PC Gaming Club

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This is a place to talk about computer gaming in general, be it a discussion about that awesome game you have been playing, or a really promising game that will be released soon. Heck, post away about your gaming rig or discuss ongoing sales at places such as Steam, Amazon, Green Man Gaming, Great Old Games and any other site or store.

 

Advice for building computers or buying technical Hardware should be posted in the Technical Support forum.

 

Note:

Some games have separate megathreads in this forum. Please post about these games in the thread where it belongs.

Example: A post about anything Minecraft related goes into the Sals MineCraft topic while anything World of Warcraft related belongs to The Official WOW thread

Edited January 5, 2015 by Yuanrang

[Cxkslei]

Well it's obvious why it's dying.

 

You create it and leave it at a standstill.

 

Maybe a list of PC games, maybe some of your favorites, maybe some recommendations? Most of the massive threads in this section have large amounts of content in the first post.

[Forrest Jump]

I've gone that route before. I have a pretty good idea what I'm doing.

 

 

Getting the Alienware M11X Netbook. It can run games like Mass Effect 2 at max settings never dropping below 30 fps.

[farbods0]

Gaming rig son =) http://img163.imageshack.us/g/photoexh.jpg/

Its got 4gb ram

1.5TB

5870 XFX XXX edition

and its a Antec 902 gaming case with some extra LEDS

[Forrest Jump]

Electric blue -.-

 

I know that Steam requires you to be online to play downloaded games, but does Direct 2 Drive or Gamestop make you do this?

[Dannnehhh]

Getting the Alienware M11X Netbook. It can run games like Mass Effect 2 at max settings never dropping below 30 fps.

I strongly urge you not to get an Alienware. You're paying for the brand name, nothing else.

 

I spent £430 on my PC, it was better than Alienware's cheapest desktop at the time and it was 10x better (performance wise).

 

Might I suggest CyberPower Systems? Google them, they do fudgeing awesome deals.

[20000_Posts]

Getting the Alienware M11X Netbook. It can run games like Mass Effect 2 at max settings never dropping below 30 fps.

I strongly urge you not to get an Alienware. You're paying for the brand name, nothing else.

 

I spent £430 on my PC, it was better than Alienware's cheapest desktop at the time and it was 10x better (performance wise).

 

Might I suggest CyberPower Systems? Google them, they do fudgeing awesome deals.

It's a surprisingly powerful and cheap computer, especially for an alienware.

 

One of the better gaming laptops I've seen (plus it has an 8 hour battery).

[Forrest Jump]

Getting the Alienware M11X Netbook. It can run games like Mass Effect 2 at max settings never dropping below 30 fps.

I strongly urge you not to get an Alienware. You're paying for the brand name, nothing else.

 

I spent £430 on my PC, it was better than Alienware's cheapest desktop at the time and it was 10x better (performance wise).

 

Might I suggest CyberPower Systems? Google them, they do fudgeing awesome deals.

It's a surprisingly powerful and cheap computer, especially for an alienware.

 

One of the better gaming laptops I've seen (plus it has an 8 hour battery).

 

This. Me and Red looked at it quite a bit. I agree most Alienwares are massively overpriced, in fact I'm convinced they all are but this one. I really want to get a laptop so I could take it to my campground so this is perfect. For reference it's $800.

[Ph201]

Well it's obvious why it's dying.

 

You create it and leave it at a standstill.

 

Maybe a list of PC games, maybe some of your favorites, maybe some recommendations? Most of the massive threads in this section have large amounts of content in the first post.

 

Once they get truly massive people do not care, especially when the forum deletes all of your content.

[Dannnehhh]

Hmm. Looking into that Laptop now. Seems pretty good. I do need to buy a laptop myself to complete my gaming set up. It does actually seem.....pretty fudgeing good at a fair price for what comes with it.

 

Shall I or shall I not...I'll be able to afford it within the next month. -.-

[20000_Posts]

Hmm. Looking into that Laptop now. Seems pretty good. I do need to buy a laptop myself to complete my gaming set up. It does actually seem.....pretty fudgeing good at a fair price for what comes with it.

 

Shall I or shall I not...I'll be able to afford it within the next month. -.-

For gaming laptops I'd go with either one of those or something along the Toshiba Qosmio lines (they're also larger).

 

I know you're not American but for reference: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16834114796

 

I may end up getting something like that for college in a year. I've always liked Toshiba laptops.

