IMO you shouldn't spend more than 100e on the video card as the processor will be the bottleneck anyways. And there is no use of replacing only the processor, it would be CPU+motherboard+memory+video card.
It's good that you will fix the issues before releasing the patch (I would have done the same). I won't be able to test tonight, but have fun, you who will be testing!
I suppose Y won't need test patches as I imagine it will be basically a graphics overhaul with some physical changes. At least, I hope so, as those are just the kind of things I wouldn't want test patches to spoil
Good job again Scawen with the coding, I'm waiting impatiently for this again
(Although there still isn't a sound when you drive over the kerbs )
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