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babies havin rabies posted:L4D2 doesn't recognize my GTS 450 either, but I don't see any problems in how it's running despite that. Perhaps its just nvidia's new drivers because all my source engine games are like this. When I start a game a pop up from Steam says it does not recognize the graphics hardware. All my games run great, I just have to manually set the graphics setting because it wants to default to the lowest settings. As for the mic, it seems using push to talk instead of having an open mic solves the problem of echo/reverberation. I didn't think of that before because I used to use a headset instead of headphones + desktop mic or speakers + desktop mic. Devil Wears Wings: I actually played the Just Cause 2 demo on my PS3 but still liked it despite the fact I suck at aiming with an analog stick. I played the full game last night on my PC and mouse aiming almost makes the game too easy. Point and click = death incarnate. 
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Are there any more games like King's Bounty? Basically I love the turn based strategy fight aspect of Heroes of Might and Magic but really don't like the base building aspect, especially when you have to rush everything or the enemy's army will get bigger too.
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Jan 21, 2011 23:48
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I think King's Bounty is pretty much the only one that takes the HoMM formula and makes it all exploring. Granted I can't think of another game that copies HoMM.
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Is the demo for Crysis 2 coming to PC or is the 360 going to keep getting every single loving timed exclusive just to spite me? I own a PS3 and Wii so don't treat me like a PC gaming warrior and I spent $200 for the retail version of Windows 7 so don't tell me I'm anti-Microsoft either. And I don't want to hear the excuse that "it's easier for them to make a console demo" bullshit. I thought Crysis 2 was going to be a PC game first but a console game second. Sorry for the rant I'm just sick and tired of the 360 getting everything first on a silver loving platter.
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Jan 22, 2011 01:13
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spasticColon posted:Got my GTX 460 and Logitech USB desktop microphone today so now I'm set. I just bought a GTX 460 too  Anything special about the PNY "Enthusiast Edition"?
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Vertigus posted:I just bought a GTX 460 too I got the MSI HAWK GTX 460 so I don't know about the PNY one. My card has one of those whizzbang coolers with the heatpipes and aluminum fins on the heatpipes. Keeps the factory overclocked GPU in the mid 60s Celsius under full load with the fans on the cooler at the lowest setting which is awesome.
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spasticColon posted:I got the MSI HAWK GTX 460 so I don't know about the PNY one. My card has one of those whizzbang coolers with the heatpipes and aluminum fins on the heatpipes. Keeps the factory overclocked GPU in the mid 60s Celsius under full load with the fans on the cooler at the lowest setting which is awesome. Mine's got a nice insulator around the fan, so it keeps the chips nice and toasty so the bits flow faster. (It also might make the fan work better)
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Jan 22, 2011 01:22
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I'm finally just going to ask this here and drat the consequences: Whenever I get talking about PC gaming with a controller, the inevitable conversation is (abbreviated) me: controller whoever: mouse+keyboard controller lol me: sofa whoever: wireless m+k I've been avoiding the obvious question up until now but HOW? Balancing the keyboard on your lap and running the mouse on a mouse pad on the sofa? Lounging on the sofa with the keyboard in front of you and the mouse on your stomach? How are you people doing it? I've been going over and over it in my head and I can't figure out a comfortable way.
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Jan 23, 2011 01:18
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averox posted:I think King's Bounty is pretty much the only one that takes the HoMM formula and makes it all exploring. Granted I can't think of another game that copies HoMM. The Disciples series. That series is even more simplistic than the HoMM games though. Just play HoMM3 until you die.
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Jan 23, 2011 01:19
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Samurai Sanders posted:I'm finally just going to ask this here and drat the consequences: Use a laptop tray.  My TV is right next to my monitor, so I don't use one myself, but it seems like the most sensible way.
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Jan 23, 2011 01:40
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Samurai Sanders posted:I'm finally just going to ask this here and drat the consequences: I just put a book down and lay the mouse pad on that.
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Jan 23, 2011 01:57
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Oh, both of those involve sitting up straight. The whole idea of a sofa is that I am lounging sideways. If I wanted to sit up straight, sitting at my desk would be the same thing and there wouldn't be any advantage to the sofa.
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Edit: Nevermind, answered elsewhere.
