The race in processing power of about ten years ago is no longer there in 2014, but even then the question remains whether that great new game will run on the PC you bought a year or two ago. Fortunately, guesswork in that regard is a thing of the past.
There is a service on the internet that has built a database of the system requirements of almost all modern (and less modern) games, and can compare it with the system on which you plan to run the game. To run the analysis, visit http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri. Then type the name of the game you want to purchase in the text field and click Can You Run It? To illustrate, let's take Sims 4, a fairly new game with significant system requirements.
Type in the name of the game you want to purchase/play.
Configure Discovery
You will then be asked in what way the detection may take place. The easiest option is Automatic Detection, which the website uses to scan your system. Java is used for this and that's fine, but some people don't like that for security reasons. You can also choose Desktop App but then you have to download software first. Do you choose View requirementsthen you can make your own decision. We choose Automatic Detection. click on Start.
Decide how you want the detection to be performed.
Run Discovery
as soon as you click Start If you clicked the detection will start, but first you have to indicate at the top that the site has access to your system, otherwise nothing can be scanned. As soon as you do this, you will see the result after a minute of scanning. As you can see, in our case we can run The Sims 4, but our system is not yet performing optimally. According to the site, we should install a better video card for that.
And in no time you'll know if you can run the game and why (not).
