▲ 32 ▼ What’s that game that makes you stare at your PC or console and think, yeah… it’s time for an upgrade. Or the one that actually pushed you over the edge and made you do it? (piefed.social) submitted 10 months ago by cloudless@piefed.social to c/askgaming@piefed.social 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago (4 children) Dwarf Fortress permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 10 months ago (3 children) You actually want to downgrade for better performance in DF. It runs better on a single core CPU with a higher clock speed; like something pre-Core2Duo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) I upgraded for a higher clock speed and more RAM, but thus was also years ago before Tarn started outsourcing some of the work on multithreading. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh yeah the Steam version added multi-threading, huh? Most of my time has been on the legacy version. I keep forgetting I even have the Steam one! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 point 10 months ago I haven't even played the update, I just paid for it to support them more. I think the only game I've spent more money on at this point is Sims 3. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 10 months ago (3 children) You actually want to downgrade for better performance in DF. It runs better on a single core CPU with a higher clock speed; like something pre-Core2Duo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) I upgraded for a higher clock speed and more RAM, but thus was also years ago before Tarn started outsourcing some of the work on multithreading. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh yeah the Steam version added multi-threading, huh? Most of my time has been on the legacy version. I keep forgetting I even have the Steam one! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 point 10 months ago I haven't even played the update, I just paid for it to support them more. I think the only game I've spent more money on at this point is Sims 3. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) I upgraded for a higher clock speed and more RAM, but thus was also years ago before Tarn started outsourcing some of the work on multithreading. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh yeah the Steam version added multi-threading, huh? Most of my time has been on the legacy version. I keep forgetting I even have the Steam one! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 point 10 months ago I haven't even played the update, I just paid for it to support them more. I think the only game I've spent more money on at this point is Sims 3. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh yeah the Steam version added multi-threading, huh? Most of my time has been on the legacy version. I keep forgetting I even have the Steam one! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 point 10 months ago I haven't even played the update, I just paid for it to support them more. I think the only game I've spent more money on at this point is Sims 3. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 point 10 months ago I haven't even played the update, I just paid for it to support them more. I think the only game I've spent more money on at this point is Sims 3. permalink fedilink source parent