Who wants to bet that crysis is going to suck ass?

I played it in the beta but I'd have to upgrade my comp again to get it to look that good unless I wanted to play with 10fps.
 
Watermark said:
You're going to need a dual-core processor. The kind doesn't really matter, as modern games aren't CPU dependent anyway.

The graphics card is going to have to be an 8800 GS or more. The cheapest 8800 is 280 dollars.

You're going to need 2 GB of RAM... you'd need it with vista anyway.

Still, I bet it's going to suck.
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I love it: my $300 Radeon 9700 Pro ain't gonna cut it. :(

I'm not going to upgrade my video any further, I think. Actually, I can't without upgrading to a newer MoBo -- which would mean replacing all of my RAM and a couple of cards too. Next time I really want a game my system can't handle I'm just going to break down and buy a dedicated game console system like a PS3 or something. It's cheaper in the long run.
 
OrnotBitwise said:
I love it: my $300 Radeon 9700 Pro ain't gonna cut it. :(

I'm not going to upgrade my video any further, I think. Actually, I can't without upgrading to a newer MoBo -- which would mean replacing all of my RAM and a couple of cards too. Next time I really want a game my system can't handle I'm just going to break down and buy a dedicated game console system like a PS3 or something. It's cheaper in the long run.
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Radeon 9700? Isn't that like five years old? :)

Does your MoBo use AGP, still, I guess? ATI was still releasing last generation cards that used AGP. Crysis will not look that good on them though.

The computer games industry is fading. Most of the best computer games are classics, and you really don't need an expensive computer to play them. I just don't see much of a reason not to simply use the console for newer games and the computer for all of the classics. The only other real highlight of the computer is strategy gaming, which simply can't be done without a mouse.

I really think that the computer is, gradually, just turning into an XBox clone system. Game developers just dump ports from the 360 onto the computer because the platforms are so simialar. I also think Microsoft is going to try to merge the two platforms together in order to save their Windows gaming from a complete meltdown. Maybe they'll just release a standardized computer, that can play both PC and XBox games?
 
Watermark said:
Radeon 9700? Isn't that like five years old? :)

Does your MoBo use AGP, still, I guess? ATI was still releasing last generation cards that used AGP. Crysis will not look that good on them though.

The computer games industry is fading. Most of the best computer games are classics, and you really don't need an expensive computer to play them. I just don't see much of a reason not to simply use the console for newer games and the computer for all of the classics. The only other real highlight of the computer is strategy gaming, which simply can't be done without a mouse.

I really think that the computer is, gradually, just turning into an XBox clone system. Game developers just dump ports from the 360 onto the computer because the platforms are so simialar. I also think Microsoft is going to try to merge the two platforms together in order to save their Windows gaming from a complete meltdown. Maybe they'll just release a standardized computer, that can play both PC and XBox games?
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And not coincidentally, strategy games are what I generally like best. Right now, though, Civilization IV -- for example -- is pushing my system to its limits: it crashes a bit too often for comfort.

My personal computer of choice is what I fondly call Frankenstein's Macintosh: I've cobbled it together over the years with bits and pieces bought on eBay and from computer salvage companies. It's a lot of fun its own right. The downside is that I'm still on 4x AGP and a 100MHz system bus. Not much more I can do with this old board, alas.

Yeah, I've also got a couple of PeeCees but I never use 'em by choice. I have to work on the Windows platform and prefer not to spend my leisure time there.
 
Watermark said:
How do you play games on your MAC? Wine?
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No, there are OSX versions of a lot of games out there. They're generally a few months behind the PC versions but I'm not into having the latest and greatest anyway.

Now my nephew has an Intel based Mac that he has set up for dual booting. He also uses it in a way diametrically opposed to my habits: he works in OSX and plays in Windows. ;)
 
I'm actually on AGP 4x and 100 MHZ system bus myself. I was actually going to pimp it out with this motherboard as much as possible, but then I learned that the motherboard had a hardwired 1GB RAM limit, and so I was like, fuck it, I can't do anything with that.

So I'm buying a new MoBo. But I'm still keeping the 20GB hard drive. :) Going to supplement it with another 160 GB internal or external one. Oh wait, yeah, all those new drives use fancy Schmancy SATA...

But look at this:

Intel Core quad
New MoBo
Geforce 8800 GT
24" widescreen CRT - the best CRT ever made, only sticking with it because 24" LCD's of any simialar price look A LOT worse. This CRT is actually used by CAD professionals and cost 3000 whenever it came out. But I'm a gamer, I don't mind the bulk if it looks absolutely amazing. Maximum resolution - 2304 x 1440 @ 80Hz.

All of that is going to cost about 700 dollars. I'm probably going to need a new power supply too though :(.
 
uscitizen said:
I have had not problems with HP equip Have been using them for about 15 years. Had a hard drive fail in one back in the 90's. Only issue I ever had.
was a darned Seagate drive. Go Western Digital! :cheer:

btw the regular retail on the laptop was around $1,300...
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id take seagate over WD anyday.. have more issues with WD probably 10 to 1... plus they are quieter
 
Damocles said:
I stopped buying them, I had to replace about 20% of them in the computers I installed over a 2 year period on "warranty" work.

I totally disagree with your assessment of "top of the line".

Of course, I wouldn't buy Seagate either.... Maxtor has always given me the best results... Yeah, I know. Maxtor.
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well seagate owns maxtor now... but i would still take a seagate over a maxtor as well
 
Hope you feel good playing all the games I can already play (over XBox live too, with windows live) and not playing the awesomeness.

Yeah, that $500 was probably burning a hole in your wallet anyway. Now that you've spent it on something worthless, you don't have to carry around as much weight.
 
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I played the beta. It is good. Graphics are the best ever. Mp was just ok nothing special.


Overall conclusion is that COD4>>>>>>>>>Orange Box>>>>>>>>>>Crysis
 
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