Well I usually make my PC's last till the "next-gen" starts and I have no choice, so whenever that hits I'll be getting a new GPU. Right now I can run any game.
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SO I got all excited when someone said TES V, so I ran a search, found a youtube trailer, and got Mehndi Rolled. Nearly as bad as being Rick Rolled. /sigh
GoW:3 though for sure
GoW:3 though for sure
Dude, I beat Crysis and Crysis Warhead with an Acer Desktop (4400+, 2GB RAM, ATI-chipset Motherboard -- keep in mind that this is your standard desktop configuration, not intended for gaming or other strenuous activities) that I added a 3870 to, running with visuals about equal to Very High shaders at 1280x1024 and averaging around 25 FPS, which was a very playable game. Using just the preset options, the best I could run it at was a combination of medium with a few high settings, but by tweaking the game, I was able to milk out some incredible visuals. Granted, I did tweak the game a fair bit, and granted, it did run unacceptably slow on the stock High setting, but in the end, I got a playable experience that looked better than the preset High from just an hour or two of tweaking the engine to cater to my computer's strengths. By all accounts, that's a worthwhile investment of time that saved me the need to upgrade just to play Crysis on high.Unknower said:
Some screenshots I took from some of the more graphically-intensive sections of the game:
Anyways, my point is that an upgrade, even for Crysis 2, probably won't be necessary for a while if you can run Crysis on High, and if you aren't above a little tweaking to get the best bang for your buck.
That being said, after the hard drive died on the above computer, I got a new one. Currently rockin' a i7 920, a GTX 285, 6GB DDR3, and a WD Velociraptor all in a NZXT Tempest -- not too concerned about upgrades in the near future.
TES V will be the system-seller for me. I'm planning on building a PC once Windows 7's been out for a few months, so the timeline should line up pretty well. My computer handles Empire quite well on medium-high settings despite starting to show its age (E6600 dual core, 8800GT, max RAM for XP---3GB).
