All Posts by Housam

i want to see some eye candy :p

post away... :p

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Originally posted by Stydus
You guys are level 40 already? wth?

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thats not that bad :p its been 4 days after all...it apparently starts taking longer to level 1fter 40

nope...probably not...most have not reached forty yet....so your on your own :p

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Originally posted by GWD1983
So you get an e-mail from the store you bought Age of conan from telling you that age of conan should be waiting for you at home. So you get home, you open the door, run up to your appartment and look at the floor.
There is is in a nice shining red envelope, you open the envelope and spend the next 3 hours installing and patching the game. You go ingame ... you type in your username and password, and you can't log in because europe isn't ready for the next 3 days!!!!!
So I needed to get that out of my system... only good thing is that you guys get all the bugs, the patches and the downtime while I just patch and wait until my time starts flawlessly ;)

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the only reason the game came out 3 days late is not to see bugs. but because in Europe new games and movies traditionally come out on Fridays and in the US they cone out Tuesdays

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Originally posted by uncus

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Originally posted by Kyleran

Someday you'll understand, free time is the most precious commodity most working adults have, and its worth really can't be measured in dollars.

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Well said!
First, to the OP: Are you a non-native English speaker [well, writer actually] or just a slacker? If you wish to be taken seriously in the English reading world, you need to learn proper grammar. I realise that even with spell check available errors happen, but your errors are of common usage and not typos. As an example, the topic of this thread should be: "If you're a pc gamer, then you should have a good pc." Hopefully, you will learn something at the university that you are attending.
On Topic: I think Vanguard is a great example of how letting the hardware drive the software is foolish. They concentrated too much on style and not enough on substance - it may have looked great on bleeding edge pc's, but it still ran like crap, even on those same pc's. WoW and LOTRO did much better by releasing with specs that were capable of running on a "last year's" pc. Both of the MMO's that I currently play [DDO & LOTRO] run fine on my 2002 desktop - 2.2Gb Pentium 2[3?] with 1G RAM and an nVidia 4400 card. There are many other games - even some currently released like <doh! Brain fart! - the newish game from Stardock> - that play well on older, lower spec pc's. Hell, some can even be played on Macs!
The fun is in how a game plays, not how high the specs are for it nor how pretty it looks. Just like women...

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vanguard is just badly programmed...should run fine on lower graphical setting on most computers. but it does not.

also does it really matter how my grammar is. you understood what i meant. anyway im kinda dyslexic when i comes to spelling

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Originally posted by Ozmodan
What an absurd statement. First place a good PC gaming system is well over $1000 and in these times there are a lot of places families can put money like that to far better use.
Sure there are people who can afford such easily, but a lot of us have family and there are many things of far higher priorities than buying a new gaming computer.

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the initial cos is allot...but you can keep the same computer for 5-6 years with a couple updates every couple years and it will all be fine,,,

thats the beauty of a pc..it can be updated...

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Originally posted by Vendayn
I want 2d graphics again! AND AND I want really bad 2d graphics, so my PC can run it

Actually, no I don't

If graphics were never updated, then we would still be playing MUDs or 2d games.

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lol :p

people are weird....they like to pretend they are true gamers and say graphics dont matter at all..when in reality..they do matter allot...

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Originally posted by etomai

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Originally posted by Housam blizzard hasent had a new game in years,,,all there games graphics fit in for the time.
SC2 does not look like its going to need low requirements...does it now...

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I've played every game they've made since War2 on work laptops and $50 video cards. That is to say, whatever I had lying around.
Yes, their graphics always fit in, because they understood well before most that strong artistic style beats pixels.
I expect SC2 to be the same.

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Originally posted by etomai
I'm not sure what the point here is. Perhaps that one whiny rant begets many more.
When people talk about PC gaming on boards like this, they think in terms of the Doom/Quake-spawned culture. People in that culture call themselves "serious PC gamers" and absolutely should update their hardware as often as possible. However, what is often missed is that this is a niche market with very narrow demographics, it has only existed for about 12 years, and it is dying out. One of Blizzard's keys to success has been consistently catering to those of us who got tired of upgrading, who are slipping out of that culture. We in turn invite friends who never were "serious PC gamers" to play with us and, hey, they can try out the games without having to go buy a new PC.
Consoles are dominating and PCs are becoming increasingly "appliance", as all technology does. The best hope for PC gaming is probably that the two continue to become increasingly the same.

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blizzard hasent had a new game in years,,,all there games graphics fit in for the time.

SC2 does not look like its going to need low requirements...does it now...

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Originally posted by Man1ac
To the OP...wtf, you don't PAY from your own pocket £10,000 a year, you get a grant (which you can pay back when you have a wage higher than x without interest) and since you're a uni student you should be tight for cash unless mummy and daddy are paying a lot for your stuff or you're working your butt off.
You don't need a good pc to be a pc gamer but if your pc doesnt meet the min specs and you don't have a lot of cash then consider buying a console.

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i don't...in the UK we have student loans...and i chose not to get it...i do pay £10000 a year...

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Originally posted by unherdninja
Well First,
If you think a game needs to have great graphics to be good then you arent a true pc gamer IMO.
Second,
If you have the love for PC games then thats all you need to be a PC gamer. Hell when I first started out I had a basic stock hp computer. I played warcraft 3, red alert, WoW, and a few others. Ive upgraded my PC a lot since then but I'm still playing those same games :P...Recently added EVE to my collection.