[Swarley]

You could also try ibuypower.com

They have pretty good custom laptops.

[Inquisitribble]

Here are the specs for my computer, it's nothing really hard-core or anything, but it's good enough to play Spore on highest detail settings and Star Trek Online at highest settings without lagging.

 

 

Case: NZXT Lexa-S Gaming Tower Case

Processor: AMD Phenom™ II X2 550 Black Edition Dual-Core CPU (3.1GHz)

Processor Cooling: AVC Silent AMD CPU Fan and Heatsink

Memory: 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 RAM

Video Card: NVIDIA 9800GT – 1GB - Single Card

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H

Primary Hard Drive: 320 GB Hard Drive

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - 64-Bit

 

 

 

 

And it was only $745. (around €545 or £478.37) :o

Edited February 8, 2010 by Randomness

[Naota]

I wish I could partake in this. My gaming PC is horrid, and I can only play pre-2000 games with no problems (starcraft, tiberium sun, etc)

[Beret]

Manufacturer:
NVIDIA
Processor:
AMD Phenom II X3
Memory:
3.5GB RAM
Hard Drive:
492 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Monitor:
Plug and Play Monitor
Sound Card:
Realtek AC97 Audio
Speakers/Headphones:
Keyboard:
USB Root Hub
Mouse:
USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Dragonball Z mousepad
Operating System:
Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
Motherboard:
ASRock K10N78M @2.81GHz
Computer Case:
Cooler Master 690

[Forrest Jump]

Hmm. Looking into that Laptop now. Seems pretty good. I do need to buy a laptop myself to complete my gaming set up. It does actually seem.....pretty fudgeing good at a fair price for what comes with it.

 

Shall I or shall I not...I'll be able to afford it within the next month. -.-

 

I'll let you know how it is if you want. Should be ordering within this month.

 

I wish I could partake in this. My gaming PC is horrid, and I can only play pre-2000 games with no problems (starcraft, tiberium sun, etc)

 

I'm sure we could help you upgrade if you want.

[Swarley]

Started playing Indigo Prophecy today. So far its good. Its kinda old, but I never played it before.

[20000_Posts]

Started playing Indigo Prophecy today. So far its good. Its kinda old, but I never played it before.

Is it good? I've been looking for a new game and this seems pretty decent.

[Swarley]

Started playing Indigo Prophecy today. So far its good. Its kinda old, but I never played it before.

Is it good? I've been looking for a new game and this seems pretty decent.

So far its good. The graphics are pretty dated. But the way the controls work make it pretty entertaining. Give it a go if you want, its pretty cheap now too.

[Forrest Jump]

I might get it just because of Heavy Rain.

[20000_Posts]

I had no idea HL2: Episode 1 was so short. Pretty good, nonetheless. I'll boot up Episode 2 tomorrow probably.

[Forrest Jump]

Bought Rome total war with all expansions for only $3.39 from a sale on steam -.- Also got AvP Classic for $5. Going to get Empire Total War for $10 on Steam tomorrow even though I can't run it. Trying to stockpile some games for when I get my laptop by buying when there's sales.

[Kemosabe]

Does anyone play Dungeon Siege? I found it tucked away in my house. It's pretty old, but not actually a bad game.

[Naota]

I wish I could partake in this. My gaming PC is horrid, and I can only play pre-2000 games with no problems (starcraft, tiberium sun, etc)

 

I'm sure we could help you upgrade if you want.

I'm well versed with computers (Not sure if you were here during the Techie era). I could get a good one, I just lack the income. I'm thinking I'll use a chunk of my financial aid and buy something better. I mean, with this (custom 120gb hdd, and XP Pro SP2, I use it for watching videos) I could enjoy some Soldat. -.-

[Forrest Jump]

I wish I could partake in this. My gaming PC is horrid, and I can only play pre-2000 games with no problems (starcraft, tiberium sun, etc)

 

I'm sure we could help you upgrade if you want.

I'm well versed with computers (Not sure if you were here during the Techie era). I could get a good one, I just lack the income. I'm thinking I'll use a chunk of my financial aid and buy something better. I mean, with this (custom 120gb hdd, and XP Pro SP2, I use it for watching videos) I could enjoy some Soldat. -.-

 

Now that I think about it I do remember seeing you around lol. Probably wasn't thinking when I posted.