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At 12/2/11 07:20 PM, DeadEyeRanger wrote: I have an ATI Xpress 200 series in my 7 year old computer(The one I'm using now), and it has never failed on me, except for when I accidentally uninstalled it.
I can run Guild Wars on a smooth and steady 24 FPS(All low settings), Halo Combat Evolved at 30-40 FPS(Low settings), and Diablo 2 at a high FPS(I haven't checked, but I also have all graphics settings on high)

WHATS THIS? MY 7 YEAR OLD CARD CAN RUN SEVEN YEAR OLD GAMES PRETTY WELL! WHO'DA THUNK THAT!?

At 12/1/11 10:41 PM, PimpNFresh wrote: I would really like to hear this Back-from-Purgatory. I am not a fan of any MMORPG's. WoW has consumed the lives of far too many people I know, it's sad.

Don't hate the game, hate the player. WoW doesn't physically reach out and force you to play it.

If WoW hadn't existed I'd reckon that the MMO genre would be a rather different place. Like how the game has evoloved or not, WoW dominates the MMO scene for a good reason: People like it.

The big difference? I reckon a lot of MMOs would have tried to be different. Too many released since WoW's launch have simply tried to copy WoW and that is the path to doom.

At 12/2/11 03:21 PM, andy70707 wrote: Also, ever heard of the concept of multiple computers/smartphones/friends computers?

Yeah, and they're using them :P

Inexplictably however, upon booting the PC up today I have full 1920x1080 resolution on the internal graphics chip. 's not all bad I guess.

At 12/1/11 10:27 PM, HooglyBoogly wrote: OP, sounds like you need a better fan for your GPU bro. There should be no reason to "get something new". Radeon 5570 is an excellent video card.

There's a red light on the video card when it tries to load windows. I think it's safe to say that many weeks of dust clogging has melted something important and ruined the card.

At 12/1/11 08:06 PM, fuzzum111 wrote: I didn't fry my card, my capacitors literally exploded while still inside my computer. Because the fan seized up...becuase it was melted, and it melted because I was unaware that I need to regularly clean it.

Lesson learned.

Me too. Really need to get a can of compressed air and clean out those heatsinks throughly.

At 12/1/11 07:42 PM, BumFodder wrote: HD 6870. Isnt really a budget one though really.

You used budget in the sense of "Cheap card"
I used budget in the sense of "This is around about how much money I'm able/willing to spend on a new card"

As it turns out, 6850 is right in my budget. I'm just wieghing it up against the GTX 550. Opinions?

At 12/1/11 05:23 PM, andy70707 wrote: Yes! Get this one quick. I had a similar problem, I originally ought a 6850 due to it's apparent faster clockspeed and superior processing power, but it was DOA, so I sent it back and vowed never to buy ATi (AMD) again.

So wait, the product that was delivered to you was faulty and you deemed the entire company's stock to be worthless? Far more likely to be an issue with the distributor that ATI/AMD themselves.

That said, the GTX 550 you linked is £10/£20 cheaper than the Superclocked GTX 460 on Overclockers. Proof that shopping around pays off people.

At 12/1/11 04:58 PM, Timchik wrote: Left 4 Dead I assume?

Actually I'd just started Orcs Must Die! First wave spawns and the screen jut blacks out, monitor detects no input.

At 12/1/11 04:56 PM, beakerboy wrote: my graphics card is a 1gb Radeon 5570 HD

....

how long did urs last? I got this awesome PC semi-recently and it runs perfect.

Got it from June 2010, am thinking it died due to sloppy dust cleaning on my part. Skyrim sent it to 81 degrees c at one point.

It's pretty damn dead. 1gb Radeon HD 5770.

Am looking for replacements people, budget of about £100 or so, don't care about make or model, just the best value for money.

Anyone got any suggestions? 1400x900 on the internal GFX and it's bleeding my eyes.

Have noticed a major improvement to my framerate since this patch came out.

I really don't think I can top this screenie I took in Darklight Tower.

Well there's only a certain number of people, had to be a popular artist at some point.

Anyone made any hotel plans yet? Am willing to split the cost of a double room if anyone's found a good offer.

I saw Secret of Mana at my local Gamestation a few years back, boxed, booklet for £60

At 11/25/11 07:22 AM, Jawdyn wrote: More cabbages.

That's epic! Console code or legitimately hoarding cabbages?

At 11/24/11 05:39 PM, POTaTOS wrote: Why were classes removed? I thought the variety of classes and the ability to make your own class was very cool.

Because the class skills have all been put in. Make use of a skill, it gets better. Want to focus on being a sneaky daggery thief? Do that and Sneak and One Handed Weapons will increase in skill. Get bored of that? Switch to Destruction spells and fire Firebolts at things to make that better.

