Something quite logical which is not present: Games discussion!

aliquidparadigm · 07-10-2008, 07:02 PM

(side note: we should totally have a forum for this... as it's rather hard to game without a GPU... and... duh

)

So, recently, I have been playing a whole lot of Mass Effect for the PC; it is, without a doubt, the best original IP for RPGs that has come along in ages, and, really, it might be one of the best OIPs in any genre over the last two console-generations.

Such wonderful character development, story development, and world environment. My only main complaint is the damned UE3 and it's fundamental lack of AA. Sure, it somewhat supports it, but not a whole lot, and not well. I can deal with delayed texture mapping (another reportedly common problem with UE3) and other minor things, but no real support for AA? Not even driver-level AA? Bad! Death to jagged edges!

Anyway, discuss what you're playing (way too much of) right now.

Oh, and for relevant reference: http://www.xfire.com/profile/aliquidparadigm

Radiator · 07-10-2008, 08:46 PM

I've been playing a whole lot of Hellgate : London lately... and during my through with one of my characters , I tried max settings... it worked exactly the same as medium settings ... and looked a whole lot better .
Thinking of acquiring a game called Test Drive Unlimited... just to drive a Bugatti Veyron ( if the game has it ofcourse ) .
But yep... a games section would be logical .

Sunny · 07-10-2008, 08:51 PM

Hey there we go a gaming thread. I have looked at that Mass Effect game and the graphics look really great and it looks like an awesome game. Its on my games to buy list. Oh man lack of AA kinda sucks. I hate Jaggies.

Right now I am still into Battlefield 2142 being that I know lots of people playing it still. But I also do some competition matches too. I used to play this game with just the standard 4x AA you could enable in the game. But since then I went in to the Nvidia Control Panel and told it to enhance my BF2142 game AA with 16xAA So there are really no jaggies in this game anymore. I have not seen it so clear before its awesome.

Among that I play lots of other RTS and FPS games on the PC.

Here is my profile http://www.xfire.com/profile/beastlykilla/

Radiator · 07-10-2008, 09:05 PM

Am I the only person here who doesn't mind jaggies ? Monitor's native resolution = enough for me . Oh well , if I do get a new PC in the fall , I guess I'll be running most games at 4xAA anyway :P .

Die Auslese · 07-10-2008, 09:47 PM

Way to much World of Warcraft, and WAY WAY WAY!!! To much Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. I loves these game, most likly becuase I have no social life, lawl!?!

hdantman · 07-11-2008, 09:05 AM

ME is wonderful, even if you had to turn the settings down to nothing. The game is simply that good. I beat the poop out of it on 360, and I bought it for PC (borrowed the xbox version) and am playing it again when I get the time. I'm enhancing the FSAA settings in the nvidia cpl, and the game looks gorgeous.

It looks fantastic without FSAA too. But yes, I hate edges.

Just had some fun with Portal last weekend--GlaDOS is hilarious. "Remember that time when you were on the ledge over the fire, and I was like... and then we pretended to murder you...that was great..." I nearly pissed myself.

-RK · 07-11-2008, 10:42 PM

Team Fortress 2.

'nuff said.

aliquidparadigm · 07-12-2008, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Die Auslese

Way to much World of Warcraft, and WAY WAY WAY!!! To much Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. I loves these game, most likly becuase I have no social life, lawl!?!

I'm not sure if that was supposed to be sarcastic, but it's really, really, really close to what I think of a person whenever I hear that they play either of those two games. (c:

RPG = cool, MMORPG = sad. (M)MOFPS I can totally dig, though.

hdantman · 07-12-2008, 08:40 AM

I'm with paradigm on that one, but to each his own. I've got friends who do nothing BUT play WOW. It never caught my attention.

Die Auslese · 07-12-2008, 05:58 PM

Lets just say I work 10 hours a day 5-6 days a week, and when I have day off then I go do something with friends, but most of time I'm wokring, I'm to exhastued to do anything. So i just pour myself a beer, and start to play a vid game, and an MMORPG never fails to entertain me.

