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Investing in a New Computer
Squideey:
Here's the story. Every computer I've had until this one was a piece of stuff. This current one is pretty nice for a variety of things, but it runs on Mac OS. If you don't know, this OS is notorious for not being able to run awesome games that I want to play as well as a few other things. I eventually invested in VMware Fusion a couple years ago, but after a few months of using it, I found out it cannot run most Steam games as well as execute basic functions that I wanted to do in the first place. Now I've decided that I actually need to simply buy a computer that runs on Windows instead of chasing a tedious prospect I know is already impossible. I was going to look for a nice computer, and I knew that this community has a good understanding of graphics cards, memory, and whatever that stuff is supposed to mean.
tl;dr: All of my past computers can't do stuff. Help me find a one that can.
I need a good-quality computer that runs games with a nice framerate, especially the kind with lotsa cpu-eating graphics. Now, go out and fetch me what I desire, servants.
snot2:
hiatus is lies
Marcem:
Build one. If you want something you can afford, and runs things well, you will have to build it.
Squideey:
--- Quote from: Marcem on November 14, 2009, 10:11:42 PM ---Build one. If you want something you can afford, and runs things well, you will have to build it.
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What if you were an idiot who didn't know what RAM was until a few days ago.
Sirrus:
If you have the know-how or know someone that can, build it. I've never done it myself but I know that a lot of people have and have been immensely satisfied with the result.
Anyway, if you're not going for super intense graphical craziness (Crysis maxed at 1920×1200) and you're not building, I'd suggest an Inspiron 518 by Dell. It's a very nice computer, I've never had a problem with it and with a nicer graphics card than stock and a 2.2 dual core, 3 GB of RAM, I've not had a problem running many games (besides ones that like just came out) but if you invest in a kickass processor, then you can always come back and upgrade RAM and your GPU.