Always behind in the latest games

[Saturos]

I was wondering, and it it would make me feel better knowing someone was in the same boat as me. When it comes to buying the latest games or hardware to run said games, I'm always behind a year or more due to budget restraints.;( For example, it was just the beginning of this year I was able to upgrade to a PC capable of running Oblivion or even HL2.(that's pretty far behind)Years ago when the PS2 was first released in 2000 in the U.S., it wasn't until two years later I was able to finally purchase one. Back then, my PC was a crappy PIII system that could barely run Redneck Rampage or Blood, much less the first Half-Life. Now here I am again, with the advent of DX10 games like Bioshock or Crysis, I'm really frustrated knowing that I won't even see so much as one frame of either of these two games. I'll probably be too busy with military business anyways which makes me even more frustrated.:angry: So it probably won't be until 2015 or something (I may be exaggerating a bit) until I even think about purchasing the GeForce 8800 GT. By then, they'll probably have the latest and greatest GeForce 10088 GTX with 2 gigs of video VRAM or some damn thing. Has anyone else here ever experienced the outdated hardware blues like me?

 

[Cheomesh]

When I was younger, yeah.

 

[mchammer75040]

Ditto. My rig sucks hard, I cant even install hl2:ep2 cause I dont have enough space. Thats right, go ahead laugh. It is incredibly frustrating, but think of the brightside, how much did you pay for the early ps2 games released before you bought it in 2002? Not much at all right? So it works out. Honestly, I dont see how some people on these forums can have the financial resources to own every current gen game system. Or the desire to throw that much time away into it.

 

[Saturos]

When I was younger, yeah.

How old are you now? Just curious.:|

Ditto. My rig sucks hard, I cant even install hl2:ep2 cause I dont have enough space. Thats right, go ahead laugh. It is incredibly frustrating, but think of the brightside, how much did you pay for the early ps2 games released before you bought it in 2002? Not much at all right? So it works out. Honestly, I dont see how some people on these forums can have the financial resources to own every current gen game system. Or the desire to throw that much time away into it.

I won't laugh. I know how it feels to have inferior hardware. Also, I wonder myself how some posters here can afford some of these systems they have. Or if they're just lying altogether. Plus, it's a known fact that most of us are too busy to play games at all. I haven't even played anything for about two days now because I've been too busy slapping together a thesis for my finals. I guess some gamers are more casual than others too, or they simply have a life. (No offense Cheomesh if you really do have a mac daddy PC)

 

[Operational]

Well my current PC can't run BioShock, but that will change soon. My biggest problem is I don't really keep track of whats coming out so I miss a lot of games.

How old are you now? Just curious.:|

I'd say 19 :|

 

[Raziaar]

I've mooched off my brother for most of the stuff we both have. I feel bad about it though, but I know most of the time the games I get he wants as well, so its easier to convince him.

 

[Cheomesh]

How old are you now? Just curious.:|

19. Why?

 

[Kyorisu]

I was wondering, and it it would make me feel better knowing someone was in the same boat as me. When it comes to buying the latest games or hardware to run said games, I'm always behind a year or more due to budget restraints.;(

Then why the hell did you buy a SLI setup? One bigger card > Two smaller cards. Very simple thing here. SLI is only good for the top of the range hardware.

 

[jondy]

I won't laugh. I know how it feels to have inferior hardware. Also, I wonder myself how some posters here can afford some of these systems they have. Or if they're just lying altogether. Plus, it's a known fact that most of us are too busy to play games at all. I haven't even played anything for about two days now because I've been too busy slapping together a thesis for my finals. I guess some gamers are more casual than others too, or they simply have a life. (No offense Cheomesh if you really do have a mac daddy PC)

Yeah, I just threw together 45 quid to buy a 7900GT off a friend ... it sucks, but gaming's not one of my financial priorities. I'm much more likely to buy music/books/bike parts/lenses with spare cash, simply because I know as hobbies they're better for me than gaming ;(

 

[Saturos]

19. Why?

You said, "When I was younger", which lead me to assume that you are an aged and experienced enterprenuer of sorts that makes alot of money or something. However, if in fact you do own a top-of-the line PC at your age, there's no other way you could make enough money to blow on an expensive rig, so you must be a, "street enterprenuer" if you get my drift. (again, just speculation, take no offense).

Then why the hell did you buy a SLI setup? One bigger card > Two smaller cards. Very simple thing here. SLI is only good for the top of the range hardware.

I was wondering, and it it would make me feel better knowing someone was in the same boat as me. When it comes to buying the latest games or hardware to run said games, I'm always behind a year or more due to budget restraints.;(

If I could do it over again, I wouldn't have a SLI setup. Indeed, I would've probably had just one 7800 GT 512MB instead. But even when I built this system, I was tight for money, and 7800/7900's were around $500 U.S. bucks then.(they're around $300 dollars or less now, which I can't even afford.) I was just trying to squeeze every last dollar really.:| Besides, there is an advantage to owning a SLI setup over one card. By itself, the 7600 GS has only 16 pixel-pipelines. It does not double VRAM capacity. I know that already if that's what your getting at. What SLI DOES double is the amount of pixel-pipelines. I confirmed this myself not long ago as dxdiag registered as having 32 pixel-pipelines. There is a performance advantage there chief, even in mid-range systems.

