Whats The Point?

[100%]

I mean wtf?
Two years ago i buy a
2ghz,256ram,64videoram Laptop

i just downloaded
FarCry & Singles Demos..And i cant play them.

I know Why they wont play (yes i have updated, drivers etc)
but
whats the Point?
Upgrade your pc, buy a new one etc etc
it will be outaded anyway. Its an endless circle.

The Gaming industry obviously needs the best for its programs.
where the hell do they expect us to get the money from anyway?

What do they expect of us?

They should give HardWare Upgrades with Every Game

or else whats the point?

GoDaM Consumer Pushers


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[Monkeee]

thats why you gotta get the Alienware....

[Tormentor]

Hmmm, would you want them to stop making games then?

[ahctlucabbuS]

Evolution, It's a good thing. Anyone still play Pacman?

Then you have consoles... B)

[Twigboy]

Here you go ,I found thisNew games -for old systems (http://www.atariage.com/development_list.html)

Guess I won't have to buy a X-box2 after all.

[Titus808]

Originally posted by Monkeee@24 June 2004 - 00:28
thats why you gotta get the Alienware....
even the best alienware is going to be outdated in 2 years, I believe that's a scientific law (I'm serious.) But the point is, that...there is no point, games are here to waste our time and money, and they're bad (in more than one way) for us, but we fucking need them :D.

I suggest the best way to keep a pc upgraded is to buy a strong cpu and mid-range cards, that way the process of upgrading does not cost as much as it's costing me :angry:.


www.newegg.com

[100%]

Originally posted by Twigboy@24 June 2004 - 02:10
Here you go ,I found thisNew games -for old systems (http://www.atariage.com/development_list.html)

Guess I won't have to buy a X-box2 after all.


Jeez, you bstd, that link makes want to throw my laptop in front of a convoy of outdated 70s Trucks playing Beegees songs just to put it out of its misery.

:lol:

[Twigboy]

:lol: yeah use to have a 2600 a century ago or so.
It was the state of art when we got it.
My friends would come by and freak,they where all like hey my pong sucks :frusty:
Here you go "Disco Tech"
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A Dance dance revolution type game running on the 2600
Had to throw that in there.

[ahctlucabbuS]

Originally posted by Titus808+24 June 2004 - 02:13--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Titus808 @ 24 June 2004 - 02:13)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Monkeee@24 June 2004 - 00:28
thats why you gotta get the Alienware....
even the best alienware is going to be outdated in 2 years, I believe that&#39;s a scientific law (I&#39;m serious.) But the point is, that...there is no point, games are here to waste our time and money, and they&#39;re bad (in more than one way) for us, but we fucking need them :D.

I suggest the best way to keep a pc upgraded is to buy a strong cpu and mid-range cards, that way the process of upgrading does not cost as much as it&#39;s costing me :angry:.


www.newegg.com [/b][/quote]
And if you don&#39;t buy the alienware you might just have the money to upgrade as well ;)

[fred devliegher]

I just buy games that were released 4-5 years ago. They cost nearly nothing (thx bargain bins :rolleyes: ), they still look good, and they&#39;ll run on any decent machine.

Just wait till 2008, pick up FarCry for &#036;4, and play it on your "outdated" P5 4.8 Ghz with 2048 MB RAM and a 512 MB gfx card. :P

[Dray_04]

Originally posted by fred devliegher@24 June 2004 - 23:50
I just buy games that were released 4-5 years ago. They cost nearly nothing (thx bargain bins :rolleyes: ), they still look good, and they&#39;ll run on any decent machine.

Just wait till 2008, pick up FarCry for &#036;4, and play it on your "outdated" P5 4.8 Ghz with 2048 MB RAM and a 512 MB gfx card. :P
that sounds right ;)

[Illuminati]

Originally posted by Titus808@24 June 2004 - 02:13
even the best alienware is going to be outdated in 2 years, I believe that&#39;s a scientific law (I&#39;m serious.)
I believe you&#39;re touching on Moore&#39;s Law, which states that the number of transistors per square inch on the intergrated circuits of a chip would double every 18 months. :)

However, development goes at such a pace nowadays that it isn&#39;t even 18 months between doubling :unsure:

[SingaBoiy]

If you&#39;re tired of upgrading, just get a new console. Just need one of those every 4-5 yrs til they come out with a better one. Or just stop playing.

[Mad Cat]

Originally posted by fred devliegher@24 June 2004 - 11:50
I just buy games that were released 4-5 years ago. They cost nearly nothing (thx bargain bins :rolleyes: ), they still look good, and they&#39;ll run on any decent machine.

