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★ Black Lounger ★
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ive been bouncing around the idea of getting a new pc for a while now, my current one is showing its age and despite all the fixins ive put in it (new HDD, tripled the memory, and a new graphics card) it still isnt good for much else.
i figure now that my 360 has starting eating my games for breakfast, theres no time like the present.
for gaming its not exactly a powerhouse, out of the box it could run the HL engine at a smooth 99-100 fps (even though the monitors refresh rate was much much lower ) nowadays its a jumpy 40-60, and even spikes down to below 20 sometimes if alot is going on. HL2 demo was playable, but i had to turn everything way way down, i could also run ut2k3 but outside of regular deathmatch i was always choking up and getting 5-10 second freezes at random intervals.
building one is out of the question, the person who was going to help me last time moved to Alaska to live with his wife's family (pussy whipped *******)
ive been looking around on best buy/wal mart for the christmas specials and ive found a few that perk my interest but alas i may be severely underestimating how much of a resource hog vista is.
this was the first one that caught my eye, and yes im well aware of how cheap it is
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8154910
but i dont understand the pci slots on it, clarity here would be helpful, the last time i pruchased a computer PCI express didnt exist, also are enough available to upgrade later on?
there are others, but im not really sure what im looking for to be honest.
i dont expect to able to run gears of war, or crysis on any computer within my budget, at least not on high settings. but i at least want to be able to play lets say Doom3 with decent settings, or something near it(not planning on getting it, but im setting that as a benchmark)
of course this could all be for naught, im calling xbox tech guys soon, if what i tell them warrants a return/repair i may give mass effect another go.
i figure now that my 360 has starting eating my games for breakfast, theres no time like the present.
for gaming its not exactly a powerhouse, out of the box it could run the HL engine at a smooth 99-100 fps (even though the monitors refresh rate was much much lower ) nowadays its a jumpy 40-60, and even spikes down to below 20 sometimes if alot is going on. HL2 demo was playable, but i had to turn everything way way down, i could also run ut2k3 but outside of regular deathmatch i was always choking up and getting 5-10 second freezes at random intervals.
building one is out of the question, the person who was going to help me last time moved to Alaska to live with his wife's family (pussy whipped *******)
ive been looking around on best buy/wal mart for the christmas specials and ive found a few that perk my interest but alas i may be severely underestimating how much of a resource hog vista is.
this was the first one that caught my eye, and yes im well aware of how cheap it is
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8154910
but i dont understand the pci slots on it, clarity here would be helpful, the last time i pruchased a computer PCI express didnt exist, also are enough available to upgrade later on?
there are others, but im not really sure what im looking for to be honest.
i dont expect to able to run gears of war, or crysis on any computer within my budget, at least not on high settings. but i at least want to be able to play lets say Doom3 with decent settings, or something near it(not planning on getting it, but im setting that as a benchmark)
of course this could all be for naught, im calling xbox tech guys soon, if what i tell them warrants a return/repair i may give mass effect another go.