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game demos

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Snow Bunny
Snow Bunny
Alcoholic From Yale
• #1
if a game works perfectly as a demo is it a decently safe assumption that the real deal will work well enough?

my onboard graphics card is quite the fickle collaborator.
Wrath Of Dragons
Wrath Of Dragons
Burninate Stuff
• #2
Yes, it should be the same.
Tarun
Tarun
Technician's Corner Moderator
• #3
Check the SystemRequirementsLabs website and select the game.
Snow Bunny
Snow Bunny
Alcoholic From Yale
• #4
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarun View Post
Check the SystemRequirementsLabs website and select the game.
I've gone there and it's been wrong before.

It says I can't play Guild Wars EotN...which is horribly wrong. It says I can't play Rome:Total War, which is wrong. It says I can play Age of Empires III, which is wrong. It says I can't play Sins of a Solar Empire (the game in question), and the demo's working perfectly, perfectly enough that I'll probably get the game tomorrow.

Games that site has been wrong on:
Far Cry (damn right I'm o.g.)
Rome:TW
AoE III
GW Factions/EotN
SoaSE
HL2
TF2/Portal
Oblivion

Not to shove it in your face Tarun, you've helped me before, but that site is sort of screwy.

But thanks for feedback...I checked other forums, and many others have stated that SoaSE plays on my machine...a guy with an identical machine stated he could, and the demo's working, so I'm hoping that the real deal won't be a problem.
Elder III
Elder III
Furnace Stoker
• #5
If the demo works than you are almost assuredly safe with the real game. That is one of the reasons why they release demos - but be sure to do your homework beforehand as well (it appears you have too ---)
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Pinkest One
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #6
Full versions of games usually play better than demos in my experience, due to coding.
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DarkFlame
Desert Nomad
• #7
I tested my pc(which is also fickle and old) with the SoaSE demo as well before buying it. Didn't notice a drop in performance between demo and retail.