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bouzane on 09 July 2012
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Slimebeast said:
bouzane said:
@Slimebeast

PC gaming isn't a constant hassle unless we've changed the definition of constant. I don't like solving problems and that's why I'm glad that I encounter issues while trying to get games running on my PC maybe 5% of the time (if that often).

Good for you.

Averaged over the 17 years I've been playing it's more than 50% of the time (although I have to admit that some of this has to do with pirated games).

I did notice a trend since around 2006 where Windows, drivers, patches and the games themselves started to become increasingly more stable. So I guess there is hope (I still play on XP and in the last two years I haven't installed any new PC game and I'm also not much on Steam, so I admit I'm not perfectly up to date with the stability issues).

I plan to buy a new rig soon and it would make me very happy to realize that stuff in fact has become much smoother since the last time I built and installed a PC and filled it with games.


Things have improved in recent years indeed. Many of the issues cited in this thread are no longer frequently encountered. I'm running Windows 7 on a system I built about 18 months ago and the only problem I had was Half-Life 2 ironically. Personally, pirated games have provided far more issues than purchased games hence why I don't pirate anymore. When was the last time you built a gaming rig?