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Gamers Drive High-End PC Market
TibbonZero writes "CNN reports that "Gamers drive souped-up PC market". They talk about the cost of high end computers, as well as their place in the PC Market. For some reason I thought it was playing solitaire that drove us to buy a Geforce 4 ti 4600..."
It's not just Id games. Check out The saga of CmdrTaco's quest to play Neverwinter Nights - he built the machine basically as a NWN kiosk, and had a lot of trouble doing it.
If you read the article, it's really more of a fluff piece about people who build custom souped up computers that have neon lights and look like battle ships. More of a fringe market, as opposed to the consumers and businesses that actually drive the high end computer market.
Kind of like the people eternally tinker with their cars, adding chrome trim to every possible part in an automobile. Interesting subculture, but not one that really has much of an impact on Toyota or Nissan.
- Aseh
require a 10Ghz system with a 600 gb array?? *grin*
Don't forget EverCra^H^H^HQuest. One of the more recent patches, which enabled a player-run marketplace (The Bazaar) caused said zone to be crawling with people.... which causes the graphical lag to be insane.
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300+ people in a zone that was probably designed for half that
** THIS JUST IN **
CNN has exclusive information about the availability of high-end surgical equipment and the medical institutions that seem to be driving the market!
Gee, people looking to push the envelope are, hmm, pushing the envelope?
I know every now and then someone comes out with a brilliant study stating what many of us believe is painfully obvious (poor eating habits aren't good for you?!), but it makes you wonder if those performing them are just looking to have data backing the assumptions or are lacking the spark of reason.
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If you READ the article, you'd realize it isn't really about the Mhz, the Megabytes and the Refresh rates. It's about the "Hot Rod" appeal. It's about the guys with clear cases, the guys with neon lights, and the guys with flames painted on the sides of their cases. All you would have to do is click the link and see right there in front of you a picture of a clear acrylic computer case. Logic would therefore lead me to believe that the average person tries to get their comment posted to /. before reading the article.
Anyhow, I enjoyed the article. While it wasn't anything new to me, it is a niche culture that has turned their computers into center peices and art. This is the generation that loves the I-Mac, and the same generation where the PC Counterparts want to have cool looking cases too. These are the people keeping Alienware and Thermaltake in business. And while a case fan might be essential, one that has brass grilles and neon lights are not. If you read the article, you'd comment on that, not Mhz and GBs.
How many of you guys are shouting RTFM to the non-geeks that bug you? Maybe we should be shouting RTFA!
NWN ran just fine on my computer w/ a 1GHz CPU and GeForce2 video card, until the motherboard took a hit from a screw and I couldn't boot the system any more.
Of course, just as the hardware gods cursed his chances of playing NWN by hitting him with just about every failure in the book, they cursed my quest to upgrade (rather than simply replace the dead motherboard) by deciding that a 300W power supply just isn't enough to run a P4-2GHz computer w/ a 64MB GeForce2 GTS, 2 hard drives, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, 3 fans, and SBLive w/ LiveDrive (480W did the job, when in doubt go overkill).
-PainKilleR-[CE]