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Originally posted by Bravo@Apr 8 2006, 05:48 PM
...that for the average joe, who simply enjoys a random old school stylie game or two as well as the latest rage and who simply doesn't have the time/money/patience to tinker with their hardware...
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You know, I'm an average Joe. No really, that's my name. And I don't have alot of money for the latests and greatest. Still, Christmas I bought a $350 system at Wal-Mart, put a 256mb video card in it that I caught on sale for $50, and was able to play Doom III. (Same system specs as Quake 4 or whatever else you want to run.) Then I dropped a 256mb memory stick which I found for $30 on sale later and it ran anything really well.
This machine will probably last me a few years. My last one was on top of it's game for about 8 years, and without any major upgrading. (Added a new hard drive at one point, but that was it.) As long as you invest enough in your computer at once it can last you a long time.
The problem is i really don't care to play the lastest and greatest. I played a demo of Doom III just to see if it would run, but the truth is I'm so disenchanted with FPSs now that I don't care how pretty you package it up, I don't want. I'm not an old game snob. I just don't have the time I once did and I want something more than running and gunning can offer, with few exceptions.