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Poll: Do you worry about not being able to run a game?

WellzyCWellzyC Member UncommonPosts: 599
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I try to update my computer whenever possible, but it is extremely expensive. Thanks to bitcoin mining, a top of the line G-card is astronomical. 

Usually, to save some money, i'll buy last years model or get a generation behind. 

Whenever there is a gaming convention and all the hype goes crazy over this amazingly beautiful video game, the only thing that comes to my mind is...  "sigh, another game I can't run, or run with minimal settings on potato mode."

This is why graphics mean very little to me. For one, gameplay is king, and secondly, Uber graphics just means low frames and frustration.


What about you?

The way mmo's were: Community, Exploration, Character Development, Conquest.

The way mmo's are now : Cut-Scenes,Cut-Scenes, solo Questing, Cut-Scenes...


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  1. When you see game trailers for new games, do you worry about performance?74 votes
    1. I always worry if I am even able to run a new game.
        8.11%
    2. I always worry about performance, but not if I am able to run it.
        9.46%
    3. I sometimes worry about performance.
      25.68%
    4. I never worry about performance.
      50.00%
    5. I'm rich, I always have the latest and greatest.
        6.76%
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  • HarikenHariken Member EpicPosts: 2,680
    Need another choice. For me when i was younger i would upgrade my pc for games. Now that i'm over 40 if i can't run a game i don't care about it. 
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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    I usually wait to upgrade until something I want to play won't run without an upgrade.  It's expensive just to upgrade just to have the latest and greatest. 

    One thing I noticed is I'm getting bit-coin mining alerts which would probably put more demands on my system if they weren't being blocked.  Of course running anti-malware stuff probably adds just as much of a demand but keeps the big problems from getting through.
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  • MardukkMardukk Member RarePosts: 2,222
    Well, they don't really make MMO's anymore so I don't have to worry about updating my computer very often.
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  • WellzyCWellzyC Member UncommonPosts: 599
    Mardukk said:
    Well, they don't really make MMO's anymore so I don't have to worry about updating my computer very often.

    HA,  so true... and it hurts.
    Tsiya

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    The way mmo's are now : Cut-Scenes,Cut-Scenes, solo Questing, Cut-Scenes...


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  • ShaighShaigh Member EpicPosts: 2,150
    No problems with MMO but there are a few AAA games where I have to butcher some of the graphical effects.
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,939
    I'm not rich but I don't have to worry about upgrading my computer.

    As I mentioned in another thread, a friend of mine gave up pc gaming because he didn't want to constantly upgrade his machine. When he does play games he uses a console.

    My thought is if one wants to play a particular pc game then make sure you can play it. If you can't then it's not a "Right" to play games.


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  • MegoshMegosh Member CommonPosts: 3
    Every game now a days is designed for console. PC getting a straight port version. So if you don’t care about 4k 60+fps, then just build a PC that mimics current gen console and you’re good till next gen.
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  • jmcdermottukjmcdermottuk Member RarePosts: 1,571
    If I can run at 1080 and get over 40 fps on middle to high settings I'm happy, if not I'd probably upgrade something. That's most games, even new titles, covered. Something will eventually come along that will force me to upgrade something but that's PC gaming. It's the price you pay for being part of the PC Master Race.
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  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    edited June 2018
    I always worry that i will be forced to upgrade too often to keep up with new PC games because of how expensive it is to maintain a good PC.

    Also, PC gaming on the cheap is not an option as it makes zero sense to me to have a mediocre experience on a "cheap" PC that is still double the price of the console itself.

    I just play games i already own on PC and get new games on my console. Problem solved and I save a lot more money for actual games or other things. Plus I get the benefit of collecting the games i love on a shelf and the ones i like but have less importance on a digital library.

    EDIT: For the last few years I've only been buying PC games that i will play in coop/pvp with my real life friends that have PCs. Outside of that, i buy on console. I'll probably always have a gaming PC (or laptop) because i own a lot of games there but will probably never be my main gaming platform.

    Each to their own, of course.




  • Zeppel80Zeppel80 Member UncommonPosts: 74
    I game at 1440p with an older system and seldom worry. My GPU is getting pretty long in the tooth for graphically intensive games, but there are so many games that have modest system specs that I really have no problem. This isn't the '90s where you had to keep your GPU updated every year or so.
  • CryomatrixCryomatrix Member EpicPosts: 3,223
    If I'm addicted enough to a game to upgrade my computer for it, then it is worth it. But I've never had that happen so I haven't worried about it.

    But you see if I can't play a game on good graphics then I won't get addicted to it. Thus, I don't worry about it.

    Plus, I'm cheap when it comes to video games so I'm not used to the best graphics, so I don't know what I'm missing.

