CanYouRunIt: Can Your Computer Run that Game?

A must-bookmark website for all gamers. CanYouRunIt is one-click web tool that inspects your computer’s hardware and configuration settings to determine whether or not your system can run a particular game. Basically, it compares your hardware components against the minimum and recommended requirements for any game you choose. If the minimum requirements aren’t met it will make recommendations on what needs to be done to run that game.

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How does it work?

  • Select the game you plan to play and click run.
  • Wait for about 1-2 minutes until it generates your report.
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Features:

  • Choose from more than 400 popular games. New games are added on a regular basis.
  • Get custom upgrade recommendations depending on the games you want to play.
  • Works with: Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, Media Center, and Vista.
  • Supported browsers: Internet Explorer and Firefox.
  • No registration required.
  • CanYouRunIt evaluates only your hardware and software settings and does NOT collect any personal information.

Check out CanYouRunIt @ www.canyourunit.com

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11 Comments Add Comment
2008-01-06 12:51:28
Kat

This website is also known as System Requirements Lab.

2008-01-06 19:01:00

Thanks for heads up ;-)

2008-03-02 04:22:36
Guest

System Requirements Lab does not work for me anymore… instead of getting the results like I used to, all the results are the same that I get for every game: Unknown

What’s the deal??? I allow the applet to download and run, yet still Unknown is the result…..

I wish I could remember the name of the other website that could check to see if your computer would run games… it is just like system requirements lab and at least it works!!

2008-03-29 01:35:02
BSoD

I have the same problem as the above poster; I keep getting Unkown for my results. I tried it on a slew of different games: games I knew I could run, games I wasn’t sure about, new games, and old games. Is there any explanation for this, or anyway that this can be remedied?

2008-05-13 16:25:11
no oblivion

it has no elder scroll games like oblivion

2008-05-13 16:32:48
no oblivion

i take that back… its under T for The elder scrolls

2008-09-29 17:52:39
Rudy

Also see http://www.yougamers.com. Same as can u run it Enjoy!!!

2009-02-02 17:40:32
Alex
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I get a message that the ActiveX contains a Trojan “Zlob”.
I use Bullguard Internet Security.

Regards,
Alex

2009-03-18 12:57:48
left4dead

if you’re using firefox use opera
if u are using opera try firefox

2009-06-02 21:59:28
Alison
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I ran this test and I got Unknown for both The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. I know my system runs the second one but the result was still Unknown. Is there another site that can analyze my system and tell me if my pc meets the min. requirements to run a certain game?

2009-10-17 08:55:05
adkom

will it ever be possible to use this on windows 7?
i waited for like 5 minutes while the text says: ‘it will take 1 to 2 minutes’. then i discovered that it not runs on Windows 7. :S

anyway; is there an other site how does support windows 7 enterprize?

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