Recent content by apull

well, if you consider they've been working on starcraft 2 for over 2.5 years, the 4850 would be futuristic tech, right? :-D let's see--buy and play 2 games on a $300 card = ~$190/game. buy and play 2 games on a $75 dollar card = $80/game. furthermore, my CPU is only a 7850 Kuma, meaning it's...

@RealityRush -- you entirely missed reading MY needs and jumped to what you'd be looking for. I'm not a hardcore gamer--I don't have the time nor patience for it. I'm married, I have a job, I'm a full-time grad student, and I'm doing a part-time internship this year. christmas break will be...

gah! i'm not too worried about dx-11 for a few reasons: 1) you still don't even need dx-10 for anything. 2) i'm not a huge gamer as it is, but will want something for christmas break this year 3) regardless of how long i save, i still can't justify spending money on cutting-edge stuff when...

Ok, so you very well may know that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for PC can now be pre-ordered (comes out tomorrow) and I'm dying to play. Unfortunately, my 8600GTS is below minimum system requirements (8800)! (I know, crazy!) So, I need to upgrade. They recommend a 4870 or 9800GT, but I...