Monday, 16 November 2015

Task 1 - Software Technologies for Game Platforms

League of Legends
League of Legends was released on the 27th October 2009, League is a PC exclusive game and isn't available on any consoles. The game isn't very graphic dependent and requires a low operating system to run it. 

When using certain OS Systems to run league of legends can make the fps vary, However even with a low FPS the game should run pretty good and isn't reliant on high FPS too be good or make the game look better. As the game has a simple design, However the argument is that the higher the FPS achieved on the game the higher your level of play will become even though this was never really proven. Due too the popularity of the game the OS system requirements have upgraded with the Systems but still function pretty well with the outdated software. Riot Games support these following OS Systems Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10


League of Legends Minimum Requirements

CPU Speed: 2 GHz processor
RAM: 1 GB RAM (Windows Vista and 7 users will want 2 GB of RAM or more)
OS: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1, or Windows 7
Video Card: DirectX 9.0 capable video card support Shader 2.0
Free Disk Space: 8 GB

League of Legends Recommended Requirements

CPU Speed: 3 GHz processor
RAM: 2 GB of RAM (Windows Vista and 7 users should use 4 GB of RAM or more.)
OS: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1, or Windows 7
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800/AMD Radeon HD 5670 or equivalent video card (Dedicated GPU with 512MB+ Video Memory(VRAM))
Free Disk Space: 12 GB


Below I will include the minimal hardware that is specified on the website.


Minimal Hardware

Minimum: 2.0+ GHz Processor*
*Players utilizing multi-core processors should still make sure that each core sports 2.0+ GHz.
Recommended: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor
MEMORY (RAM)
Minimum: 1 GB of RAM*
*Windows Vista and Windows 7 users will want 2 GB of RAM or more.
Recommended: 4GB of RAM
DISK SPACE
Minimum: 8 GB available hard drive space
Recommended: 12 GB available hard drive space

The Client that contains the store, profile info, reconnecting, everything outside of the game is made using the air platform, also the reason the client takes up 40% cpu and 100+ mb of memory just siting there doing nothing.





This Video is showcasing League of legend from very low graphics too very high graphics so thsat you can hopefully see the difference in if you used a lower end OS or hardware too the higher end models.


Riot games have recommended on there website too use either the Nvidia GeForce 8800 or AMD Radeon HD 5670 these are not the minimum but these would be recommended to get the peak and consistent 60 FPS on the game with high settings enabled.


The display is recommended at 60 hz too around 120 hz but people have stated online that they never really see the difference.



























Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was released on the 21st August 2012, The game is a first person shooter and was created on multiple platforms such as Windows, Linux and also console platforms such as X-Box 360 and Playstation 3.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was made available for Microsoft Windows and OS X on Steam, Xbox 360, and a United States-only version on PlayStation 3. The Linux version was released in September 2014. It features classic content, such as revamped versions of classic maps, as well as brand new maps, characters and game modes. Cross-platform multiplayer was planned between Windows, OS X, Linux, and PlayStation 3 players,[3] but was ultimately limited to Windows, OS X, and Linux because of the differences in update-frequency between systems.The PlayStation 3 version offers three input control methods, which include using either the DualShock 3 controller, PlayStation Move or USB keyboard/mouse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike:_Global_Offensive
Counter strike can be played as stated above on multiple platforms and below is a list of the minimum and recommended requirements for the game.


Windows

MINIMUM: 
OS: Windows® 7/Vista/XP 
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better 
Memory: 2 GB RAM 
Graphics: Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0 
DirectX: Version 9.0c 

Storage: 8 GB available space


Mac OS X

MINIMUM: 
OS: MacOS X 10.6.6 or higher 
Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better) 
Memory: 2 GB RAM 
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2400 or better / NVidia 8600M or better 

Storage: 8 GB available space


SteamOS + Linux

MINIMUM: 
OS: Ubuntu 12.04 
Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz 
Memory: 4 GB RAM 
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1 
Storage: 8 GB available space 

Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card


As you can read above these are multiple minimum requirements for CS:GO corresponding too multiple platforms it can be played on.



The video above is showcasing the difference between CS:GO being played at 60 down too 30 Fps. As you can see there isn't much difference.























The image above is showing the graphics fluctuation when played using different graphics cards so it allows you too see which one will give you the best performance possible.

http://cdn.overclock.net/6/60/60383abf_csgo_1920n.png

The display which is recommended by pro players are as follows, BenQ XL2411Z, ASUS VG248QE, BenQ XL2430T. Most of these monitors run with 144hz and are very good and i am not surprised they are recommended for this game.
http://www.slothygeek.com/best-monitor-for-cs-go-monitors-pro-players-use/

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