Addiction with a fix

Originally Posted by kkentopanga

Gizzmoe,

My machine that creashed was a two year old Dell 8300 with all frills and only 512 ram with a standard graphics card. The frame rate was frustrating when you gave a Des on your tail. I paid 2600 for it from Dell. As someone has said on another thread regulare shelf machines are for the home not the sea. You are right about pricy but my computer knowledge is at the amiba stage so I decided to let Alienware build me a gaming machine. If I did not have a first mate I would have paid my soul to get back to sea.

Sounds like the same system I have! (The Dell 8300 I mean). I upgraded the graphics after playing SHIII for about 3 months (the original, on-board graphics had no pixel shading at all, so I was surprised the game even ran at all) but otherwise it's still the same old system. I truly envy you peeps that have the high-end rigs that run circles around mine.