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I've been having trouble w/ Steam l8ly myself. Often, even though I can see it running, it won't open the UI. Also, when I ctrl+alt+del to force quit and restart (while does get it working) I see that hl2.exe and GameOverlayUI.exe are still running, even though it's been hours since I last played a game.
Pb, that green one is so awesome, I just had to set it as mine.
Wicked coincidence it's in my colors too.
Wicked coincidence it's in my colors too.
Shit, and me without a comp that can probably play it.
Damn X300.
Damn X300.
you don't have to register the key (at least here) until mid Sept. so I don't think the beta will end b4 the year does
Right now, my only purpose/need is for a gaming machine. School isn't something viable right now (mostly cuz the system I'm in is shit), and I can't continue using the X300 I've got in my Dell any longer (and obviously no upgrades can be done).
I was hoping for decent results from this system, as it was $1700 and had the second highest Geforce 8M card in it. I've got the 1440x900 res to fall beck on too, so I'll give that a try Sunday night (next time I've got enough free time) and see how it goes. If this won't last me the average PC life cycle of 2 years, then my next option is a $3500 machine, which I'd like to avoid.
On the reduced not, what numbers do you think I should be looking for on Crysis at medium settings at 1440x900, for it to be good for the next two years, given that Crysis is the prime candidate for benchmarking, since you need a powerful system to run it?
I was hoping for decent results from this system, as it was $1700 and had the second highest Geforce 8M card in it. I've got the 1440x900 res to fall beck on too, so I'll give that a try Sunday night (next time I've got enough free time) and see how it goes. If this won't last me the average PC life cycle of 2 years, then my next option is a $3500 machine, which I'd like to avoid.
On the reduced not, what numbers do you think I should be looking for on Crysis at medium settings at 1440x900, for it to be good for the next two years, given that Crysis is the prime candidate for benchmarking, since you need a powerful system to run it?
While gaming is the primary purpose of it, I'm also looking for portability. Something I can take to a LAN or to Grandma's house, so I don't have to lug around a tower and monitor.
I'm pissed as a Canadian. I the article said that a lot of common privacy tools would be illegal. This to me seems to mean that we no longer have any rights to privacy, which is the biggest concern to me.
Ok, I got a laptop that I'm benching to see if I'll keep and I need to know if it'll last me for my gaming (as in high end games for 2 years).
NOTE STFU about laptop gaming. I've heard the 'opinions'/hate-mongering about laptops for gaming, but I don't give a damn, so check it at the door.
So, here are the specs:
HP Pavilion HDX
20.1" WSXGA+ screen (1680x1050)
Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 2.1GHz
4GB DDR2 RAM
320GB 5400RPM HDD
GeForce 8800M GTS
I've seen decent/respectable performance with my benchmark titles, all of which were played at native resolution at medium settings.
Crysis - Low to mid 20s generally, low to mid teens during cutscene/ice caverns.
Bioshock - Low to mid 30s
Unreal 3 - 40 to 60 depending on level of action
Are these levels good enough to last me a couple of years, or should I go with a higher spec'd system?
NOTE STFU about laptop gaming. I've heard the 'opinions'/hate-mongering about laptops for gaming, but I don't give a damn, so check it at the door.
So, here are the specs:
HP Pavilion HDX
20.1" WSXGA+ screen (1680x1050)
Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 2.1GHz
4GB DDR2 RAM
320GB 5400RPM HDD
GeForce 8800M GTS
I've seen decent/respectable performance with my benchmark titles, all of which were played at native resolution at medium settings.
Crysis - Low to mid 20s generally, low to mid teens during cutscene/ice caverns.
Bioshock - Low to mid 30s
Unreal 3 - 40 to 60 depending on level of action
Are these levels good enough to last me a couple of years, or should I go with a higher spec'd system?
Foamy rocks! I went and ordered some stuff from the store the other day. The Foamy plushie and the t-shirt 'Stupidity hurts my head. Stop it.'
Oooo, puppies! Dem's good eatins. 
I got a Wii from the rents and a PS3 from myself.
All I want for Christmas is the Black Box for cheaper than the fucking Orange.
...and a gaming laptop.
