Mithril Ryder
Genstar Inc
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Posted - 2011.01.17 22:36:00 -
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 Originally by: Bhattran
Originally by: Callic Veratar
So, reading the full reaction here, what the players want is a game that will play on any system without noticeable lag, no matter the number of players in a system, that also looks good. If I were in your position, I'd consider myself lucky that I got 2 days notice that my computer still runs EVE until tomorrow.
There comes a point in time where supporting someone who won't upgrade isn't really worth it any more. Yes, you pay them $11-15/account/month, but the cost of supporting non-SSE2 systems will likely require several employees (who likely make $25-50/hour) to commit several weeks of effort.
In some things I would not side with CCP, but this one, definitely. Your subscription costs more than a "new" computer would.
No. Try again people aren't asking that EVE run on any system with all the graphics/sound/etc turned way up for a prime rig while fighting in a over packed reinforced system they are asking that the game that ran fine for them on Monday run fine on Tuesday when a software patch is added. Not a new game, not a new graphics engine a bit of code patching the game that forces certain perfectly fine systems from being able to run the game one day later.
I doubt the cost for support is the issue since CCP apparently didn't even know they were using software options to weed out certain systems. There is a case for that but this doesn't seem to be one of them and is much more about CCP not even knowing what they are doing when they change things. The other issue is hardware that worked no longer working due to the method something was coded.
Unless you constantly buy the latest games a PC can serve you well for many more than 2-3 years. How often do you need the latest version of MS office, or IE, there came a point many years ago when upgrading for many people simply doesn't make any sense. Only new and more intense programs make real use or need updated hardware, this is most true in Games and design software(graphics/engineering) as well as OS that are no longer supported, the latter being an excellent time to move on to something besides a MS product.
This isn't a case of 2-3 years, SSE2 was introduced TEN years ago (2001), and AMD finally implemented it about 2 years later (or eight years ago). Most computers literally stop working within a time period of the 6(to be overly generous)-10 years old the computers of the whiners are, due to failed capacitors, multiple surges/spikes/blackouts and abuse/neglect. Sorry but you got your moneys worth. You can replace motherboard, cpu (dual core i3), 4 gigs of memory (ddr3), moderate graphics card (GTS250 or ATI equiv) and a stable quality PSU for about 400 bucks. That system would last 3+ years and allow for easy CPU, memory and graphics upgrades. If you want to go cheaper with a Core2 duo (save 50-100 bucks about), you can but you might have more of an issue upgrading the cpu/ram later *shrug*.
Cpu speed (as in how much the cpu can "do", not clock speed) doubles about every 18 months, so a 7+ year old cpu is about 1/32nd the speed of modern cpus. I don't think a p3 could even run flash in real time. If you are really strapped for cash you can likely find someone junking a P4 box that will take your AGP graphics card and DDR ram.
You might find you enjoy certain "recent" tech developments such as USB2.0, SATA, decent built-in sound and ethernet and PCIE. You will find that you had no idea just how *slow* your machine was at doing everything, and how much of your life it was wasting.
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