Low-Spec PC games.

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **False** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:40 am

Deluge wrote:
smurphy wrote:If BF2 runs like a heap of gooseberry fool then HL2 and its associates should do ok.

Would TF2 be one of the said associates? I've played some of that and loved it.

Sort of. It uses an upgraded and thus, more demanding engine. Plus those multiplayer games can be a CPU raper if you dont meet specs.

YouTube · PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **Jingle Ord The Way** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:04 am

Torchlight

System Requirements
OS: Windows 2000 or later
Processor: x86-compatible 800MHz processor
Memory: 512MB
Graphics: DirectX-compatible 3D graphics with at least 64MB of addressable memory (such as an ATI Radeon 7200, NVIDIA GeForce 2, or Intel GMA 950)
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 400MB

Even works on notebooks and there's a demo in the link. Best game I've played on the PC this year so far.

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **Drunken_Master** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:59 am

What spec is your laptop?

There are literally thousands of games your PC could cope with. Depends upn what games your after

I've cut and pasted this from the Asus EEE forums. These are games which'll work on the 701, I guarantee you, your machine will be loads more powerful than this.

1) Aliens V/s Predator 2, runs excellent on stock 701, just edit the config file and change res to 800 x 480. (says beeks)
Gamespot Review - Aliens Vs Predator 2
Release Date : Oct 31, 2001
Gamespot Score : 8.70

(2) Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amin & Throne of Bhaal plays perfectly at full 800x480 resolution (though stretched). Change the resolution in-game to 800x600 and it plays perfectly with BASSAM's AsTray Plus. Install the latest 23037 patch & use the No-CD patch to play without a CD. If the Windows hour-glass cursor shows in the game then use http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=14516 utility to remove it.
UPDATE : For EeePC 1024x600 resolution owners : Use the widescreen patch from http://www.gibberlings3.net/widescreen/ to play real widescreen on 1024x600 resolution !

Gamespot Review - Baldur's Gate 2
Release Date : Sept 24, 2000
Gamespot Score : 9.20

(3) Conflict Desert Storm runs fine on Stock 701, Cant get it to run at 800x480 but runs fine at 800x600. (submitted by beeks)

(4) Counterstrike 1.6, Condition Zero & Half-Life play perfectly at 640x480 resolution fullscreen stretched. It stutters a bit at 630Mz. You need to overclock your 701 it to 900Mz to play it perfectly & smoothly.

(5) Freedom Fighters runs on Stock 701, Select 800x480 from GFX config and turn down gfx options to medium. (says beeks)
Gamespot Review - Freedom Fighters
Release date : Oct 1, 2003
Gamespot Score : 9.30

(6) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Another game which plays perfectly at Native specs. Change the resolution in-game to 800x480x32 and set Widescreen ON to play this game in true wide-screen.
Gamespot Review - GTA Vice City
Release date : May 12, 2003
Gamespot Score : 9.30

(7) Halo: Combat Evolved - To get halo to work, make sure you clock your EEEPC to 900mhz using a program like eeectl. (I am running Windows XP Pro). Open 3D Analyze and select the *.exe file to run halo.
Here are the Settings that need a check mark beside them:
force SW TnL
force windowed mode
force max. pixel shader version 1.1
emulate HW TnL caps
Enjoy! (says Barlow)

So i ran it with 3DAnalyze and its great, i didnt need to overclock my EEE and the resolution can be changed to the bog standard EEE resolution for even better game play. The FPS is great, i repeat, over clocking is not needed. (says DanTheTray)
You can download 3DAnalyze from here
Gamespot Review - Halo: Combat Evolved (PC)
Release date : Sept 30, 2003
Gamespot Score : 9.00

(8) Heros of Might & Magic II - I can comfirm that Heroes of Might and Magic 2 works without any problems in 800x480 resolution (says Jefim)
Gamespot Review - Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars (PC)
Release date : Oct 31, 1996
Gamespot Score : 8.20

(9) Hostile Waters - (Rage Software). Runs great on Stock 701 Eee PC, even allows you to select 800x480 resolution so no fiddling about. Runs smoothly with decent FPS even in combat mode. (Submitted by beeks)
Gamespot Review - Hostile Waters : Antaeus Rising
Release date : June 13, 2001
Gamespot Score : 8.50

(10) Neverwinter Nights, just use NDubyaConfig to set the 800x480 resolution and update to version 1.68 to remove the cd check. (thanks to mitch1974) But this will loose the Quick launch bar at the bottom. If you want the quick launch bar too then you will have to set the resolution to 800x600 and set scrolling on in AsTray +.
Gamespot Review - Never Winter Nights
Release date : June 16, 2002.
Gamespot Score : 9.20

(11) Quake III (thanks to HalcYoN) Note : doesn't play at true widescreen.

