- Dec 2, 2013
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There is so much disregard for persons with inadequate PCs everywhere it sickens my stomach. Of course there are low spec alternatives available to those who still want to play, despite the terrible PCs they'd have to cope with, but I feel that just this simply isn't enough. There are many bright minds in the community, no? As so, I thought that this idea of mine would've been implemented years ago, for it is quite simplistic actually. At least, compared to other solutions.
Few of you here may know of the two programs I'm about to speak of: 3Danalyzer and Swiftshader. Although the latter was actually made with different purposes in mind, that didn't prevent it at all from being usable. My experiences with both programs were satisfactory; as they rightly served the purpose of providing a playable framerate, or above that even.
Skyrim was the game I used for testing these two programs. (Just to give you an idea on how insufficient my specs were for this game: Gefore GT 520M) Without using either of these, my framerates were at the range of 10-20 despite the game being configured at the lowest settings possible. So I messed with the settings 3Danalyzer had for a while before properly testing things, I made sure they were as good as can be. It provided a framerate of 15-30 even while battling with dragons... a significant improvement, I do say. And then Swiftshader. Like 3Danalyzer, it had settings that were configurable, which paved way for its maximum probable efficiency. After the necessities were taken care of, I launched the game. Oh lord, the framerates were almost maxed out! And I'm talking while I was messing around with dragons. I even raised the graphical settings to high, and it only decreased from 50-60 to 30-45, very very satisfactory. In other words, the results were PHENOMENAL. Much better than 3Danalyzer.
But that was of the past, and currently these programs don't work anymore. I really don't know why, but the only thing I knew was: this PC really sucked. I just knew the source of this problem had to do with my PC itself. When I saw that I actually had crappier framerates using either of the programs, I almost cried. And then from that day and on I started hating my PC more and more. But it's still a love and hate relationship, really.
And here I will present my marvelous idea, thought of in only 5 seconds: a program that forces lower graphical quality than the game can offer. If virtual graphic cards are possible (3Danalyzer) then why shouldn't this be? That program even emulated several complex settings.
I don't think I'll need to say anymore of the specifications. A simple idea can pave way for much more, simply. So now I do ask for discussion (and possibly someone willing to execute my idea), and tell me what you think. I'm only a tech newbie (actually, lesser than that) so my idea may seem somewhat stupid to some of you here.
Also, I just wanted to say, it would be great if someone continued 3Danalyzer. Even a noob like me can see many ways it can be improved.
I apologize if this actually already exists, I just can't find it anywhere. (no, not anything to do with configuring the game's settings itself. Don't you understand how millions of games don't allow for such a possibility? Unless ____ and etc).
Few of you here may know of the two programs I'm about to speak of: 3Danalyzer and Swiftshader. Although the latter was actually made with different purposes in mind, that didn't prevent it at all from being usable. My experiences with both programs were satisfactory; as they rightly served the purpose of providing a playable framerate, or above that even.
Skyrim was the game I used for testing these two programs. (Just to give you an idea on how insufficient my specs were for this game: Gefore GT 520M) Without using either of these, my framerates were at the range of 10-20 despite the game being configured at the lowest settings possible. So I messed with the settings 3Danalyzer had for a while before properly testing things, I made sure they were as good as can be. It provided a framerate of 15-30 even while battling with dragons... a significant improvement, I do say. And then Swiftshader. Like 3Danalyzer, it had settings that were configurable, which paved way for its maximum probable efficiency. After the necessities were taken care of, I launched the game. Oh lord, the framerates were almost maxed out! And I'm talking while I was messing around with dragons. I even raised the graphical settings to high, and it only decreased from 50-60 to 30-45, very very satisfactory. In other words, the results were PHENOMENAL. Much better than 3Danalyzer.
But that was of the past, and currently these programs don't work anymore. I really don't know why, but the only thing I knew was: this PC really sucked. I just knew the source of this problem had to do with my PC itself. When I saw that I actually had crappier framerates using either of the programs, I almost cried. And then from that day and on I started hating my PC more and more. But it's still a love and hate relationship, really.
And here I will present my marvelous idea, thought of in only 5 seconds: a program that forces lower graphical quality than the game can offer. If virtual graphic cards are possible (3Danalyzer) then why shouldn't this be? That program even emulated several complex settings.
I don't think I'll need to say anymore of the specifications. A simple idea can pave way for much more, simply. So now I do ask for discussion (and possibly someone willing to execute my idea), and tell me what you think. I'm only a tech newbie (actually, lesser than that) so my idea may seem somewhat stupid to some of you here.
Also, I just wanted to say, it would be great if someone continued 3Danalyzer. Even a noob like me can see many ways it can be improved.
I apologize if this actually already exists, I just can't find it anywhere. (no, not anything to do with configuring the game's settings itself. Don't you understand how millions of games don't allow for such a possibility? Unless ____ and etc).
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