Official PC Gamers Topic V3

[ptiko]

Did you know you can still get GTAIV for PC for 10 pounds at Morrisons still?

[CharmingCharlie]

On my rounds today I came across this article :-

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2009/08/18/...porting-games/1

 

Basically it explains all about the porting process, it's a bit "technical" in places but it should give people an idea of what goes on. My fave quote from that article is this :-

 

 

“The PS3 doesn't have a great fill rate, so you can't fill up the screen with v-effects, whereas the Xbox 360 can handle that. You have to design the core game with the PS3 in mind in that case, and then if the Xbox 360 is weak in another area then you have to design to that,” he explains.

 

Are there any areas where the PC is weak? “Generally not,” says Beaver

 

God I am just soooooooooooo such a fanboy at times.

[FullMetal]

Well the way that I look at things: a PC has always been a PC. Multipurpose and multifunctional. Also, what do developers use the most? Indeed, COMPUTERS/PC's in order to develop their games.

 

Yes, they also use devkits from consoles. But they really do develop almost everything of the game on computers.

 

A console is made for games and hence it's limitations. Computers are made for... yes being multifunctional computers.

[kingvercetti]

9600GT's rock, mine can play Fallout 3 at the games Ultra High settings (Non-customized) with the minimum of lag at 1080p.

 

Granted, my HD4890 can completely max it out (All ingame and driver settings at the highest they'll go)

That's perplexing, because my 4870 only just manages to keep at 60fps (and indeed drops every now and again) on Ultra High at 1440x900. Ah well.

 

I'm pretty annoyed that Remedy have decided to drop the PC port of Alan Wake for the foreseeable future. The Max Payne games were always the best on PC and the PC was originally the focal platform for Wake too, now for whatever reason they've dropped that and decided to make it a 360 exclusive.

 

I'd say one of the best things about PC gaming aside from the generally superior experience is that the games are that much cheaper too, even in retail. Obviously Steam is usually really cheap but if you buy from Play or somewhere most new PC games will only set you back about £25.

[Democrab]

9600GT's rock, mine can play Fallout 3 at the games Ultra High settings (Non-customized) with the minimum of lag at 1080p.

 

Granted, my HD4890 can completely max it out (All ingame and driver settings at the highest they'll go)

That's perplexing, because my 4870 only just manages to keep at 60fps (and indeed drops every now and again) on Ultra High at 1440x900. Ah well.

 

I'm pretty annoyed that Remedy have decided to drop the PC port of Alan Wake for the foreseeable future. The Max Payne games were always the best on PC and the PC was originally the focal platform for Wake too, now for whatever reason they've dropped that and decided to make it a 360 exclusive.

 

I'd say one of the best things about PC gaming aside from the generally superior experience is that the games are that much cheaper too, even in retail. Obviously Steam is usually really cheap but if you buy from Play or somewhere most new PC games will only set you back about £25.

The 9600GT's at 45FPS on that res, I always played at that one.

[The Unvirginiser]

Anyone here ever played Red Alert 2?

I'm on the command and conquer first decade at the moment, I never remembered Red Alert being that easy.

I'm on Empire Total War at the moment and I have to say, the game is breath taking! It's very intrigute and intelligent, you need a lot of patience and initiative to play it through.

 

I'm moving out soon with my other computer and want to get it upgraded so that it can run games like IV and Empire extremely well without any problems. If I post my current specs, could anybody give me a price estimate and what I'd need? Or am I better doing this over in the PC and tech forum?

 

Thanks

[anus]

Sure. Post up your specs. There are a lot of guys in this topic that can help you .

[truehighroller]

On my rounds today I came across this article :-

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2009/08/18/...porting-games/1

 

Basically it explains all about the porting process, it's a bit "technical" in places but it should give people an idea of what goes on. My fave quote from that article is this :-

 

 

“The PS3 doesn't have a great fill rate, so you can't fill up the screen with v-effects, whereas the Xbox 360 can handle that. You have to design the core game with the PS3 in mind in that case, and then if the Xbox 360 is weak in another area then you have to design to that,” he explains.

 

Are there any areas where the PC is weak? “Generally not,” says Beaver

 

God I am just soooooooooooo such a fanboy at times.

You so..... beat me to it. Sorry about the pointless topic back there that you had to close. I am going to be doing some more research on this though because I find it interesting. If I find something worth wile I will post about it in here.

[CharmingCharlie]

Well here is an oddity for the books :-

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/24/esrb-rat...nhunt-2-for-pc/

 

It seems like Manhunt 2 is coming to the PC, for those that will remember this was how we discovered GTA 4 was coming out for the PC as well. So there could be some truth in it, not quite sure what to make of it myself. I can't say I was a big fan of the first manhunt and not really trembling at the thought of a second one.

[beavis]

I hope this new rating will actually put all the gore and violence back into Manhunt2. From what I heard, Manhunt 2 was nothing like Manhunt 1.

[Maxrevv]

Is Midnight Club:LA going to be available in PC? I saw it in Wikipedia a few weeks ago,and now I checked it,its not stated anymore.

The date was around mid-October. Hmm,I hope its true. I would never look at a PS3 or 360 anymoar.

[ptiko]

Well here is an oddity for the books :-

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/24/esrb-rat...nhunt-2-for-pc/

 

It seems like Manhunt 2 is coming to the PC, for those that will remember this was how we discovered GTA 4 was coming out for the PC as well. So there could be some truth in it, not quite sure what to make of it myself. I can't say I was a big fan of the first manhunt and not really trembling at the thought of a second one.

