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Geek Culture / Worth buying new parts for computer for a game?

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That C++ Nerd
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Posted: 15th Jun 2007 02:39 Edited at: 15th Jun 2007 02:41
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There's a war game I want to get. It can render up to 10,000 extremely high quality soldiers, all with their own look, along with hundreds of different bones, that even interact with enemy soldiers.

But the game requires some extreme equipment.


My Spec:
512 MB RAM
200 GB SATA HD
3.0 GHz P4 Processor
128 MB IGA Graphics Card

Required Spec:
1 GB RAM
11 GB HD Space
2.2 GHz Processor
128 MB Video Card

Desired Spec:
1 or 1.5 GB of RAM
500 GB HD

Total cost:
$50 game
$40 RAM chip
+ $180 HD
$270

Is $270 (£137)(€202) worth it?
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That C++ Nerd
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Posted: 15th Jun 2007 23:24
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bump

I guess no one cares.
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Chris K
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Posted: 15th Jun 2007 23:30
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Ha how weak is the dollar.

-= Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals =-
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GatorHex
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Posted: 15th Jun 2007 23:32 Edited at: 15th Jun 2007 23:33
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You need a realy good graphics card to shift 10,000 soldiers, even though the specs don't say so, id concertrait spending moeny on that.

DinoHunter http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=98385&b=8
CPU/GPU Benchmark http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=101716&b=5
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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 15th Jun 2007 23:32
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depends on how much you want the game . What game is it anyways?


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LD52
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Posted: 15th Jun 2007 23:49 Edited at: 15th Jun 2007 23:49
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I think its Medieval 2:Total War.
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That C++ Nerd
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Posted: 16th Jun 2007 00:10 Edited at: 16th Jun 2007 00:13
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Yep! LD52 got it! It IS Medieval II: Total War.

@GatorHex
I have Rome: Total War, it's the game before Medieval. It's not even close to as good as Medieval II, but I can still support a good 7,000 soldiers. Of couse, at 7,000, it tends to lag. Lag free usually stops at around 3,000 soldiers.

I did hear that, with the right parts, Medieval II is completely jaw-dropping. Everyone on the Medieval forums gives it at least a 9.2+ not to mention it's part of the Total War series.
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Gil Galvanti
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I love Rome: Total War, one of my favorite games. I got Medieval II and have played it some too. But like you said, it's a lot laggier than Rome, so it gets annoying when you get a larger army.


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That C++ Nerd
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Posted: 16th Jun 2007 16:59
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@Gil Galvanti

Yea, excellent games. But, of course, every excellent game MUST require something. I mean, yes, excellent games. But, worth $270?
That $270 will also cover future games, so I guess it wouldn't ALL go to waste.
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LD52
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Posted: 16th Jun 2007 17:23
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The one thing i don't understand is why you need a new HD (if your refering to Hard Drive) couldn't you just clear up some space on your 200gb hard drive.
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That C++ Nerd
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Posted: 16th Jun 2007 18:20
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True. Why waste 300 GB more when you can waste 11 GB? I should just buy a RAM chip then.

Thanks for the advice LD52.
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Venge
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Posted: 16th Jun 2007 20:27
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Hey, I could play that game on my comp...if it weren't for my craptacular processor (1.8ghz)

Oh well...I need to concentrate on makin my rpg anyway.
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