Metro 2033 supports DirectX11, as evident in eight new screens

Get one, you won't regret it until Crysis 2 comes out and you wish you had a better rig.

Crysis 2 should be much more runable since it's also going to be on consoles.

I wasn't really serious. I'm sure you won't have as many problems with lower end rigs since the engine itself will be much more efficient but to have those fancy ulta-high settings you might still have to drop a new card in.

A gaming PC costs $150. If built from scratch you can get away with a $350-$600 PC that will play most games and Medium to Max settings and that's usually more than adequate for most PC games when comparing them to the console version.

Seriously. Any modern PC just needs a graphics card upgrade, basically. Maybe a power supply upgrade. The rest like, memory and a CPU are non issues now. If you have a Dual core you'll do fine in 99% of the games. You just need an average card to get good performance. You could even spend $100 and still match the current gen consoles in most games.

I see that DX11 has great support for colorful games!

@Massmass

While you could theoretically buy a PC that will play some kind of game for $150, you're going to be paying a hell of a lot more than that to play stuff very well.

My $800 PC I built last year doesn't play the current BFBC2 beta as smoothly as my 360 does.

To get this level of graphics (and these may be bullshots for that matter, because if not they've probably trumped Crysis technically), you'll also at least need a high end DX11 graphics card. Not especially cheap!

@Kyammi

He's not saying the whole PC costs $150. He's saying that anyone who has a modern pc can drop a $150 card in it and be able to play modern games. He didn't word it especially well but I thought his point was still pretty clear.

Starcraft 2 makes me want to get a gaming PC too. Integrated graphics on my laptop just won't do.

@CaramelZappa

No no, his point wasn't clear at all. When someone says "A gaming PC costs $150." There is actually no other way to perceive that. Yes his wording was quite horrible and his point was nowhere clear.

On top of that, where in the world did he say anything about buying a $150 video card and throwing it in your PC?

Are you like one of those crazy people that can create things out of nothing??? O.o

@ Kyammi : where did you spend the 800 on? But yeah it's a beta so you should expect it to be not fully optimised yet.

So this is STALKER 2?

Its not technically Stalker 2. The stalker series follows a different storyline but a lot of the same people are responsible for this project as were responsible for the original stalker game and the 2nd title in the series.

This series follows a book titled 'Metro 2033' which is a Russian Novel and the sequal 'Metro 2034' is also being release chapter by chapter online. The interesting thing is that the book was originally released for free online and became such a hit they made a paper-copy. Digital first, then digital fans bought the real thing.

The storyline is basically its after a nuclear holocaust (think Fallout 3) except were going above ground is not feasible. You can use your special helmet with oxygen supply but you can only be above ground for 15 minutes at a time. There's not countdown for the 15-minutes on screen. Instead, you press a key to bring up your watch and it shows you how much time is left on your watch timer. However, while you have your watch up, your gun is lowered/at your side and your unable to shoot. So its a bit of a trade-off. You don't want to be caught off-guard checking your watch during a firefight or while a mutant sneaks up on you.

The economy is suppose to be based of bullets. You trade ammunition for bigger guns, food, clothing, whatever. So rather than trading 'money' or 'credits' the people who live underground in the 'Metro' tunnels of Russia post-nuclear apocalypse trade bullets are currency which kind of makes sense. He with the most bullets for his weapons is in some ways the most rich.

Yeah, no kidding.

mhmhmhmhmmhmhmhmhhmhhmhmhmhmhh

my balls just got happy!

i'm sooo glad im moving to dx11 before years end

It's the biggest market there, after all.

YOU'RE PERSIAN?!
(me too)
I thought so too, actually, the pictures/graphics are amazing though.

Haha, yeah, I'm Persian. I don't really look it, but I enjoy being able to use the name.

$1500... for an upgrade?

What are you upgrading, a solid gold Mac?

I like my upgrades to be substantial. Judging by the screens, if I want my game to run and look good, $1500 should do the trick, give or take a hundred or two.

If you're talking about USD, that's totally overkill. Cards like the 5850 are better to get than, say, the 5900 due to the fact that there will be 59XX cards out relatively soon which will make your epic investment a complete waste. It's better to go for the lower high end than the upper high end. Being an early adopted never, ever pays off with PC parts.

Even if you got the 5900 though and, say, a high end i7 processor, that's still not $1500. You could get an entire top of the line PC for $1500.

I'm thinking you're probably new to this?

Stop being so condescending. I need a new motherboard, a case, cooling, a PSU, and some RAM. That, plus a processor and new card would most definitely be around $1500.

Well you specifically said "upgrade my current rig" in your original post, which is why $1500 sounded so outrageous. You've just listed pretty much everything that goes into a compute though, that's not upgrading your current rig, that's building a whole new machine.

He basically needs a new computer sand the monitor and keyboard.

