Low detail galore: FIFA 11, Medal of Honor and Gothic 4 on minimum graphics

Everybody is keen on showing the best possible graphics in PC games. But PC Games Hardware shows the dark side: Games like Medal of Honor, FIFA 11, Gothic 4 and even more running on the minimum image quality possible referring to minimum specs of pc gaming rigs.

[RankFTW]

Haha good article.

[kancerkid]

The disappointing thing is I do not think I could even get 20 FPS with my PC on any of those games...

[Organization XII]

The ugly side of games

[kaos_fish II]

Some of those were... nasty!

What was with all the red on that 'Ruse' pic eh..

[Akagi]

They might be ugly, but don't forget that not everyone can afford a powerful PC (or don't even want one) so they play all games on lowest settings with low resolution.

[hennessey86]

wouldnt a console be a better bet

[Pandamobile]

Not if you still want PC gameplay.

I'd take bad looking graphics over having to play with a controller any day.

When I play games on my laptop, they may not be pretty, but it still plays well.

[ProjectVulcan]

Because many are console ports the minimum graphics requirements are usually tied into the console specs which are five years old now. Testing with a 7800/X1800 series is going to produce slightly sub console visuals. 7800GTX launched in june 2005 making it nearly five and a half years old!

If you havent upgraded your machine in over four years and you are using five year old graphics then you are going to be playing games below console fidelity. However it doesnt take an expensive powerful computer to beat console hardware anymore, not after all this time. $65/£55 gets you a graphics card that can easily surpass consoles, paired with any cheap dual core. Indeed even picking up slightly dated hardware secondhand like an 8800GT which go dirt cheap now, would provide console besting performance comfortably.

Really if you want to play modern games, you would schedule a pc upgrade at least every five years.

[Syaz1]

exactly. pc is definitely worth your money on the long run, but not everyone can drop lots of cash at one go. in my case, since i'm still leeching off my parents, i settle for an xbox 360 instead. consoles are the best option for those who cant afford to spend money on a decent gaming pc.

[Ocelot525]

games like GTA 4(certainly for the driving part), prototype, batman AA, and all racing games play way better with a controller imo and the rumble is a nice addition

luckily many games on the PC support the 360 controller natively these days, just plug it in, and the game converts to the console interface

i have to use the keyboard from 9 till 5 for work, when i come home I want to use a controller instead

[XANDEO]

Some of those textures look like they wouldnt be out of place in the PS1 era

[limewax]

Get move then. I havent myself and im not being a fanboy but people are saying it feels more like mouse and keyboard than a controller. Just a suggestion if you really hate controllers that much.

[slyrunner]

Problem solved (well if you can afford it at least) or a 470 or the cheaper 5850 Those are really good! BUt wow!! i wonder what the settings are on consoles...medium settings ??

[yamzilla]

are what console games look like to me.

I'm used to 1920x1080p...or 2560x1600p

with 16x anti aliasing and 60-100 frames per second

when i finally do on the rare occasion use one of my microsoft or sony consoles for that rare exclusive that intrests me...
i am always disappointed. except for killzone2, uncharted 2 and god of war 3....all console games i have tried look terrible to me.

epic citadel on my iphone looks better than 90% of xbox and ps3 games

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

and people say we dont need new consoles....lol

my iphone is about 1/200th the size of a 360 and is almost as powerful...

it is beyond time!!!

cannot wait to see what psp2 has in store

[XANDEO]

Think someone needs some glasses, sitting to close to the sceen will do that

[kaos_fish II]

An uninspired tech demo - Epic's been doing those since the first 'Unreal' game.. now, show me that "game" when there are 10, 50 or 100 or more enemies/npc's on the screen - I wonder how slow it gets... also, it's hard to "play" when a great big fat meaty finger obscures a quarter of what's on the screen..

You keep your iPhone, I'll stick to consoles that allow me to control the game.

[Agent-86]

I'm mostly a PC gamer as well, but I would add Red Dead Redemption to your list of console games that look great. Wish it was on the PC so I could scale it up and have it look even better.

[yamzilla]

they will be in garage sales in trailer parks across america very very soon

[yamzilla]

agreed...minus all the pop-in...but i found the game to be boring...but it did look nice.... +bubs