Since the minimum and recommended specs for Starfield have come out, I’ve been budgeting to do a big upgrade on my PC with an AMD 6800 xt and a fancy new 1 TB SSD (which is the first game I’ve ever seen that requires an SSD) just so I can run the game in all it’s space epicness.
What was the game that you were so excited for that you made the jump to upgrade your PC to the next gen of hardware? New or old!
God of War for single player games and Apex Legends for multiplayer.
I had never been a playstation guy but really wanted to play the new God of War and knew for a fact that my computer was not good enough. I used to be into Apex for a good couple years and could barely run it. Had to turn everything all the way down just to hid a semi decent FPS.
Now I don’t even play Apex but I’m glad I got to play God of War on the highest settings and enjoy the game to the fullest. Still one of my favorite games and I’m definitely gonna get Ragnarok when it comes out on PC
Do not buy parts for Starfield until it releases and reviewers report in.
I most recently upgraded due to no mans sky constantly struggling. But upgraded enough to get cyberpunk and path tracing. With it being out for iver 2 years when i upgraded, those hardware targets were known.
This machine should cover me for starfield though.Starfield is unknown.
Sekiro - This was January 2020 so the timing was perfect just before covid hit (in my country). Back then I just had the opportunity to build one so I didn’t think twice cuz I wanted a gaming pc since forever.
I had at the time so many games in mind for years and also in my backlog, so it was incredible to finally build one and play all of them during the lockdowns lmao
Me too, Sekiro and Elden Ring. Both great games
I assembled my current workstation with an RTX 3080 to coincide with Cyberpunk 2077 release.
Now I was lucky I bought it right before prices got gouged by scalpers, and to this day its considered a high end PC. 2 years with 0 issues and easy customization.
In hindsight that piece of trash scam of a game was a blessing in disguise.
For me, it was Cyberpunk 2077. I wanted to run around Night City with ultra graphics and raytracing. Too bad it launched in such a badly optimized state.
Control got me to build a new PC. I had an average laptop before, but sold the laptop and built a PC with a 3080 in it for the sweet raytracing. Managed to pick the 3080 up at RRP before all the Crypto boom started, so I was stoked! Still going very strong after almost 3 years.
While I just needed an upgrade in general ( Went from a 1060ti/i7 8gen to a 3070ti/i7 12gen), I was in the middle of God of War and the improvement was incredible. Didn’t realize how much better games could run. 😅
While I just needed an upgrade in general ( Went from a 1060ti/i7 8gen to a 3070ti/i7 12gen), I was in the middle of God of War and the improvement was incredible. Didn’t realize how much better games could run. 😅
Star Citizen. Later refunded as it is a hot mess.
For me, it was Cities:Skylines. My old PC couldnt play it (first game i wanted to play that it couldnt run), so i upgraded.
Now that Cities:Skylines2 is coming out in a few months, i anticipate needing to upgrade again lol.
I tend to build a new PC every time a new Diablo game drops
Dwarf Fortress
When the demo for RE4 Remake came out and it was just a total slideshow, I uninstalled it and began my journey. My i7 lasted well over 10 years, it got the full 10 gun salute
It was Battlefield 3! The moment I got in a helicopter with under 20fps I knew it was a need and not a want anymore. I had to get a gtx 480 and a new power supply to support it. Followed by a pci slot fan to help it out a little more
Skull and bones! Thought and set my own deadline to last autumn, but it still isnt out
