Can run any game @ max settings! (Pet hate)

[Twincam]

This is an absolute pet hate of mine and a bit of a rant.
Where in an ad for a gaming PC that's clearly way over priced and/or has ancient or lower end hardware.
You get the statement "can run any game at max settings" or something or other like that. And you look at the specs and think no, no really it can't.

I don't mind people saying that if the PC can actually do that but looking on most ads it seems 90% of the time someone is going to be hugely disappointed that what there buying will not come anywhere near running modern games or even slightly older titles at anything near max settings. I for one when coming back to PC ownership nearly fell for this good thing I did a bit of research. But many people won't, and shall just think it's a good PC as it's expensive and the guy said it will play any game at a certain level.

For the record I don't mean ads on this site as for one I don't have that privilege. But on a famous auction site and a famous local sales site. It's very prevalent. It's misleading and wrong.

 

[Twincam]

I will also add in.
"This is a beast of a PC, will do anything, play any game at max settings" or words to that effect.

Followed by "only selling due to upgrade"

Errm ok if it's that good why the upgrade?.

 

[Twincam]

The PC will be able to run any game at max settings for that PC. It will probably run sliowly. But it will run them. So unfortunately it's often an accurate statement. But I agree with you that it is misleading.

Oh I agree. It could be also that someone's idea of max settings is different from someone else's. Unfortunately it's more the case of misleading people.

 

[Twincam]

Because we can? Most people upgrade because they like being at the forefront of technology not because their PC's are struggling to run games.

I fully understand that. And I'm the same.
But in this case it's to mislead people into thinking the PC is going to be the best thing ever, so to say.
I don't mind such statements when there true but most of the time the statement is paired with an entirely inadequate PC lol.

It just really bothers me that people are going to get effectively ripped off. Yes people should do there homework but not everyone fully understands all the tech.

 

[Twincam]

Gumtree adds are funny sometimes, i see 1 with a old amd x2 6000 and a 9800gtx, i think it was.

Can play gta 5 at medium to high settings.

You should have definitely asked that. I might start asking people these questions if yes ask if I buy it can I see it running said game.

There's an ad on there for a used gtx 980ti it's asking price is a bit too Expensive being more than a new one. it comes with the statement "can smash any game at max setting at 4K 60fps max settings any game!" Errm no no it can't but it's the fact he is charging more than the price of a new one I find funny.
I hope it's no one on here lol.