So for the past five years I've been eking out my gaming on an Acer Aspire 5740 laptop. 4GB RAM, i3 CPU, AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series graphics card.
Thanks to updated drivers and stuff Shogun 2 runs rather well now as long as I keep unit sizes down. Mount and Blade could run on a brick, and football manager and CK2 don't particularly have lag issues.
However, while I can play Rome 2 I'm getting fed up of having to play on the lower graphics levels and not particularly getting the smoothest of gameplay, so lord knows what Atilla would be like. The game Cities: Skylines is the latest game to really catch my eye but I suspect it would be a lag fest if I got it running at all, and I just know whatever the next TW will need a jump up.
So! With myself suddenly finding an income, it's time to start saving my way to gaming bliss that'll last comfortably for the next few years. The problem is- what to get?
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Been recommended an SSD rather than HDD
Seeing as I don't have to go to Uni every day now, it's time to switch back to desktops. They're also more cost effective and easy to tinker with
I've never built a computer myself before, but how hard can it be? Especially if I save a few quid.
Related- for a supposedly computer literate person I'm really not good with the technical specs and things, what's in date, what's a step down, etc, etc.
I think it'd be most cost effective to go a step or two above the "budget" gaming computers, as I won't need to replace it often. See Vimes' Boots Theory.
And I shall go Softly into the Night Taking my Dreams As will You
Thanks to updated drivers and stuff Shogun 2 runs rather well now as long as I keep unit sizes down. Mount and Blade could run on a brick, and football manager and CK2 don't particularly have lag issues.
So! With myself suddenly finding an income, it's time to start saving my way to gaming bliss that'll last comfortably for the next few years. The problem is- what to get?
Some additional info-
And I shall go Softly into the Night Taking my Dreams As will You