07-10-2008, 07:02 PM	#1
aliquidparadigm Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Triple Creek, Beaverton, Oregon, USA Posts: 279 Video Card: ASUS EAH6950 DCII/2DI4S/1GD5	Something quite logical which is not present: Games discussion! (side note: we should totally have a forum for this... as it's rather hard to game without a GPU... and... duh ) So, recently, I have been playing a whole lot of Mass Effect for the PC; it is, without a doubt, the best original IP for RPGs that has come along in ages, and, really, it might be one of the best OIPs in any genre over the last two console-generations. Such wonderful character development, story development, and world environment. My only main complaint is the damned UE3 and it's fundamental lack of AA. Sure, it somewhat supports it, but not a whole lot, and not well. I can deal with delayed texture mapping (another reportedly common problem with UE3) and other minor things, but no real support for AA? Not even driver-level AA? Bad! Death to jagged edges! Anyway, discuss what you're playing (way too much of) right now. Oh, and for relevant reference: http://www.xfire.com/profile/aliquidparadigm __________________ I don't own a gun because I am a responsible drug user; you don't want guns and mushrooms on the same playing field. compenis: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3600MHz w/Zalman 9700 Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4 Kingston HyperX 8192MB DDR2 PC8500 @ 533MHz 5-5-5-15-2T Hannspree HF-289HJB (28", Widescreen) @ 1920x1200; Pioneer 6070HD @ 1280x720 Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP with stock fans, 1 Zalman ZM-F3 120mm, and 2 Scythe SY1225SL12H 120mm fans.

07-10-2008, 08:46 PM	#2
Radiator Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estonia Posts: 1,525 Video Card: XFX HD 5850 @ 820/1125	I've been playing a whole lot of Hellgate : London lately... and during my through with one of my characters , I tried max settings... it worked exactly the same as medium settings ... and looked a whole lot better . Thinking of acquiring a game called Test Drive Unlimited... just to drive a Bugatti Veyron ( if the game has it ofcourse ) . But yep... a games section would be logical . __________________ AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition AM3 C2 + Scythe Mugen 2 (120mm Enermax Apollish+ 120mm Scythe Slipstream) Gigabyte 785GT-UD3H AM3 Rev 1.0 XFX HD 5850 @ 820/1125 + Zalman VF3000A 12GB Crucial Ballistix (2x4GB Tactical 2x2GB Tracer) DDR3 1600 Mhz 8-8-8-24 Chieftec 750W Antec 1200 case Samsung F3 1TB 7200 RPM LaCie 1TB 7200 RPM ( Actually a Hitachi Deskstar ) Windows 7 64bit 42" LG 42LV4500 1920x1080 Microlab Solo 7C speakers Flickr

07-10-2008, 08:51 PM	#3
Sunny Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 217 Video Card: 2X EVGA GTX 280	Hey there we go a gaming thread. I have looked at that Mass Effect game and the graphics look really great and it looks like an awesome game. Its on my games to buy list. Oh man lack of AA kinda sucks. I hate Jaggies. Right now I am still into Battlefield 2142 being that I know lots of people playing it still. But I also do some competition matches too. I used to play this game with just the standard 4x AA you could enable in the game. But since then I went in to the Nvidia Control Panel and told it to enhance my BF2142 game AA with 16xAA So there are really no jaggies in this game anymore. I have not seen it so clear before its awesome. Among that I play lots of other RTS and FPS games on the PC. Here is my profile http://www.xfire.com/profile/beastlykilla/ __________________ EVGA 780i FTW XP MCE/Vista 64 Bit QX9650 @3.6 Ghz FSB 1600 4 GB OCZ @1066Mhz WC 5-5-4-15 v1.9 2 X 300 GB 10,000RPM VelociRaptors(Raid 0) 2 X 300 GB 10,000RPM VelociRaptors(Raid 0) 2 x EVGA GTX 280 @700mhz Core/ 2450 Mem X-Fi Titanium Fatality Champion Series

