Top 5 most demanding games (other than Crysis)

As said in the topic, what do you think are the most demanding games for the PC?

OTHER than Crysis of course.

Well I know for sure one of mine is Battlefield 2

I remember back in 2005..when I saw one of the guys talking about it..."You will need about 2 gigs of ram and a video card with 256 mb of ram...back then I had 512 mb of ram and a ti 4200

easily flight simulator x and armed assualt.

also lock on and battle of britain 2 can bring my PC to its knees yet i can play crysis on high with one or 2 settings on med

Aside form Crysis?

COD4, Oblivion, STALKER, Gears of War..... Add an RTS in there, I just don't play them.

Stalker is unplayable on my Vista system. Ridiculous, because I could run it fine before I upgraded. And I got it the day it came out, then Vista-ed in April.krazyorange

So you're STALKER copy is messed up or your rig is? The patches fixed issues with Vista..... as long as your 1.004 or better, the OS isn't holding you back.

GoW and UT3. Damn UE3 and it's post-proccessing...Ps2stony

How is UT3 demanding?! I run it maxed out (100% of settings enabled except vSync of course) with an 8600GT XXX @ 1280x1024 with 35-40 fps average and never dips below 30.

[QUOTE="Ps2stony"]GoW and UT3. Damn UE3 and it's post-proccessing...nVidiaGaMer

How is UT3 demanding?! I run it maxed out (100% of settings enabled except vSync of course) with an 8600GT XXX @ 1280x1024 with 35-40 fps average and never dips below 30.

Back when it first came out it sure was demandiing.

Anyways if you start from today pretty much any game besides Crysis and Gears of War can be run fairly well on recent hardware even midrange.

UE3
Stalker
FEAR
Oblivion
and Current RTS COH/SupremeCommander/WiC/etc
LordEC911

FEAR dude? my PC is horrible i cant even play C&C 3 with more than 30 units in one shot! on low graphics!

i can play portal on more than low and i can barley run TF2

i have 2ghz and 512 ram and i ran the FEAR demo on high no lags or anything with great graphics!

their is no way fear is demanding!

mircosoft FSX is the most demanding it needs like 3gp ram and like 5ghz cpu and a 512 graphics card to run on high!

easily flight simulator x and armed assualt.

crozon

I wouldn't say ArmA is that much demanding but rather it runs poorly on high end systems with vista and 8800's. Shame the developer cant fix some of the issues I have.

Halo (1) that buggy beast still brings modern computers to there knees.threepac81

[QUOTE="threepac81"]Halo (1) that buggy beast still brings modern computers to there knees.NamelessPlayer

You aren't talking about maxishine by any chance, are you? I think recent patches have made performance considerably better, although you still need a really good CPU/GPU to run the game decently.

Stalker is unplayable on my Vista system. Ridiculous, because I could run it fine before I upgraded. And I got it the day it came out, then Vista-ed in April.krazyorange

[QUOTE="krazyorange"]Stalker is unplayable on my Vista system. Ridiculous, because I could run it fine before I upgraded. And I got it the day it came out, then Vista-ed in April.gotcha455

So you're STALKER copy is messed up or your rig is? The patches fixed issues with Vista..... as long as your 1.004 or better, the OS isn't holding you back.

hmmm....I'll have to check that patch out. I've just been so occuied with other games. good news!

Also, Riddick is definiteyl one of the greatest games of all time

World in Conflict

and CPU killer

Supreme Commander

like TA

if there is 5000 aircraft in the air in TA

i think even QX9770 can be killed

1. Gears Of War

2. Bioshock

3. Call Of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

4. Unreal Tournament 3

5. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow Of Chernobyl

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in fact COD4 is not demanding but good effect

You aren't talking about maxishine by any chance, are you? I think recent patches have made performance considerably better, although you still need a really good CPU/GPU to run the game decently.

BlueBirdTS

Aside form Crysis?

COD4, Oblivion, STALKER, Gears of War..... Add an RTS in there, I just don't play them.

gotcha455

COD4 You kidding? It runs on a 2.6ghz singlecore flawless.....

[QUOTE="LordEC911"]UE3

Stalker
FEAR
Oblivion
and Current RTS COH/SupremeCommander/WiC/etc
xmen1414

FEAR dude? my PC is horrible i cant even play C&C 3 with more than 30 units in one shot! on low graphics!

i can play portal on more than low and i can barley run TF2

i have 2ghz and 512 ram and i ran the FEAR demo on high no lags or anything with great graphics!

their is no way fear is demanding!

mircosoft FSX is the most demanding it needs like 3gp ram and like 5ghz cpu and a 512 graphics card to run on high!

