The Official Graphics Card and PC gaming Thread

usenet/ raidshare ftw

and PC>xbox 360 for most games, esp FPSs.

 

How does usenet work?

 

you get a newsreader, which reads the binaries, needing to be downloaded from newsgroups (aka the rars) these news groups are hosted on servers, normally with a 90 day retention of the binaries, and when you download, its straight from the server, so you max out your dld speed.

you normally have to pay for a news server and they will have the best most popular news groups with the newest binaries etc. binaries get realeases, which are then turned into torrents by people.

the better news servers have over 200 days retentions, and encrypted downloads, so your ISP cannot see what is being downloaded. and they support over 90% of all binary newsgroups.

 

The mouse is delayed in Dead Space, due to the direct analogue stick to mouse conversion. However, once you get used to it it's fine, and the ability to use a mouse still makes the game more playable than with a gamepad.

Usenet is nice, but expensive. When you realise what you can get off private torrent trackers, once you get a good ratio, usenet doesn't seem so appealing.

 

yeah but its practically risk free, and constant top speeds

 

Thanks Estuansis for the tip

I'll get the tool before I start the game, so I can play properly

By the way, which torrent site is the best game (private or public), just wondering

 

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Thanks for that replied back

Just for the record I hit 290 frames+ on HL2 everything maxed out at 1280x800 (x16AA, ant anti stropic[or sumthing along those lines ] )

Here is the frapslog

LOL, the zero was beacuse of the loading/ node graph rebuilding

Old game I know, bu the triple digits make me happy

 

What's the point of such a high FPS? I always thought that 40FPS was fine for me. If I got more than that then I would turn up the settings. Plus REALLY high FPS creates tearing of the image on my monitor.


Hmm, I'm transferring 50GB of data from my old laptop to my new one. God, XP and Vista dont work so well toghether! I can only do a wirless network between them. This is going to take SIXTEEN HOURS!!!

 

Im wanting to build a new pc mainly for dvd burning and some mmo gaming, whats some good mobos, and graphics cards and reasonable prices, and should I go with dual or quad core? Im leaning towards quad, Anyway anyone got some good ideas let me know. Much appreciated.

 

I don't think MMOs require that much power. Which specific one?

Honestly if I was on a budget and I wanted to make a gaming rig I would buy an E5200, HD4850, and a GA-EP45-DS3L with a Earthwatts 380 and call it a day.

Of course if you have some money to spend I would recommend gettin a Q6600 for the CPU.

 

boozer, 40FPS is a little laggy man. play at 60FPS, anythign lower seems laggy, well single players not so much, but multiplayers do, and online 60FPD is a minimum for ideal gameplay.

 

IMHO most games run fine for me at 30 frames, some games even at 25

Everything was maxed out on HL2 and that is what I'm getting

Curiously there seems to be some sort of lag, is this the tearing you are referring to boozer???
And how could I fix it

 

40fps is fine for games like Crysis and for RTSs, but for Far Cry 2 it's poor, GRiD it's unpleasant, and UT it's almost unplayable. Aim for 60, no less. Getting 299fps in CounterStrike at 2560x1600 8xAA is kind of funny though...

 

I get between 25-30 FPS in grid and it's ok

I had to crank far cry 2 settings down to medium at 1280x800 to get 25-40 FPS in the benchmark tool, I'll see how it is when actually playing

 

I find 25fps in GRiD unbearable, the lag makes the game twice as hard.

 

Maybe that's why I find it so hard

I don't really see lag, what is the game like when it lags??

 

Your inputs don't move the car instantly like they should, and the juddery makes the game confusing and gives me a headache.

 

hmm....

I don't notice that when I'm playing, even though my frame rate is what I mentioned above

Maybe it has something to do with the res :S, or settings (AA??)

 

AA doesn't really make much of a difference to the frame rate you accept, just what the frame rate is.