[Wulfmann]

Originally Posted by Cohaagen

Given this, and replies on other threads, I think Wulfmann has a distinctly singular, personal and amusing definition of what is a "mid-level" PC, perhaps based more on PC tech blogs than the financial reality of his peers . I wish I had his money. Others may have families, mortgages, significant others, pets, vehicles, boats, elderly parents, bills, caches of weapons wrapped in cosmoline (looking at you, Subman1), secret lovechilds, etc. to deal with before a (potentially) ace PC U-boat sim.

You do recognize sarcasm, yes no, Ja oder nicht?? I was jerking the chain because while we have absolutely no idea some want an answer for which there is none

Those on a budget and that would likely be 95% or more need to pay closest attention to being patient and waiting until the game is out before buying anything.
Video cards that were $400.00 will be $100.00 at some point.
If it came out today and you were upgrading right now you could get a new AMD MoBo, 4GB DDR2 RAM and a 3.0DC CPU for about $150.00 to stick in your present rig. You could also watch the Newegg sales and wait to get a promo 5-600W PS for $30-50.00 and a 4830 ATI would be about $80.00 or a 4870 1GB would be $144.00

My point is wait until the day you order SH5 to also order new upgrades and you can, with a reasonable budget have a good rig to run it.

Mid range rigs are based on today's availability for a reasonably priced PC tower and for $600.00 you can build a rig that would have been untouchable at $3,000.00 when SH3 was released

I go to this site and ask when I need hardware help:
http://forums.firingsquad.com/firing...ry.id=hardware

Also, if i build a new rig I go there and post what I intend and ask for opinions. They often know of what is a problem piece or some tidbit that steers me to something better.

You don't have to be a keek just know enough to admit ignorance and ask from people that are keeks.

Wulfmann