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actually...it is important....its nice to have eye candy...also a game in 2008 i expect to have good graphics...i still play will play games UO and 2D RPG from the early 90s....and love them..

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Originally posted by Locklain

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Originally posted by Housam

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Originally posted by Helliconia

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Originally posted by Locklain

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Originally posted by RiftScorn

Rubbish. After i have paid mortgage, tax, food, fuel, travel expense, utility bills, kids stuff, kids school stuff, clothes for my back - THEN i worry about keeping my PC to date. All of sudden PC updates do become a lot more expensive.
Come back when you've grown up kiddo.

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No offense but if you can't afford to keep an up to date computer then you can't complain about the requirements being too high. The whole gaming scene can't stop moving ahead because some people don't update their computers to play the latest and greatest.

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And if people like yourself didnt equate 'the gaming scene moving ahead' with better graphics, higher requirements etc, then we wouldnt need to update our pcs so often.

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WHAT...why shouldent we get some eye candy...if pc games didn't update there graphics then it will fall far behind the consoled and die...

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This is happening already. PC gaming has been a dying breed for some time. Within the next generation of Consoles we will more then likely see the consoles equal if not surpass the PC in detail and cost. Then everyone will be happy. . .

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im not sure about detail..but cos defiantly...as we saw with the ps3 and 360...prices where extremely high on release

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Originally posted by Locklain
Motherboard - $339.99
Hard Drive - $89.99
Power Supply - $139.99
Processor - $184.99
Video Card - $259.99
Case - $21.99

Ram - $124.00 (x2 $248.00)
Total - $1,160.94 ($1,284.94)
$1,284.94 / 24 months = $53.54 per month for two years
The more expensive Motherboard will allow for expansion later on in the future.
This computer should be able to hold its own for quite some time and have room for upgrades.

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thankyou

peoblem is people lack knowledge...
that is why Nvedia will change the naming system of their cards..to make it easier...

huh..no...people get there pre-order key before the game..once pre-order is finished they have to use the real activation code..

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Originally posted by Helliconia

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Originally posted by Locklain

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Originally posted by RiftScorn

Rubbish. After i have paid mortgage, tax, food, fuel, travel expense, utility bills, kids stuff, kids school stuff, clothes for my back - THEN i worry about keeping my PC to date. All of sudden PC updates do become a lot more expensive.
Come back when you've grown up kiddo.

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No offense but if you can't afford to keep an up to date computer then you can't complain about the requirements being too high. The whole gaming scene can't stop moving ahead because some people don't update their computers to play the latest and greatest.

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And if people like yourself didnt equate 'the gaming scene moving ahead' with better graphics, higher requirements etc, then we wouldnt need to update our pcs so often.

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WHAT...why shouldent we get some eye candy...if pc games didn't update there graphics then it will fall far behind the consoled and die...

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Originally posted by Kyleran

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Originally posted by Housam

you could easily update you rig every 2-3 years fir 250-750 bucks...people just lack the knowledge

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Easily is such a relative term. You are correct, I lack the knowledge these days to re-build PC's these days and I have no interest or time in doing so. When it came time to get a PC ready for AOC this weekend for my son, I went to Best Buy and spent about 1800 in total for a new box, monitor and 3 year warranty. (plus tax.
It should be good for about 2 years, but then we'll have to think about upgrading some components.
Your figures are low. The latest video card always costs 300-400 by itself, and that never accounts for fact you frequently have to buy new ram, new power supplies, new mother boards etc etc.
And then..after all that, the homebuilt PC's tend to have tons of weird compatibility problems (I base this from the countless questions posted on forums like this one from just those sorts of folks) and its just not worth my trouble to mess with it.
Someday you'll understand, free time is the most precious commodity most working adults have, and its worth really can't be measured in dollars.

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buying the latest video card is only for enthusiasts...if you have a 8800 card you will be good to go till dx11 comes out...

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Originally posted by altairzq
Nonsense. I'm a serious PC gamer and I refuse to spend 500-1000€ every year to update it.

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whi said you need to pay that a year...

thats more like every 3 years...

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Originally posted by Locklain

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Originally posted by RiftScorn

Rubbish. After i have paid mortgage, tax, food, fuel, travel expense, utility bills, kids stuff, kids school stuff, clothes for my back - THEN i worry about keeping my PC to date. All of sudden PC updates do become a lot more expensive.
Come back when you've grown up kiddo.

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No offense but if you can't afford to keep an up to date computer then you can't complain about the requirements being too high. The whole gaming scene can't stop moving ahead because some people don't update their computers to play the latest and greatest.

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thank you

:)

remove shadows

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Originally posted by declaredemer

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Originally posted by Housam

you could easily update you rig every 2-3 years fir 250-750 bucks...people just lack the knowledge

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Enlighten us, 20 year old gamer.

Some of us have to buy suits, tailor, car insurance, mortgages, etc.

We do not want to spend even more money on PC parts. But, if you have a solution, enlighten us!

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actually i make all my money myself...and i also have to pay £10000 a year as i live out for uni