It's streamlined the experience, you will get better at what you choose to do, no class restrictions to get in the way when you realise, 10 hours in, that you kinda hate the magic system.

Yeah Magicka's netcode is a bit twatty. A shame because it's a really damn good co-op experience.

I'd say Duke Nukem Forever, which i paid £30 for, was a waste. However if i'd paid £5 like it's been in the recent Steam sales I'd be ok with it. It just doesn't warrant that big price tag.

Congrats, your a fine candidate for eeking out revenge on the 1%.

Find one and kill them, you'll make the 99% proud.

At 11/24/11 07:47 AM, Bahamut wrote: I know DNF was a huge bomb but £5 is still tempting. A lot cheaper than the console versions are right now.

It's not great, but deffo worth a fiver for the one liners alone.

Bought...

LIMBO
The Binding of Issac
Portal 2
DETOUR
Orcs Must Die! (And DLC)
TRAUMA

This is ontop of Hypophobia and the Indie pack for Super meat boy, with World of Goo, VVVVVV, bit trip beat and runner.

I'll let Balrog sum up my reaction to these sales.

At 11/23/11 01:34 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: Rage looks sick. I don't care what anybody says. And that glaive thing is sweet.

Graphically it does not, the PC version had issues with not being able to tweak anything because it was a shitty console port.

Get Battlefield 3, it will give you many many more hours of entertainment for your money. Wait until Rage hits below the 10 dollar mark in a sale.

At 11/22/11 11:41 PM, WadeFulp wrote: Another blast from the past, probably 20+ years, I can't be sure, but I may have gotten this from a trip to Tennessee, either in Gatlinberg or Knoxville. Or I ordered it from a catalog. The Taylor Golden Dragon. These were imported from Japan, before the ban. Now you can only get butterfly (balisong) knives that are made in the USA, legally.

THIS BLADE IS SO PIMP I MUST REST IT ON SOME MONEY. ONE DOLLAR PIMP BILL.

At 11/22/11 06:19 PM, roderickii wrote:

At 11/22/11 03:53 PM, WadeFulp wrote: This one is bad ass.

Damn bro I wonder what kind of reactions you'd get pulling your "rainbow knife" on someone.

"YO CRACKA GIMME ALL YO' MONEY"
*Stab*
"TASTE THE RAINBOW!"

DURN KIDS!

At 11/15/11 04:12 PM, ghostdude69 wrote: weve all been there, i personally go to maryland schools, and meh there ok, the biggest thing that bothers me is the no bullying and fighting rules. first off i feel everyone needs to get bullied, for it makes a stronger person who can stand being made fun of,

You only need to look to the hundreds of children who thought that ending their lives was a better idea than enduring the torment they got at school another day to figure out that you sir, are wrong.

My experience of being bullied for years during my school days has not made me a stronger person who can stand being made fun of. It has forced me to develop a high level of apathy to such a practice, leading to problems actually telling people to stop what they're doing when they're pushing it too far. What you are talking about is teasing among friends, not bullying.

and for fighting? well thats stupid, when my stepdad went to his city school you could pop someons ass no problem nowdays even if someone pulls a gun on you, well another thing you cant fight back at all, you have to wait for a teacher to get there. andy other personal stories?

There's nothing stopping you fighting back, you'll just get into trouble for doing so. Whether you should entirely depends on your knowledge of how well the school would deal with the situation if you stood there and took the blows from whoever is giving you a hard time. He'll get a serious punishment and forced to apologise? Sit there and take it. They'll slap him on the wrist? Then deck him.

Only pay attention to the no fighting rule if you feel the school will give the guy an appriopriate punishment for his actions. And when your hauled infront of the senior staff for fighting, tell them that's what will happen, that they will enforce discipline and punishment on those that pick fights with you or you will physically stand up for yourself.

And finally, if someone pops a gun on you, it's better to do what the nutjob says. Trying to be a hero in that situtation will more than likely get you killed for something that was simply not worth it.

DURRR

At 11/21/11 05:49 AM, ZJ wrote: Why has this not been used yet?

Is that a floating turd in the bottom-right corner?

It's not just the Daily Mail that's gotten on this story without contacting anyone involved.

From Sunday's The People:

"Yobbo's Trail of Tragedy"
By Keir Mudie

"-Last week goth Melody McDermott, 22, was left with a fractured eye socket after a similar hate assault in Bury, Lancs. Police are still looking for the thugs."

So yeah, turns out 5th October was last week, what brilliant investigative journalism we have these days.

Ho ho ho!

Because when you've got sound editing software and some audiobooks, the first thing that comes to mind is your 10 year old inner child's ideas.

Humans are social animals. We seek companionship.

That is what both men and woman look for. Specifics depend on each individual person.