 

[Jintor]

I needs moar Monies.

 

[Lucid]

I'm in the same boat.

I make plenty of money but it goes towards my apartment, internet, satellite tv, my car, food, and other necessities.

I only recently switched from an FX5200 with only 512mb of ram to a 7600GT with 2gb of ram, after having the 5200 for close to 4 1/2 years.

I just believe there's important things to be buying and investing in to than games, really.

 

[jondy]

I just believe there's important things to be buying and investing in than games, really.

Quoted for the Sad, Depressing Truth

 

[CyberPitz]

I purchased my computer early last year, with a decent processor *3600+* and a good video card *1800xt* and it cost me 700 - 800 bucks. That's including the case/psu/mobo/processor/ram/videocard. So really, that was an ok purchase. I could have knocked some things down, but I'm still able to play todays games, though not DX10ish....

 

[Asus]

It can be tough. Try to combine as much into 1 purchase. Like I'm probably going to skip upgrading for crysis right now. Instead I'll wait til the new round of cards come out. Hopefully they won't just play it at 30fps but smooth. I don't want to rest on a card that just gets by in FPS games.

And consoles would be a much better idea in your spot. 1 box, 3-10 years to play games before a new one comes out. Lot better than 6 months-2 years on the PC before you have to upgrade.

And SLI is never a good idea. Sure you get more pixel pipelines theoretically but programing the driver to use ALL of them from both cards is not 100%. And you have inferior memory bandwidth on each card which will hold back the rendering (pixel pipelines). On average a single 7900gt is faster (in games that see a speed up with SLI). Now what about games that don't really work with SLI?

 

[Dalamari]

All the PC games I want come out for the 360, so my 5 year old PC mainly just plays music, movies, and checks websites, that's all

 

[Cheomesh]

You said, "When I was younger", which lead me to assume that you are an aged and experienced enterprenuer of sorts that makes alot of money or something. However, if in fact you do own a top-of-the line PC at your age, there's no other way you could make enough money to blow on an expensive rig, so you must be a, "street enterprenuer" if you get my drift. (again, just speculation, take no offense).

It cost me a bit over 1,200. It has a E6700, 800GTX, 2GB of PC26400RAM, two CD/DVD drives, a fine case, and a good motherboard that supports DDR3 RAM. I kept my 300USD LCD screen from my last build. I got this money from a job I had.

Also, I have my other PC still. I could give you some parts cheap, if you want.

 

[mchammer75040]

How old are you now? Just curious.:|

I won't laugh. I know how it feels to have inferior hardware. Also, I wonder myself how some posters here can afford some of these systems they have. Or if they're just lying altogether. Plus, it's a known fact that most of us are too busy to play games at all. I haven't even played anything for about two days now because I've been too busy slapping together a thesis for my finals. I guess some gamers are more casual than others too, or they simply have a life. (No offense Cheomesh if you really do have a mac daddy PC)

I assume that most of the people arent lying cause they seem pretty mature. I myself dont have too much of a life, just work. blah.
P.s. I know noone cares but I finally cleared enough space to dl ep2! WOot! im farkin glad I didnt read any spoiler threads.lawl...

 

[Saturos]

It can be tough. Try to combine as much into 1 purchase. Like I'm probably going to skip upgrading for crysis right now. Instead I'll wait til the new round of cards come out. Hopefully they won't just play it at 30fps but smooth. I don't want to rest on a card that just gets by in FPS games.

That's a wise move. There's no reason to upgrade right now for just one game. It's best to just wait it out until better cards are released, or until the prices on the current ones go down quite a bit.

And consoles would be a much better idea in your spot. 1 box, 3-10 years to play games before a new one comes out. Lot better than 6 months-2 years on the PC before you have to upgrade.

Not really. Though the longevity of consoles are much longer, I really couldn't justify getting a $400 hundred console when I don't even have a PC for my classes (my old PIII system got fried by lightning). At the time, I was really hurting for money and getting a console meant the difference between dropping a class for a semester, which I couldn't afford to do either. I need my certification for officer candidate school someday, so therefore, I'm killing two birds with one stone by building a gaming PC over one, $400 console. I could've saved up for later, I know, but I'm not very patient.Plus, in a few months, I won't have time for games anymore anyways. It was best to make due with what I could afford. Besides, a good PC is what I always wanted, even if it is good for only a couple of years. It's a nice feeling.

And SLI is never a good idea. Sure you get more pixel pipelines theoretically but programing the driver to use ALL of them from both cards is not 100%. And you have inferior memory bandwidth on each card which will hold back the rendering (pixel pipelines). On average a single 7900gt is faster (in games that see a speed up with SLI). Now what about games that don't really work with SLI?

You got me here Asus. For $100 bucks more, I could've purchased a 512MB 7600 GT with a 256MB interface instead. To late now though. Oh, well. But even on maximum settings (except for shadow filtering and draw distance or course)Oblivion still runs much better than I originally anticipated. Overall, I'm still pleased with my setup.