In house Steam FPS Calculator

[theDemolisher13]

In house FPS Calculator like seen here: https://pc-builds.com/fps-calculator/
This would allow users to see how games should run in theory on which game without needing to boot the game and play with the settings. Furthermore This is all information that Steam already has in theory thanks to their hardware scanning & having access to game files to know how well they should run on X hardware. You could even put it down by the system requirements on the store page to make it easier for a user to tell if they should buy or pass on a game based on their ability to play it. Hopefully this will reduce the number of refunds are needed to be given out on this one front.

[Supafly]

Just like every other time this is suggested Steam won't do that. 1. If a game doesn't run as well as a user wants/expects/accept it'll be Steams fault.

Game devs and pubs still have no agreed criteria for what minimum or recommended requirements shold mean for a game. Hell a dev/pub can list minimum for one game and yet on another it mean something else.
Minimum could mean

720p low settings 30 fps with dips
720p low settings 30 fps
720p low settings 60 fps with dips
720p low settings 60 fps
720p med settings 30 fps with dips
720p med settings 30 fps
720p med settings 60 fps with dips
720p med settings 60 fps
720p high settings 30 fps with dips
720p high settings 30 fps
720p high settings 60 fps with dips
720p high settings 60 fps
1080p low settings 30 fps with dips
1080p low settings 30 fps
1080p low settings 60 fps with dips
1080p low settings 60 fps
1080p med settings 30 fps with dips
1080p med settings 30 fps
1080p med settings 60 fps with dips
1080p med settings 60 fps

Or any other combination not mentioned above.

Best options are to use sites you have, ask in the games forum, learning your hardware. Had these 2 for my nephew. Had your hardware to one side and the games requirement to the other. Stick to comparing Nvidia GPU to Nvidia GPU, AMD GPU to AMD GPU, Intel CPU to Intel CPU, AMD CPU to AMD CPU. that way you shouldn't get any cross brand biases

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti/3649vs3649

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-2600-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-2600/3955vs3955

[Ben Lubar]

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Minimum could mean

Minimum could also mean "the game boots on this hardware". Or simply "these are the lowest specs we have in our office".

[Crazy Tiger]

If only such things were accurate. I mean, there are loads of canirunit sites and they can't even get the same advice/results across the board. Same with the compatibility check in the Microsoft store, it's unreliable and inaccurate.

I've gamed on a potato laptop for years and I played quite some games that according to those sites wouldn't work. It's bollocks.

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Diposting pertama kali oleh Supafly:

Minimum could mean

Minimum could also mean "the game boots on this hardware". Or simply "these are the lowest specs we have in our office".

Yep. I always use the board game "The Moneymakers Rallye" as example for that. The dev has listed a GTX 960 as minimum requirement. The game can be played without issue on much, much weaker hardware, but the dev said this was the lowest machine they had.