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!

  • trankillity@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • Salad_Fries@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • erabus07@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Nier Automata made me do my first upgrade since I got my PC back around 2010. I was very excited to play it, loaded it, and slugged below 10 fps in the opening scene of the game. I was incredibly sad, but undeterred in playing what became one of my favorite games of all time. Got a 1070, came home, and forgot about power usage. So I had to go out again and get a new power supply. Then it became smooth sailing. Nowadays I’m looking to upgrade my whole PC since my I7 is probably slower than today’s i3 maybe ( I know it’s worse than an i5 now) but no game has given me issue right now (except D4 making my computer into an airplane.)

  • Blxter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    For me I originally built my PC 6-7 years ago because of Rainbow Six Siege and the leaning without ads and to be more competitive. Only upgrade I have done is the GPU and honestly should’ve waited but here we are.

  • BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Even though the game was already a decade old at the time, Skyrim. I realized that mods could bring it up to modern game graphics and gameplay, then built a gaming PC to support that. And in a few months, it’ll be used for Starfield.

  • frost_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Just wanted to mention that I’ve had the 6800XT for a little while now, and I am very happy with it. Runs the majority of games great at 1440p/144FPS, and I’ve never had any issues with temperatures or drivers. I will mention, however, that the 6800Xt is a big, big SOB and barely fit in my case, so make sure you measure your case a bunch.

  • Molecular0079@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • Chev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    My old system was already 10 years old. When Hogwarts Legacy came out, I was able to set a goal for my future system. Being able to play the game on ultra settings on a 1440p Monitor with 144 FPS.

    My old PC was able to reach about 33 FPS on the lowest Settings possible. Next week I should have the last part for my new PC. 🤩

  • Thnikkaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    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

  • Chev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    My old system was already 10 years old. When Hogwarts Legacy came out, I was able to set a goal for my future system. Being able to play the game on ultra settings on a 1440p Monitor with 144 FPS.

    My old PC was able to reach about 33 FPS on the lowest Settings possible. Next week I should have the last part for my new PC.