Official PC Gamers Topic V3

[Brown Sugar]

I wasn't watching the chat and i ragequit after getting raped by a tank 3 or 4 times

[Tommy-Vercetti19]

Man, my GTX460 is pretty. But i've run into a problem. I'm running out of space on my HDD.

 

I'll post up pics and vids soon.

 

OTBelow: Hows the i5 going?

Edited December 26, 2010 by Tommy-Vercetti19

[OverTheBelow]

i5 is great, man. BFBC2 and GTA4 are like different games completely smooth.

[Tommy-Vercetti19]

Good sh*t man. I installed IV but i had like 2MB of space left on my HDD so i had to uninstall. Found a 500GB HDD for €40 so i'll get that ASAP.

 

4 posts to 5'000!

[Brown Sugar]

Good sh*t man. I installed IV but i had like 2MB of space left on my HDD so i had to uninstall. Found a 500GB HDD for €40 so i'll get that ASAP.

 

4 posts to 5'000!

I know a good site based near where i live, i got a 1TB external hard drive for £60 but i think they reduced the price just before christmas, it has worked well for me so far, I can tell my computer is a little bit faster

ukdvdr

 

[OverTheBelow]

 

Good sh*t man. I installed IV but i had like 2MB of space left on my HDD so i had to uninstall. Found a 500GB HDD for €40 so i'll get that ASAP.

 

4 posts to 5'000!

I know a good site based near where i live, i got a 1TB external hard drive for £60 but i think they reduced the price just before christmas, it has worked well for me so far, I can tell my computer is a little bit faster

ukdvdr

Get this spinpoint F3. Very fast harddrive at an extremely good price. £43 for 1TB.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002MQC0P8/ref=...ASIN=B002MQC0P8

 

review~

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2...3-1tb-review/10

[Tommy-Vercetti19]

Good sh*t man. I installed IV but i had like 2MB of space left on my HDD so i had to uninstall. Found a 500GB HDD for €40 so i'll get that ASAP.

 

4 posts to 5'000!

I know a good site based near where i live, i got a 1TB external hard drive for £60 but i think they reduced the price just before christmas, it has worked well for me so far, I can tell my computer is a little bit faster

ukdvdr

Get this spinpoint F3. Very fast harddrive at an extremely good price. £43 for 1TB.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002MQC0P8/ref=...ASIN=B002MQC0P8

 

review~

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2...3-1tb-review/10

That looks nice man, thanks Below + Kuruma! Just have to get one of those prepaid cards for amazon and i'm all set!

 

[OverTheBelow]

So I became sick of the aliasing present in Borderlands and decided to try a rather new AMD-only feature. The morphological AA feature makes me proud to be the owner of a 5000 card. Why force antialiasing that does a worse job with more performance hit when you can have better results on some games (notably borderlands)?

 

Borderlands (note the framerates)

Normal [no built in AA] / 8x MSAA / MLAA

 

 

The only problem is it makes some games slightly blurred.. but luckily nowhere near as bad as PS3's quincunx AA.

[Brown Sugar]

Man, my GTX460 is pretty. But i've run into a problem. I'm running out of space on my HDD.

 

I'll post up pics and vids soon.

 

OTBelow: Hows the i5 going?

So has the gtx460 improved the performance of games, does gta IV run smoother now.

 

I'm getting really inpatient with steam now, it keeps pausing my download so it's taking twice as long.

[mkey82]

I'm getting really inpatient with steam now, it keeps pausing my download so it's taking twice as long.

PC gaming is dead, so it's kind of strange their servers are overloaded. And yeah, it can be a bitch sometimes.

[Tommy-Vercetti19]

Man, my GTX460 is pretty. But i've run into a problem. I'm running out of space on my HDD.

 

I'll post up pics and vids soon.

 

OTBelow: Hows the i5 going? 

So has the gtx460 improved the performance of games, does gta IV run smoother now.

 

I'm getting really inpatient with steam now, it keeps pausing my download so it's taking twice as long.

