this game just riped me off

Ed2099

The sad thing is you can have the best pc on the planet and AoC can still run like crap because of it s poor coding and optimization. Being able to run Aoc is like rolling craps maybe your lucky maybe not. Some low end systems run it fine and some don't, and some high ends run it fine but some don't. 

Some people can run Crysis at max res with 50fps but  AoC stuters along at 15 fps on the same machine.

Tweej

AoC has a LOT of problems but for you to go spend a shed load of cash on a pc thats probably for multimedia purposes is not Funcoms fault for once... If your entering a race with a car you dont spend all your cash on a family saloon...

As for needing a $1500 graphics card shows your just ignorant. Spent a total of £75 on a overclocked 9600GT ad ran AoC no probs, so thats $150 i your cash... 10% of your angry claim... the price of those are going down fast since ATI released their new cards...

AoC is not to blame for you going out and making an ill informed purchase... stop thinking your a god cause the machine was expensive and bought with your job... were not all little kids here... I payed about £300 quid for my current machine but took my time to find out what was best for my needs and sourced them from cheap suppliers. I'm not saying your machie will be crap but its probably not designed to play top end games. My freind payed a shed load for a laptop last week and to be honest it couldnt run WoW well... its not what its made for.

 

AoC is however buggy, shallow and Funcom is terrible at customer service... However i enjoyed my 1 and a half months playing...

fluxen

Originally posted by Grozfox


well no its no alienware and I dont have direct access to anyplace that sells graphics cards. Inorder for me to find a new card I'd have to drive about 62 miles. pluss as of right now i dont have the money nor do I know what the hell works because the 450$ nVidea card i do have in my old pc I'm not sure it will work  anymore since its about 4 years old AND while this pc does have expansion slots I han't know if I can even get the dam thing to work.  I bought a pc that I could afford excuse me for not haveing the 8,000$ to buy the great pc's everyone seems to have now. But I feel its dumb as hell that I have to spend craploads of cash that I dont have to play one single game and besides I can't play WoW anymore because it wont run on windows vista.
oh and for that poster that said to get a xbox or ps3 i have a xbox I just enjoy playing mmorpg's on a pc a bit more than playing cookie cutter bs games. So go ahead rag on me all day I do give a rats ass anymore I'm tired about to pass out from lack of sleep so far today and am starting to dispise the gameing world. I guess I dont see how anyone could be dumb enuff to say "oh I need to spend more money more dammit" and not feel like they took a pipe up the rear port.
I expected fools to just throw some crap at me but yet good help is hard to find. anyway I'm too depressed and pissed to care about anything right now so unless you have something usefull to say don't say anything.

 

You don't need an alienware pc or an $8000 gaming rig, many posters have already explained that to you and a realistic cost of a graphics card and you don't even need a store many retailers have websites that will deliver the part.

Accept that you made a mistake by not checking your pc spec and learn from it, don't start calling posters dumb because they have the sense to ensure their pc is capable of running a game

pixeldogmeat

hahaha, I totally laugh at you. First you say you upgrade your PC, then you seperately say you buy AOC to try it out, now you blame AOC on the fact that you bought a new computer?

Seriously, take accountability for your actions, it's your fault you bought a crappy pc ( or parts ) it's your fault you can't get the game to install, and its YOUR fault you don't like the game, so shut yer yapper you wussy.

Ghist

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=26168&vpn=512-P2-N756-TR&manufacture=eVGA

$92 after rebate

Distopia

I think you guys are being a little harsh on the OP , Sure he made a PC newb mistake. His frustration is understandable however, I'd hate to spend money on crap like he did.

OP just check out newegg.com , You should be able to find a card for fairly cheap that would run AOC. No need for you to travel they'll ship it to you . You might also want to look into buying more ram(if under 2gigs) If you plan on using it for pc gaming . 80 bucks and your set in the ram department.

Punknaught

Yeah this has always been an issue with any game....if you dont do a bit of searching, nowadays there are so many different types and copies of hardware that you just have to be careful.

And it is kind of rolling the dice with AOC.  I have run it at 20-25fps with a few tweaks and rather low end scale. with a AMD 3000+  1.2 Ghz , 1 gig of ram and a 6600 nvidia with 512 ram.     Yes it sucks and technically doesnt even meet minimum specs for AOC, but i still  have played AOC on it.

 

 

Tyres100

Sorry OP but you failed as a consumer. Always do your research before you make a big purchase or a purchase that is big to your available income.

Retailers and other companies that sell products could care less if you bought something that isn't working for your needs. This is why we need to research things before making decisions because these people only care about one thing only and thats the $$$.