A bit confused with the Benchmark.

moosecatlol

So I thought I'd post my questions at 4:40AM!

 

Anyways, the game says that it doesn't support Windows XP, however when I run the benchmark I score an easy 9k+ with my crap tier computer. I am legitimately confused.

 

If I were so abysmally bored that I wanted to buy this game so that I could hate myself and regret in the future, would I be able to actually play it? Is the benchmark an accurate indicator as to the performance of live play on at least a medium pop server?

ZenTaoYingYang

it is an indication of performance in game, and since it supports Vista, I think it should support XP just as good.

WATSKI

Originally posted by moosecatlol

So I thought I'd post my questions at 4:40AM!

 

Anyways, the game says that it doesn't support Windows XP, however when I run the benchmark I score an easy 9k+ with my crap tier computer. I am legitimately confused.

 

If I were so abysmally bored that I wanted to buy this game so that I could hate myself and regret in the future, would I be able to actually play it? Is the benchmark an accurate indicator as to the performance of live play on at least a medium pop server?

It really depends to be honest, especially on how you set it up. Things like AA and bloom and shadows can really bog down the score, if you take all those factors out luckily this game is pretty accommodating to a mid to low tier computer. But after seeing it on standard, I was nowhere near as excited as playing on maximum. To me, it was like looking at ffxi on the ps2 compared to the current ff14.

moosecatlol

Wow impressed with the quick reply, still a bit nervous, gonna do a bit more snoopin' till I can get a 100% confirmed game runs fine on XP.

DeserttFoxx

Sigh, i am not even going to ask why you sitll have windows xp.

 

But all it means is, they arent going to be making any effort to make the game compatible, so if you have any issues running the game due to the OS, they wont fix it.

 

BUT, since the benchmark works.. the game will work. Which shouldve been obvious since the benchmark is just a gated version of the client.

tokini

did you minimize the benchmark while it ran? i did that the first time, looked at the youtubes while it ran and got some absurd scores (18k, max settings)

letting it run normally gave me far more accurate scores, in the 4.5k range.

Tsuru

They have stated they will NOT support windows XP. While it may run, you may encounter errors later when they patch the game and it may end up making it not able to open on XP, and if that happens you will be out of luck until you upgrade to vista/7/8,

Raxeon

and 7 is so easy to get its laughable

Maitrader

Originally posted by moosecatlol

So I thought I'd post my questions at 4:40AM!

 

Anyways, the game says that it doesn't support Windows XP, however when I run the benchmark I score an easy 9k+ with my crap tier computer. I am legitimately confused.

 

If I were so abysmally bored that I wanted to buy this game so that I could hate myself and regret in the future, would I be able to actually play it? Is the benchmark an accurate indicator as to the performance of live play on at least a medium pop server?

heh.. I would suggest making sure your settings are appropriately set.. I get 9280 on my top tier system... but then again I have the test set to Maximum and on 1920x1080.. I get 28k when it is on the default setting...

Kirkis

if I find the post i'll link it but what was stated that it will run just fine on XP but because microsoft doesnt support XP anymore that there will be no support for XP if you come across a problem for the most part.

Torcip

As other have said it may run, but if there are any problems then they won't even be looked at by support.  So I wouldn't buy it unless you have nothing better to spend the money on, or if you think you may upgrade soon.