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Question about system requirement lab result

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sukesh1090
sukesh1090 Original post #1
Nov 3, 2010 at 9:21 PM
guys when i run the system requirement lab's online hardware checking for running game i find the following result(its in pic).can any body tell what is that "performance rated at" thing in the cpu speed category:?:
skeletor
Nov 3, 2010 at 9:26 PM
I think it is "their own way" of rating things.
sukesh1090
Nov 3, 2010 at 9:29 PM
can you tell me is my processor, intel pentium dual core E5500 2.8GHz is good enough to play high end games?thank you.
topgear
topgear #4
Nov 4, 2010 at 6:17 AM
Your CPU is good enough to handle all most all games if you pair it up with gfx card.

Just get a good gfx card like HD5770/GTX46o/HD6850 and feel the power!
skeletor
Nov 4, 2010 at 10:48 AM
and also a good PSU. :p
topgear
topgear #6
Nov 5, 2010 at 4:49 AM
^^ yep, I overlooked it.

@ sukesh - tell us your budget if you want to do some upgrades.
sukesh1090
Nov 5, 2010 at 11:27 AM
^^ yep, I overlooked it.

@ sukesh - tell us your budget if you want to do some upgrades.

i didn't overclocked it,ya some days before i overclocked it but later i downclocked it to normal,about upgrade,i just bought the system 2 weeks before now i just want to buy ati hd5670 and gigabyte 460W psu.guys i heard that from next year there won't be ati brand,is it amd stops the production of all the graphics card which are in the market now or just change the logo and name of the graphics card?thank you.
coderunknown
Nov 5, 2010 at 11:42 AM
AMD will manufacture 5-series under ATI brand & 6-series as you can see under AMD brand. so you getting same thing.
topgear
topgear #9
Nov 6, 2010 at 5:30 AM
It's just the brand name AMD will abandon but they will manufacture gfx cards for sure now and in the future too.

BTW, if you are interested in OCing get a good cpu cooler like CM Hyper 212+ or Hyper TX3 and head over to this thread :

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/community-discussions/121070-overclock-listing-thread.html
sukesh1090
Nov 6, 2010 at 6:37 PM
topgear,i have posted oc data and pics in that thread.thank you.
topgear
topgear #11
Nov 7, 2010 at 4:12 AM
will check them out.
vamsi_krishna
Nov 7, 2010 at 7:34 AM
Okay, i've been there. I mean, in a position where i go check with system requirements lab website every time. It's my personal opinion.. but, i think the site is a pile of bullsh!te. It just takes the requirements posted by developers and compares it with your system specs. No real world experiences are taken into account. In short.. it is for the people who can't read the Readme.txt file in the game and the MSR posted in their website. I didn't knew it until i realized it. which was nearly 2 years ago.

My serious suggestions is to go for youtube. There are hundreds of videos that feature gaming on G31 chipset. Go check the performance in their rig... Most of them will post FPS count. Relate it to your PC specs.. and take the decision. Don't always rely on MSR. Most of the games can run in the configs that are far below the MSR. Just go to youtube and search for something like... "Left4Dead 2 GMA3100" and you'll get atleast 2-3 videos featuring your GPU. And.. there is always this nasty thing called "Demo" which we are not witnessing that often these days. But again.. if you have the chance to grab a demo, grab it. And check the performance for yourself.
sukesh1090
Nov 7, 2010 at 8:49 AM
thank you.i think gameometer(yougamers.com) is better than system requirements lab because i have seen some increase in their processor performance bar when it was overclocked than when in normal.

hey i checked youtube and found a video in which a guy is playing crysis but how is it possible bcoz i only installed that game and at start it showed unsupported graphics card?????????????
topgear
topgear #14
Nov 8, 2010 at 4:25 AM
that was using some sort of moded driver and may be that was on win 7.
sukesh1090
Nov 11, 2010 at 1:10 PM
how to use that modded driver and where can i get it?
topgear
topgear #16
Nov 13, 2010 at 4:26 AM
here you will get them and try them and inform us about the result ( just go through the entire site ):

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sukesh1090
Nov 13, 2010 at 9:38 PM
i downloaded and installed the 945 v1.1 driver.is this correct driver for my gma 3100(g31)?how can i find the difference of performance with normal and modded driver?thank you.
coderunknown
Nov 13, 2010 at 10:36 PM
hmmmm, can try run a benchmark. a good one is 3DMark Vantage.
topgear
topgear #19
Nov 14, 2010 at 5:17 AM
i downloaded and installed the 945 v1.1 driver.is this correct driver for my gma 3100(g31)?how can i find the difference of performance with normal and modded driver?thank you.

I don't think that's the correct driver - you need to download driver for g31/g33 chipset and they are available for win 7 only - serach that site a little bit more and you will find it for sure.
sukesh1090
Nov 14, 2010 at 10:07 AM
i got it g31 is g965.