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Daemonjax
01.13.2012 , 08:14 PM | #31
You're just shooting yourself if you buy anything from anywhere other than newegg or the likes. Avoid retail stores like the plague. Everyone who says "build your own" from parts is 100% correct.

If you can't do it, I bet you have a friend who can.

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CallMeCole
01.13.2012 , 08:22 PM | #32
Quote: Originally Posted by OnlyIrish View Post
I found a decently cheap GTX 550Ti, but I'm just a 16 year old kid who knows nothing about computers.. Would my comp be able to support it? If so, is that a good graphics card to look into?
Funny, i just purchased this card for about $170 on newegg. Good deal, and it runs pretty good.

I recommend that card, and a new CPU.

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gabrielhead
01.14.2012 , 06:02 AM | #33
Quote: Originally Posted by OnlyIrish View Post
Yeah I was gonna make a desktop, I like my laptop and it works fine, it just won't play this. -.- I wasn't going to go to any retail stores for a desktop, I was going to search for a local computer store and if not, I would just see if I could find stuff online.
Wait! is it a laptop? Cant buy a new anything for a laptop.

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hurja
01.14.2012 , 06:11 AM | #34
omg i'm so special my text is in different color!

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shazzyrm
01.14.2012 , 06:17 AM | #35
I was using motherboard onboard sound (HD audio device) and recently realised every time I crashed it seemed to be sound related. In places the game would start to chug after a while of questing. I replaced my onboard sound with a proper sound card (Asus Xonar DG that only cost me £20 and I no longer crash and I also do not get any fps loss anywhere. It's a simple thing to try at first to see if it helps. Just noticed you're using a laptop. You can get a usb sound card device for laptops for literally a couple of quid off of Ebay that might help to take the strain.

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OnlyIrish
01.14.2012 , 11:15 AM | #36
Quote: Originally Posted by gabrielhead View Post
Wait! is it a laptop? Cant buy a new anything for a laptop.
No no, the current computer I am playin on is a desktop because my laptop only has a single core and this requires a double core so it wouldn't work on my laptop.

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OnlyIrish
01.14.2012 , 11:16 AM | #37
Quote: Originally Posted by Daemonjax View Post
You're just shooting yourself if you buy anything from anywhere other than newegg or the likes. Avoid retail stores like the plague. Everyone who says "build your own" from parts is 100% correct.

If you can't do it, I bet you have a friend who can.
Yeah I found a lot of items on Newegg and Amazon that should do the trick if I do decide to build up from scratch.

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OnlyIrish
01.14.2012 , 11:17 AM | #38
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omg i'm so special my text is in different color!
Let's all grow up around here, eh?

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OnlyIrish
01.14.2012 , 11:19 AM | #39
Quote: Originally Posted by shazzyrm View Post
I was using motherboard onboard sound (HD audio device) and recently realised every time I crashed it seemed to be sound related. In places the game would start to chug after a while of questing. I replaced my onboard sound with a proper sound card (Asus Xonar DG that only cost me £20 and I no longer crash and I also do not get any fps loss anywhere. It's a simple thing to try at first to see if it helps. Just noticed you're using a laptop. You can get a usb sound card device for laptops for literally a couple of quid off of Ebay that might help to take the strain.
I'm not sure if it's my sound that is making me ose FPS, the sound is fine in the game. Just a slow experience for me. I think it is my graphis card like everybody else is saying because this thing is pretty old. I could try out a new sound card if it is that cheap, won't hurt I suppose.

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WaffleWarrior
01.14.2012 , 11:19 AM | #40
Don't bother only upgrading the video card because the processor and RAM are gonna bottleneck that **** hard. IMO get like 400-500 dollars and upgrade your motherboard, RAM, processor, and video card.
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