Need suggestions on WHEN to buy new gear.

**CivilWars** · 11-20-07, 12:41 PM

I have received many recommendations from several of you. As more and more better games come out I am reaizing that my little ol' laptop is not keeping up, so I am building a cheap gaming rig from the ground up. I have a fairly good idea on what i am getting, but wanted to see when I should buy.

I know things are ever-changing, but will prices on the things I need to build from scratch be going down before Christmas, after Christmas, maybe after the New Year, or should I just start now? I am still playing, so I am not in ZOMG I need a new system yesterday, but i also don't want to keep waiting forever thinking it will get cheaper soon. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Civil

**Mcstrange** · 11-20-07, 12:45 PM

You can always wait and things will be cheaper, but their isnt much of a reason to wait at the moment, there wont be any new releases of hardware from the major vendors till the spring, so prices well remain on a fairly stable yet slight price decline.

The only bit to really wait on would be if your interested in the 256mb version of the 8800GT, or to see if they release a refreshed 8800GTS with more ponies under the hood. But even that wait wouldnt be for more than a week or two.

**w4jchosen** · 11-20-07, 12:45 PM

Go see 'da man, give him a budget and I'm sure he can hook you up and you won't have to worry about a sale :9
http://www.texasteamplayers.com/index.php?topic=9921.0

**CivilWars** · 11-20-07, 12:48 PM

Thanks Mury, exactly the information I was seeking.

Chosen, I think I am going with an alienware, NOT!!!!! I have built a sytem or two in my day, and I have some elves that can help as well. If I didn't know how to do it myself I would be knocking on BD's door right now.

**w4jchosen** · 11-20-07, 12:52 PM

Just a thought. He's built some kicking systems and saved some people some big bucks in the process.

**gpchopstix** · 01-24-10, 02:00 PM

so i downloaded and installed some custom maps and i get all these weird texture problems (like the title says). i tried a lot of stuff i reinstalled steam and ldf2, and redownloading the maps. i cant think of anything else to do. here are my dxdiag info. and here is a screen shot of what it looks like... ive looked through ithe forums and from what i can tell mine is by far the worse ... so if anyone has an ideas im open to them =p

**imported_Iggy** · 01-24-10, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by gpchopstix

so i downloaded and installed some custom maps and i get all these weird texture problems (like the title says). i tried a lot of stuff i reinstalled steam and ldf2, and redownloading the maps. i cant think of anything else to do. here are my dxdiag info. and here is a screen shot of what it looks like... ive looked through ithe forums and from what i can tell mine is by far the worse ... so if anyone has an ideas im open to them =p

Is it happening on all the maps you downloaded, or just certain ones? And you say this is for L4D2, not L4D1?

**Dree** · 01-24-10, 06:42 PM

Have you downloaded Left 4 Dead 2 Add-on Support under the Tools tab in Steam?

Other than that, the only thing I could imagine is if the custom maps are missing files, or that they were not extracted to their proper locations.

**gpchopstix** · 01-24-10, 06:45 PM

its on all the maps that i have tried. and its on lfd2 i havent tried it on the first one. but it is only on the downloaded ones. i havent tried that i will try and get back to you

**gpchopstix** · 01-24-10, 07:01 PM

lol yeah so im not sure what happened but its working ... i downloaded the addon support but it said the game is unavailable but when i went into the map again it was working =p thanks for the help i think ^__^