ya, $500 can get a you a rig that is perfectly capable of running COH with some of the ulta options turned on.
jpub has the right idea, my own rig ended up at $1300 and CoH doesn't make it sweat (built with ME/Borderlands/fallout 3 in mind)
Tack on $300 for a nice monitor and you are set.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
jpub has the right idea, my own rig ended up at $1300 and CoH doesn't make it sweat (built with ME/Borderlands/fallout 3 in mind)
Tack on $300 for a nice monitor and you are set.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy