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<blockquote data-quote="Sexton Hardcastle" data-source="post: 98663" data-attributes="member: 2896"><p>Your current integrated card may be able to run TPA. I don't really know, but you're probably better off buying a new video card. People are free to disagree with me, and say I'm wrong (and they could be correct) but I would think that at most, all you need to do is buy a discrete video card in the $50-$75 range, and you're set. Not necessarily for top-end visuals, but you would absolutely be playing.</p><p></p><p>Consoles are a bit simpler and (particularly later on in its life cycle) offer a low entry price, but they make it up on games and hardware which are far more expensive. The old "I don't have the money to spend or the time/patience to configure a computer" is so much more so a thing of the past. The nice thing about PC gaming is that you don't need to drop 2 or 3 grand anymore, or upgrade every year, particularly if you build the PC yourself. As soon as you go the route of Best Buy, or (sorry) Dell, you've spent a lot of extra money for equipment which won't do the job as well. They cheap out on stuff like bargain bin RAM and power supplies, which can have an impact on possible future upgrades.</p><p></p><p>And the nice thing, if you were to build a new one? You already have a mouse, keyboard, hard drive, monitor, memory. Couple that with purchasing items on sale, and you might be surprised how cheaply you can get a new PC built.</p><p></p><p>But... That's all a side point. As it is, all you would really need to is upgrade your video card, and you could be playing TPA on Steam as opposed to waiting for the Xbox situation to work itself out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sexton Hardcastle, post: 98663, member: 2896"] Your current integrated card may be able to run TPA. I don't really know, but you're probably better off buying a new video card. People are free to disagree with me, and say I'm wrong (and they could be correct) but I would think that at most, all you need to do is buy a discrete video card in the $50-$75 range, and you're set. Not necessarily for top-end visuals, but you would absolutely be playing. Consoles are a bit simpler and (particularly later on in its life cycle) offer a low entry price, but they make it up on games and hardware which are far more expensive. The old "I don't have the money to spend or the time/patience to configure a computer" is so much more so a thing of the past. The nice thing about PC gaming is that you don't need to drop 2 or 3 grand anymore, or upgrade every year, particularly if you build the PC yourself. As soon as you go the route of Best Buy, or (sorry) Dell, you've spent a lot of extra money for equipment which won't do the job as well. They cheap out on stuff like bargain bin RAM and power supplies, which can have an impact on possible future upgrades. And the nice thing, if you were to build a new one? You already have a mouse, keyboard, hard drive, monitor, memory. Couple that with purchasing items on sale, and you might be surprised how cheaply you can get a new PC built. But... That's all a side point. As it is, all you would really need to is upgrade your video card, and you could be playing TPA on Steam as opposed to waiting for the Xbox situation to work itself out. [/QUOTE]
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