slight derail but i find crysis runs better then warhead, i pull about 45/60fps at 1920x1200 and thats with the natural mod running the original config files, in warhead my gpus keep choking themselves on the x86 bottleneck.

bioshock is a poor mans system shock 2, its alright but pales in comparrison. the new tomb raider isnt bad and theres also grid, cod 4 is looking a little dated now but still good, deadspace is another cracker and theres supreme commander forged alliance, dont bother with farcry 2.

you should be able to play cod on that just fine, crysis will depend on what gfx level you want it at.

can you translate? i can read most of it but some of it im unsure on.

Quote from Crashgate3 :

I can see them merging to be honest.

PCs are getting more and more console-like, losing their mysterious, geeky and unfathomable image and conversely, consoles are becoming more like PCs, gaining hard-drives, internet access, ability to be used as a media centre, even the coding and hardware (the Xbox is very similar to a PC hardware-wise).

they will still be different and more streamlined then pc mainly cause joe bloggs is actually retarded.

Quote from Stefani24 :

Oooooooo-oooooo-oooo-ohohoh-oh
xD

^This. fear of the dark is another good gig song xD

Quote from Jakg :

Lost Planet?

thats the one! was on the tip of my tongue. as for crysis's sloppy coding, did you know that theres more code in making the trees break apart then there is in all of farcry? i dont think its about sloppy coding, more of theres so much of it to process.

to this day i still regard Crysis as one of the pinnicles of modern gaming, despite its steep requirements its just so replayable, i keep finding ne and amusing ways of killing people, just lastnight i killed someone by maximum strengh'ing a can of tuna at the back of thier head.

brillaint.

oh and detonating chickens with C4 is just awesome

Quote from tristancliffe :

Edit, due to post below: I have never EVER had a PC game fail to run in the last 16 years of PC gaming. I've never understood what people do to their PCs to make them so unreliable (although I am having BSOD issues with a faulty RAM stick at the moment at home, but I can just about live with it for now ).

likewise, i flip through some game dev forums and the amount of people "doing it wrong" is shocking. besides if something isnt working right I get a sense of achievement making it work right, it also means when i squeeze an extra 15fps out of a game by tinking i enjoy playing it even more.

Quote from Crashgate3 :

Oh yes, I forgot that PC games are, for the most part, about half the price.

and even cheaper if you know what your doing but this isnt the place to discuss that.

Crashgate3 you seem to strike me as another avid pc gamer, what are your thoughts on Epic megagames?

Quote from Dajmin :

For example, the GeForce 9 series was out for about 10 minutes before the GX2s came along, making them a bit pointless.

oh god dont get me started on the "fabled 9-series" but you are absolutly correct, each format has its place.

Quote from danowat :

Most releases, i.e. Fallout 3, GTA 4 are the same across the board.

yes and i applaud devs who make multi format games that complement the hardware they are on. what really pisses me off is when i load a pc game and all the options are designed for a 360 pad/i need to sign into games for windows fail and the interface is all wrong. I was going to mention deadspace as been an example of getting it wrong but delayed input from the mouse could be argued that it works in favour of the gameplay as it wouldnt feel the same if you were playing it like you would 3rd person quake.

there was a game not too long ago that was a 3rd person shooter set in the arctic (forgot the name) but that was a classic example of getting it wrong.

i take my gaming seriously so i get pissed off with poor games a lot more then ordinary people. farcry 2 made me almost feed my dog the DVD but then i love my dog enough not to poison him with what is clearly consolified shite.

I've been a hardcore pc gamer for years now and whilst I have a ps3 I still find myself clamouring for a good pc game. I find most console games to be, how do I put this...very amaturish and water down for the mainstream gamers, compare Crysis to Farcry 2 and you'll see where I'm coming from. FPS on a console is just WRONG and you've got that bastard overrated freak halo convincing devs that it does.

consoles have thier place and you cant beat getting a few mates around for chinese and beer, but if your a enthusiastic hardcore gamer then the PC really is the only format to be playing on.

besides the winning arguement is LFS is on pc.

I use vista x64 due to the triple SLI config, was thinking of loading it with 5 1tb drives, or 4 1tb's with a performance drive covering my boot and gaming partitions.

all the drives in there atm are 7200rpm barrys and even tho that may not sound like much, with carefull data organising they still fly like shit off a shovel.

Quote from EmilO :

Yeah, acctually i really need a new comp. But for the money to buy a new one i can get Xbox360 Elite and some games!

and then spend forever getting RMA's when it RROD's

get a PS3 instead, games system, awesome media center + a blu ray player for under 300 GPB? bargain.

Quote from amp88 :

Pffft! Just 2.7. You're letting the side down with that.

your right it does need more, but im going through a redundancy atm so its going to have to wait

Quote from amp88 :

I'm more interested in knowing how it can run without hard drives.

ah i knew i forgot something, 2.7TB combined across 5 drives

Quote from Bose321 :

meh, how much does it cost to run?

enough to put a considerable dent in my wallet PCM, actually it depends on what its doing as to if its drinking lots. Crysis' opening weekend cost me a lot

Quote from Blas89 :

To be honest I haven't put attention to all the lyrics Gunsmith, just to "This I Love", "Sorry", "Better" but I like the sound of the CD, It turns me on!

yeah they're probably the best tracks on the album

Quote from Blas89 :

Guns N' Roses - Sorry

thread derail: whats your honest opinion of chinese democracy?

Operator - Nothing to Lose

3x 768mb 8800 GTX's here

best card since the Voodoo2

I hate people who have unlimited access to CNC gear. theres just so much you can do with it. altho that cant be light.

i hope the rest of you british guys have some anti freeze to hand, its apparantly gonna drop to -6 tonight

Quote from squidhead :

You can, but getting rid of an addiction is a slow and painful process... You'd have to be locked up in a soft room for over a week preferably with a straight jacket on

awesome, sign me up for the padded room

Intel q9450 @ 3.4ghz
4gig corsair xms2 4-4-4-12
3x8800 GTX in triple SLI config
nvidia 780i motherboard
x-fi elite pro outputting DTS 96/24 via SPDIF to Lofitech Z5500 speakers
tagen 1300w non modular psu
lian-li v1000+ aluminium chassis
cpu/ram/gpus/north + south bridges watercooled.

weighs 51.2lbs (24 ish kilos)
drinks 3.6 amps on boot and has a carbon footprint of 3 and a half foot

just dont ask how much it costs to run