Then everyone would be forced to shell out a couple hundred bucks at least, just to be able to play new games, they would have to upgrade more often, etc... Thats the point of getting faster processors :p They can do more at once.
Actually we can't even see anything at all, its all in our minds... if we even have minds.. oO
Well, I have an FX5900 128mb, and I score about 77fps in the stress test at 1024.
Just did this a few days ago... (same reason as you :))
Open Steam
Click Browse Games
At the bottom, click "Register a Product I Already Own"
Follow the wizard, and ur all set :) It will ask you if you want to DL CZ, or CZ with the deleted scenes.
All done, simple as that.
<--- bought CZ for the CS:S beta... found that CZ is pretty cool, and was worth the 16 bucks I paid for it.
Well worth the $$$... i mean for 16 bucks the next best thing you can buy is any one of your mothers... O SNAP!!! :p
If you can't get any kind of broadband in your area... do what I do.
Sign up for another phoneline, find a multilink ISP, buy another modem, and connect at 112k. I can play on 32 player servers just fine now, and anything below that is perfect (other than the latency, but that doesn't really...
umm.. cool...
Shoulda saved money on a case and got the watercooling with the money you saved though, you can get a nice case for less than half what that costs...
It is a good case though.
Its the way you are looking at the picture...
There are times when weird things happen, but in this picture they are all going in the same direction. Its you.