ValasXitan on 22/3/2007 at 07:40

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I have yet to play Thief: Deadly Shadows even though i own the game itself.

The reason why is because my computer refuses to run it with the current graphics card, and for this i curse the console and all its evil. This has been going on for around a year and i have gotten used to the box collecting dust on my computer desk

Heres what i really need a second opinion on: My computer is so old, one more refomatting will start the thing on fire, but it still continues to LIVE! I am hesitant to buy a new graphics card only because at any second the computer could short out, making my efforts all for naught, but i want to play the third thief game with a passion. Should i cross my fingers and buy a new graphics card, or ride it through and wait for my computer to die?

hexarith on 22/3/2007 at 12:50

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Just out of interest: How old is your computer, and what specs does it have. I have some really old boxes at home, still running fine:

Probably the oldest computer I own: The good old C64 in the original bread box design, complete with Datasette and 5021 diskette drive.

The next oldest computer I own, still working is a 80486DX2, 16MB RAM, 120MB HDD, Linux 2.4. Built 1994

Used as a router until last year, but still working is a Pentium1 100MHz, 64MB RAM, 1GB HDD, S3 Trio graphic, Linux 2.4 Built 1996

Pentium1 133MHz, 64MB RAM, 1.2 GB HDD, Linux 2.6, was used by my mother for financial stuff. Built 1997

Pentium2 400MHz, Dual CPU, 768MB RAM, 240GB HDD space, Linux 2.6, built 1998, was my primary machine for 8 years, now used by my mother. Still runs like on the very first day.



I'd get an old Radeon9800. I played DX:IW (which uses the very same engine like Thief3) on my Pentium2 machine with a Radeon9800. However you should turn down graphics settings to minimum, otherwise you're playing a slide show.

But with a 1GHz class computer you should be just fine.

yubetcha on 22/3/2007 at 16:59

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I second the new computer, even though it will be obsolete in a month :)
But seriously, to offset the cost, you could sell parts of the old one, perhaps on eBay. Someone is always looking for used parts. Not the hard drive, maybe. If it's as bad as you say, then I wouldn't sell it to an unsuspecting person. Give it away or keep it instead. But the other parts might be worth something to somebody. Memory isn't very cheap right now, for instance, and you could sell it, or do what I did... add it to your new computer along with its memory. (Last year, I bought a new computer, but I keep the old one for testing porpoises.... er.... purposes. )
:)
Anyway, I wouldn't just get a graphics card. The old computer will just nickel and dime you to death, and you will put more money into it than it is worth. I found that out. Better to get a new one, because of all of the new parts. And you could also add the old hard drive to it for added storage, until it dies.

Yandros on 22/3/2007 at 20:27

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Can't beat the C64, but I have an 80386/SX16, 640K RAM, 40MB HDD that runs Win3.1 and DOS5.5 (built 1991). Haven't booted it in a while but I imagine it still works. Ah, back in the day when Gateway still had "2000" in their name and used quality components...

Thief13x on 22/3/2007 at 21:59

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ah, finally a soul that feels my pain:(

stupid laptop...