The writing is on the wall for my beloved Winona, as she is now struggling to run Total War: Shogun 2, a demanding but by no means unprecedented strategy title from last year. I’m sure she’ll be able to swing Portal 2 when I get around to it as well as any number of other titles; indie stuff like Bastion still glides along just fine.
It’s only a matter of time though, now. If your PC fails to run a current game at playable speeds even on lowest settings – any game not named Crysis – you’re going to need to start spending a lot more time looking at Tom’s Hardware in the near future.
I’m thinking my next PC will be named Vera.
Aside from the fact that I will never forgive you for stealing the name of my compy, I too as fast reaching the operational limits of my current build. Perhaps a last hurrah of spending and building before Marneus arrives…