(12) Starcraft works fine at full 800x480 resolution (though stretched). Only, some information on the screen is too tiny and is readable only with sharp eyes !
Gamespot Review - Starcraft
Game Release date : April 1, 1998
Gamespot Score : 9.10

(13) Unreal Tournament runs great on the 701. It runs full 800x480 with real widescreen, looks crackers and runs smooth as a baby's bottom on the native specs....512MB RAM, 630Mz speed. Install the latest patch 436 to play without the CD. This is one of the very few games which play true widescreen 800x480. Check here how to play true widescreen http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/fo … hp?t=4042. The best FPS on the EeePC.
Gamespot Review - Unreal Tournament
Game Release date : Nov 30, 1999.
Gamespot Score : 9.50

(14) Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption - Copied CD's to USB stick and installed flawlessly. Patched to 1.1. Does need a NOCD exe, but the ones on the net do not "crack" the CD key requirement, so I'm not feeling too bad about this smile This game is a gem. Will run at 800x480 by default, and you can set everything to high. It might look dated at first, but it's a kickass game with an amazing storyline, good voice acting, and navigates well with the trackpad for a 3D game. (Tip: use Z to look around.) (says DeathKnight)
Gamespot Review - Vampire the Masquerade : Redemption
Game Release date : June 7, 2000.
Gamespot Score : 6.80

(15) Warcraft III after installing the latest 1.21b patch which plays without a CD check. You need to change the resolution in the Registry to 800x480 to play it full screen (though stretched, not true widescreen)
Gamespot Review - Warcraft III
Game Release date : July 3, 2002
Gamespot Score : 9.30

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **Deluge** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:42 am

Woah, thanks for the ideas lads.

Ord, I've downloaded the demo for torchlight, seems good so far and runs perfectly. Cheers.

DM, cheers for the list, I'll check some of them out.

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **Agent47** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:46 am

I'd add Diablo II and Sacred to the list, the Fallout Collection is also dirt cheap and very low spec.

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **Deluge** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:38 pm

Just downloaded World Of Goo and Plants Vs. Zombies.

Both are amazing, thanks for the ideas. :wub:

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **mokeyjoe** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:26 am

Ord wrote:Torchlight

Even works on notebooks..

What about netbooks? Mine does meet the spec.

YouTube

mokeyjoe wrote:
Ord wrote:Torchlight

Even works on notebooks..

What about netbooks? Mine does meet the spec.

Yeah I meant netbooks. :oops:

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **Captian Kil** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:26 pm

MechWarrior 4 Mercenary's is quite good.

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **Winckle** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:42 am

X com is a requirement.

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **blackoutHERO** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:39 pm

Warrock

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **PCCD** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:53 pm

Crenshaw's Trilby (5 days a... Six days a... Trilby's Notes, Seven days a...) games need playing. An old 386 could run those things.

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **Red** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:55 pm

Baldur's Gate, Theme Hospital, Freelancer...

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **Rax** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:00 am

Red wrote:Baldur's Gate, Theme Hospital, Freelancer...

Played that recently, still great, always prefered it to Theme Park as well.

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **Dr. ogue Tomato** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:24 pm

TheTurnipKing wrote:
Fatal Exception wrote:With Peggle?

Peggle uses hardware acceleration, I think. If your CPU is fast and your onboard graphics are gooseberry fool, try turning it off.

I turned hardware acceleration off, It runs smooth as silk, I thought my graphics card was okay though (Nvidia 6200) it runs HL2 fine.

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **SEP** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:12 pm

Can this thread be stickied? I'm finding it extremely useful.

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **$ilva $hadow** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:06 am

Don't forget you can get a gameboy, gameboy advance, nes, snes, megadrive, mame, and N64 emulator and download a shitload of roms for them as well. That's a massive back-catalogue of games right there.

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **Xeno** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:19 am

anything by Intoversion should work, uplink, defcon and darwinia, just give the demos a go and see.

http://www.introversion.co.uk/

PostRe: Low-Spec PC games. by **TheTurnipKing** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:15 pm

Rogue Tomato wrote:
TheTurnipKing wrote:
Fatal Exception wrote:With Peggle?

Peggle uses hardware acceleration, I think. If your CPU is fast and your onboard graphics are gooseberry fool, try turning it off.

I turned hardware acceleration off, It runs smooth as silk, I thought my graphics card was okay though (Nvidia 6200) it runs HL2 fine.

It's a question of how it's using it. Onboard graphics usually are designed around a very narrow set of usage conditions, and using 3D acceleration to draw 2D graphics is basically one big hack. It's a lot of work for the GPU that a fast CPU can actually do much more efficiently.

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