    But I'm screwed with cars. I have a top of the line car, and thus everything that isn't the car, is junk. In one year I went from having a 12 year old car to having imo the best car lol.
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  • WellspringWellspring Member EpicPosts: 1,464
    My computer is only a few years old, so I always just assume it will run the game -- just not at the highest settings. 
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  • GruntyGrunty Member EpicPosts: 8,657
    edited June 2018
    My budget determines whether I upgrade or not.  It determines when/whether I get a game or not.  I don't worry about or try to keep up with the Kardashians.
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  • MoiraeMoirae Member RarePosts: 3,318
    Most games are literally created to run on direct x 9 nowadays because the game developers want it to run on as many systems as possible so they can sell as many as possible. So for me to worry about running a game on my system is extremely rare. Though I did notice I had a big problem running subnautica on my laptop but not on my main rig which I really think is due to my laptop having not nearly as much ram and a much lesser graphics card. I have had issues running witcher 3 on my rig and found out the problems I have been experiencing with stuttering are actually somewhat common on pc and I attribute to a bad port. The game was designed for console and ported to pc by the game company. 
  • AnthurAnthur Member UncommonPosts: 961
    edited June 2018
    4 years old pc, never updated hardware, still can run all games I want to play. Sure, I can't run the new ones on ultra gfx anymore. But I don't really care much about gfx. Some games I had to wait a little till I could play them, but those were just badly optimized.
    Don't think I need an update this year but probably next year.

  • MadFrenchieMadFrenchie Member LegendaryPosts: 8,505
    edited June 2018
    Yea, an open world game like Witcher 3 benefits a lot from the SSD.
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  • alkarionlogalkarionlog Member EpicPosts: 3,584
    meh 4 years old pc run any game only update you would really need was a video card, I bough a 1060 geforce last yer and I can run anything
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,439
    Megosh said:
    Every game now a days is designed for console. PC getting a straight port version. So if you don’t care about 4k 60+fps, then just build a PC that mimics current gen console and you’re good till next gen.
    Welcome to the boards!
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  • alkarionlogalkarionlog Member EpicPosts: 3,584
    Moirae said:
    Most games are literally created to run on direct x 9 nowadays because the game developers want it to run on as many systems as possible so they can sell as many as possible. So for me to worry about running a game on my system is extremely rare. Though I did notice I had a big problem running subnautica on my laptop but not on my main rig which I really think is due to my laptop having not nearly as much ram and a much lesser graphics card. I have had issues running witcher 3 on my rig and found out the problems I have been experiencing with stuttering are actually somewhat common on pc and I attribute to a bad port. The game was designed for console and ported to pc by the game company. 
    actually no, witcher 3 run pretty nice even before I updated my video card, and I never even saw that problem you mentioned as a pc port problem
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  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,990
    No. I'm an adult and don't have financial problems. I have enough money to upgrade my computer any time I need to.

    Also upgrading computer has become rarer and rarer in recent years. I remember back when you had to buy a completely new PC every 2-3 years to be able to run games. Now I'm running 6 years old CPU + RAM + mobo and still don't need to upgrade.
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  • AlBQuirkyAlBQuirky Member EpicPosts: 7,432
    One of the benefits of being an unhappy curmudgeon is that I just don't buy many new games ;)

    Even so, rare is a game made specifically for top of the line PCs. Very few games today even take advantage of 4k video. Just ask people with their mini super computers how often games make use of their machines :)

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  • GruntyGrunty Member EpicPosts: 8,657
    AlBQuirky said:
    One of the benefits of being an unhappy curmudgeon is that I just don't buy many new games ;)

    Even so, rare is a game made specifically for top of the line PCs. Very few games today even take advantage of 4k video. Just ask people with their mini super computers how often games make use of their machines :)
    And then when the game does, they complain that the game is poorly optimized.
    AlBQuirky
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  • eddieg50eddieg50 Member UncommonPosts: 1,809
    Sovrath said:
    I'm not rich but I don't have to worry about upgrading my computer.

    As I mentioned in another thread, a friend of mine gave up pc gaming because he didn't want to constantly upgrade his machine. When he does play games he uses a console.

    My thought is if one wants to play a particular pc game then make sure you can play it. If you can't then it's not a "Right" to play games.


       LoL, Sovrath this is not health care, I do not think anyone is saying they should have a "right" to play games:)
  • eddieg50eddieg50 Member UncommonPosts: 1,809
    My computer is about average and I can play just about any game on high or even ultra. The only game that I need to run on medium is GTAV-even at medium game looks spectacular 
    AlBQuirky
  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    Well perhaps there is a silver lining to having very few quality games hit the market over the last several years.It means i don't need to upgrade because there is nothing i want to play that forces me to upgrade.

    One of the newer games i started playing and continue to play is Hearthstone, a very low end game so nothing powerful needed there.I was able to play FFXIV on my low end machine so that was a god send but i no longer play FFXIV anyhow.

    Thankfully there is so much in the world to enjoy i don't need to be some gaming junkie,i can enjoy an hour or two playing older games and don't feel the NEED to go out and buy a newer machine.
    Now if something amazing comes along that is game breaking,new and intriguing,then i might have to give it some serious consideration to upgrading.

    PS...Let me know when that next great game comes out,i would love to play it and love to have that problem of maybe needing an upgrade.
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