How long my current PC rig would last. What I mean is how long would still be able to play the games that are being released without running them terribly and having everything lag and look like shit. Here's my current rig, which I've had for 2 years, or something.
Probably about 3 years, the typical end of life estimate for new company computers is 3 to 5. But as for top end graphic intensive games and keeping up 3 is probably a good number.
Mine is about the same with a slightly better processer and I got it a few months ago, but I would say we're gaurenteed 3 years and it might even stretch to five years.
I usually play all games at lowest setting (max resolution) and have never felt that it "looks like shit", at 20+ fps. I expect it to last at least 1 more year with those settings. To get a feel of how sucky my comp is: WoW drops to below 5 fps at medium quality xD I can't even watch movies on Youtube above 480p.
I'm going to assume that you are like me (:D) and say that it will last at least 6 years
I had an old computer with 64M of RAM, a video card that's smaller than your penis, and a motherboard that had more dust than everything else you'd find in a motherboard combined. That one lasted about 8 years, the last 3 or 4 of which I didn't get any games, and it would lag like fucking CRAZY when I'd only have Mozilla open. My current one doesn't lag, it can play every game I get. I played Crysis: Warfare maxing out all settings and it lagged a bit..I dropped down the settings on a couple of things and it worked like a charm. I play GTA 4 on max resolution, and max everything except for one setting (I forgot which one, but switching from High to Medium gives way to like, 350M of graphics power). I don't even want to upgrade anything at the moment since everything works like a charm, and a lot of games that I'd want to play, I'd just as eaily and willingly play on the 360 I'm gonna get (lol@I told my friend to get me MK Deception on the X Box as a gift, and he called a month later and was like "hey bro, I couldn't find it, so I got you the X Box 360 instead...the console..Is that okay with you??")
This all depends on what resolution you play at and what you mean by "looking like shit"
I'm usually satisfied when I can play a game with relatively high details and 1920x1080 resolution.
I'm not too familiar with those intel setups but I guess that if you updated your graphics card you'd be good to go for another 2 years or so.
I should have been more clear, I guess. First off, I assembled that computer, I didn't buy it off a company or anything. 2 years back, it cost me about 1560$ (at the moment, I can get a rig that's SO much better for like, 1100$..it's ridiculous how fast things get outdated, it's frustrating.)
What I mean is when will the rig I have render me unable to play most games. Games now don't require DX10 (my card is DX10 ready, anyway) have the recommended specs set at Q6600 processor, 2 or 2.5 G of RAM, and an 8800GT card or better, so I'm still above the average, really. What I'm asking is when will the requirements exceed what I have ? I'm just curious. I'm not upgrading anytime soon. I'll think about upgrading when I graduate and get a job in 2 years..but as for now, I'm happy to know that my rig will have a 95% likelihood of playing Diablo 3 without any problem what so ever.
Ha! Except for the motherboard, that's exactly the same rig as I have, so I'd say we're looking at pretty similar futures here
I haven't really thought about when I'll need to change yet, I got my current one around March 2008. I really play that many graphic-intense games, the most demanding are probably Dragon Age, Devil May Cry 4 (DX9) and Starcraft II, and all of those run on the highest settings. Heroes V sometimes lags like shit, but that's more due to poor game design than anything else.
As for D3, you'll definitely be able to run it on max. I can't tell for sure, but since it takes like a hundred mutalisks and a hundred stalkers to shoot simultaneously on screen before SC2 starts to lag for me, I'm confident D3 will run smooth on max.
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PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
If you don't care that much about how the game you are playing looks I'd say it would last 2-3 more years. What could be upgraded is the graphics card.
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2.4 GHz Core 2 Quad (Q6600)
4G RAM
8800 GTX
DP35DP Motherboard
Thoughts, comments, all are welcome.
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I had an old computer with 64M of RAM, a video card that's smaller than your penis, and a motherboard that had more dust than everything else you'd find in a motherboard combined. That one lasted about 8 years, the last 3 or 4 of which I didn't get any games, and it would lag like fucking CRAZY when I'd only have Mozilla open. My current one doesn't lag, it can play every game I get. I played Crysis: Warfare maxing out all settings and it lagged a bit..I dropped down the settings on a couple of things and it worked like a charm. I play GTA 4 on max resolution, and max everything except for one setting (I forgot which one, but switching from High to Medium gives way to like, 350M of graphics power). I don't even want to upgrade anything at the moment since everything works like a charm, and a lot of games that I'd want to play, I'd just as eaily and willingly play on the 360 I'm gonna get (lol@I told my friend to get me MK Deception on the X Box as a gift, and he called a month later and was like "hey bro, I couldn't find it, so I got you the X Box 360 instead...the console..Is that okay with you??")
I should have been more clear, I guess. First off, I assembled that computer, I didn't buy it off a company or anything. 2 years back, it cost me about 1560$ (at the moment, I can get a rig that's SO much better for like, 1100$..it's ridiculous how fast things get outdated, it's frustrating.)
What I mean is when will the rig I have render me unable to play most games. Games now don't require DX10 (my card is DX10 ready, anyway) have the recommended specs set at Q6600 processor, 2 or 2.5 G of RAM, and an 8800GT card or better, so I'm still above the average, really. What I'm asking is when will the requirements exceed what I have ? I'm just curious. I'm not upgrading anytime soon. I'll think about upgrading when I graduate and get a job in 2 years..but as for now, I'm happy to know that my rig will have a 95% likelihood of playing Diablo 3 without any problem what so ever.
Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions
I haven't really thought about when I'll need to change yet, I got my current one around March 2008. I really play that many graphic-intense games, the most demanding are probably Dragon Age, Devil May Cry 4 (DX9) and Starcraft II, and all of those run on the highest settings. Heroes V sometimes lags like shit, but that's more due to poor game design than anything else.
As for D3, you'll definitely be able to run it on max. I can't tell for sure, but since it takes like a hundred mutalisks and a hundred stalkers to shoot simultaneously on screen before SC2 starts to lag for me, I'm confident D3 will run smooth on max.
Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions