Proabably over posted topic... ability to run the game.

[tymora]

the game is so hard to run because the coding for much of the game was done badly so it takes more for your computer to run it then it should

Whether or not the coding is done badly is really anyone's guess. "Code rot" does occur in every piece of software on this planet. I would say that a good number of people who make this claim, has never ever programmed before. Take this with a lot of salt.

System requirements is somewhat heavy, true...

The game offloads everything it could to the GPU - 100% GPU usage is good, assuming all that 100% is put towards useful work. People view this as an OMFG for no good reason. Put it this way, if your GPU isn't 100% utilized, then whats not used is wasted.

The game is rather overzealous at controlling memory usage system-side. This can use some improvements to better make use of available resources.

Game is still DX9-based, so DX10, DX11 cards are not fully utilized for some features.

I do plan on upgrading my computer either way

Put it on a SSD and get a Geforce 470 or later card (ATI equivalent...etc). Turn off Ambient Occlusion, Depth of Field and Windows Aero to reduce the GPU workload if you wish. Every other setting can be maxed out pretty much.

RAM > 2Gb is useless to this game at the moment, so get extra RAM only for multi-tasking and stuff.