Posted 11 August 2011 - 10:55 AM

Probass, on 11 August 2011 - 4:09 AM, said:

The first Portal foretold that Portal 2 would be too easy? lol

yes


corrected

Posted 12 August 2011 - 2:02 AM

How much fun would this be:-
http://www.youtube.com/v/lSE75HAgK7s

Fuck, I can't even get a youtube to show

Posted 12 August 2011 - 1:37 PM

Krisper, on 12 August 2011 - 4:02 AM, said:

Fuck, I can't even get a youtube to show

Posted 02 September 2011 - 12:17 AM

19 days for Gears of War 3

Posted 02 September 2011 - 2:34 AM

I just bought one of these:

I am now ready for Rage and Skyrim:

Posted 02 September 2011 - 4:37 AM

mx/, on 01 September 2011 - 5:17 PM, said:

19 days for Gears of War 3

Not planning on playing it that much. I just kind of suck at it, but Ill play the 4 player co-op!

Probass, on 01 September 2011 - 7:34 PM, said:

I just bought one of these:

I am now ready for Rage and Skyrim:

Good brand....and money well spent!

GDDR5.....Is that the current one for cards? I'm not a spechead anymore!

Posted 02 September 2011 - 8:36 PM

Probass, on 02 September 2011 - 4:34 AM, said:

I just bought one of these:

Nvidia hope this will never touch my PC - ATI FTW

inchemwetrust, on 02 September 2011 - 6:37 AM, said:

GDDR5.....Is that the current one for cards? I'm not a spechead anymore!

It's the current since, i don't know, 3 years or so for the mid-range and high-end cards. Smaller cards and onboard-chips are still using GDDR3.
Wondering why the industustrie just skipped GDDR4 and moved directly from 3 to 5.

Posted 02 September 2011 - 11:22 PM

Probass, on 02 September 2011 - 4:34 AM, said:

I just bought one of these:

I am now ready for Rage and Skyrim:

I have the exact same. Terrific GPU

EDIT : wait, no. I have the N570GTX TwinFrozr II. But I guess they're about the same

Posted 03 September 2011 - 12:58 AM

ThePumisher, on 02 September 2011 - 2:36 PM, said:

Nvidia hope this will never touch my PC - ATI FTW

Why such a bias against Nvidia? I've done a fair amount of research, and so far it seems that the GTX580 is the fastest card currently on the market - faster than any single-GPU ATI cards. Also, I have heard from many sources, both personal and online that ATI drivers suck, and you have to get community-made/modified drivers for it to work well. That seems a bit silly, that the community can make better drivers than the company making the product.

Ben_j, on 02 September 2011 - 5:22 PM, said:

I have the exact same. Terrific GPU

EDIT : wait, no. I have the N570GTX TwinFrozr II. But I guess they're about the same

Hah, wow, we must think alike! Didn't we get very similar components for the rest of our PCs? Anyways, my card is just a tad newer - it's not really faster, but it apparently runs cooler and/or less loudly. It's huge! I just installed it, and it's was extremely hard to fit in with all the cables - I can't imagine doing SLI! (Also, damn it took a long time to install the drivers! I thought it was frozen for a bit when it sat at 50% for 10ish minutes ).

Posted 03 September 2011 - 2:28 AM

Posted 03 September 2011 - 3:04 AM

Probass, on 03 September 2011 - 2:58 AM, said:

Why such a bias against Nvidia? I've done a fair amount of research, and so far it seems that the GTX580 is the fastest card currently on the market - faster than any single-GPU ATI cards. Also, I have heard from many sources, both personal and online that ATI drivers suck, and you have to get community-made/modified drivers for it to work well. That seems a bit silly, that the community can make better drivers than the company making the product.


Hah, wow, we must think alike! Didn't we get very similar components for the rest of our PCs? Anyways, my card is just a tad newer - it's not really faster, but it apparently runs cooler and/or less loudly. It's huge! I just installed it, and it's was extremely hard to fit in with all the cables - I can't imagine doing SLI! (Also, damn it took a long time to install the drivers! I thought it was frozen for a bit when it sat at 50% for 10ish minutes ).

I got an i7 2600k and the mobo is an MSI P67A-GD65.

As for nVidia/ATI, nVidia seems better for gaming to me. ATI is somewhat better for calculation. As for the 570GTX, I haven't had a game yet that didn't run smoothly with everything maxed out. Crysis 2 runs like a charm with the ultra hi res textures and all the parameters at ultra.

