Okay, my mom got rid of all my console stuff while I was in a "special" school (don't ask) in Utah (lamest state EVER)for two years, so I'm way out of the loop and getting interested in PC games now that Starcraft II is coming and I want to play stuff like Guild Wars and other new PC games. The problem is, I have never really learned about what stuff I need as far as graphics cards. I always used computers for other stuff, like starcraft, chatting, schhol, web games, etc. So, I have no idea if a Dual 512MB NVidia® GeForceTM Go 7900 GS - SLI Enabled card is over kill, or if I should just stick with dual 256 MB or what. I just have no idea what all the stuff in the name means. And I want the card to last. I'd rather not have the bare minimum fo rnew games and have it be obsolete within a year. Any help here? I don't want to waste money or underspend, either. Any help would be appeciated.
I just noticed that this is NOT the proper place for hardware questions, so I will just turn it into a "what games should I get" thread. I'm way out of the loop and would like a brief rundown of what happened the past two years, what's good now, and stuff that is coming up. Please save me the trouble of going through the hundreds of weekly and daily Gamespot and other gaming site e-mails in my inbox. Thanks
Well. Bioshock is coming out next month Half Life : The Orange Box is coming out in October Crysis is out soon Sounds like you might of missed Half Life 2, that you should definitely get that. And uhh was that like a Mormen Boarding school or something?
RTS Supreme Commander Company of Heroes Dawn of War C&C 3 -----Coming World in Conflict expansions for some of above games
FPS HL2 + Ep1 Doom 3, Quake 4, Prey Far Cry FEAR STALKER ------Coming Crysis Bioshock(rpg hybrid) Gears of War/UT3
multiplayer Left 4 Dead Hellgate London Quake Wars
That should get you started :)
As for the PC info are you getting a laptop? I don't recommend laptops for gaming as they are more expensive and weakeer for games but you can certainly get a good gaming laptop. If you are getting a desktop, then there are guides around that may help, but there are so many choices that some budget would be ideal. Here's a system guide that may help you a bit http://techreport.com/etc/2007q3/system-guide-0707/index.x?pg=1
Well, I think a laptop would be nicer, but that adds like 1000 bucks. Yeah, I just want it to be good. And no, although I am Mormon, it was not a mormon boarding school. Think of it more as a lockdown residential treatment facility. Wait a sec, didn't I say don't ask. Anyways...
Hahaha, you sound like me, I was raised mormen too but wouldn't be caught doing anything there to save my life Anyways If you're looking for a PC to play all these on I highly recommend custom building it yourself, you can build one much nicer and much cheaper, although you'll be hard pressed to build your own laptop, so if you do want one, you were right it's gonna cost ya.
ok hey buddy you want a new pc well im the dude for that ok decent good gaming computer would be
something like 1024ddr or 1024 ddr2 nvidia GeForce 7600GT GT get a GT not a gs unless it was in the 8 series (8000)
hp alienware dell xps are the best for gaming i got a hp notebook very powerfull but get one cheap with that kinda stuff on there and if you need any questions ask me!
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