Computer/Console Talk/Gaming Super Thread

[the_crusader]

Has any one played Empire: Total War yet? Ive seen screen shots and it looks awesome

 

[Moe]

What are everyone's thoughts on Quad-cores?

Im only budgeting to spend $300 max on my CPU. Everything says that dual cores are the way to go for gaimng (faster speeds)

I'v pretty much convinced myself to go for the E8500\E8600, wont even consider AMD's rubbish.

Only advatage I see for quads is possibe future proofing and running virtual machines.

 

[Rodzilla]

im playing an old f1 manager game at this time, and it is the best thing ever

it was a biatch to get working but it is worth it (ive got the 2008 season running)

 

[Moe]

Do you actually get to race Roddy

 

[Rodzilla]

Do you actually get to race Roddy

nah its like football manager, i use the ps3 for racing

 

[rexest]

What are everyone's thoughts on Quad-cores?

Im only budgeting to spend $300 max on my CPU. Everything says that dual cores are the way to go for gaimng (faster speeds)

I'v pretty much convinced myself to go for the E8500\E8600, wont even consider AMD's rubbish.

Only advatage I see for quads is possibe future proofing and running virtual machines.

For gaming quads arnt needed, A dual core clocked at a decent speed will out do a quad in games, But a quad would obviously be better for multitasking etc etc.

 

[Moe]

Iv bumped up my budget to $1400

I cant decide which system to get

---------------------------------
i7 Sytem

Asus P6T – $360
i7 920 – $410
6GB Corsair DDR3 – $150
GTX 275 – $406
Thermaltake V9 Case – $125

$1451 – 50 over budget


Core2

EP45-UD3P – $230
E8500 – $270
DDR2 8500 – $100
GTX 275 – $406
Thermaltake V9 Case – $125
150GB Raptor – $260

$1391 – With raptor HDD

 

[Vagabond]

What system are you currently running?
Urh, CoreDuo 6600 2.66 gHz I think... 2 megs of RAM, and a 8800GT with 256mg as my card. Needs an upgrade.

What games are you currently playing?
Nothing at the moment... remarkably.

What are some good/your fav games?
Mainly the older ones. Deus Ex, Freespace 2, Jagged Alliance 2. But Company of Heroes throughly impressed me.

 

[rexest]

Iv bumped up my budget to $1400

I cant decide which system to get

---------------------------------
i7 Sytem

Asus P6T – $360
i7 920 – $410
6GB Corsair DDR3 – $150
GTX 275 – $406
Thermaltake V9 Case – $125

$1451 – 50 over budget


Core2

EP45-UD3P – $230
E8500 – $270
DDR2 8500 – $100
GTX 275 – $406
Thermaltake V9 Case – $125
150GB Raptor – $260

$1391 – With raptor HDD

What about the power supply? Your going to need a decent one

 

[Moe]

What about the power supply? Your going to need a decent one

ahh forgot to mention

I already have a 750w thermaltake toughpower PSU

also

1tb hdd
500gb hdd
400gb hdd

 

[MikeyP..]

Left for dead is a pretty awesome game. They need more maps though.

 

[Vagabond]

Left for dead is a pretty awesome game. They need more maps though.

Yep.

Won't pay full price for what seems like another source mod.

 

[Moe]

Gunna install Windows7 RC (Release Candidate) on my laptop.

Let's see how this baby runs

 

[Moe]

Gunna install Windows7 RC (Release Candidate) on my laptop.

Let's see how this baby runs

So far so good

 

[rexest]

So far so good

Better then vista?

 

[Moe]

Better then vista?

I like Vista.

I would say it's slightly better, and a bit different. Some cool features, besides the task bar, still looks like vista

But, this WILL be a very good OS


Think of Vista like Win2000, and Win7 like winXP

Vista was just a stepping stone to get to this,

 

[rexest]

I like Vista.

I would say it's slightly better, and a bit different. Some cool features, besides the task bar, still looks like vista

But, this WILL be a very good OS


Think of Vista like Win2000, and Win7 like winXP

Vista was just a stepping stone to get to this,

Whens the final build coming out?

 

[Moe]

Dunno tbh

My work is a gold Microsoft partner so we get to evaluate the software for free. Then I can use a work licence

 

[Moe]

got a G9x laser mouse....niicce!

 

[rexest]

got a G9x laser mouse....niicce!

Lol mabrook, Now send it this way Would look good next to my g15.