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Friday, June 24, 2011

Curse you, computers. You have bested me yet again.

Computers and technology in general are important aspects of our lives. In a modern hustle-and-bustle world, humans can't keep track of every important thing in our day. That's why we have technology: to provide us with all the information we need in a quick and simple-to-understand way.

Unfortunately, when we need our technology to work for us, but we don't have thousands of dollars to upgrade it, it fucks up everything with its needlessly complicated troubleshooting. I am the not-so-proud owner of a Dell Dimension 4600. Well, owner isn't the word I should use. I found it when I moved into my apartment a few years ago. That should have raised a red flag in my head. This computer was such a piece of shit, the original owner wouldn't even take it with him.

But I was naive. So naive. Anyway, the computer worked surprisingly well for its age. I'm pretty sure this thing is from 2003 and it still works like a charm. For the most part. But recently I downloaded Team Fortress 2 since it was now free and I was too cheap to buy it years ago like everyone else. Anyway, after five hours of anticipation the download was complete. I clicked the 'Launch game' button and...

My graphics card doesn't meet the minimum requirements. That means I have to spend $30 - $50 to play a game that I wasn't planning on buying in the first place. But now that I got the game I figure it would be a waste of time if I DIDN'T buy the graphics card. Fuck you, Dell. Now I have to spend $50 to get killed by veterans that bought the game three years ago.

17 comments:

  1. Sucks, bro. I use a computer from 2006. It's all I got, but it's good for what I use it for. =/

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  2. Graphics cards are the number one thing to check nowadays. Most comps have plenty of processing power for average use, and ram and HDs are cheap. Graphics cards make or break the comp, and even expensive computers will try and sneak integrated graphics in.

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  3. omg that must feel bad!
    i feel sorry for you,

    +follow

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  4. sucks, but probably worth it if you plan on playing any other games...

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  5. Why dont you get a job or so? I worken 7 weekdays to buy a new laptop worth 1000euro and now i can play every game on it..WoW with 60fps all the time with medium settings, Portal 2 without any lag..

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  6. I love TF2, I had it b4 it was free

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  7. at least your card will do for more games too

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  8. My laptop that I got in May of 2008 is pretty good, except for the graphics card that can't run a game I've been running on the old family computer since 2004...

    I feel your pain

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  9. i peed a little in my pants laughing at your closing line.

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  10. Haha gutted bro, I can sympathize my comp wouldnt run HAWX, which is a bit above TF2 but still gets you riled up

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  11. waitwaitwait... team fortress 2 is free now? omg..

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  12. You can upgrade with a few dollars. don't believe the hype.

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  13. That's sad. I use computer since 2001-2002 and it's changed my life.

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  14. I'm in the same position... ):

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  15. I'm with you I'm using s003xp. desperately need a new one

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  16. I need a new computer. Haha using an old 2006 piece of crap Dell. Haha

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