Microsoft Game Advisor

ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
edited September 2004 in Science & Tech
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/gameadvisor/default.mspx

Allows you to choose a game, and see if your system can handle it using an activex plugin from futuremark. Pretty neat actually.

Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer to run though

Submitted by: Geeky1 (recommended by him apparently ;) Necropolis_uk)

Source: Short-Media

Comments

  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    Oi! Don't go putting words in my mouth! I didn't make him call you. That was entirely HIS idea. HIS HIS HIS. Not mine. :p;D;D

    Bloody hell, I just said "oi", didn't I? ****. I think I'm turning English. :-X

    ANYHOW, yeah, it's kind of a poinless utility for the computer-literate readers of this site and our Über machines, but being told "Congratulations! Your system is sufficient to play Doom 3 (tm)!" and seeing that arrow all the way over in the green section of the graph makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. :D (and frankly, being reminded of the 3.2GHz Xeons and the 6800GT doesn't hurt either ;):D)
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    I was rung because apparently some college brat was whining that he had submitted a newspost and it hadn't been addressed with seconds of it appearing in the system ;)
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    Amazing how things get lost in translation, isn't it?
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Geeky1 wrote:
    Amazing how things get lost in translation, isn't it?
    Oh put ya dummy back in ;)

    Regarding this "tool".. it's quite useful but worrying when I tested my work machine and saw just how few games would run on it ;D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    Shorty wrote:
    Oh put ya dummy back in ;)

    Regarding this "tool".. it's quite useful but worrying when I tested my work machine and saw just how few games would run on it ;D

    ;D;D

    What have you got in your work machine? Oh, and besides... you're in IT. Tell the boss you need that 6800 Ultra/FX-53 system for, uh, network security. Yeah, that's it. It protects the network. :crazy:;D
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited September 2004
    Requires IE. :-/

    I think Doom III is the only game on that entire list that would put half our PCs below the recommended specs. ;D Not even Far Cry could manage that. For us it's just about how far above the recommended system the arrow is. :thumbsup:

    May actually be useful for my brother. :)
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited September 2004
    Actually ... I was rated the second-highest bar. And Doom 3's minimum was like, 3 bars from the bottom. So yeah, something's off lol. Of course, I *suppose* you could run it at like, 320 x 240 and no shadows, etc ;D
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited September 2004
    Where is it compared to the recommended setup? Look what it did to my system! :bawling:
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited September 2004
    Hm, seems to be different than I remember it ;D But that's odd ... the 9700 pro really must have an effect, eh? Possibly the 2.8ghz, also
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    In my case, lesser video card than yours, but higher clocked CPU. Same estimate.
  • Dan Replogle
    edited September 2004
    Does anyone know the latest game on the market that requires the highest level of resources from the machine?
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Doom III is about the most demanding game out there right now :)
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited September 2004
    Shorty wrote:
    Doom III is about the most demanding game out there right now :)
    I agree.
    entropy wrote:
    Hm, seems to be different than I remember it ;D But that's odd ... the 9700 pro really must have an effect, eh? Possibly the 2.8ghz, also
    Some overclocking quickly fixed my "problem". :thumbsup:

    Something's definitely off though, because I know this system would not perform nearly as well as the listed recommended system. :bawling:
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Something's definitely off though, because I know this system would not perform nearly as well as the listed recommended system.
    I think this Game Advisor is as much a marketing tool as an analytical tool.
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