#3261 ·
Jesse Brown90, I can't tell if you're just a hater or a troll, but there's really no need for the insults, the off-topic rambling, or bringing up conspiracy theories. I'm sure there's a subforum somewhere for the New World Order, but it doesn't belong under hardware discussions.
On topic: You can build a rig today for $500-$600 that would absolutely demolish any $4000 setup from your era, and that’s with a Solid State Drive included. It flies compared to anything from 5-10 years ago.
Nowadays, you can put together a budget build around a Radeon RX 460 for about $1000, which outperforms most of the junk sold back when your hardware was current. For $333, you're looking at much more serious stuff—like a Radeon RX 470—which will triple the performance on those old games, while both the Radeon RX 460 and Radeon RX 470 can handle pretty much any modern title.
Regarding APIs, DirectX 11 brought some decent optimization, and DirectX 12 / Vulkan are great for older hardware. Of course, your Core 2 Duo and the rest of that rig have been completely left in the dust by time.
P.S. If it were up to me, you'd be banned for the vulgarity and the insults. This isn't a place to dump your frustrations, at least not like this.
On topic: You can build a rig today for $500-$600 that would absolutely demolish any $4000 setup from your era, and that’s with a Solid State Drive included. It flies compared to anything from 5-10 years ago.
Nowadays, you can put together a budget build around a Radeon RX 460 for about $1000, which outperforms most of the junk sold back when your hardware was current. For $333, you're looking at much more serious stuff—like a Radeon RX 470—which will triple the performance on those old games, while both the Radeon RX 460 and Radeon RX 470 can handle pretty much any modern title.
Regarding APIs, DirectX 11 brought some decent optimization, and DirectX 12 / Vulkan are great for older hardware. Of course, your Core 2 Duo and the rest of that rig have been completely left in the dust by time.
P.S. If it were up to me, you'd be banned for the vulgarity and the insults. This isn't a place to dump your frustrations, at least not like this.
