I blame you all. Apparently I feel really funny not being able to play games at decently high specs....and finding out that I can't play stalker with AA in DX9 is killing me.
I realize that I don't have enough money to build a system that will play everything that I want to at high, but looking at possibly Vista and a HD4850, I think I may be able to swing what I want. with the intent of being able to play newer games with 2xAA and at medium to high settings, IS THAT a smart purchase?
I will probably buy Far Cry 2 and Crysis. Playing STALKER Clear Sky. I like outdoorsy games with trees.
1280X1024, 2xAA HIGHLY preferred
7200rpm 16 meg cache HD's
Gigabyte M55SLI Mobo AM2 only. No Quad core I believe
3gigs 800 RAM
X2 4600
X1950GT
barebones XP Pro install
I realize that I don't have enough money to build a system that will play everything that I want to at high, but looking at possibly Vista and a HD4850, I think I may be able to swing what I want. with the intent of being able to play newer games with 2xAA and at medium to high settings, IS THAT a smart purchase?
I will probably buy Far Cry 2 and Crysis. Playing STALKER Clear Sky. I like outdoorsy games with trees.
1280X1024, 2xAA HIGHLY preferred
7200rpm 16 meg cache HD's
Gigabyte M55SLI Mobo AM2 only. No Quad core I believe
3gigs 800 RAM
X2 4600
X1950GT
barebones XP Pro install