I'm still failing to see why it's that big of a deal. As far as I'm concerned, I'm still upgrading my computer. Same OS and HDD, just better performance and a different casing.

You know, if I keep the steering wheel from my old car, but put it in a new car, I am not upgrading my old car, I am buying a new car.

Keeping the HDD and putting it in a brand new computer is not an upgrade. Buying a new part or two is an upgrade.

Did you even pass elementary school english?

Ahahaha, my user name is based off the pronunciation of my name by some of my non Persian friends. My real name is Sina. :P

Don't worry, I'm the same, but I only upgrade every 5-7 years.
I can finally play crysis at 60fps. the future is 2007.

First of all, no need to be so hostile. This is why I don't like dealing with elitists, especially PC ones. Blowing a simple matter out of proportion, insulting intelligence, and posing a hilariously unrelated question at the end (seriously, I don't remember elementary school English telling me how to build computers) just for the sake of making yourself look like you know more about computers.

Second, and once again, I'm failing to see why this is exactly a big deal. So I said "upgrade", what's the big deal? I think it's an upgrade because when I turn it on, my desktop will look exactly the same, just perform better. I don't need some snobbish gamers to tell me how wrong I am and that I haven't passed course in school. Yes, I would essentially be getting a new computer, but god forbid I want to say upgrade!

If you're getting kicks from proving absolutely nothing, then I'm not stopping you. Picking on no-brain people can be fun at times, especially if they're jackasses and in your face about it. But if you're going to categorize me as those people, I'm going to say something. I said something that you would bed to oppose. I respect that. I DON'T respect you being an asshole about it. Bottom line: stop being so smug. We're talking about video games here. Video games. The insults are unnecessary.

Meant to say "beg to oppose". :P Multitasking at the moment.

keeping the HDD and OS?
Shouldn't be ANY more than $6-700 for a MIDHIGH end PC. Go to overclock.net for more info.

http://www.overclock.net/system.php?i=31493
Built that ENTIRE RIG, including monitor, for $900. And I can run everything(sans Crysis and GTA IV) at 1080p MAXED out. I KNOW you can do a rig atleast TWICE as fast for that much now, so your $1500 is PURE BS, unless everything needs to be ULTRA HIGH END and you two 1600p monitors

So everyone has to get on my case now? =/ My word, people, I was just commenting, not making some kind of statement. Calm down.

@Cheesus Crust

"Built that ENTIRE RIG, including monitor, for $900. And I can run everything(sans Crysis and GTA IV) at 1080p MAXED out. I KNOW you can do a rig atleast TWICE as fast for that much now, so your $1500 is PURE BS, unless everything needs to be ULTRA HIGH END and you two 1600p monitors"

That is a load of horse shit, unless you're talking about Crysis at 10FPS.

You quoted it, but you apparently didn't read it.

he said "sans Crysis and GTA IV"

Sans means without, or excluding. He can't play those two games maxed out, but he can play everything else.

Wait, now you're lashing out at people trying to help you save money?

So, not only do you act like we're all idiots for not accepting your completely wrong definition of "upgrade," but now you're bitching at people for trying to help?

Damn, you're the biggest little bitch on the internet I've seen for a while. Who were you calling condescending again...?

Damn, I've been trolled hard. =/ If not, then you, sir, are the silliest man I've ever talked to. Such a irrelevant comment ballooned into something that ultimately turned up nothing but your inability to show any sort of friendliness.

No, it's okay, continue acting childish. Anonymity ensures your safety, compromise is unnecessary. Keep pestering people over a definition of a single word and you'll get far. Guaranteed.

Mate, I was trying to help you out, and you lashed out and called me condescending and elitist. Of course I'm not going to be friendly from that point, since you're just an ignorant prick who thinks he knows it all except how little he knows.

Cool story, bro. Neither one of us is going to change the other's mind so stop bothering. I've said what I want, you can keep being an ass, but you're not going to get much out of it.

You know you've won an argument when the other side's only response is "please stop".

Go ahead, "win". I'm sick of arguing about a damn computer. I've had a shit day, I honestly can't believe I spent so long talking with some random internet jackass. Are we done now?

I'm not surprised you had a shitty day, when you can't grasp basic linguistic concepts and lash out at people who try to help you, it must be pretty hard to *not* have a shitty day.

4/5 only because I read everything he said in a Dr. Evil accent.

Haha, yeah I dunno why I picked Dr. D. It just felt right. Haven't seen the movies in ages, though.

My $600 dollar rig from 2 years ago runs RE5 at 57fps with Direct X10, so I think you're within the safe zone.

I don't what you're going to buy for all that dough, but my guess is that you're gonna end up with a really nice monitor =D

OMG N00B ARE YOU GETTING A DELL LOL 1500 IS TOO MUCH FOR A COMPUTER ITS NOT 2005 WTF

but seriously, you are over estimating the cost of a gaming computer these days, you wont be spending anywhere near $1500