Re: New Gamer pissed off already

lakeqi@xxxxxxxxx looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer
to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>First of all I don't know much about computers. I bought a new computer
>figuring that I could play new games on it. I spent 800 for the tower
>and a monitor I didnt need, only to find out that I need to buy a video
>card just to play call of duty united offensive,not to mention COD2. Is
>this common for new computers in this price range or did I get screwed(
>I'm assuming the latter)
>Why the hell would I go out and buy a 20O dollar video card when Call
>of Duty The Big Red One is not available for PC's and I'm assuming that
>other new games will follow suit. Wouldnt it be more cost effective to
>even buy an old consloe than to shell out for a card? Why would a
>computer company sell a new computer that won't even play an old game
>like United Offensive, piece of crap.And why would Activision sell COD
>in a package with united offensive when a computer that will play one
>won;t play the other. Maybe it makes sense to gamers but to the average
>guy who doesn't have a clue and wants to start playing its just shitty
>service in my opinion.Does activision have a deal with the card makers?

It's very simple, you got exactly what you paid for.

Think first, research second, buy third.

You jumped right to buy and got something that won't do what you want.

You screwed yourself.

As to why a computer company would sell a computer that won't play
games, that's simple, because MOST computers aren't used for playing
games, they're used for business applications, word processing, e-mail
and web browsing- none of which need a gaming quality video card.

You've just done the equivalent of going out and buying a small, weak
engined car to tow a 3 ton trailer, when what you need is a big,
powerful truck.

There's plenty of reasons why the car company sells a small weak engined
cars (fuel efficiency), but it was never meant to tow a 3 ton trailer,
that's what the sell big, powerful trucks for.

Xocyll
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