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If you're smart.....
you should be planning to upgrade your computer to play AOC.
I am using this time to put some money away until near release to build a new rig. Although, the one I'm building will cost around $1,800, I feel some prices will drop in the next 6 months. So I'm hoping to spend no more than $1,300. Not a bad goal considering the time we have until AOC is released.
I bring this topic up to point out what happened with Vanguard (for some people). The game demanded a high-end rig. Some people that never really played MMOs before never understand that they have to keep thier computers current if they want to play these games that are coming out.
Don't expect to play games like VG or AOC with your dads old Commador 64. You can't. Sure, you can play every MMO out there just fine but most of them are far behind in technology of todays systems, and these newer games are designed to meet that technology. So what I'm saying is, if you have a Hasbro brand computer, don't blame the newer games for "sucking" because you are unable to play them. Just by watching the in-game videos of AOC you should be smart enough to understand this.
Stay tuned next week when we discuss why people start "Will this game be free" threads. A multi-million dollar game for free? Think about it.....
Oh btw, and if you're one of those people who have to ask if this game is free, then YOU are probably who this topic is addressed to.
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I highly doubt it will be playable on a MacBook. The only way I see it playable on a lappy, is if it's top of the notch gaming laptop.
Personally I'm about to buy new power, motherboard, CPU, memory and graphics card with maybe on new hard drive (as it's going to be the bottleneck without sata2. I'm aiming at 700-900 euros and it would well over double, almost triple, the power of my old rig with xp2600+, 1gig memory and radeon 9700. My new specs would look like 5000+ am2, 2 gig 800mhz memory, and either 1950 or 7900 series. I'm pretty confident that it will allow me to play the game I'm really waiting for, The Chronicles of Spellborn. And also this rig should give me the ability to try AoC with fairly decent settings, not highest of course.
For the OP I have to say that's pretty obvious you are going to need good specs to run the newest games. Although my opinion is that vanguard is not about pure power but bad optimization on many parts.
When you are making a new game with huge budgets. It would be only stupid to aim for hardware that is barely average.
Build your own man, saves you a TON of money. Plus you get what YOU want, not settle for a pre-made one.
In, a few months, that $3,000 Comp will be $1,500. You'll make it man, It's the same goal I'm shooting for.
I agree. But you'll be amazed by what we are going to hear from some people after release.
The game mechanics are going to require you to have a high-end rig to be competative. Lag will equal death.
So for those of you on dial-up, you're going to be fodder. Which will also be as important as your comp.
I'm just giving some helpful advise for those that are new to the MMO world (and maybe not-so-new).
My Conan ready computer arrives this week. I'm am prepared!
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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Hemingway
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I love AOC fanboys, you guys should preorder ASAP and go buy a new pc for $3k that won't even be able to run this freking game when it comes out.
Can't wait for the lagg.
BTW buying new pc is not always a good idea, just drop the cash that you have on ram and a top of the line video card from newegg. That should do the trick.
T.R.
LOL no man. Yes I'm upgrading to play AOC. It will still lag. But:
1. My Comp is so old, it cost as much to upgrade it as it would to build a new one.
2. It needs to be done anyways, it's 7 years old.
So for me, it's a good idea. And compatible(Intel) parts will be availible until 2012.
Build a new comp, for 2k. Upgrade it in 2012 for around 500-$600, last another few years. It works well for me.
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