Since the minimum and recommended specs for Starfield have come out, I’ve been budgeting to do a big upgrade on my PC with an AMD 6800 xt and a fancy new 1 TB SSD (which is the first game I’ve ever seen that requires an SSD) just so I can run the game in all it’s space epicness.

What was the game that you were so excited for that you made the jump to upgrade your PC to the next gen of hardware? New or old!

  • Innti
    1•2 years ago

    Cyberpunk 2077 at launch…at least I got myself an awesome computer!

  • @[email protected]English
    5•2 years ago

    Half Life Alyx convinced me to finally build a PC. Street Fighter 6’s minimum specs convinced me to upgrade.

  • regulatorg
    1•2 years ago

    During covid I got bored and upgraded my system, not for any particular game but justified it by mining crypto when I wasnt using my PC

  • BlxterEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    For me I originally built my PC 6-7 years ago because of Rainbow Six Siege and the leaning without ads and to be more competitive. Only upgrade I have done is the GPU and honestly should’ve waited but here we are.

  • @[email protected]English
    1•2 years ago

    iRacing has driven (heh) the vast majority of my PC upgrades over the past few years. Changing from monitors to an Oculus had me upgrading GPUs back in 2017, I got a 3080 two years ago which let me upgrade to a Reverb G2, then realized I was getting CPU-bound fps drops so I ended up with a 5800X, all in the interest of higher settings and more cars on track at once. Unless someone comes out with a worthy upgrade to the Reverb, I think I’m set for a bit.

  • Leyla :)English
    1•2 years ago

    My first PC ever was built because I really wanted to play modded Skyrim, Minecraft, and Metro 2033. i3 3225 and a 7750, later upgraded to a 2500k with a 7950. That machine was insanely badass. When the i5 and 7950 were overclocked, they outperformed my brother’s 4th gen i5 with a 970.

  • @[email protected]English
    1•2 years ago

    A few games have gotten me to do that over the years.

    Mass Effect: Legendary Edition was what finally convinced me to fit a 1TB SSD, and Control was what convinced me it was finally time to get a ray-tracing card.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•2 years ago

    It was Battlefield 3! The moment I got in a helicopter with under 20fps I knew it was a need and not a want anymore. I had to get a gtx 480 and a new power supply to support it. Followed by a pci slot fan to help it out a little more