...and a gaming laptop.
Well...looks like I'm not getting Ep2, TF2 or Portal any time soon. There's no way I going to fucking pay to get 3 new games, along w/ additional copies of 2 I already own, nor am I going to pay MORE just to get the 3 alone. That's absolute bullshit.
Hey, I wanted the Big Daddy figure, and since it's get it at launch or probably not at all, it was either the PC version, which I have to wait at least for a like $100 upgrade, or the 360 version, which I'd have to wait for a 360.
I stand by my choice.
I stand by my choice.
That's right bitches. I gots me the Bioshock Limited Edition.
Course, I can't play it on account of my shitty comp and the tip of his drill was chipped slightly
but I still laugh at local 360 owners. There Daddies lost that whole arm in shipment. Unfortunately we'll never truly know as Tiberium Wars was the final game in that universe of C&C. However, the books my explain it, idk.
I doubt that the lights.rad thing is related. I get that all the time and I assure you, VRAD runs.
I'm not sure, but my guess would have to be that it involves cloning. Either that or he truly IS the messiah he claims to be.
I did find it on a (not)#chan imageboard (still not telling) but it was completely unrelated to the thread.
Up 'til now I still had that Mercs 2 background, but while browsing an unnamed Chan imageboard, I came across this.
ZL, what OS are you using in your pic and where did you get that bitchin' Diablo II icon?
8 GB isn't really all that much saw1833. Steam takes up about 6.5GB (at least it does for me) and Command and Conquer: First Decade takes up nearly 11GB (granted it's like 12 different games but Add/Remove Programs sees it as one).
Break out your pocket books, this one's breakin' the bank. As it is, b/c of the graphics card (I have a 128MB X300), I don't even meat the minimum requirements, which means for now I just get to look at the Big Daddy figure I get w/ my Limited Ed. How do you guys stack up?
Operating Systems:
?Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
Minimum System Requirements:
?CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor
?System RAM: 1GB
?Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).
?Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
?Hard disc space: 8GB free space
Recommended System Requirements:
?CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
?System RAM: 2GB
?Video card: DX9: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better) DX10: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
?Sound Card: Sound Blaster? X-Fi? series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)
?Important Note: Game requires Internet connection for activation
Operating Systems:
?Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
Minimum System Requirements:
?CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor
?System RAM: 1GB
?Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).
?Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
?Hard disc space: 8GB free space
Recommended System Requirements:
?CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
?System RAM: 2GB
?Video card: DX9: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better) DX10: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
?Sound Card: Sound Blaster? X-Fi? series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)
?Important Note: Game requires Internet connection for activation
It's been driving me nuts for an hour or two now. I can't recall the name of this flash game (at least I think it's flash).
Your character is a drawing on paper, and you navigate around a 2D world that looks like it's made of colored paper. Also, you're able to reorient the game (turn it 90) and, of course, change the direction of the gravity.
Does anyone know the game I'm referring to?
Your character is a drawing on paper, and you navigate around a 2D world that looks like it's made of colored paper. Also, you're able to reorient the game (turn it 90) and, of course, change the direction of the gravity.
Does anyone know the game I'm referring to?
It's still in it's early stages Trapt. The latest release is 0.3.1. I think it may end up dying soon though, since they don't seem to have a mapper or modeler atm.
This mod is criminally under hyped. It really needs some help.
You play as either the Rebels or the Combine, who of course, try to kill each other. Catch is, when you respawn, it's in the jail of the opposing team (Rebels in Combine jail and vise versa). To get free, one of the still free members of you team has to get into the base of the opposing team and unlock the jail. When all members of a team are in jail, the game is over and you are treated to the death of the losing team, done as the mapper sees fit.
There are only two servers right now, and they are usually empty, but maybe if we can get more ppl interested, that will change.
http://www.jailbreaksource.com/
You play as either the Rebels or the Combine, who of course, try to kill each other. Catch is, when you respawn, it's in the jail of the opposing team (Rebels in Combine jail and vise versa). To get free, one of the still free members of you team has to get into the base of the opposing team and unlock the jail. When all members of a team are in jail, the game is over and you are treated to the death of the losing team, done as the mapper sees fit.