07-10-2008, 09:05 PM	#4
Radiator Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estonia Posts: 1,525 Video Card: XFX HD 5850 @ 820/1125	Am I the only person here who doesn't mind jaggies ? Monitor's native resolution = enough for me . Oh well , if I do get a new PC in the fall , I guess I'll be running most games at 4xAA anyway :P . __________________ AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition AM3 C2 + Scythe Mugen 2 (120mm Enermax Apollish+ 120mm Scythe Slipstream) Gigabyte 785GT-UD3H AM3 Rev 1.0 XFX HD 5850 @ 820/1125 + Zalman VF3000A 12GB Crucial Ballistix (2x4GB Tactical 2x2GB Tracer) DDR3 1600 Mhz 8-8-8-24 Chieftec 750W Antec 1200 case Samsung F3 1TB 7200 RPM LaCie 1TB 7200 RPM ( Actually a Hitachi Deskstar ) Windows 7 64bit 42" LG 42LV4500 1920x1080 Microlab Solo 7C speakers Flickr

07-10-2008, 09:47 PM	#5
Die Auslese n00b Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 29 Video Card: 1 ATi XFX 5970 870 Core 1160Mem, Liqued Cooled	Way to much World of Warcraft, and WAY WAY WAY!!! To much Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. I loves these game, most likly becuase I have no social life, lawl!?! __________________ System Spec: Case: Coolermaster Stacker 830 CPU: Intel Core I7 920 3.08GHZ Air GPU: XFX ATi Radeon 5970 870 Core, 1160 Mem, Liqued HDD: 2x Western Digital 320GB HD in Raid-0 RAM: Corsair DDR3 XMS3 1600Mhz 6GB EXTRA: PSU 750W, X-FI Sound Card Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

07-11-2008, 09:05 AM	#6
hdantman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: TX Posts: 244 Video Card: 3x GTX 280 in SLI	ME is wonderful, even if you had to turn the settings down to nothing. The game is simply that good. I beat the poop out of it on 360, and I bought it for PC (borrowed the xbox version) and am playing it again when I get the time. I'm enhancing the FSAA settings in the nvidia cpl, and the game looks gorgeous. It looks fantastic without FSAA too. But yes, I hate edges. Just had some fun with Portal last weekend--GlaDOS is hilarious. "Remember that time when you were on the ledge over the fire, and I was like... and then we pretended to murder you...that was great..." I nearly pissed myself.

07-11-2008, 10:42 PM	#7
-RK Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 891 Video Card: MSI 9600gt @ 780 core/2000 shader/1000(2000) RAM	Team Fortress 2. 'nuff said. __________________ Opteron 175 @ 2.83ghz 2GB DDR 400 @ 333 CAS 2-2-2 2x80gb sata2 drives RAID0 for audio editing and OS 1x120gb IDE drive storage MSI k8n Diamond Plus M-Audio Fast Track Ultra 19" flat CRT (Monstrously heavy monitor) XP Pro I use Blender, Ableton Live, GIMP, AND play games on this thing. Shove your resource intensive operating systems.

07-12-2008, 08:40 AM	#9
hdantman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: TX Posts: 244 Video Card: 3x GTX 280 in SLI	I'm with paradigm on that one, but to each his own. I've got friends who do nothing BUT play WOW. It never caught my attention.

07-12-2008, 05:58 PM	#10
Die Auslese n00b Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 29 Video Card: 1 ATi XFX 5970 870 Core 1160Mem, Liqued Cooled	Lets just say I work 10 hours a day 5-6 days a week, and when I have day off then I go do something with friends, but most of time I'm wokring, I'm to exhastued to do anything. So i just pour myself a beer, and start to play a vid game, and an MMORPG never fails to entertain me. __________________ System Spec: Case: Coolermaster Stacker 830 CPU: Intel Core I7 920 3.08GHZ Air GPU: XFX ATi Radeon 5970 870 Core, 1160 Mem, Liqued HDD: 2x Western Digital 320GB HD in Raid-0 RAM: Corsair DDR3 XMS3 1600Mhz 6GB EXTRA: PSU 750W, X-FI Sound Card Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

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