Minimum requirements specs -- How accurate?

[Myrmidon]

So when a new game comes out most people tend to look at the specs to see if they can run the said game. There is usually "minimum requirements" and "recommended requirements". My question is just how accurate are minimum requirements and do they really mean *absolute* minimum?

The reason I ask is that I want to get Dishonored 2 and according to 3 different sites that have scanned my hardware all my specs are a green light apart from my processor except the difference between my current processor and the minimum recommended processor is very very small:-

What it states as minimum - Intel Core i5 2400
What I have - Intel Core i5 2320 @ 3.0GHz

So does it really mean I can't run it based on the fact my processor is a few points under minimum because the minimum requirements are absolute set in stone total minimum or is it a bit of a grey guideline with a tiny bit of leeway? I have no problem running it in a window box on lowest settings with a gamebooster app in the background if that's what it takes.

Thanks for your time guys

[Myrmidon]

Barf the Mawg の投稿を引用：

The best solution is to look up gamplay videos on your hardware or as close as you can get. People make whole channels for this purpose.

There are no standards for minimum system requirements, and the definition differs from developer to developer.

It's a good idea which I considered but then I thought further along the lines of.... For someone to show us how their awful system performs playing an advanced game they're going to have to be running a highly RAM intensive video program to record this evidence. On this basis I abandoned the idea all together as it wouldn't be possible to find a system like mine running a game like the one I want to play whilst recording. Maybe without recording sure but without recording I have no way of ever knowing.

[db892511]

the minimum is usually 1080p

[db892511]

for portal, dont trust the requirements. they are a COMPLETE LIE. Our 2012 maccbook pro got 80-ish fps on the top settings. the reccommended requirements imply a far better framerate.

[Start_Running]

db892511 の投稿を引用：

for portal, dont trust the requirements. they are a COMPLETE LIE. Our 2012 maccbook pro got 80-ish fps on the top settings. the reccommended requirements imply a far better framerate.

dev/pubs generally high ball their specs or just base them off whatever machines they were using to test so it's never precise to that degree. Heck some do both.

[Sabrine]

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