/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1401386
Hmm, at least Dark Souls II is coming up. Playing that at nice settings would be good I guess, although I'm fine with the PS3 version.

What specs are your new PC?

I've been mulling over doing pic related, but perhaps it's better I wait for Windows 9 at least and then get the new graphics cards etc that are out then. I know I can install an earlier version of Windows 7 but I'd prefer to see what comes out. Plus then I would have easily future proofed myself for the entire new gen.

Also, even if I get a new gaming PC, like you I know I won't give a shit about most of the stuff out. I do my 'PC gaming' on my laptop, which is the following specs:

Dell Studio 1555
2.4 Ghz DuoCore
512MB ATI HD Mobility Radeon
4 Gig RAM

I actually can't even complain because this thing runs everything fine to about 2006 at 60+ fps at decent settings (including games like Half Life 2, FEAR, Doom 3). It does all the emulation I want, too, and of course I can play the old classic FPS games and their source ports just fine - though with Blood I'm obviously stuck with shitty DOSBox. For multiplayer I have Quake Live and CS1.6 which have never been surpassed for me so there's nothing else I actually need. Feels satiated man.

I think I would like to make a Let's Play channel on youtube where I just do playthroughs of older games at top quality, but I guess that won't require the specs in the pic. Idk man, don't wanna waste money especially when I'm busy with work etc. It still is nice to have a beastly PC though man. It is of course the best gaming platform and having a top tier machine must feel good.