I used to play a lot of computer games in middle school. I was that one girl in the pitch black gaming station with a hot pocket and a Diet Coke playing Age of Empires or WoW. But middle school was years ago. I was wondering what kind of expansion pieces gamers are adding to their computers today to get the most out of gaming.
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Dawn-
ReplyDeleteI was the weird girl in the corner playing Pokémon on my game boy in middle school, so I can relate to you and hope to answer your question.
In class, we have mentioned a couple times that people buy computers based on their graphics for gaming, or add on certain joysticks to help their performance. Certain hard drives will help computers store more complex games and perform faster than others. Gamers also buy monitors based on their graphics and how clear the images are. Serious gamers will spend hundreds of dollars on these to make sure their graphics are the clearest possible.
One site I found said that the CPU and game card both need to be great to optimize performance (Gamespot). Video game cards are obviously very important to gamers to make sure the frame has a good resolution. Something else I found was the wide variety of joysticks gamers are buying. One called the “fight stick” has tons of features such as vibrations, hand-adjustments to fit your hand size, and many different triggers (Saitek). Rudder pedals for racing games are also available. A pair of these runs for over $100 (Gameshark). Headsets are another fun gadget gamers are flocking to. Especially while playing games against other people online, headsets allow for communication with gamers all over the world.
Overall, gamers are adding everything from memory to joysticks to increase their gaming experience.
http://www.saitek.com/UK/prod/x52pro.htm
https://www.gamespot.com
http://www.gameshark.com