Reasons to buy a new PC

Rosencrantz · 10-29-09, 04:43 PM

Have you already started making up reasons why you - coincidentally - need a new PC just before SH5 is released? My old one has RAM 512 only, so I think that's a good reason enough... I have been playing 4 with laptop, and I'm not totally happy with that.

Greetings,
-RC-

OrangeYoshi · 10-29-09, 04:53 PM

Not for SH5, but I did make up reasons for E:TW, SH4, and MS Flight Simulator.

longam · 10-29-09, 05:00 PM

I just use the 4 to 6 year rule for replacement, but only after upgrading everything I can till the MB is done.

Jimbuna · 10-29-09, 05:04 PM

Simply tell her you've been made an excellent trade in offer and quote the balance as 10% of the total purchase price.

Philipp_Thomsen · 10-29-09, 06:27 PM

Same reasons you should trade your car every 2 or 3 years.

And by god, dont EVER upgrade separate parts. Just sell your computer as a whole and buy a new one.

Hartmann · 10-29-09, 06:45 PM

First reason : simulator games
second reason: Action games
Third reason : strategy games

My 2400 single core, 2 gb of ram and ati 2600xt is at the end of the line, is impossible upgrade it anymore so i´m waiting playing old games until the next year when i plan to build a new Pc.

Task Force · 10-29-09, 06:51 PM

cause my 8800 is getting old...

Torps · 10-29-09, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

cause my 8800 is getting old...

If your interested in a 280 GTX superclocked let me know. I will be selling mine when the 380gtx comes out supposedly on Nov 27.

Temujin · 10-30-09, 05:07 AM

Things goes with reason and order..

My ~5 y/o 2.4Ghz Intel Bayfield with it's Inno 3D GeForce 6600 is strong enough to run all kind of BattleField2 and MS-Flight simulators smoothly.

But I am aware of its age. I thought not to wait too long before putting it out to sale as a used computer, but then I spotted something that looks as a SH5 periscope..

So I decided to wait a little bit longer until I'll be able to read it's recommended hardware wet note attached to it's antenna..

Temujin

Mud · 10-30-09, 11:54 AM

My P4 3.4 is 5 years old (Win XP GF 7600gt 2 Gig Ram) and struggles a bit with the newer games like X3 Terran conflict for example.
I definitely buy a new computer before SH5 comes out, Windows vista was my main hold back for not buying a new system.
I only hope that Windows 7 won't let me down with the maybe high expectations I have

sav112 · 10-30-09, 12:00 PM

5 year old system come this Dec, so April next year I plan a new Tower. Quad Core etc.

10-30-09, 12:11 PM

just a heads up reminder guys, if your on a tight budget you can pick up a perfectly fine system after xmas when lots of people needlessly upgrade to a top of the line system and sell their 1 or 2 yr old computers that quad cores and lots of ram so they would run sh5 perfectly for you.

often you can get these for only a few hundred bucks

Hitman · 10-30-09, 03:38 PM

I won't by any means upgrade or change my PC until SH5 is released, all patches that have to come made available, and a year has passed by. That's the best giarantee that I will find for a reasonable amount of money a PC that lets me enjoy the game and even scratch the best of it.

I did it with SH4, which stuttered a bit in my good-enough-for-SH3 PC, which currently runs SH4 and SH3 in a breeze, and I will do the same with Sh5. Let it stutter a bit in the beginning and shine later for reasonable budget

Rothwell white · 10-30-09, 04:01 PM

The only thing i might have to upgrade would be my OS current is XP
i aready have a GTX 285 OC 1024MB GDDR3 with a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)

10-30-09, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rothwell white

The only thing i might have to upgrade would be my OS current is XP
i aready have a GTX 285 OC 1024MB GDDR3 with a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)

dont believe the BS about vista/win7 stuff, thats just scare tactics to try and give you a reason to buy it

xp is fine and will always be fine for games we have now and those being released like sh5.

now next years games might be another story but game companies need to make money and with 65-75% of computers still using win xp they know they need to sell a game that everyone can use

10-29-09, 04:43 PM	#1
Rosencrantz Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Finland Posts: 758 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Reasons to buy a new PC Have you already started making up reasons why you - coincidentally - need a new PC just before SH5 is released? My old one has RAM 512 only, so I think that's a good reason enough... I have been playing 4 with laptop, and I'm not totally happy with that. Greetings, -RC-

10-29-09, 04:53 PM	#2
OrangeYoshi Gunner Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In your computer screen Posts: 100 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Not for SH5, but I did make up reasons for E:TW, SH4, and MS Flight Simulator. __________________ OrangeYoshi

10-29-09, 05:04 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,445 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Simply tell her you've been made an excellent trade in offer and quote the balance as 10% of the total purchase price. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-29-09, 06:27 PM	#5
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Same reasons you should trade your car every 2 or 3 years. And by god, dont EVER upgrade separate parts. Just sell your computer as a whole and buy a new one. __________________ To each his own

10-29-09, 06:45 PM	#6
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	First reason : simulator games second reason: Action games Third reason : strategy games My 2400 single core, 2 gb of ram and ati 2600xt is at the end of the line, is impossible upgrade it anymore so i´m waiting playing old games until the next year when i plan to build a new Pc. __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

10-29-09, 05:00 PM	#3
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I just use the 4 to 6 year rule for replacement, but only after upgrading everything I can till the MB is done.

10-29-09, 06:51 PM	#7
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	cause my 8800 is getting old... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-30-09, 05:07 AM	#9
Temujin Bosun Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Israel Posts: 62 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Things goes with reason and order.. My ~5 y/o 2.4Ghz Intel Bayfield with it's Inno 3D GeForce 6600 is strong enough to run all kind of BattleField2 and MS-Flight simulators smoothly. But I am aware of its age. I thought not to wait too long before putting it out to sale as a used computer, but then I spotted something that looks as a SH5 periscope.. So I decided to wait a little bit longer until I'll be able to read it's recommended hardware wet note attached to it's antenna.. Temujin

10-30-09, 11:54 AM	#10
Mud Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 541 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	My P4 3.4 is 5 years old (Win XP GF 7600gt 2 Gig Ram) and struggles a bit with the newer games like X3 Terran conflict for example. I definitely buy a new computer before SH5 comes out, Windows vista was my main hold back for not buying a new system. I only hope that Windows 7 won't let me down with the maybe high expectations I have __________________

10-30-09, 12:00 PM	#11
sav112 Gunner Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 92 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	5 year old system come this Dec, so April next year I plan a new Tower. Quad Core etc.

10-30-09, 12:11 PM	#12
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	just a heads up reminder guys, if your on a tight budget you can pick up a perfectly fine system after xmas when lots of people needlessly upgrade to a top of the line system and sell their 1 or 2 yr old computers that quad cores and lots of ram so they would run sh5 perfectly for you. often you can get these for only a few hundred bucks

10-30-09, 03:38 PM	#13
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	I won't by any means upgrade or change my PC until SH5 is released, all patches that have to come made available, and a year has passed by. That's the best giarantee that I will find for a reasonable amount of money a PC that lets me enjoy the game and even scratch the best of it. I did it with SH4, which stuttered a bit in my good-enough-for-SH3 PC, which currently runs SH4 and SH3 in a breeze, and I will do the same with Sh5. Let it stutter a bit in the beginning and shine later for reasonable budget __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

10-30-09, 04:01 PM	#14
Rothwell white Gunner Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leeds (England) Posts: 91 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	The only thing i might have to upgrade would be my OS current is XP i aready have a GTX 285 OC 1024MB GDDR3 with a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)