What brings your PC to it's knees?

[Hivetyrant]

I don't want this to be a "my PC pwns yours" type of thread, but I am looking for a game to challenge, and at the momment F.E.A.R and X3 are the only ones that gets close, so i'm sure there are a few other games out there that can make a PC struggle, I just haven't seen them [img]smile.gif[/img]

So anyways, what games do you guys own that almost kill your PC and gets you mad? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

My list consists of:
*F.E.A.R
*X3(though just barely)

[Sir Degrader]

AOE3 with all shadows+highest graphics. Doesn't kill it, but slows it down ALOT.

[andrewas]

Darwinia, final level. Theres a minor bug in that level which means red DGs keep on spawning as long as you let them. That will cripple any PC, given time.

[Sir Degrader]

That depends a trial. Andrewas, buy me IBM. We're building an uber machine, then breaking it.

[Lucern]

Dawn of War with any kind of frills, but my machine is four years old

[bakrus]

well my Pc got pentium4 2,8MHz prossessor , 1Gb memory.. ATI radeon 9800 128mb graphic card, and has the newest drivers, but still can`t play doom 3 on the best graphic qualities.... so i don`t know what to do to get the best quality?..

only thing i can do to play with the best graphics without the game crashes or going slow, is to set the graphics on normal and rest almost at the best/highest............. very irritating....

[Zink Whistlefly]

Hive - I'm right with you there with FEAR. I think the game is just badly optimised, since I can play at 1024x768 with everything maxed (except soft shadows which is a killer) and get a decent FPS. As soon as I start upping the resolution though the framerate just drops dramatically! I think to play above say 1280x960 we'd need SLI or something.

Bakrus - Doom 3 on ultra detail uses something like 500MB of textures, so with a 128MB card it's mostly going to be using system memory via the AGP aperture which will slow things down significantly. To play smoothly on Ultra you need a card with at least 256MB onboard memory to minisise the hit. Having said that, I can't really tell the difference between high and ultra.

I'm about to give GT Legends a go soon though and I bet that'll be quite taxing - especially now I have to pretty much run all my games in 1680x1050

[ 12-07-2005, 10:17 AM: Message edited by: Zink Whistlefly ]

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Everything. I doesn't even start up anymore [img]graemlins/crying.gif[/img]

[Hivetyrant]

Originally posted by bakrus: well my Pc got pentium4 2,8MHz prossessor , 1Gb memory.. ATI radeon 9800 128mb graphic card, and has the newest drivers, but still can`t play doom 3 on the best graphic qualities.... so i don`t know what to do to get the best quality?.. only thing i can do to play with the best graphics without the game crashes or going slow, is to set the graphics on normal and rest almost at the best/highest............. very irritating....

Yeah, no offence, but your hardware isn't all that great these days, it's still ok, but nothing spectacular, only since my upgrade on the weekend have i been able to play it on maximum settings and keep above 50fps constantly.

[Hivetyrant]

Originally posted by Zink Whistlefly: Hive - I'm right with you there with FEAR. I think the game is just badly optimised, since I can play at 1024x768 with everything maxed (except soft shadows which is a killer) and get a decent FPS. As soon as I start upping the resolution though the framerate just drops dramatically! I think to play above say 1280x960 we'd need SLI or something. Bakrus - Doom 3 on ultra detail uses something like 500MB of textures, so with a 128MB card it's mostly going to be using system memory via the AGP aperture which will slow things down significantly. To play smoothly on Ultra you need a card with at least 256MB onboard memory to minisise the hit. Having said that, I can't really tell the difference between high and ultra. I'm about to give GT Legends a go soon though and I bet that'll be quite taxing - especially now I have to pretty much run all my games in 1680x1050

Hehe, that GT legends does look fun...