced my mother that a new graphics card was needed to complete school projects more efficiently... powerpoint just wouldnt run off the Trident (I think that's what it was called??) card I had at the time :D
 
I don't check system requirements anymore and I have a pretty mid range Pc, not worried about such things anymore, just keep your Pc more or less up to date (upgrade once every 2 years) and you are sorted.
 
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