[oxcart]

I have a single core 3ghz P4, couple of gb of fast RAM. I've seen no reason to change it.

[Ian Coe]

Originally Posted by Saith

It depends. Software isn't programmed to utilize multicores yet because it's new technology. But if you have a dual core, one core can be handling Starcraft 2 while the other burns a DVD without slowing down either.

.....thats what I implied god damn you. The new windows works on a 64 bit frame work, hence utilising the 2 cores, but the quad have only been out 15 or so months so it'll be another year or so until quad core capable OS comes out.
Good refernce on SC2 though.


*throws pie at saith*

[Ian Coe]

Originally Posted by oxcart

I have a single core 3ghz P4, couple of gb of fast RAM. I've seen no reason to change it.

for most normal things its fine, but if you want to play games (and who doesn't), it won't cut it


Mines a single core from 5 years ago.

Its on its last legs bless it

[vince89]

Originally Posted by oxcart

I have a single core 3ghz P4, couple of gb of fast RAM. I've seen no reason to change it.

Yeh I have the same, I dont play games anymore so I dont even notice that my comp is 'old'. I'll probably have this for another few years, it does everything I need it to so unless it dies or I win the lottery I probably wont be buying a new one anytime soon.

[vince89]

I think the PC games industry has become a joke anyway. When I used to play PC games (about 8-9 years ago) I had a very average PC but I played any game I wanted, and I always bought the magazines and could run all the demos that came on the disks fine. Specs were never a big issue, nowadays an average PC you can probably run 40% of new games at low settings if that. Its ridiculous.

[Ian Coe]

Originally Posted by vince89

Yeh I have the same, I dont play games anymore so I dont even notice that my comp is 'old'. I'll probably have this for another few years, it does everything I need it to so unless it dies or I win the lottery I probably wont be buying a new one anytime soon.

Same

I wanted a rig for a multi media centre for my lounge. With the case (which was by itself £400) it was about £1300, then I wanted a 50 inch plasma.


Oh well, I'll just get the interest on th emoney I saved

[Ian Coe]

Originally Posted by vince89

I think the PC games industry has become a joke anyway. When I used to play PC games (about 8-9 years ago) I had a very average PC but I played any game I wanted, and I always bought the magazines and could run all the demos that came on the disks fine. Specs were never a big issue, nowadays an average PC you can probably run 40% of new games at low settings if that. Its ridiculous.

Its what happens when advancements come thick and fast

It will probably be at this pace for another 5-10 years or until game designers realise they miss out a huge chunk of the available market but making their games so advanced so quickly. But I doubt from a programmers pov that will ever happen. They always want to push the boundaries (like all good artists).

[Saith]

Originally Posted by Ian Coe

.....thats what I implied god damn you. The new windows works on a 64 bit frame work, hence utilising the 2 cores, but the quad have only been out 15 or so months so it'll be another year or so until quad core capable OS comes out.
Good refernce on SC2 though.


*throws pie at saith*

Woot!

*throws oral sech at Ian*

[Centaur]

Originally Posted by vince89

I think the PC games industry has become a joke anyway. When I used to play PC games (about 8-9 years ago) I had a very average PC but I played any game I wanted, and I always bought the magazines and could run all the demos that came on the disks fine. Specs were never a big issue, nowadays an average PC you can probably run 40% of new games at low settings if that. Its ridiculous.

Ya man, I hear ya. I dl'd the Demos for Bioshock and COD 4 and they wouldn't play. This computer isn't even a year old, and though it's not specifically set up for games, it should still fucking play em. Considering it's almost 3x the price of a PS3.

[Saith]

Originally Posted by Ian Coe

Its what happens when advancements come thick and fast

It will probably be at this pace for another 5-10 years or until game designers realise they miss out a huge chunk of the available market but making their games so advanced so quickly. But I doubt from a programmers pov that will ever happen. They always want to push the boundaries (like all good artists).

I think this is actually why the current generation of consoles is so successful.