Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20150904120435/@comment-3547390-20150929091005

The old computer I had could not run Spiderman: The Movie. I had that game for years before I was able to actually play it. The reason I got to play that game was because I decided to upgrade when Doom 3 was so laggy that on minimum settings the dialog was off from the gameplay. Upon upgrading I could play the game on minimum settings! I was never able to play Alien vs Predator (another game I picked up around the same time that I wasn't able to play), by the time I got a decent computer that could possibly play it I had lost the cd.

Funny, with this computer I could probably play all three games with no problem on max settings. One time I played Unreal on max settings (16x AA and whatever else I could crank up in the settings panel) with enhanced 4k textures (a fan enhancement) that are warned to be extremely taxing on your computer. I then played a modded level that took place entirely outside with about 100 or so enemies attacking you at once with projectiles. The only time I experienced lag even slightly was when I was looking directly at a reflective pool of water with a large number of trees nearby (the two most taxing things to render apparently). One day I plan on getting a CPU that can handle even that (my GPU was fine, it was my CPU that was overworking). Still, when I can do such a ridiculous thing that lacks all optimization but is cranked to max quality and experience minimal lag at best (meaning I see lag, but it wasn't enough to prevent me from playing) I think I have a pretty good system.