- Jun 26, 2013
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Ok everyone, so I have this friend who believes that his once powerful 7 year old workstation is still mighty enough to play modern and next-gen games, such as Battlefield 4. I kept telling him that he's out of luck because of: 1. Workstations are not really meant to play games.
2. IT'S FREAKING 7 YEARS OLD!
His PC has Windows XP 32-bit and I tried to run an older game, GTA 4. And let me tell you, I got a max of 20 frames with everything turned down at 800x600 resolution. And GTA 4 was only released one year after he bought his workstation.
However, he started blaming that his operation system was too "old" and that GTA 4 (and modern games) would run fine if he had upgraded to Windows 8.
Even more, guess what? His GPU only has 256 Mb and is not DirectX 11 supported!
I really need you to help me convince him to give up. Btw, here's his system specs:
GPU: nVidia Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI (256Mb)
CPU (x2 dual core CPUs): Intel Xeon 5140 @ 2.2 Ghz (4Mb L4 cache and
Ram: 12 Gb
Thats all I know. Oh and also, he doesn't believe that the GPU is that important in gaming, which is another problem. Thanks in advance.
2. IT'S FREAKING 7 YEARS OLD!
His PC has Windows XP 32-bit and I tried to run an older game, GTA 4. And let me tell you, I got a max of 20 frames with everything turned down at 800x600 resolution. And GTA 4 was only released one year after he bought his workstation.
However, he started blaming that his operation system was too "old" and that GTA 4 (and modern games) would run fine if he had upgraded to Windows 8.
Even more, guess what? His GPU only has 256 Mb and is not DirectX 11 supported!
I really need you to help me convince him to give up. Btw, here's his system specs:
GPU: nVidia Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI (256Mb)
CPU (x2 dual core CPUs): Intel Xeon 5140 @ 2.2 Ghz (4Mb L4 cache and
Ram: 12 Gb
Thats all I know. Oh and also, he doesn't believe that the GPU is that important in gaming, which is another problem. Thanks in advance.
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