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Post by niff on Sept 29, 2007 8:31:16 GMT -5
Stranglehold [PC, 12.6 Gigs] Windows XP SP2 / VISTA (Games for Windows compliant) Dual Core Processor 2 Gigs of Ram Nvidia 7800 or higher / ATI x1300 or higher Disk space: 15 gigs  and that's only minimum. |
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Post by N3B on Sept 29, 2007 22:45:30 GMT -5
What's the recommended video card?
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Post by niff on Sept 30, 2007 0:53:06 GMT -5
the 7800. which isn't.. too bad. but it's gonna suck when they start requiring DX10 cards for games.
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Post by N3B on Sept 30, 2007 17:28:38 GMT -5
Well, I can safely sit back and laugh at those requirements, but I admitedly wouldn't have my current specs if I weren't in college. Otherwise I'd still be using my desktop which would not quite meet minimum. *shrug*
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Post by Draxas on Oct 1, 2007 9:02:40 GMT -5
... Or, you could play the console version instead.
This is the primary reason that I've pretty much given up on PC gaming almost completely at this point. I can't afford to perform massive upgrades on my system every 6 months just to play these games. It's doubly silly when there is an equivalent version being released simultaneously for a (much less powerful) console system.
Besides, it's not like this game looks all that good, anyway. It's a rental at best.
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Post by N3B on Oct 1, 2007 13:09:14 GMT -5
I imagine once my current laptop becomes out-dated to run the new games I'll get an Xbox 3000. The Xbox (from my understanding) is becoming more and more like a PC anyway.
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Post by Draxas on Oct 1, 2007 17:53:29 GMT -5
Actually, with the pace of computer technology advancing the way it is, odds are that the 360 will still be alive and kicking when your laptop is outdated. That's basically why the $400 investment is much more efficient than however many thousand dollars, assuming you're only interested in playing games. And, while I understand that you need the new PC for school, you certainly don't need that kind of power for any application other than gaming.
But than again, I'm probably one of the most jaded PC gamers you'll ever meet; I've been upgrading hardware to try to keep pace with games since the days of the 8088, 5 1/4" floppies, and monochrome monitors.
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Post by niff on Oct 2, 2007 6:35:10 GMT -5
that's fair enough, really - unless you have an incredible amount of money to burn, it's quite obvious that for gaming, consoles win out, price wise. the only reason to have a computer with that power would be for gaming, or for doing video editing, game creation, modeling, stuff like that. next computer i'm getting will have only like a 7800 in there, but with 2GB-4GB of RAM, the fastest processor i can afford, a few hundred gigs of space, an M-Audio soundcard and firebox, and a mobo with more USB 2.0 and firewire slots than i can count. mmm, home recording and media center. drool.
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Post by Ranger on Oct 7, 2007 12:37:16 GMT -5
well there are still certain things that you just can't do on a console.
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Post by niff on Oct 8, 2007 1:33:39 GMT -5
porn for example
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Post by Ranger on Oct 10, 2007 18:38:51 GMT -5
I was referring to WoW but lets go with your excuse I like it better
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