[Personguy]

QUOTE (Warlord. @ Thursday, Aug 2 2012, 15:24)

I have no idea really. I haven't been following the game. But for any news, the best place is 4chan (no really).

I think I'll just check the website periodically; I'm not going near that place.

Also has anyone got Orcs must die 2 on steam and fancy a game of co op?

This post has been edited by Personguy on Thursday, Aug 2 2012, 19:41

[69_black_69]

I'm playing Borderlands and already beat the last boss.
The question is in what order should i play the dlc? Should i do it in playthroughs 1 or 2?
Already on level 37 here, with Roland.

[illegal_luggage]

Ooh just noticed CS:GO on Steam. Will there be a demo because I wanna try it before I buy it. On the topic of upcoming games I'm waiting for Jet Set Radio HD but I can't find a release date. All SEGA have said is Summer 2012 but it's getting a little late.

[fullmetal]

QUOTE (illegal_luggage @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 14:31)

Ooh just noticed CS:GO on Steam. Will there be a demo because I wanna try it before I buy it. On the topic of upcoming games I'm waiting for Jet Set Radio HD but I can't find a release date. All SEGA have said is Summer 2012 but it's getting a little late.

Don't know if I have you in my STEAMLIST or not, still have some CS:GO beta keys left.

[illegal_luggage]

QUOTE (fullmetal @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 13:42)

QUOTE (illegal_luggage @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 14:31) Ooh just noticed CS:GO on Steam. Will there be a demo because I wanna try it before I buy it. On the topic of upcoming games I'm waiting for Jet Set Radio HD but I can't find a release date. All SEGA have said is Summer 2012 but it's getting a little late. Don't know if I have you in my STEAMLIST or not, still have some CS:GO beta keys left.

Well I would greatly appreciate it if I could have a key, my Steam name is Old Man Snail. How big is the beta?

[Fnorg]

QUOTE (fullmetal @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 14:42)

QUOTE (illegal_luggage @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 14:31) Ooh just noticed CS:GO on Steam. Will there be a demo because I wanna try it before I buy it. On the topic of upcoming games I'm waiting for Jet Set Radio HD but I can't find a release date. All SEGA have said is Summer 2012 but it's getting a little late. Don't know if I have you in my STEAMLIST or not, still have some CS:GO beta keys left.

If you could spare one, I'd love to have it (to give away to my sister).

[Triple Penetration]

And me please, I've been asking my friends but they won't give it to me no matter what just to make me mad..

[Irviding]

Anyone play PAYDAY: The Heist??? I think it's great. Really simple and fun.

[Audiophile]

Since it's been brought up, do any of you mind adding me on Steam? Username is in the siggy but eitherway: BWpunisher.

Looking to add more GTAF members on my friends list! Already have a few.

[nightwalker83]

QUOTE (Audiophile @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 17:21)

Since it's been brought up, do any of you mind adding me on Steam? Username is in the siggy but eitherway: BWpunisher. Looking to add more GTAF members on my friends list! Already have a few.

Your profile is the only one with a custom pic? There are three accounts with the same username.

[Audiophile]

QUOTE (nightwalker83 @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 07:03)

QUOTE (Audiophile @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 17:21) Since it's been brought up, do any of you mind adding me on Steam? Username is in the siggy but eitherway: BWpunisher. Looking to add more GTAF members on my friends list! Already have a few. Your profile is the only one with a custom pic? There are three accounts with the same username.

Yes. My profile picture is the one with the Rome II photo. And you added me, so you got the right one! Thanks!

[NaidRaida]

Does anyone have experience with overclocking a NVidia GTX 460 1GB?

I've read some information about that on the internet and just done it myself.
The card has good overclocking capabilities I think although I'm running a PNY variant (but I believe it has just stock clocks, it definitely has a stock fan/case).

