(This is slightly long.) So today I bought a new computer. I kinda missed my old computer that I spent $400 on, because I wanted to play Oblivion on it, which ended up dying or something. Im not really sure, but I think the video card fried on it. It was a GeForce 6600 GT AGP and was decent for the price at the time. I think.
Anyways, so here I am, having stayed away from PC gaming in favor of my Xbox 360 that I received for Christmas a couple of years ago (that was actually a different 360 actually due to RROD). Actually before I got my 360 I decided to stick with PC gaming, and told my parents that I didnt want one as much any more, but was surprised on Christmas day with one anyways.
So my pc died after a while so Ive been stuck with a crappy internet only piece of junk and have had to do my gaming on my 360. Which Ive been fine with for a couple years, though I have thought of getting a new comp several times before.
One of the main things I liked about gaming on the pc is the fact that you can mod games. For some reason, if there is something I dont like about a game and I can actually change it, Im going to change it. Mostly regarding attributes and stuff, not graphics or sound or anything.
Like the game Operation Flashpoint. I changed alot of things to my liking in that game, first starting with how things were named and crap and eventually weapon attributes. Of course all the data was borrowed (stolen) from other mods, but it didnt really matter since it wasnt anything they could prove. Hah.
Also, Oblivion I modded some as well. And Call of Duty 1 & 2. In fact I made a pretty decent sound mod for COD1 that used the Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far sounds. Too bad after all that work I deleted it. Ah well...
The other thing thats great about pcs is that the games are cheaper. Not only do new retail games start $10 less, but they seem to drop in price faster than console games. Im not sure if it has to do with people tending to buy console versions of multiplatform games more or what but saving a few dollars every time is always good, especially when one spends $300 a year on games.
But the best thing about pc games? Pirating. Aww yeah. Free games.
Just kidding.
Oh yeah the specs of mine pc:
XFX GeForce 8200 Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHz OEM Processor
Kingston 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 Memory
XFX GeForce 9600 GT Video Card - 512MB GDDR3
Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB Hard Drive
And the whole thing was $400 after rebates.
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Wow, that's quite a nice setup for so little.
It's true, PC games start cheaper and always have sales/price drops a lot sooner than the console games. Also, the PC has the best versions of Valve's stuff, and that library alone is worth getting a gaming PC for.
thats exactly what i bought but i've got two hdd's otherwise its the same.
Nice. I love PC gaming, and building and upgrading. It's just so satisfying when it all clicks.
Just a tip. This could have been less of a fail blog if I could have read it. Please proof read your shit. You already know what you're saying, but we don't, so you need to be more clear.
9600?
That'll be a bit of a bottleneck, the rest of your system is alright - still, it's more powerful than a lot. More powerful than consoles.
I love oblivion - it's still a great game, purely thanks to mods. The scene's still alive, man.