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Pyat - now in technicolour
Dec. 27th, 2008 09:38 pmI bought a graphics card today. My computer is about 3 years old, but it is relatively beefy still, and was sufficient to run any new computer game... save for the fact that it had "integrated video memory." Which is to say, no video card of any kind. This was not a terrible problem, because we tend to play older games, and the integrated memory was enough, most of the time.
I only noticed it when playing Second Life. While other people had this crazy graphically intense wonderland of customization, I was navigating at about 0.3 frames per second, and could not see obstacles more than 6 inches in front of my face. I'd walk into invisible walls and fall off cliffs. I'd teleport to a new place, go to bed, and come back to find that about 1/3 of the room had been loaded.
Now, I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
I also noticed the lack of card when playing Neverwinter Nights 2, which ran like a crippled duck. Naturally, though, I can now no longer find my copy of the game to try it again. I can find Full Throttle, for crying out loud, and a host of other games that have been collecting dust since the late 90s, but not the one I bought earlier this year. Sigh.
Oh, and I also hit the FLGS's Boxing Day sale and picked up the new Elric of Melnibone RPG for $14.95, a Werewolf GM screen (you never know!) and the latest edition of Champions for $9.95.
I only noticed it when playing Second Life. While other people had this crazy graphically intense wonderland of customization, I was navigating at about 0.3 frames per second, and could not see obstacles more than 6 inches in front of my face. I'd walk into invisible walls and fall off cliffs. I'd teleport to a new place, go to bed, and come back to find that about 1/3 of the room had been loaded.
Now, I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
I also noticed the lack of card when playing Neverwinter Nights 2, which ran like a crippled duck. Naturally, though, I can now no longer find my copy of the game to try it again. I can find Full Throttle, for crying out loud, and a host of other games that have been collecting dust since the late 90s, but not the one I bought earlier this year. Sigh.
Oh, and I also hit the FLGS's Boxing Day sale and picked up the new Elric of Melnibone RPG for $14.95, a Werewolf GM screen (you never know!) and the latest edition of Champions for $9.95.
