Posted: 2007-07-19 09:27
*cuddles his high settings*
I'm the proof that a good rig won't cure all your gaming ills. I've poured maybe three month's wages into my machine over the past two and a half to three years.
New monitor made an impact- everything's a little larger, which is good.
New graphics card just meant I could improve the quality of the gameplay, which was already smooth.
New CPU just meant I could run stuff in the background- antivirus etc- without having to load up task manager and close every last process running.
New mouse made a difference- made aiming *much* smoother.
New sound card and 5:1 speakers made a huge difference - makes finding snipers or avoiding nearby vehicles much easier if they've not been spotted. (I do a hammerhead shark impression, and crawl/run in a zig-zag and listen to the dopler as the noise shifts from left to right again to help me work out the exact angle.)
But on the whole, the fact that my PC is built of pieces that were state of the art in home PC terms around 2 years ago is pretty moot. I'm a good player (this past two weeks, it's been rare for me to finish outside the top 5 players on my team on any map) when I'm supported by a good team/squad, or when I'm in a good mood. I'm still more than capable of ending up on a 10:25 KDR when I'm having a shitty day, though.
I'm the proof that a good rig won't cure all your gaming ills. I've poured maybe three month's wages into my machine over the past two and a half to three years.
New monitor made an impact- everything's a little larger, which is good.
New graphics card just meant I could improve the quality of the gameplay, which was already smooth.
New CPU just meant I could run stuff in the background- antivirus etc- without having to load up task manager and close every last process running.
New mouse made a difference- made aiming *much* smoother.
New sound card and 5:1 speakers made a huge difference - makes finding snipers or avoiding nearby vehicles much easier if they've not been spotted. (I do a hammerhead shark impression, and crawl/run in a zig-zag and listen to the dopler as the noise shifts from left to right again to help me work out the exact angle.)
But on the whole, the fact that my PC is built of pieces that were state of the art in home PC terms around 2 years ago is pretty moot. I'm a good player (this past two weeks, it's been rare for me to finish outside the top 5 players on my team on any map) when I'm supported by a good team/squad, or when I'm in a good mood. I'm still more than capable of ending up on a 10:25 KDR when I'm having a shitty day, though.