A potentially useful tool if you have Windows XP...
Microsoft Gaming Analyser (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/games/gameadvisor/default.asp)
Thank you m8. This has helped me bigtime!! To bad not all games like Half-Life 2 or Doom 3 are in it, but maybe that is because they are not for sale yet.
I checked Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, the recommended PC has 449% and I have 791%. Thanks for this handy tool I can decide wether to buy a game or not.
I know this can be inaccurate, but I checked the internet-program with Max Payne 2, and it seems to be right. My PC can easily handel MP2 with AA and Anisotropic Filtering on, so for anyone that does not entirely trust it, it works!!
Ignore the percentage. Look at whether or not you exceed *both* the minimum and recommended specs. That will tell you if you have any chance of running it.
Just my 2 cents.
TL.
Yeah, and to see if you exceed the Minimum and Recommended line you have to look at the percentage :P.
But still a handy tool!