Most graphically demanding games out now/near future for PC?

CDdude55 · Mar 25, 2011

Cryostasis is #1

MatTheCat · Mar 25, 2011

Most demanding seems to be getting confused for 'runs the most shit'.

Two Worlds 2 is a stunning looking game, yet runs fantastically well. These sorts of games should be the ones that people use to tes thier kit as they obvioulsy make efficient use of it, unlike the others mentioned in this thread.

BondExtreme · Mar 25, 2011

Starcraft 2 by all means.

That game is so GPU intensive especially in the modded games.

Brandenburg · Mar 25, 2011

Supreme Commander - Forged Alliance is pretty tough on a GPU IMO.. Also a kick ass game.. Like it much better than SC2

copenhagen69 · Mar 25, 2011

hmmm two worlds looks cool

BondExtreme · Mar 25, 2011

Copenhagen, are you asking for the most beautiful games or the most GPU intensive games?..

copenhagen69 · Mar 25, 2011

intensive ...

MxPhenom 216 · Mar 25, 2011

Metro 2033 and Crysis and soon to be BF3

BondExtreme · Mar 25, 2011

copenhagen69 said:
intensive ...

Again, SC2 XD

1nf3rn0x · Mar 25, 2011

To be honest, I can run all those games at maximum settings at 50-60 FPS on a SINGLE GTS 250, but with three of them its more like 100-120fps. I play at a small res, but hey, I'm still maxing them.

Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Metro 2033
GTA IV

^ Basically all those games have crap coding and run like shit and tax your system.

Mussels · Mar 25, 2011

CDdude55 said:
Cryostasis is #1

MatTheCat said:
Most demanding seems to be getting confused for 'runs the most shit'.

Theres no confusion.. thats what it means. most demanding = demands most of your system. not what is the most efficient game or what gives the best looking graphics.

MatTheCat said:
Two Worlds 2 is a stunning looking game, yet runs fantastically well. These sorts of games should be the ones that people use to tes thier kit as they obvioulsy make efficient use of it, unlike the others mentioned in this thread.

then that is not the 'most demanding' is it?

RejZoR · Mar 25, 2011

Most demanding = worst coded game

That's where Cryostasis supposedly has no competition

Over_Lord · Mar 25, 2011

Hms1193 said:
Add Just Cause 2, Lost Planet 2 and Mafia 2 in that list too..

hmm, soo many nVidia TWIMTBP games... do we see a pattern?

1Kurgan1 · Mar 25, 2011

thunderising said:
hmm, soo many nVidia TWIMTBP games... do we see a pattern?

That most of those games play great on AMD :laugh:

I play Mafia 2 and JC2 maxed and it looks great and runs great. (of course I don't have physx on in MII)

crazyeyesreaper · Mar 25, 2011

Metro 2033, its not that badly optimized it needs lots of VRAM, dont use 4xAA in metro its quality is no better then AAA and the performance hit is insane, use the Depth of Field filter in the DX11 options if u want proper DX11 stress testing,

i can say with DoF and AAA on 2x 6970s offer double the performance of 2x 5850s and vram helps with that as at 1920x1200 AAA DX11 with Depth of Field on = 1400-1500mb of vram usage.

johnspack · Mar 25, 2011

Oddly enough, I'd have to vote Homefront. It's pegging both my gtx285s real good.....

MRCL · Mar 25, 2011

Crysis with BlueSky mod.

Mussels · Mar 25, 2011

johnspack said:
Oddly enough, I'd have to vote Homefront. It's pegging both my gtx285s real good.....

really? single 5870 flattens it here.

boise49ers · Mar 25, 2011

copenhagen69 said:
well crysis is a toss up between demanding and bad coding from everything I have seen people post ...
How is homefront and bulletstorm and crysis 2?

Homefront won't be a good test. Far Cry 2 and
Battlefield Bad company 2 are pretty demanding.
My 6870 plays it well at Very High. It has Hiccups,
I think Homefronts lag and hiccups are bad coding.
Hopefully they will patch it soon.

Ha I just loaded this on a P4 with a 3.0 2 gigs of 5300 and a 5450 HD 512 mb card and it runs.
Not well, but for it to even run it is far from demanding. COD4 hardly plays on it.

Peter1986C · Mar 25, 2011

boise49ers said:
Far Cry 2

Demanding? At a resolution of 1280x1024 (yes I know it's "low") my HD 4850 can run it smoothly @ VH with 2x AA (more doesn't make sense on a 17" screen, IMHO). Framerates somewhere between 40 and 60 fps. Okay, at 1650x.... and higher it would be much more demanding (the 4850 probably only capable of HQ or lower), but still it's amazing how fantastic the graphX are and how relatively well it runs on hardware that is not quite the newest of the new. I only had serious hick-ups (strangely enough on specific locations like the area 2 airport) with older AMD drivers, btw.

Brandenburg · Mar 25, 2011

Chevalr1c said:
Demanding? At a resolution of 1280x1024 (yes I know it's "low") my HD 4850 can run it smoothly @ VH with 2x AA (more doesn't make sense on a 17" screen, IMHO). Framerates somewhere between 40 and 60 fps. Okay, at 1650x.... and higher it would be much more demanding (the 4850 probably only capable of HQ or lower), but still it's amazing how fantastic the graphX are and how relatively well it runs on hardware that is not quite the newest of the new. I only had serious hick-ups (strangely enough on specific locations like the area 2 airport) with older AMD drivers, btw.

My 9800GT runs FarCry2 well.. resolution is set to 1280x1024 .. Runs relatively smooth for me.. Definitely playable

Shihab · Mar 25, 2011

Crysis and Metro 2033 are on the top of my list. Followed by Aliens vs Predator.

I think all Physx games could be considered demanding on AMD cards based systems (with CPU physx on). The list isn't long though.

Brandenburg · Mar 25, 2011

Shihabyooo said:
Followed by Aliens vs Predator.

Really.. I didnt think it was too demanding....Because of my older card.. I cant crank up the graphics as much as I would like but still... IMO Supreme Commander or Red Faction-Guerrilla are more demanding than AvPIII

on a side note:Graphically .. AvPIII is better than AvP II, but the gameplay sucks in comparison... All that disagree have never had a late night survival match with AvPII.. OHH The terror that I inflicted on those servers.. Always picked an alien RUNNER on DM/TDM or suicided so i could be an alien on survivor.. So fast,stealthy and lethal in the right hands.. I called them..Coked up cockroach with a bad disposition

Animalpak · Mar 25, 2011

I expect Stalker 2 and Farcry 3 will be very hardware power demanding games, they are both in development.

cheesy999 · Mar 25, 2011

thunderising said:
hmm, soo many nVidia TWIMTBP games... do we see a pattern?

not really a well though pattern as it has a massive exception in that lego star wars is a TWIMTBP game, and thats not really demanding at all

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