My recent results (PNY GTX460 XLR8 1GB):

Stock clocks:
- GPU clock: 675 MHz (idle: 50 MHz)
- Memmory clock: 1800 MHz (idle: 135 MHz)
- Shader clock: 1350 MHz (idle: 100 MHz)
- Voltage: 0.875 (idle) 0.975 (load)
- Bandwidth: 115 GB

My values for gaming:
- GPU clock: 800 MHz
- Memmory clock: 2200 MHz
- Shader clock: 1600 MHz
- Voltage: stock values
- Bandwidth: 140 GB

I think the overclocking results are very good without any special measurements like increasing the voltage or installing special cooling. Highest measured temp was 80°C. That seems okay, fan at 60% topspeed maximum.
No artifacts, idle temp is 40°C... The temps seems to be almost the same as with stock clocks which is a bit confusing but okay. The card (with the Q8200) can render most actual games on high or even
ultra with medium AA which is nice. I'm still satisfied with this 'old' card and there's no need to upgrade for me. 30-50 FPS are possible with most games and above settings. Power consumption is also okay
to me: I'm using only a 550W power supply. Some o'c guide says it can run on GTX470 level with no big difference.

I'm still recommending this card for 'casual' gaming and even modding. Price in 2011 was 230€. I bet you can get it for 100 now if you don't need a GTX690.

I'm curious who is more likely the bottleneck in my system? The above mentioned card or my Core2Quad Q8200 (2.3 GHz). I'd say it's the CPU of course.

This post has been edited by NaidRaida on Monday, Aug 13 2012, 19:53

[OverTheBelow]

^ temperatures don't change that much till you start playing with the voltage, then the real increases take place.

The GTX 460 is indeed a good card. It's pretty much the Nvidia equivalent of my 5850 (at stock) and I'm still pretty satisfied with the amount of performance I get from my card.

[sivispacem]

What OTB said, basically. The reference GTX460 cards overclock very well, and those figures you've posted are slap-bang in the middle of what I would call "a healthy overclock" for a card with a reference-type cooler. Of course, some of the non-reference cards (either board or cooler) might go faster (my Gainward is set to GPU 800MHz/Mem 2000MHz/Shader 1600MHz out of the box, for example. and 900/2400/1800 is very achievable). As for the theoretical bottleneck in your system, could it be a RAM related issue? A Core 2 Quad shouldn't be causing too much of a bottleneck with a GTX460 as the GPU should be taking the majority of the strain in any increased image quality/detail.

[NaidRaida]

QUOTE (OverTheBelow @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 21:52)

start playing with the voltage

I'm not going to do this. It's too dangerous for me. Not with this tiny stock fan.
This was an ATI system at first but I switched to NVidia because I re-assembled the system only for GTA IV and therefore NVidia seems better.
Maybe it's also very helpful that I clean my whole computer very often and very carefully from dust and... things. It's a pity that the video card case seems
to be glued together and can't be opened without any damage, I would like to completely dismember it and clean it also from the inside of the cooling block and aroud the cooling pipes
but the case is almost closed and hard to clean without removing it.

QUOTE

As for the theoretical bottleneck in your system, could it be a RAM related issue?

The RAM is always a problem because I'm using a 32 bit OS. 4GB installed, 3.5 usable. Still enough for most games but this might be limiting my system a bit. I'm not really thinking
something is beeing a strong bottleneck in my computer. It seems very balanced at a upper-medium level. I'm more likely curious what is the weakest part in that config to be more precisely.
From this point of view the RAM is probably the weakest part. I've configured Vista as best as I could and it now takes 800MB of the RAM. I think that is a good value for Vista.

This post has been edited by NaidRaida on Monday, Aug 13 2012, 20:12

[Fireman]

QUOTE (Personguy @ Thursday, Aug 2 2012, 15:18)

Thanks a lot. Has their been any news on the game do you know? It just looks the same as when it was first announced

I've been following it but not much news yet.

You could try Project Zomboid, it's the same concept but with some crappier graphics. So far it's a great game though, I even paid for it.

[Toup]

All these rumors about HL3...

This post has been edited by Toup on Tuesday, Aug 14 2012, 13:02

[brownbear]

I've been looking into building a new PC, I'd like to be able to play new high end games and I have a budget of about £500-600. Is this realistic? Any ideas?

[PrometheusX]

QUOTE (brownbear @ Wednesday, Aug 15 2012, 12:20)

I've been looking into building a new PC, I'd like to be able to play new high end games and I have a budget of about £500-600. Is this realistic? Any ideas?

Yeah, I think you could get an i5 2500k, HD 6870, 8GB RAM with that budget. But it's better to make a topic at the Tech & PC Chat.

[Master of San Andreas]

Need A pic of the map!


If Anyone can!