System Requirements Lab! Save yourself a Headache for PC Games!

I know that anyone who buys computer games has had this problem at one time or another. You buy the latest game available, install it, and discover your computer can't run it due to the graphic or sound card, mainly the graphics card. Here's a site that will tell you if your computer can actually run the game! This site was created by frustrated people just like us. So here you go! It's safe and they don't take personal information from you, you just have to install a small program that helps them scan your PC.

Example: I was thinking about buying LOST: VIA DAMUS but I ran the scan on my computer and it said my pixel shader on my graphics card wasn't good enough. I just saved myself $50.00, and a headache of finding that out the hard way. And I just bought this laptop too! It's a brand new computer!

System Requirements Lab

 

They have the requirements on the back of the games, and you should know whats in your PC. Is it that hard to take two seconds and look?

 

Yeah, but SystemRequirementLab specifically scans your computer, and gives you the step-by-step report of precisely what the game needs in comparison to what you have, a 1-5 level of how close you are to the required part, and whether your part under/over performs, and gives you direct links to websites where you can purchase the necessary parts, along with a finite overall report of whether you'll be able to run the game "Poorly", "Good Enough", or "Fantastic"

 

This site is great because lots of people don't actually KNOW what their computer actually has on it when it comes to graphic and sound cards.

 

Wow. Thanks this is very useful!