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Jan 23, 2011 02:44
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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Samurai Sanders posted:Oh, both of those involve sitting up straight. The whole idea of a sofa is that I am lounging sideways. If I wanted to sit up straight, sitting at my desk would be the same thing and there wouldn't be any advantage to the sofa. Yeah, I'm with Sanders here on this one. Gaming time tends to be chill time for me, so I don't like sitting up while trying to relax. Luckily, if a game doesn't support a controller, I can vouch for Xpadder. It's been worth the ten bucks I paid for it, honestly. Use it for a ton of things.
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Edoraz posted:Yeah, I'm with Sanders here on this one. Gaming time tends to be chill time for me, so I don't like sitting up while trying to relax. Luckily, if a game doesn't support a controller, I can vouch for Xpadder. It's been worth the ten bucks I paid for it, honestly. Use it for a ton of things. The Witcher is such an example, I've been messing around with xpadder configs for some time trying to get that to work well, but hell, the control scheme isn't even really set up very well for a mouse and keyboard either. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Jan 23, 2011 |
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Would this work? I imagine the mouse would be the tricky part of playing on a couch, so you could put it on the surface integrated into this keyboard, which in turn just rests on whatever horizontal body surface your posture permits. Otherwise, you could try an "air mouse", but I don't know if they're any good for games, or even how they work exactly. If the keyboard is the real impediment, I guess your best bet is one of those air mice and either something compact, similar to a Nostromo, although I think you might have to set them down. If you want to be really convoluted, you could hunt down a PS1 ASCII Grip and a PS1-to-PC adapter for it -- I'm not aware of anything like it for the PC. Doing that with an air mouse, it'd be kind of like a Wii, now that I think about it.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Oh, both of those involve sitting up straight. The whole idea of a sofa is that I am lounging sideways. If I wanted to sit up straight, sitting at my desk would be the same thing and there wouldn't be any advantage to the sofa. I lie on my bed personally. Always worked for me.
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Spaz Medicine posted:My TV is right next to my monitor, so I don't use one myself, but it seems like the most sensible way. As an alternative, I have a wall mount that cost $25 but may or may not fit said monitor. 
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It seems like PC games often don't get demos these days, and you certainly can't rent physical copies any more, but Direct2Drive have started to charge $5 to rent a game for 5 hours here: http://www.direct2drive.com/Search.aspx?SearchTerm=rentals Only 3 games there so far, but it might catch on. It does feel a bit like paying for a demo though. Konsek fucked around with this message at 13:10 on Jan 23, 2011 |
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Does anoyone have any experience with this? http://www.buy.com/prod/igugu-pc-to-tv-motion-sensing-gaming-solution-gaming-pad-wireless/q/sellerid/11408470/loc/108/217152041.html It's basically an Xbox 360 w/chatpad knock off, but that trackball seems to have potential. If it works well, that could be a solution to "couch conundrum".
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Konsek posted:It seems like PC games often don't get demos these days, and you certainly can't rent physical copies any more, but Direct2Drive have started to charge $5 to rent a game for 5 hours here: Some people pirate games just to see if they can run on their wafflemoose fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Jan 23, 2011 |
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sinep posted:Does anoyone have any experience with this? Interesting. It'd be nice for casual gaming, or for games that don't rely too heavily on a cursor.
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Source-based games I have (Half Life 2, L4D2, TF2) have native support for gamepads. The problem is, whatever console-based FPSs do to make precision aiming possible, those games aren't doing it. No matter where I set the sensitivity, aiming is just impossible, and I can't put my finger on why.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Source-based games I have (Half Life 2, L4D2, TF2) have native support for gamepads. The problem is, whatever console-based FPSs do to make precision aiming possible, those games aren't doing it. No matter where I set the sensitivity, aiming is just impossible, and I can't put my finger on why. Because you don't have auto-aim in PC games.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Because you don't have auto-aim in PC games.
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averox posted:I think King's Bounty is pretty much the only one that takes the HoMM formula and makes it all exploring. Granted I can't think of another game that copies HoMM. Age of Wonders 2, available on Good Old Games. I recommend Shadow Magic as well.
