I see your point but I bought a machine for 600.00 a
few months ago and it runs EQ fine.
It is only a 1.2 Celeron with 300 and change RAM with
a 64 mb video card. I can play EQ and a First person
shooter with no hesitation at all.
Granted the bazaar gets a little laggy but everything
else is great.
Yes, an UBHA machine would be great but you can do
with much less.
Hope this helps
Rob
--- "mlockridge01 <
MLockridge01@...>"
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MLockridge01@...> wrote:
> I very much enjoy PC gaming. I also like to play on
> consoles. I find
> the style of game play is quite different in each
> medium.
>
> Ultimately the consoles prove the easiest and least
> expensive to buy
> and upgrade. Generally a console and two games,
> maybe a few more
> items, can be had for $300.
>
> It is hard to put a decent pc together for gaming
> for under $1000.
> About double that will net a decent machine with
> upgrade potential,
> but without the need to upgrade for some time.
>
> The upper end of pc gaming runs around $8000.
>
> Obviously, more people can buy in for $300 than for
> the $1000 plus.
>
> Part of me wants to be a pc hotrodder, and build an
> ubermachine. Big,
> bad, and hot. With adequate cooling, as well. That
> part of me does
> not have access to the purse. Sadly, real life
> expenses have first
> claim on my wallet.
>
> So, I am watching the trends, and encouraging myself
> to adopt the
> philosophy that I am a gamer, and the platform is
> less important than
> the experience. It is within the scope of
> possibility, and probably
> in the path of great profitability for the makers,
> that console
> online multiplayer games will be of such game
> quality in the future
> that holding onto the pc platform will be only an
> option, and not a
> necessity.
>
> Alternately, I can see online game manufacturers
> selling systems to
> insure their audience is there. Wouldn't that be
> grand? Order the
> game and the system all for one monthly payment.
> Upgrade components
> will be shipped when software demands require it.
> Your system will
> always be current.
>
> What will the future hold? I don't know, but I am
> sure I cannot be
> shelling out several thousand dollars every other
> year. The cost has
> to be brought in line with the spending capacity of
> a large audience,
> or else the hobby will suffer decline.
>
> Barto Proudfoot
>
>
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