Revan Solo Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 I think it will be cheaper to sell your older PC to buy a new one instead of upgrading it every four year.
michaelforce Posted February 2, 2005 Author Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by Juggernaut1985 PCs are easy to keep up to date provided you are willing to spend in cycles. 1 year- Buy RAM 2 years- Buy Video Card 4 Years-Buy Motherboard That's a workable solution. Thanks for the info.
Revan Solo Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 And the box? In the future the boxes will change and some parts wouldn't fit into a old box.
michaelforce Posted February 2, 2005 Author Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by lukeiamyourdad Laptops aren't made for gaming anyway. They can, but they're big workstations. It's their main purpose. Upgrading a laptop is possible. You just have to find the right parts but it usually means going back to the manufacturer of your laptop, ordering pieces,etc. A bigger headache then it needs to be. I'd buy a laptop if I needed a mobile workstation(if you travel a lot and your job requires you to use one). You've right, and I get to try to find parts from Compaq! Not gonna do it. I do travel a lot so it makes sense to buy one. This time I will spend $2000 on a laptop instead of $1200. You do get what you pay for!
lukeiamyourdad Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by Revan Solo I think it will be cheaper to sell your older PC to buy a new one instead of upgrading it every four year. If you upgrade it every four years, yes, it might be easier for you but not cheaper. Some parts are still good and functionnal after 4 years(CD player, network adapter, some smaller device) so no, you'll save more by upgrading. The box is not important as there has been a standardization(sp?) of what can go in there. Pieces are built so it can fit the average box. So no, boxes don't need to change, parts will normally fit just as well. However, some new generation motherboards are also made for a specific type of box. Those need a change but I don't think we will see any major upgrade from that part.
Revan Solo Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by lukeiamyourdad If you upgrade it every four years, yes, it might be easier for you but not cheaper. Some parts are still good and functionnal after 4 years(CD player, network adapter, some smaller device) so no, you'll save more by upgrading. The box is not important as there has been a standardization(sp?) of what can go in there. Pieces are built so it can fit the average box. So no, boxes don't need to change, parts will normally fit just as well. However, some new generation motherboards are also made for a specific type of box. Those need a change but I don't think we will see any major upgrade from that part. When you have a box of 1996 or something like that you have some parts which doesn't fits with current parts.
lukeiamyourdad Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 Dude that's almost 10 years ago... I don't know what you mean by "part" that fits. Perhaps you're referring to the motherboard or something because I know it fits in. My old 1998 box can fit today's parts without problems. A vertical tower should make everything fit in nicely.
Revan Solo Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 Originally posted by lukeiamyourdad Dude that's almost 10 years ago... I don't know what you mean by "part" that fits. Perhaps you're referring to the motherboard or something because I know it fits in. My old 1998 box can fit today's parts without problems. A vertical tower should make everything fit in nicely. I don't know how it is called in English but there are some parts that doesn't fit, how often must I repeat it?
lukeiamyourdad Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 Which part? I can read clearly, thanks. You're talking about vertical towers right? You do know what I'm talking about? If yes, then you'd know that any part "fits". Why? Motherboards have been the same for them for quite a while so the boxes they made 8 years ago are still useable. I think you simply don't know what you're talking about.
Heavyarms Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 luke, I think he's talking in context of both PC-Laptop and PC-PC parts, I think.
lukeiamyourdad Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 Well that would be a very weird comparison since a laptop and a PC's parts are different.
Revan Solo Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 Forget the parts, it is not so important! And I know what I am talking about. I only do not know the English words. An example is: "zusätzlicher Arbeitsspeicher" (Liebe ist alles)
lukeiamyourdad Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 Yeah well you could write it in german. I'm not fluent in german but I know quite a bit and anyway, I'm sure there's another forumite here who could easily translate it.
Revan Solo Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 I looked for a English translation and I think it is called "active store". Is that right?
Jan Gaarni Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 I think he means RAM. Random Access Memory.
lukeiamyourdad Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 Yeah but RAM always fitted in and the incompatibilities are because of the mobo, not the box itself.
Jan Gaarni Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Not always. You do have different types of slots for RAM too.
lukeiamyourdad Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 That's what I said. Imcompatibilities with the mobo, not the box.
Revan Solo Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Okay, you won! I will give up but I thought that it has to do with the box when you cannot take that RAM.
lukeiamyourdad Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Well, a mobo is not welded to the box. It's a part you can change.
jokemaster Posted February 6, 2005 Posted February 6, 2005 Probably never, they'd either have to really dumb down the PC version to port it, which would end in a mediocre to horrible port, dumb down BOTH versions, whcich would end in a bad game, or have to remake the game entirely for xbox. So I just don't see that happening.
Revan Solo Posted February 6, 2005 Posted February 6, 2005 I guess, the problem of a X-Box version would be to controle all your units or build houses on your gamepad.
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