A way to search for PC games by system specs?

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#1 irongiant14
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I'll be stuck with my old PC for a while yet and I'd like a way to search your PC reviews by minimum systems specs. :idea:

For instance, I'd like to be able to enter a processor and amount of video RAM and get a list of game reviews that fit the specs. If I could sort them by genre that'd be just too dang convenient. I guess I could search by date but that's so sloppy.

It would be an awesome tool to get people to look at older games and give new life to older content. Yes! It'd be a boon to PC gaming in general!

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I like your idea.
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#3 LordAndrew
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There used to be a Game Finder tool. Very useful. It couldn't do this though.

While some PC games do have system requirements info on GameSpot, seems to be handled in a very simple text-only fashion. That would make it near impossible to search. So you wouldn't be able to say, search for a specific requirement or better. It would require a complete overhaul.

There's currently about 10,672 PC games listed on GameSpot, and most of them don't have any system requirements listed. You realize how difficult this would be, right?