About Us
Check Can I Run It was created to make PC game requirements easier to find and understand. Visitors can search for a game, select the correct title, and view its recommended PC hardware and software requirements without entering their own computer specifications.
Depending on the information published for a game, the result may cover the recommended processor, graphics card, RAM, storage, Windows version, DirectX support, and additional requirements. The result also provides information about the game so visitors can understand what they are preparing to play.
The checker does not scan, benchmark, or analyse a visitor’s computer. It cannot detect the CPU, GPU, RAM, storage, operating system, installed games, or other hardware on the device.
The recommended specifications are a reference point. They help a visitor understand the hardware level associated with a game and compare that information with a PC they own or plan to buy.
Meet the Founder
I’m Usama Sohail, the founder of Check Can I Run It. I am a developer and technical content writer with more than ten years of experience building websites, developing online tools, researching technology, and writing for specialised audiences.
Development and technical writing have shaped how I approach this website. The development side helps me organise information and build tools that are straightforward to use. The writing side helps me explain processors, graphics cards, system requirements, game settings, and performance without assuming that every visitor already understands PC hardware.
I have also built and managed other specialised web projects. One of them is The PC Bottleneck Calculator, where my work covers CPUs, GPUs, memory, storage, displays, power supplies, PC compatibility, upgrades, and gaming performance.
Working across these subjects has shown me how easily a hardware recommendation can become misleading when a model number, generation, laptop variant, resolution, or performance target is ignored. Those details influence how I research and present information on Check Can I Run It.
Why I Built Check Can I Run It?
PC system requirements often appear as a list of component names. That list is useful, but a person still needs to understand which game edition it belongs to, whether it is current, and what the publisher actually means by its recommended configuration.
A requirement can also lose useful context when a game receives a major update or enhanced edition. The recommended hardware for an original release may not be suitable evidence for a later version carrying a similar name.
I built Check Can I Run It to organise this information around the game itself. A visitor selects the title and receives its recommended PC requirements together with relevant information about the game.
The checker does not promise that a listed configuration will produce a fixed frame rate. If a developer or publisher states a resolution, graphics preset, FPS target, ray-tracing setting, or other performance condition, that information can provide useful context. When no such target has been published, I do not treat one as confirmed.
How Game Requirements Are Researched
For the game-requirements database, I give priority to sources connected directly with the game. These can include the developer, publisher, official game website, official support documentation, and authorised store pages carrying the PC requirements.
The exact edition matters. An original game, remaster, enhanced edition, expansion, or later PC release can have different requirements even when several versions share similar names.
I also check whether a requirement belongs to the current PC version. Patches can change storage needs, operating-system support, graphics features, or other technical conditions after release.
When sources disagree, I do not assume that the first specification found is correct. I compare the source, publication context, game edition, and available dates before deciding which information belongs with the title.
The checker focuses on the recommended system requirements available for each game. It does not present those requirements as measurements taken from the visitor’s own computer.
How I Research Technical Content
The articles and explanations on Check Can I Run It go beyond collecting component names. Depending on the subject, I may examine developer documentation, publisher information, hardware specifications, driver documentation, technical standards, patch notes, benchmark evidence, and other sources relevant to the question being answered.
Different sources serve different purposes. A publisher is the stronger source for its game’s official PC requirements. AMD, Intel, or NVIDIA documentation is more suitable for the capabilities of their own hardware and graphics technologies. Independent benchmarks can help examine performance, but their resolution, settings, test system, game version, and measurement method need to be considered before applying the result more broadly.
I distinguish published specifications from interpretation. If a source states that a game recommends a particular graphics card, that is a published requirement. Any explanation of what that hardware level means for graphics settings or performance requires separate evidence and context.
Testing, Evidence, and Automation
I do not describe information as personally tested when I have not performed that testing. When I have suitable hardware, software access, and a reason to test a claim directly, the findings can be used to add context. When direct testing has not been performed, I rely on appropriate sources and make the limits of the available evidence clear.
The same rule applies to benchmark results produced by other people or organisations. A benchmark should be read with its test conditions rather than reduced to an isolated FPS number.
Research and automation tools may assist with organising information, comparing terminology, locating subjects that need investigation, or structuring parts of the research process. They do not replace source verification or my editorial review.
I do not accept a technical claim simply because it has been repeated across several websites or generated by a tool. Before a claim becomes part of the final content, I consider where the information originated and whether the available evidence supports the way it is being presented.
Editorial Independence
Check Can I Run It is an independent website. The inclusion of a game, developer, publisher, hardware manufacturer, digital store, or technology does not mean that the company concerned has approved our content.
Advertising displayed on the website does not determine the recommended specifications recorded for a game or the conclusions in an independent technical article.
If sponsored material, an affiliate relationship, or another commercial arrangement is used in a context where that relationship matters to the reader, it will be disclosed with the relevant content.
Game names, logos, screenshots, hardware brands, and other third-party properties remain the property of their respective rights holders. Their use on the website does not imply an official partnership or endorsement unless one is expressly identified.
Accuracy and Corrections
PC gaming information changes. Developers revise games, new patches are released, driver support changes, hardware is replaced by newer generations, and additional technical information can become available after a game launches. I update content when reliable new information materially changes what a page says.
I also welcome specific correction reports. If you find an outdated system requirement, incorrect game detail, broken source, or technical statement that appears unsupported, send the page address and the evidence you believe should be reviewed.
I will examine the source and correct the page when the evidence supports the change. A useful correction improves the resource for everyone who checks the same game later.
What Visitors Can Expect
The standard I apply to Check Can I Run It is straightforward:
- Use appropriate sources for factual claims;
- Distinguish recommended specifications from personalised PC testing;
- Identify the correct game and edition;
- Keep confirmed information separate from interpretation;
- Do not invent performance targets that a source has not provided;
- Explain technical subjects in understandable language;
- Identify important limitations;
- Disclose relevant commercial relationships; and
- Correct information when stronger evidence becomes available.
These principles apply as the game database and technical content continue to grow.
Contact
If you have a question, correction request, or concern about this page, please contact us through our Contact Us page or email us directly at editor@checkcanirunit.com.