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Not my Turning Point gaming rig
Zeag | 5:48 PM on 03.09.2008 7 comments


It's hard to be a PC gamer, it really is! You always find yourself wishing for the latest graphic card to play your games with all the bells and whistles. Unfortunately, even with the Zeag MK2 here who isn't what I'd really call a lame PC, I learned something important:



PC game developers DON'T want us to run their games at max settings with a sub-2000$ computer. It's a conspiracy! I'm telling ya!

SPECS:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz
Motherboard: Asus P5K Deluxe
RAM: 2x1024MB Buffalo Firestix PC2-8000 (1000Mhz)
GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
PSU: Corsair HSX 620W
Cooling: CPU: Zalman CNPS 9700LED, Rear: Antec Tri-cool 120mm, Front: 2xAntec Tri-cool 120mm, Top: Antec BigBoy 200mm
Case: Antec 900 Gaming Case
Display: Samsung SyncMaster 225MS 22"

Cost: 2000$ including monitor. It can't play Crysis decently above 1280x1024 on medium.



The excruciating cost of a gaming PC made me switch back to console gaming, which I had snubbed since the 360 came out.



At least the games USUALLY work well (I'm looking at you Ubisoft!!)

With never-ending increases in piracy and consoles now offering a much easier online experience than PCs, I can see why developers are focusing more on consoles nowadays. They don't have to make sure their games adapt and scale well over millions of possible configurations.

But hey, if you give me that Turning Point machine, I might just go give Crysis another spin!



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topcow's Destructoid Blog
How can you not play Crysis on that rig? I have almost the exact same machine and I crush it.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz (oced to 3.0)
Motherboard: Asus P5N32E-SLI Plus
RAM: 4gigs Aeneon Xtune DDR2/800
GPU: Asus 8800GTS 640MB
PSU: Nspire 850w
Cooling: CPU: Zalman CNPS 9700LED,
Case: Antec 900 Gaming Case
Display: KDS 22" LCD
topcow's Destructoid Blog
Oh, I have a Raptor also, but shouldn't be that big of a difference.
ajaxender's Destructoid Blog
Yeah, i was gonna say, that should play crysis on high at 1280x1024 (i have same except 8800gts 640).

Unless you mean playable = 40 fps+. Which is silly, but in any case, crysis still handles fine at 20fps (have no idea why).
razerangel's Destructoid Blog
I can see your an expert photographer :P! Nice rig why are you having trouble running crisis? My laptop can just about run it and its low end :|!
Satsumomo's Destructoid Blog
Your problem: You're trying to run Crysis.

If you get a $200-ish video card, being that an 8800GT or HD3XXX card, you can run ANY game on highest settings. Only Crysis and it's shoddy programming gives people trouble.
Zeag's Destructoid Blog
The big probleme is the fact that the card is a 320mb instead of 640mb. It's a no-no with Crysis on high resolutions.every other component handles the game just fine...
brainderailment's Destructoid Blog
I just spent 2 hours today just to install battlefield 2142, clearly not worth my time. That stupid game kept crashing and EA's site wouldn't allow me to patch the game, now I don't have all the maps still... Fuck pc gaming right in the ass.


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