Heh, I see what you're getting at, however, IIRC, The Sims was spec'd pretty highly when it first hit the streets. Besides, that's something of an "apples & oranges" analogy; FPS games are, by their very nature, power-hungry. Have you checked out some of the in-game footage from BF2? Then consider you've got that gorgeous environment to play in alongside up to 63 other real, live (well, some of them) human beings. If you want a near photo-real game environment, it requires serious processing horsepower, be that from CPU or GPU. Just stepping back to the original commment regarding early-adoption, I'm not one who does buy so-called "bleeding-edge" tech; I'm neither made of money (hell, that's how come I own what was then a decent quality CRT TV and not a plasma or LCD!) nor prepared to put up with the hassles of implementing and bedding in what is in many cases, essentially, unproven technology. On that score, PCI-E is /not/ "bleeding edge"; "leading edge", maybe, but not the former. It's a technology that has existed for five years or so and has now become the norm for new mainstream consumer systems not just exotic, high-end workstations and servers. Texture & Lighting technology (T&L) has come on in leaps and bounds in the last few years and the upshot of that is a need for bigger and faster RAM, busses and so on. 256MB has been quite common for two years or more with 512MB and 1GB devices are now starting to emerge. FWIW, I anticipate spending little more on a 256MB card than I did for my 128 12months ago, i.e. about £160. I'm still keen to get my TV to work better! -- | Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2003 R1150GSA -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12 |# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher. |That the scenery | It always gives the test first |Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward." ***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****
Heh, have to agree there, John. Mined ewe, I got as far as levelling-up my first character (Night Elf Rogue named "Assettag"...heh) when BF2 came out. I haven't touched WoW since and am being badgered constantly by my guild buddies to come back online. Have you seen "that" vid, yet? Mildly amusing if only for the cheese-factor. -- | Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2003 R1150GSA -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12 |# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher. |That the scenery | It always gives the test first |Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward." ***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****