Very, i used to have to play Metro 2033 on lowest settings at a low resolution, now i'm playing it on full settings (DX9) on 1440 x 900 (native resolution)

 

Haven't got around to trying IV because when i installed it i only had 2MB of HDD space left. Everything else though has been full settings with 60+ FPS, Apart from Mafia 2 which stays the same around 45 and dips to 20 FPS. Have tons of pics to upload though.

[OverTheBelow]

Man, my GTX460 is pretty. But i've run into a problem. I'm running out of space on my HDD.

 

I'll post up pics and vids soon.

 

OTBelow: Hows the i5 going? 

So has the gtx460 improved the performance of games, does gta IV run smoother now.

 

I'm getting really inpatient with steam now, it keeps pausing my download so it's taking twice as long.

Very, i used to have to play Metro 2033 on lowest settings at a low resolution, now i'm playing it on full settings (DX9) on 1440 x 900 (native resolution)

 

Haven't got around to trying IV because when i installed it i only had 2MB of HDD space left. Everything else though has been full settings with 60+ FPS, Apart from Mafia 2 which stays the same around 45 and dips to 20 FPS. Have tons of pics to upload though.

Turn Physx to low and Antialiasing off. Mafia 2 uses some really sh*tty AA that doesn't really do anything to improve the jaggies because it's masked by that icky blur.

[oldage]

ugh I need BC2 no one interested?

 

still got a HIB2 code for it

[mkey82]

For me personally BC2 is a tad too expensive.

[OverTheBelow]

It was only £6 on one day last week during the sale.

[oldage]

It was only £6 on one day last week during the sale.

and $6, which is like €5 instead of €13,59 I only have €10,67 left in my wallet.

[d0mm2k8]

I just bought BioShock 2, Killing Floor and Crysis off of Steam. The prices were just too tempting.

 

Need... more... HDD... space...

[ptiko]

I just bought the crysis pack and doom pack. Hopefully me and my mates are going co-op doom

 

I dont think Im far off hitting 300GB worth of games

[Brown Sugar]

I'll probably get batman arkham asylum and crysis tomorrow, I've been saying i'd get batman AA for ages but new deals kept coming up in the sales

[oldage]

got BC2 gifted, and bhought myself amnesia and crysis...my bandwidth hates me.

[dog_day_sunrise]

 

Man, my GTX460 is pretty. But i've run into a problem. I'm running out of space on my HDD.

 

I'll post up pics and vids soon.

 

OTBelow: Hows the i5 going? 

So has the gtx460 improved the performance of games, does gta IV run smoother now.

 

I'm getting really inpatient with steam now, it keeps pausing my download so it's taking twice as long.

Very, i used to have to play Metro 2033 on lowest settings at a low resolution, now i'm playing it on full settings (DX9) on 1440 x 900 (native resolution)

 

I'm currently running it on ultra high at 1920x1080 on a GTX460 and, well, it's struggling. Could probably do with another gig or so of VRAM but 2033 is a proper power hungry beast- probably the most system intensive game on the market at the mo.

[Tommy-Vercetti19]

Man, my GTX460 is pretty. But i've run into a problem. I'm running out of space on my HDD.

 

I'll post up pics and vids soon.

 

OTBelow: Hows the i5 going? 

So has the gtx460 improved the performance of games, does gta IV run smoother now.

 

I'm getting really inpatient with steam now, it keeps pausing my download so it's taking twice as long.

Very, i used to have to play Metro 2033 on lowest settings at a low resolution, now i'm playing it on full settings (DX9) on 1440 x 900 (native resolution)

 

I'm currently running it on ultra high at 1920x1080 on a GTX460 and, well, it's struggling. Could probably do with another gig or so of VRAM but 2033 is a proper power hungry beast- probably the most system intensive game on the market at the mo.

Definitely. Maybe it's because i play at 1440 x 900? Have you tried overclocking yours? In MSI Afterburner you can get up to a stable 845Mhz Clock.

