hazzor wrote:really? EVE is really very friendly on the computer, i used to play EVE on full, even 16x anisotropic on an imac with a 256mb mobility graphics card, all the space is just a picture arced around into a sphere XD try it, you'd be surprised
When's the last time you've played it? The game has gone through two or three major graphic engine updates in the last 4-5 years. Now you need a processor supporting SSE2 (no AMD chips prior to 64-bit arch) and GPU capable of running VSL 3.0 (any DX10 or newer card should do this) and that was the last time I tried running it over a year ago. Granted, a computer meeting that spec is 4 years old. Some of us are still using 6-8 year old computers because, well, we're broke and has the tech really changed THAT much? (There's a lot of brand new AAA titles I can still run on my upgraded Athon XP w/ AGP graphics and 2GB RAM.)
edit: ok, maybe not all of us are broke, but maybe cheap or just don't see the point in an upgrade yet.
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