Just wait till 2008, pick up FarCry for &#036;4, and play it on your "outdated" P5 4.8 Ghz with 2048 MB RAM and a 512 MB gfx card. :P
2008? I&#39;ve got 2GB of RAM, and 512MB graphics cards are round the corner. 4GHz (or at least rated that much equivelant) will be around late 2004 early 2005.

[fred devliegher]

and play it on your "outdated" P5 4.8 Ghz with 2048 MB RAM and a 512 MB gfx card.


You can read &#33;

[Monkeee]

well c mon people you dont expect to your computer to be the best forever....... <_<

[tesco]

Originally posted by Mad Cat+24 June 2004 - 16:17--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mad Cat @ 24 June 2004 - 16:17)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-fred devliegher@24 June 2004 - 11:50
I just buy games that were released 4-5 years ago. They cost nearly nothing (thx bargain bins&nbsp; :rolleyes: ), they still look good, and they&#39;ll run on any decent machine.

Just wait till 2008, pick up FarCry for &#036;4, and play it on your "outdated" P5 4.8 Ghz with 2048 MB RAM and a 512 MB gfx card.&nbsp; :P
2008? I&#39;ve got 2GB of RAM, and 512MB graphics cards are round the corner. 4GHz (or at least rated that much equivelant) will be around late 2004 early 2005. [/b][/quote]
yes, but they aren&#39;t outdated yet now are they... :rolleyes:

[Titus808]

Originally posted by Illuminati+24 June 2004 - 12:53--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Illuminati @ 24 June 2004 - 12:53)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Titus808@24 June 2004 - 02:13
even the best alienware is going to be outdated in 2 years, I believe that&#39;s a scientific law (I&#39;m serious.)
I believe you&#39;re touching on Moore&#39;s Law, which states that the number of transistors per square inch on the intergrated circuits of a chip would double every 18 months. :)

However, development goes at such a pace nowadays that it isn&#39;t even 18 months between doubling :unsure: [/b][/quote]
aye. B)

[bigdawgfoxx]

This is retarted. The reason we need better hardware is cuz games reqiure better stuff because they look better and have more features and stuff. They shouldnt give hardware away. Plan your buying of hardware carefully so you get a good deal that will last a while.

[Monkeee]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@25 June 2004 - 00:24
This is retarted. The reason we need better hardware is cuz games reqiure better stuff because they look better and have more features and stuff. They shouldnt give hardware away. Plan your buying of hardware carefully so you get a good deal that will last a while.
lol so true and plus game company are just doing what we asked them.... better game such as graphics, gameplay, features, etc ,etc

[orcutt989]

I dont know about the whole "2 years outdated". You could have bought a 128mb video card 2 years ago, and its still miraculously awesome today.

[tesco]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@24 June 2004 - 19:24
This is retarted. The reason we need better hardware is cuz games reqiure better stuff because they look better and have more features and stuff. They shouldnt give hardware away. Plan your buying of hardware carefully so you get a good deal that will last a while.
agreed, gotta be smart with youyr thinking.

long time ago, probably like a year and a half or so lol, if you were to buy a geforce fx5200, all games out till now run on it fine, you could even have upgraded it.

But if you were stupid and went for ati, the 9200, then the newsest games dont run on it at all, cause it doesn&#39;t have directx 9 support.

Again now, if you buy a new vidoe card, want it to last, x800 is a bad choice the nvidia 6800 card has pixel shader 3, which the x800 doesn&#39;t...

see what i mean?

[fred devliegher]

The reason we need better hardware is cuz games reqiure better stuff because they look better and have more features and stuff.

Has it ever occured to you they&#39;re not fully using the hardware ? It&#39;s a *lot* easier to just up the specs rather then optimise the code, but with a little thought and effort you can get "outdated" hardware to do some pretty impressive stuff.

Example ? The Game Boy Color. Running of what was essentially a fifteen-year-old Z80, it still had full-motion video, hi-res graphics and even rudimentary 3D. Why ? Because the developers had to squeeze out every last drop of horsepower.

[Spicker]

all of u are right if u guyz bought a fx5200 2 years ago it sitll would hav been good...

my friend is playing far cry and hitman 3 flawlessly on low resolution.... with his fx5200 and i hav a fx5600 i dont see any big difference...

anywayz my point is ummm go buy a 9800XT and dont upgrade for atleast 2 years :lol: ;)