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lord of the mark
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FUKCOV - Former United Kingdom Colony of Virginia
Dec 2000
time: 00:30
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Browsing some websites like Gateway, it looks like the current "sweet spot" for new PC's is ones with 256meg RAM. While all I would definitely look for any new PC to be easily upgradeable, I would like to know if this works for current games.
Games i would want - EU2, The Sims, Medieval-Total War. Possibly - Civ3, Simcity4, RON, Combat Mission, HOI.
Current trends in RAM requirements? Likely trends in upcoming games (especially in these genres)?
Any thoughts?
Last edited by lord of the mark on 05-08-2003 at 19:42
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da_hal
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don't buy from dell. check out:
www.pricewatch.com.
compusa is a ripoff too, about 3X street price.
dell is so overpriced it's silly.
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lord of the mark
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FUKCOV - Former United Kingdom Colony of Virginia
Dec 2000
time: 00:30
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quote:
Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
256MB is OK right now ... but within a year will start to become obsolete really fast.
1gig is unnecessary at the moment considering the games you like to play, so I think you should go with 512MB. |
My buying style is generally not to but the latest games off the shelf, but to buy older games at discount, from bargain bins, used, etc. Now to some extent that was simply because i didnt really get into gaming at all till a couple of years after we bought our relatively low end computer. But I've come to like it anyway - A. I dont buy it till its been thoroughly reviewed and discussed here and elsewhere, so im not likely to but a lemon. B. The games i buy are completely patched. C. Theyre a lot cheaper. Im only now hitting the point where my 5 year old computer is seriously constraining my game purchases. (and even at that are several games im interested in that would run on my ancient machine) The games that are pushing me to new hardware are NOT current games - they're games from 1 or 2 years ago - mainly EU2 and The sims, and to a lesser extent Total war. So in a year im probably not going to be 2004 games - im going to be buying RON and Simcity4, when theyre discounted. So i could buy 256MB now, and then wait, and maybe go ahead in a year and upgrade to either 512MB or 1 gig, depending.
(of course if i wait another couple months to buy a pc, i may well find 512MB machines selling for much less)
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LotC
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Canada
Nov 2001
time: 21:30
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quote:
Originally posted by lord of the mark
And look for a better deal than Dell (will have to convince the queen of the mark if im going to get something that isnt a namebrand)
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Well, Dell isn't really a name brand. They actually only assemble parts into complete computers; in fact they manufacture absoulutely no parts of their own. The only thing Dell, Gateway, et al really sell is the service of gathering the parts and building the PC (usually in godawfully cramped and hard-to-take-apart cases).
As far as the quality of the parts, I think you would be unpleasantly surprised to see that a lot of them are lower grade. Pop open you case and check out the power rating on your power supply. Less than 300W? No name brand? Probably.
If you want good name brand RAM, i suggest Hyundai, Corsair, or Micron.
If you want a good next computer, I suggest getting all of the parts yourself and spending a few hours putting it all together. It's actually easier than it seems, and you will get to know your computer much better than if you buy a pre-packaged one from Dell. You will also save a hell of a lot of money (did I mention that the OEM manufacturers mark up their prices ridiculously?).
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LotC
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Canada
Nov 2001
time: 21:30
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Victor:
I don't think so. You know what I'd like to do? Have enough RAM (1.5 GB should be enough) to be able to load an entire game onto a software RAMdisk so that everything in the game is stored and accessed from memory instead of the hard drive.
Of course, you would lose the game when you powered off, but you could probably make an image of the game and mount it in the RAMdisk whenever you wanted to play. Now THAT would be fast.
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05-08-2003 19:27
, then you should be able to play all the games you want with that much, provided the computer itself is powerful enough. However, since RAM is so cheap nowadays it probably wouldn't hurt to get at least 512M.
But if you do have the finances lord, then you could try. But I doubt you'll need more than 512 MB for some time.
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