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Posted - 2011.01.17 19:48:00 -
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 Originally by: Lork Niffle
Many new games require half decent system's to run them adequately, that should of been news enough to get not necessarily a new system, but an up to date one.
While I don't disagree with you I feel the need to point out a couple things. There are more than a few gamers out there that use their systems to play older games like Diablo II, World of Warcraft, (until tomorrow) EVE, and newer but relatively low-requirement games such as Fiesta. Likewise there are more than a few people who just can't give up their older PC and keep it limping along with such measures as plugging in an HD4650 AGP graphics card.
As I said, I don't disagree. If a software developer decides to change something in their program(s) that renders older hardware unable to run it that's their prerogative and the end-user needs to adapt by either updating their hardware or no longer using the software in question.
I'm just playing devil's advocate and pointing out that there are people out there, minority that they may be, who don't need to update their machines until/unless someone makes an apparently arbitrary change such as this to their code. Of course this issue is somewhat compounded by the fact that it's a change to third party software and not something CCP has any direct in-house control over.
Originally by: Lork Niffle
A new cheap CPU+Motherboard combo shouldn't be more than ú100 and that will support even more than just SSE2, like SSE3,SSE4 and multitasking performance boosts as well.
You forgot the RAM, and possibly a new video card as well, and likely a new PSU as well. The gap between an Athlon XP-based system and one build around a Phenom II system is so large that there are very few components that can be carried over and building/buying a completely new system is almost required.
That said, a new cheap motherboard/CPU combo can actually be purchased for under $100. Heck, you could get a motherboard, Athlon II dual-core CPU, and 4gb DDR2 for $153, $11 cheaper than the ú100 you suggest. 
I personally wouldn't want to try to game with that sort of system, but it has a GeForce 6100 IGP and an IDE port so as long as the individual's PSU supported a 24 pin ATX power connector they could update their system to play EVE for under a hair under ú94, based on NewEgg's pricing for continental US shipping which, for the items involved, warrants no S&M fees.
Personally, I'm just somewhat sad that I'll no longer be able to play EVE on my old PC. Granted I haven't used it for much over the last 1.5 years since I replaced it, but now I won't even have the option of showing off EVE to my roommates on the 32" TV in the living room once I install it as the media/movie center. 
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