settings and resolutions for the games

[The King Possum]

so what screen resolution are the minimum and recommended specs for?
A couple games actually list minimum resolution most most do not.
I am wondering what the resolutions the specs are meant to be played at.

[Riko~Nyaa]

system requirements are set by publishers not steam. For example, the game I moderate for has its minimum requirements as the minimum needed to even start the game and play it but with everything on low and resolution small. While recommended is to get a decent fps at a modern resolution.

While for other games, this will be different likely. Im sorry its not much help. If you got a good system, there shouldnt be much to worry about

[The King Possum]

thanks for the reply.
not worried at all about it just very curious about it.
I know steam doesn't set the standards for the game.
was just wondering if like minimum specs were for like saya resolution of 720 on low settings and they assume recommened would be a resolution of 1080 on high, and of course if the game came out before those resolutions then that would not apply.

Publicado originalmente por Riko:

system requirements are set by publishers not steam. For example, the game I moderate for has its minimum requirements as the minimum needed to even start the game and play it but with everything on low and resolution small. While recommended is to get a decent fps at a modern resolution.

While for other games, this will be different likely. Im sorry its not much help. If you got a good system, there shouldnt be much to worry about

[supertrooper225]

Specs aren't necessarily for knowing what resolution to run the game at. Minimum specs state what is necessary to run the game. Recommended specs are there to show what you need to run the game at highers settings and frame rates.

[Kartoffelsuppe]

System specs are mostly garbage because they only give a slight direction of how things are. If you wanna know for sure you have to look up benchmarks that go into detail.

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System specs are mostly garbage because they only give a slight direction of how things are. If you wanna know for sure you have to look up benchmarks that go into detail.

[The King Possum]

correct me if I am wrong, screen resolution has everything to do with how well a game is played.
playing a game at 720 on ultra is less intense graphics wise than playing the same game on 1080 on ultra. that is correct right?

Publicado originalmente por supertrooper225:

Specs aren't necessarily for knowing what resolution to run the game at. Minimum specs state what is necessary to run the game. Recommended specs are there to show what you need to run the game at highers settings and frame rates.

[Astraea Kisaragi]

Higher resolution means more pixels, so is more demanding for system. But is generally a better idea to play the game in the native resolution of your screen and in case of problems lower rather the detail levels, instead the resolution.

Of course most performance can be gained by lowering or even shutting off settings like anti-alising.

[The King Possum]

true but what I am askiing is the specs listed on the store pages are for what screen resolution. I know to play on my native screen resolution and I understand about tweeking the graphics settings, I am not here for that. I am more interested in knowing like if you buy skyrim, I have well over 800 hours, what is the screen resolutions the developers made it to be played at for minimum specs and recommended specs.

all of those specs they got listed they made them with the intent of playing on what resolution.
like with witcher 3 the developers obviously said well we are going to make the game playable on a gtx 660, I think is minimum I forget, and that is for low setting at a resolution of....

Publicado originalmente por Astraea Kisaragi:

Higher resolution means more pixels, so is more demanding for system. But is generally a better idea to play the game in the native resolution of your screen and in case of problems lower rather the detail levels, instead the resolution.

Of course most performance can be gained by lowering or even shutting off settings like anti-alising.

[Astraea Kisaragi]

Thats hard to say. Miminal settings are also often misleading according the developer itself.

Some list toaster level minimal settings - guess for more sales, yet game makes sweat even the recommended specs. (ARK anybody?)
Others - noticable by japanese devs - are overstating the minimal requirements cause they don't want to deal with refunds. Just go and look the required specs for Akiba's Trip which is a ported game with PS3 level graphics. Looks quite bloody.

[The King Possum]

I didn't know some developers said minimum specs were misleading.

Publicado originalmente por Astraea Kisaragi:

Thats hard to say. Miminal settings are also often misleading according the developer itself.

Some list toaster level minimal settings - guess for more sales, yet game makes sweat even the recommended specs. (ARK anybody?)
Others - noticable by japanese devs - are overstating the minimal requirements cause they don't want to deal with refunds. Just go and look the required specs for Akiba's Trip which is a ported game with PS3 level graphics. Looks quite bloody.