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I've been noticing that there's often a 1 pixel 'border' around my screen when I'm playing games, sometimes only on the top and left side of the screen. Sometimes it's only noticeable during cutscenes or when the screen is mostly dark, but it's annoying to have a bright 1px border around an otherwise dark image on the screen. What would cause that and how can I fix it? I have a Radeon 5870 and a 24" Asus monitor. Is there some sort of overscan setting I should be playing around with in the Catalyst drivers? I currently have it set at 0% overscan.
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Forcing AA can do that among other things, that would be my first guess.
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MegaCharger posted:Are there any more games like King's Bounty? Basically I love the turn based strategy fight aspect of Heroes of Might and Magic but really don't like the base building aspect, especially when you have to rush everything or the enemy's army will get bigger too. A bit late, but I'm quite similar to you, and I figured out a little 'trick' to get around this. A lot of HoMM games come with a map maker, and I'm pretty sure 3 also had a random map maker. What I used to do was generate a random large map with 2 players, and then with the map editor put a level 5 monster in front of the enemy castle's door while looking at as little of the map as possible. That way they're just basically stuck in their base, and you're free to rome around and enjoy the exploration side of the game.
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K8.0 posted:Forcing AA can do that among other things, that would be my first guess. Ah, that's likely the cause, thanks!
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Starhawk64 posted:Some people pirate games just to see if they can run on their This still isn't a good reason to do it.
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Are there any good games out right now that take true advantage of DirectX 11 video cards?
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spasticColon posted:Are there any good games out right now that take true advantage of DirectX 11 video cards? How recent? Because Metro 2033 is the best one I can think of.
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RagnarokAngel posted:How recent? Because Metro 2033 is the best one I can think of. I was asking if there any good games that take true advantage of DX11 regardless of when they came out. Like supporting Tessellation and other goodies like that. I've heard of Metro 2033 and like Crysis it can bring the most powerful systems to their knees at times.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Source-based games I have (Half Life 2, L4D2, TF2) have native support for gamepads. The problem is, whatever console-based FPSs do to make precision aiming possible, those games aren't doing it. No matter where I set the sensitivity, aiming is just impossible, and I can't put my finger on why. My guess is that it doesn't have aim acceleration - i.e., tilt the stick all the way over for a split second to look a little bit over, but if you hold it longer in the same space you whip around really fast - basically similar to mouse acceleration.
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spasticColon posted:I was asking if there any good games that take true advantage of DX11 regardless of when they came out. Like supporting Tessellation and other goodies like that. I've heard of Metro 2033 and like Crysis it can bring the most powerful systems to their knees at times. Metro 2033 is a beast, but looks great with advanced DoF and tesselation, with the settings cranked up. But you need a power rig to run it at a decent framrate. I managed to get an average 60 fps but that was with two 580's SLI and a 460 doing the physx. The game itself is decent so you can't go wrong.
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Manac0r posted:Metro 2033 is a beast, but looks great with advanced DoF and tesselation, with the settings cranked up. But you need a power rig to run it at a decent framrate. I managed to get an average 60 fps but that was with two 580's SLI and a 460 doing the physx. The game itself is decent so you can't go wrong. drat. How far would a single 460 get me for graphics settings in the game? Could I have tessellation turned on or is that out of the question? I don't really care about PhysX. Edit: I looked at some screenshots of Metro 2033 and the game looks stunning to say the least but I'm guessing those screens were captured at max settings. spasticColon fucked around with this message at 09:16 on Jan 24, 2011 |
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Manac0r posted:Metro 2033 is a beast, but looks great with advanced DoF and tesselation, with the settings cranked up. But you need a power rig to run it at a decent framrate. I managed to get an average 60 fps but that was with two 580's SLI and a 460 doing the physx. The game itself is decent so you can't go wrong. The latest AvP does DX11 as well - couldn't tell you what sort of horsepower you need to get it running smoothly though. Also, Metro 2033 is playable on my 5770 so you can probably get plenty of mileage out of a 460.
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The latest AvP game does not make much use of tessellation. If I'm not mistaken, the only thing in that game that utilizes that feature is the xenomorph model. Also, the game kind of sucks now because it was completely ruined by it's support post launch. Not a great deal of people still play the online mode, which is lame because it was once very fun.
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It's too bad trackballs never really hit it off because they loving own for laying on the couch playing games. I have fond memories of playing Diablo 2 this way.
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