 

I wanted that game alot when I found out about its release two years ago.

Then It was banned in the UK, and then a censored version came out. Lost interest.

 

Be nice to see an uncut version on the PC

I love PC games

[s-paco]

Well here is an oddity for the books :-

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/24/esrb-rat...nhunt-2-for-pc/

 

It seems like Manhunt 2 is coming to the PC, for those that will remember this was how we discovered GTA 4 was coming out for the PC as well. So there could be some truth in it, not quite sure what to make of it myself. I can't say I was a big fan of the first manhunt and not really trembling at the thought of a second one.

Dude no way!!! Awesome!

[Drunk Russian 9]

Don't know if you guys know this already, but I stumbled upon it and thought it was a step in the right direction.

 

Mass Effect 2 due out on the same date as 360.

[Creed Bratton]

Well here is an oddity for the books :-

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/24/esrb-rat...nhunt-2-for-pc/

 

It seems like Manhunt 2 is coming to the PC, for those that will remember this was how we discovered GTA 4 was coming out for the PC as well. So there could be some truth in it, not quite sure what to make of it myself. I can't say I was a big fan of the first manhunt and not really trembling at the thought of a second one.

I'd rather have GTA LCS and GTA VCS then Manhunt 2. What are they thinking

[Sunrise Driver]

Among all their nice games they're porting the worst their game ever IMO (Manhunt 2) to PC. This game sucks, the only goal in this sh*tty game - to kill as brutally as you can. Very nice...

 

I really hope to see Midnight Club LA on PC. Is it so hard to do it?

[FullMetal]

Well here is an oddity for the books :-

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/24/esrb-rat...nhunt-2-for-pc/

 

It seems like Manhunt 2 is coming to the PC, for those that will remember this was how we discovered GTA 4 was coming out for the PC as well.  So there could be some truth in it, not quite sure what to make of it myself.  I can't say I was a big fan of the first manhunt and not really trembling at the thought of a second one.

I'd rather have GTA LCS and GTA VCS then Manhunt 2. What are they thinking

Although I enjoyed playing Manhunt on the PC, I have to agree. LCS/VCS would be alot better on PC rather then Manhunt.

[kingvercetti]

I played Manhunt 2 on the PSP and it was alright, so I'll probably check it out on PC. They should've released it on PC in the first place, then at least they could get around the UK ban by releasing it on Steam (I think BBFC bans only cover British retail stores).

 

I got Wolfenstein on PC, it's pretty good, it runs the Doom 3 engine so there's obviously no trouble with a decent PC keeping 60fps constantly and it is actually a pretty fun game, I am a bit disappointed by pre-rendered cutscenes that seem to have been recorded at 30fps and look really jerky, as well as the lack of an anti-aliasing option. Here's hoping that the engine RAGE runs on won't rape computers everywhere.

[Fnorg]

Don't know if you guys know this already, but I stumbled upon it and thought it was a step in the right direction.

 

Mass Effect 2 due out on the same date as 360.

Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes

 

Does this mean we have to pay for our DLC, though? Not that I'd mind showering Bioware in cash, just wondering.

[Abel.]

Well here is an oddity for the books :-

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/24/esrb-rat...nhunt-2-for-pc/

 

It seems like Manhunt 2 is coming to the PC, for those that will remember this was how we discovered GTA 4 was coming out for the PC as well.  So there could be some truth in it, not quite sure what to make of it myself.  I can't say I was a big fan of the first manhunt and not really trembling at the thought of a second one.

I'd rather have GTA LCS and GTA VCS then Manhunt 2. What are they thinking

Although I enjoyed playing Manhunt on the PC, I have to agree. LCS/VCS would be alot better on PC rather then Manhunt.

Indeed, LCS and VCS are great games, I'd love to replay them on PC.

[ptiko]

I thought I'd ask peoples opinion here on what you consider a good gaming mouse.

Im still not sure what to get

[jelly]

I bought this one.

 

This is a new version, looks kinda like the intellimouse 3.0 or 1.1. I suppose if you liked those this would be a good buy.

[ptiko]

I bought this one.

 

This is a new version, looks kinda like the intellimouse 3.0 or 1.1. I suppose if you liked those this would be a good buy.

Damn, I want one of those now. They look really nice and clean.

Nothing stupid or in your face. I think I might leave it another two weeks, save up some more and get one of those

[FullMetal]

Although I had to pay 60 eurodollas for the mouse, a Razer Copperhead is a brilliant mouse. Great feel, smooth and no problems whatsoever. Even looks rather slick .

 

At first I didn't think a mouse was worth 60 eurodollars... but this one is .

[ptiko]

I think I've finally decided, its a razer one aswell.

Ive heard there excellent mice

[Fnorg]

I'm using an IntelliPoint 3.0. Pretty good, but hardly a gaming mouse. But for 29€, it's totally rad. The only thing that bugs me about it is that I'm CONSTANTLY clicking the RMB by mistake.

[mkey82]

I've been away for a while and just wanted to say hi.... Hi guys XD

[The-King]

I've been considering getting a decent Logitech laser mouse for $40, both in name of quality and cost. But I'm rather desperate, since my Wacom Graphire is hardly a gaming mouse by any definition of the concept.

[Democrab]

I'm using a G5 2007 edition with a Razer eXactmat speed.

[ptiko]

I got myself a razer deathadder, really nice mouse! and a new mouse mat.

Compared to what I used to use