Try playing it at 1680x1050 w/ max settings(exception of softshadows) , HQ 6x AA, HQ 16x AF.

Rainbow Six Vegas *shudder*

A completely bloated shame of a once well respected franchise.

[QUOTE="krazyorange"]Stalker is unplayable on my Vista system. Ridiculous, because I could run it fine before I upgraded. And I got it the day it came out, then Vista-ed in April.krazyorange

[QUOTE="krazyorange"]Stalker is unplayable on my Vista system. Ridiculous, because I could run it fine before I upgraded. And I got it the day it came out, then Vista-ed in April.gotcha455

So you're STALKER copy is messed up or your rig is? The patches fixed issues with Vista..... as long as your 1.004 or better, the OS isn't holding you back.

hmmm....I'll have to check that patch out. I've just been so occuied with other games. good news!

Also, Riddick is definiteyl one of the greatest games of all time

try the float32 mod for stalker. it improves the graphics and the performance

[QUOTE="threepac81"]Halo (1) that buggy beast still brings modern computers to there knees.NamelessPlayer

[QUOTE="krazyorange"][QUOTE="krazyorange"]Stalker is unplayable on my Vista system. Ridiculous, because I could run it fine before I upgraded. And I got it the day it came out, then Vista-ed in April.broseybrose

[QUOTE="krazyorange"]Stalker is unplayable on my Vista system. Ridiculous, because I could run it fine before I upgraded. And I got it the day it came out, then Vista-ed in April.gotcha455

So you're STALKER copy is messed up or your rig is? The patches fixed issues with Vista..... as long as your 1.004 or better, the OS isn't holding you back.

hmmm....I'll have to check that patch out. I've just been so occuied with other games. good news!

Also, Riddick is definiteyl one of the greatest games of all time

try the float32 mod for stalker. it improves the graphics and the performance

Yea, I had this installed and ran Stalker at 1680x1080 with maxed AA + AF (AA Didn't Fully Work Though) and it never dipped under 60 FPS.

Gears of War and Bioshock definitely. World in Conflict is a powerhouse as well. Cod4 not so much unless you really crank up the Res.rmlr435

[QUOTE="krazyorange"]Stalker is unplayable on my Vista system. Ridiculous, because I could run it fine before I upgraded. And I got it the day it came out, then Vista-ed in April.gotcha455

So you're STALKER copy is messed up or your rig is? The patches fixed issues with Vista..... as long as your 1.004 or better, the OS isn't holding you back.

Yeah, no problems here with STALKER on my Vista 64 rig. World in Conflict is my second most demanding game after Crysis.

Guys should check out Neverwinter Nights 2.. My computer sweats when running it, and I have a 8800 GTS, 2gb ddr2 pc800, and E4300 core 2 duo (overclocked to 2.0ghz atm usually at 2.4).. And the graphics are subpar when comparing the performance most are getting.sSubZerOo

Gothic 3 is ten times worse imho... I run NWN 2 with all the bells and whistles on my 8800 GTX without a problem @ 1920x1200. Gothic 3 on the other hand.... Plays almost as choppy as on my old 7800. Higher res this time, but still.

well even a core 2 quad like i have can run oblivion at 60fps i sometimes hit 20.

its all in the programing and **** they **** up that in fallout 3 and oblivion because that engine is a recorce hog.they put invisible polygons in the **** sky i swear

Takarne , either ur lying about that rig or u really know how to waste ur cash ! Obviously, if u blow up 5000$ on a rig u can max out all games, who doesnt know that ! What people are talking abt is running these games smoothly on realistic setups.

I dont know why COD4 is gets mentioned so often , one of the best optimized games ive seen , devs should really learn from that. Also dont know why no ones talking abt GTA 4. Until patch 3, Crysis would run better on my comp. Most other recent games can be maxed on fairly recent mid range to high end pcs.

The only demanding games that the avarage core2duo 8800gt has troubles playing them are Crysis,Stalker,Cryostasis,gta4 and flight sim x ( and by trouble i mean they cant max them but they run decently at me-high settings up to 1680x1050). Othere than those demanding games are modern rts games like Sins of solar empirses,empires total war and world in conflict. Those rts games run very well on a wide variety of hardware but when there is a huge battle going on and there are many units on screen even the most powerfull system can get on its knees ( it isnt that bad though getting low fps in rts games unlike fps games)

Games like Cod4,Ut3 and almost all games using UE3 are very well ooptimised and even an 8600gt can max them at reasonable resolutions

Also dont know why no ones talking abt GTA 4. Until patch 3, Crysis would run better on my comp. Most other recent games can be maxed on fairly recent mid range to high end pcs.

Mtnes

because this thread has been bumped from early 2008