[FullMetal]

got BC2 gifted, and bhought myself amnesia and crysis...my bandwidth hates me.

You shoulda bought BC2:Vietnam for BC2. We should play together sometime. I know someone else who might join in (if he isn't too much of a coward).

[Brown Sugar]

got BC2 gifted, and bhought myself amnesia and crysis...my bandwidth hates me.

You shoulda bought BC2:Vietnam for BC2. We should play together sometime. I know someone else who might join in (if he isn't too much of a coward).

True, vietnam is great fun

[oldage]

already got it on PS3, not buying it twice

[The-King]

 

Man, my GTX460 is pretty. But i've run into a problem. I'm running out of space on my HDD.

 

I'll post up pics and vids soon.

 

OTBelow: Hows the i5 going? 

So has the gtx460 improved the performance of games, does gta IV run smoother now.

 

I'm getting really inpatient with steam now, it keeps pausing my download so it's taking twice as long.

Very, i used to have to play Metro 2033 on lowest settings at a low resolution, now i'm playing it on full settings (DX9) on 1440 x 900 (native resolution)

 

I'm currently running it on ultra high at 1920x1080 on a GTX460 and, well, it's struggling. Could probably do with another gig or so of VRAM but 2033 is a proper power hungry beast- probably the most system intensive game on the market at the mo.

My friend manages to mostly max it in DX11 with his slightly overclocked Sapphire 5770 at 1080p, from what I've seen in person at-least; a couple of stutters here and there, but from what I watched of him playing it, it was almost completely smooth. He just upgraded with a second GPU in Crossfire as a self-christmas-present the other day so now he should be able to get it running flawlessly (which isn't really relevant).

 

Getting Metro 2033 and Crysis running beautifully, whilst maxed out, is my ultimate goal for when I get to building a real PC and jump ship from this half-broken Asus-laptop/desktop-hybrid-monster-thing I'm using as both a primary desktop and gaming rig to much distress.

[Tommy-Vercetti19]

My friend manages to mostly max it in DX11 with his slightly overclocked Sapphire 5770 at 1080p, from what I've seen in person at-least; a couple of stutters here and there, but from what I watched of him playing it, it was almost completely smooth. He just upgraded with a second GPU in Crossfire as a self-christmas-present the other day so now he should be able to get it running flawlessly (which isn't really relevant).

 

Getting Metro 2033 and Crysis running beautifully, whilst maxed out, is my ultimate goal for when I get to building a real PC and jump ship from this half-broken Asus-laptop/desktop-hybrid-monster-thing I'm using as both a primary desktop and gaming rig to much distress.

I actually haven't tried DX 11 yet, i will tomorrow. Going into town tomorrow hopefully i can pick up the Crysis set on the cheap side.

[CharmingCharlie]

 

Going into town tomorrow hopefully i can pick up the Crysis set on the cheap side. 

Just out of curiosity any reason why you won't take advantage of the steam sale for Crysis ? You can pick up Crysis for £2.49 or Crysis + Crysis Warhead for £6.24 . I think you will be hard pushed to find any retail shop doing Crysis for lower than that . If you want to check out the deal on steam then here is the link :-

 

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/holiday2010_crysis

[Tommy-Vercetti19]

Going into town tomorrow hopefully i can pick up the Crysis set on the cheap side. 

Just out of curiosity any reason why you won't take advantage of the steam sale for Crysis ? You can pick up Crysis for £2.49 or Crysis + Crysis Warhead for £6.24 . I think you will be hard pushed to find any retail shop doing Crysis for lower than that . If you want to check out the deal on steam then here is the link :-

 

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/holiday2010_crysis

Only reason is my Download Limit and i my almost non existent HDD space.

[d0mm2k8]

Only reason is my Download Limit and i my almost non existent HDD space.

Well, a retail version doesn't help your HDD space and you could purchase it off Steam during the sale,

but not download it until your limit resets.