Hi guys! Sorry to hijack the thread, but i have a similar question. A couple of months ago, I got my dad into MWO, and hes lovin it, slowly but steadly crawling up to 1.0 kdr. Thing is, he has a crappy dsl (250 in a good da400 ping on sundays, I dont know how he manages to stand it) and an old rig. Hes looking to upgrade, doesnt care about eye candy, just wats to get out of 800x600 cause he can barely read loadouts on enemy mechs and his pc always freezes in the worst moments, getting him killed.
His rig:
Amd Athlon X2 @ 3.2 ghz
4 gb ddr2 @ 800mghz
Some crappy Asus M2n line mobo
8600gt 512mb
A generic horrible psu i gave him after his previous generic horrible psu melted.
1280 x 1024 5:4 samsung lcd
320 sata3 wd
A little side note: I have an P2 950be @ 4 ghz, 8gb 1333, amd 7850 2g and a 1360x768 lcd (60 t0 40 most of the time, 22 for lowewest on murderfests) and he loves playing mwo on it. So thats what helll settle for, more or less.
Yeah, i know.
We will upgrade whats necesary, but if its advisable, we will build a new rig
Now the tricky part: The budget 350-400. Might go up if you guys consider building a new rig.
Now the trickier part: Southamerica! Where dated hardware cost up to 40-60% more than in NA or Eu and we cant import stuff, so buying in Amazon, Newegg, etc its out of the picture.
I will love any feedback, and if its too offtopic, I´ll start a new topic, just point me where.Thanks a lot fellow pilots!