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    New PC - Games demo's

    Chaps, my new PC is now fully built and I'll looking for some game demo's to test out my system. I'm running a 8800GTS.

    I've been out of the gaming arena for about 12 months now since buying a Mac but I'm glad things are changing.

    Got around 7,800 in 3dMark 06. Is this good?

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    You could try the sup comm / C + C 3 demos that are out. They'll put a load on your system, if you crank up the graphics settings
    sup com through the sammy shweeet

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    C&C3 wont put a strain on your computer even wacked right up. SupCom will tho!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dooms View Post
    C&C3 wont put a strain on your computer even wacked right up. SupCom will tho!
    O Really?

    Try this on C & C then.



    Tell me that doesnt put a strain on your machine.

    Anyway back on topic, you could try and get your hands on the STALKER MP Demo, I know its not freely available and I know you wont be able to get a code for playing with others, but it'll give your machine a nice test just checking out all the new stuff ingame.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nick Flood View Post
    Chaps, my new PC is now fully built and I'll looking for some game demo's to test out my system. I'm running a 8800GTS.

    I've been out of the gaming arena for about 12 months now since buying a Mac but I'm glad things are changing.

    Got around 7,800 in 3dMark 06. Is this good?
    It's about right - don't worry about other people posting super high scores - real world tests (without dropping mipmap levels etc.) are far more valuable especially when you're benchmarking against your own system.

    Supreme Commander is a good demo, though it's not as demanding as the real game by a long way. There will be some more demos out soon that will start to test systems a bit more, but at the moment there's not a lot out there that doesn't run on full with an older computer.

    Ooh.. gothic 3 has a demo.

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    Splinter Cell Chaos Theory is always used in benchmarks. Try that. Crank up Oblivion all the way as well. That will definitely test your system outdoors.


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    note: he means outdoors in the game, not literally outdoors

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    Quote Originally Posted by cptwhite_uk View Post
    not literally outdoors
    I heard tell of this 'outdoors' place. A man once told me of it's various wonders, but i haven't yet dared venture. Some say dragons be there.
    Lest ye be warned.
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    Supreme Commander and C+C 3 I say.
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    company of heroes has gotta be worth a mention especially if the rumours of an end of month dx10 patch for it are true

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    Quote Originally Posted by cptwhite_uk View Post
    note: he means outdoors in the game, not literally outdoors
    My bad.


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    I like C & C it was crap with my old memory 1GB PC 2100 the video and sound were out of sync then i put 2 GB of PC 3200 and its smoooooooooooooooth.

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    Is there an Oblivion demo?

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    armed assualt crank everything upto full including the draw distance and see how your pc runs, i heard it grinds alot of pcs into the ground

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    Quote Originally Posted by danroyle View Post
    company of heroes has gotta be worth a mention especially if the rumours of an end of month dx10 patch for it are true
    I noticed after the last patch that one of the options for Shading was DX10, although shaded out.
    SC will definately stress your comp, and one of the main reasons I'm upgrading.

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    Supreme Commander should sort you out good and proper!

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