GTA IV runs perfectly with the maximum parameters, while I had been strugling to get it to run smoothly and not look ugly with my ATI HD5850

Posted 03 September 2011 - 5:31 PM

Posted 04 September 2011 - 11:10 AM

ATI do some great cards (I have one), but if money is no barrier then I would go with Nvidia everytime because of their physx engine.

I have been playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution



It's amazing! It is taking over my life though, and I am forgetting everything else like food and friends. I have banned myself from playing it, but it's the hardest thing i've ever done. If you love quality sci-fi then this is a must It's set in 2024 where the line between man and machine is blurred and it questions what it is to be human.

Posted 04 September 2011 - 11:56 PM

Ha, I've been playing the first Deus Ex obsessively for the last month. Great game, I'm still not that good at it, but I love the storyline and the gameplay's top notch (I am using the "kill everyone" method, no subtlety for me ).

Commercials for Human Revolution have been on TV constantly, looks fantastic, can't wait to play it.

Posted 05 September 2011 - 12:55 AM

iguanapunk, on 04 September 2011 - 5:10 AM, said:

ATI do some great cards (I have one), but if money is no barrier then I would go with Nvidia everytime because of their physx engine.

I have been playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution



It's amazing! It is taking over my life though, and I am forgetting everything else like food and friends. I have banned myself from playing it, but it's the hardest thing i've ever done. If you love quality sci-fi then this is a must It's set in 2024 where the line between man and machine is blurred and it questions what it is to be human.

Yes! I chose this as my game of choice, no -- game de vivre -- for the labour day weekend. It really is great! Where are you at? I think I'm nearing the end of the first Hengsha visit. I'm a hacking master, and I take out almost all enemies through non-lethal knockouts. Currently, I'm working towards getting the cloaking augments, as well silent leg ones.

Generally, this game reminds me Fallout with a less open world, less weapons, but superior graphics, story, acting, and perhaps, dare I say, gameplay. Glad I bought it

Posted 05 September 2011 - 5:35 PM

Posted 05 September 2011 - 5:37 PM

WhiteNoise, on 05 September 2011 - 12:56 AM, said:

Ha, I've been playing the first Deus Ex obsessively for the last month. Great game, I'm still not that good at it, but I love the storyline and the gameplay's top notch (I am using the "kill everyone" method, no subtlety for me ).

I tried playing that last year, but the pixels were too offensive and it was soooo hard that it wasn't enjoyable. Shame, because I know the story is supposed to be amazing, much like the story in Human Revolution.

It will be in my top 10 games of all time which I have never officially compiled.

Posted 07 September 2011 - 3:37 AM

iguanapunk, on 05 September 2011 - 11:35 AM, said:

I would say it is a cross between Splinter Cell: Conviction, Crysis and Fallout 3. I didn't understand hacking at first, so I just pressed random stuff and it worked, but that didn't last for long. It's tricky knowing what augment to upgrade but my favourite has to be being able to see heat signatures through walls. One aug I don't want is the enemy cone vision because that just takes the challenge out of the game. I mostly play stealthy, sneaking past and I don't bother with takedowns because they use too much energy and they're noisy! Also the spring loaded legs, and Icarus landing system are great time savers. I have all the cloaking upgrades but tbh I don't really use it, using cover is effective enough. Plus it means you will think a bit harder about how to get out of a situation. I don't know where I am now (plot point) which could be to do with the fact I played it drunk last night. The HARDEST mission is when

Spoiler

you go back to China and you get shot down.

so far, took me 1hr15 just to do that bit, but you can choose to walk away.

God, that part you mentioned in the spoilers upset me -- I don't usually feel bad if characters die, but that part actually got to me. And then, just when I was about over it, I went into that room in the harvester hideout/base, and there she was again
I must say that the conversations and character developement are really top-notch in Deus Ex.

Posted 07 September 2011 - 6:53 PM

Probass, on 07 September 2011 - 4:37 AM, said:

God, that part you mentioned in the spoilers upset me -- I don't usually feel bad if characters die, but that part actually got to me. And then, just when I was about over it, I went into that room in the harvester hideout/base, and there she was again
I must say that the conversations and character developement are really top-notch in Deus Ex.

Spoiler

You let her die?!

Posted 08 September 2011 - 12:19 AM

iguanapunk, on 07 September 2011 - 12:53 PM, said:

Spoiler

You let her die?!

Spoiler

Oh god... I did She died so quickly that I thought it had to happen (scripted). I would have gone back to try to save her if I thought she could survive -- I suppose I should have looked it up. Anyways, really upsetting stuff if she does die. It's pretty neat how some of the things that happen in this game don't even seem like choices.

I has a sad