New Computer or Upgrade Current One?
Basically, I want to be able to play the up-coming Sam & Max at the highest quality possible. As fallout from this goal, a lot of the games I play more heavily will also get a graphical upgrade, like Spore and The Sims 3.
However, thanks to some help both on this site and offline in the real world, it appears that very few graphic cards out there will fit in my system. The ones that do will pretty much drain my power supply to null. I'm still looking, though not very hopeful about it.
This leaves me with the option of buying a dedicated gaming laptop (as desktop space has become a rare commodity in my current living situation). I have my own criteria for this should I go down this path that I'm saving for the sales reps I'll ultimately have to deal with.
But which would be better for me? The cheaper route of trying to upgrade my video card or the more expensive, long term investment in a high-end gaming laptop?
I'm just bouncing opinions. I plan on making up my mind come April after S&M:TDP 301 is available.
However, thanks to some help both on this site and offline in the real world, it appears that very few graphic cards out there will fit in my system. The ones that do will pretty much drain my power supply to null. I'm still looking, though not very hopeful about it.
This leaves me with the option of buying a dedicated gaming laptop (as desktop space has become a rare commodity in my current living situation). I have my own criteria for this should I go down this path that I'm saving for the sales reps I'll ultimately have to deal with.
But which would be better for me? The cheaper route of trying to upgrade my video card or the more expensive, long term investment in a high-end gaming laptop?
I'm just bouncing opinions. I plan on making up my mind come April after S&M:TDP 301 is available.
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Well a new laptop'll be a great start and feel super-duper, but when the time comes that it's ageing a bit you'll really have no option but to buy another new system. ideally you wanna buy a new desktop PC, but as you say space isn't in abundance...dunno, six to one half a dozen the other. It's a pickle to be sure
I can't play the demo any higher than 3. I watched the full quality video walkthrus on YouTube, and loved the new lighting system and camera they used in TMI. I want that beauty...
That, and the fallout will allow me to play Spore and The Sims at higher qualities than what I've been running at currently. And if you think Spore looks cartoony from the trailers? You haven't seen how cartoony the game looks on my system.
I was ponting out that if you wanted to upgrade your laptop, you wouldn't have to go for a full-blown gaming PC, as TTG's games don't really push existing hardware to the limits.. I should have made that clearer!
Though if TTG doesn't push hardware that much, they certainly are finding ways to make their games look so much more aesthetically pleasing. It must have come from the lighting package they used in ToMI.
Don't get me wrong, they are still technically impressive, but nowhere near as graphically intesive as, say, crysis. And they don't need to be. What would their be too gain?