At one point we had recommended an article in which he had the possibility to acquire the necessary parts to assemble a computer; While it is true that each of the hardware elements is important, the graphics card is considered one of the most relevant accessories at the time of getting ready to put it together.
Of course, there is also the presence of the processor, since it becomes the heart of the entire computer that we will assemble at a given time. However, What happens if we choose our graphics card wrong? Well, this could simply lead to a malfunction of certain specialized applications as well as the impossibility of running some powerful video games. If you already have the equipment assembled, you can do practically nothing but vcheck if our video card is compatible with any of the video games offered in different stores, something that we will talk about right now through a few tools that you can use completely free.
Tools to see the compatibility of the graphics card with video games
What we have mentioned in the upper part means that if we already have a personal computer and right there we have a graphics card integrated (theoretically exceptional), we may think that we are ready to acquire a specific video game. The surprise could come later when we have already paid for it and we come to notice, that unfortunately our video card has not been compatible with this software. Advantageously, there is an online service that can help us in two different ways when checking the compatibility of our video card with a certain number of video games.
Using System Requirements Lab on the web
System Requirements Lab is a website that is available for all those who wish to test the compatibility of their video card with some games on the network. Once you head towards the official website you will be able to admire a friendly interface, where you only have to use the drop-down tab, to try to find the game in which you are interested (and that you will possibly buy it).
After that, you just have to press the blue button, at which point we will find a few very interesting options to take into account:
- You can analyze the compatibility of the video card with a video game online.
- You can also download an application to install on Windows and check this same compatibility.
- Finally, you can also see the requirements requested by the manufacturer or developer of the video game you have chosen.
The first two options are the ones that should really interest us at this time, because with this we will have the possibility of put our computer to the test through this online service. When we choose the first alternative, we will immediately jump to another window where we will be informed, if we have all the elements available to carry out said test.
This could represent that our equipment (especially the Internet browser) have java plugin installed and a few more. If we do not have them, this will be the time for us to get to integrate them into our operating system.
Once we have fulfilled this requirement, at the end a window will appear where we will be told if the game chosen by us at the beginning of this process is compatible or not with the video card that we have in the personal computer.
Of course, there is also the possibility of downloading an application, something that we will easily do with the second alternative of the screen that we previously admired.
The choice of one or the other alternative will depend on each user, as there are certain people who do not want to install absolutely anything additional on the computer and therefore, the online application would be the best for them. To avoid having to install add-ons in the Internet browser, we could use the download tool that we will run later, which will offer us results similar to those obtained in the browser.
Graphic card