There are only two servers right now, and they are usually empty, but maybe if we can get more ppl interested, that will change.
http://www.jailbreaksource.com/
Just came across this online. Joystiq posted an article and a few images of the map in question.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/03/images-of-the-clements-high-students-terroristic-maps/
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/03/images-of-the-clements-high-students-terroristic-maps/
I hope he gets it working. If he doesn't, I'm looking at Cedega to do it and I'll move to Linux. There's no way in hell I'm gonna get Me II, especially with what I recently heard it does to HD content if it detects that u may be trying to pirate it. I'll wait for XP II to come out, since MS finally admitted that they fucked up w/ Vista.
Also, that guy is a hacker. 'Hackers' are the good code jockeys. The general media misuses it and calls the bad guys that, when they are actually called 'crackers'. Now You Know.
Also, that guy is a hacker. 'Hackers' are the good code jockeys. The general media misuses it and calls the bad guys that, when they are actually called 'crackers'. Now You Know.
We knew someone would do ot and that it was only a matter of time.
Well, that time is almost here.
http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/12320
Well, that time is almost here.
http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/12320
I'm too lazy to read so if someone already mentioned this, stfu, I don't care.
I played w/ this for 5-10 mins and then uninstalled. The concept seems interesting, but TIM (The Incredible Machine) was more fun b/c you could actually SCRIPT a sequence and have it run on it's own, not you activating every little thing.
I played w/ this for 5-10 mins and then uninstalled. The concept seems interesting, but TIM (The Incredible Machine) was more fun b/c you could actually SCRIPT a sequence and have it run on it's own, not you activating every little thing.
I dunno if it's what you're looking for or not, but there is Audacity, and it's completely free.
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I'm lookin' forward to the R600, primarily b/c it's going to be the first laptop DirectX 10 card. nVidia's not planning on the laptop version of the GeForce * 'til at least the end of the year.
Hey, hold of on that on for a bit. Unreal Tournament 2007 is using the PhysX tech. Wait and see how they do b4 u pass judgement.
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March 10th...and u assholes better send me some cash for it!
I`m looking forward to kicking all your asses. And for those who played a beta, believe me, v1 is far greater than they were.
Damn it, someone beat me to it. I was going to suggest this same thing as a way to get out word of the talent this little community has. I actually started to make a room for my contribution, but my HDD crash and lack of a tool like Pb`s, this went on hold.
I say we go ahead w/ this idea and make it in Source, as it`s obviously the superior engine :P.
I say we go ahead w/ this idea and make it in Source, as it`s obviously the superior engine :P.
Amen Trapt...Amen.
I too have a low tolerance for them.
I too have a low tolerance for them.
Watch the first half of this video. That cat goes fuckin` psycho.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsPaVEgdRsg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsPaVEgdRsg
And the forum asshole speaketh.
http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/20763
I found this yesterday while checking out the newest releases over at FPSBanana. The house is completely destructible, `cept for certain props w/in. The sad thing is though I don`t know if it`s the lack of power my comp has to give to the Havok engine, or the values need to be tweaked, or my lack of knowledge regarding real life construction, but after destroying all the 'main' supports (which I thought were the large corner pieces, the house still doesn`t fall down. Still fun none the less.
It was build w/ the intention of using it in HL2 or HL2DM, but I recommend SMOD Remastered: Redux. You get a hell of a lot more toys to destroy the place w/, but some of the included methods (fire and earthquake, off the top of my head) don`t work properly, but the banana bombs more than make up for that.
I found this yesterday while checking out the newest releases over at FPSBanana. The house is completely destructible, `cept for certain props w/in. The sad thing is though I don`t know if it`s the lack of power my comp has to give to the Havok engine, or the values need to be tweaked, or my lack of knowledge regarding real life construction, but after destroying all the 'main' supports (which I thought were the large corner pieces, the house still doesn`t fall down. Still fun none the less.
It was build w/ the intention of using it in HL2 or HL2DM, but I recommend SMOD Remastered: Redux. You get a hell of a lot more toys to destroy the place w/, but some of the included methods (fire and earthquake, off the top of my head) don`t work properly, but the banana bombs more than make up for that.