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Username:  Guffers
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High res pack looks great to me but I didn't bother with any of the community texture mods. Performance impact appears to be zero. The game runs like butter now. Which is awesome considering my laptop is apparently below spec according to Nvidia's website.

I'm maxed out except for shadows at 1600x900 and my framerate is north of 40fps. Not world beating but I'm quite chuffed.
Arkham City: As DC geek it was brilliant. It hindsight I liked the first game a little more but I can't decide whether or not that is due to the shock of it being so good in the first place!

I have very little in the way of criticism for AC, the combat is brilliant, the atmosphere is fantastic and it excells at providing a superb amalgamation of Nolan's realism and the comic book's hyper reality.

Hearing Nolan North as a henchman was jarring but his version of the Penguin was inspired.
Skyrim: I'm finally settling in for a playthrough as the latest update has it running like butter on my laptop. The performance boost I'm seeing is quite huge, I'm able to max it out minus shadows and its running great. I'm currently playing as a Redguard and am basically just taking my time picking quests when and if I please. I'm the kind of player that just enjoys existing in the world and taking in the sights. I never fast travel.

NBA 2K12: 71 hours according to Steam and I have to say this year's edition is one of the most frustrating sports games I've ever played. I'm 6-10 in my Bulls association so I'm basically sinking the franchise in contrast to what is happening in real life. The CPU gets some very obvious advantages to increase difficulty and it can make the game feel quite unfair and more punishing than it needs to be. Still, I can't stop playing and hoping that I can improve. When you settle in and find the flow of your offense it can be magical.
I've got a ton of greys, it kicked in when I was about 21. Full bush atop my head though.
Part of the fun is planning your attacks and making sure you exit out a different path to that which you came in. If you do that then you will never experience the respawning. Also embracing the spirit of being in the wilderness and avoiding the roads and checkpoints helps a lot as well.

Its still an absolute favorite of mine. Two playthroughs on the 360 and I'm thinking of running through it again on PC now that I have a capable laptop.
Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (1 year ago)
Frozencry wrote
Batman: Arkham City for PC will be 66% off on Green Man Gaming December 26th, and only that day.

Just need to put in this code when purchasing.

JOLLY-BRUCE-WAYNE
This is awesome but be wary, it took me 3 days to download the game from GMG on release. Hopefully they have their server issues sorted by now.
Pagan's Mind wrote
Is Clear Sky worth getting?
It's $2.50, you may as well. I have all three Stalker games sitting on my Steam account waiting for me to pluck up the courage to play them. I love open world games but am not a fan of scary stuff. But the critical acclaim around these titles was so strong that I grabbed them all when they were on sale.

Also as somebody fairly new to PC gaming I can quite rightly say that these pack deals are moderately insane. Next year I have half a mind to just buy a couple of packs in December and that would quite easily last me another 12 months.
Since the dashboard update my 360 no longer recognizes my wireless adaptor. I'm guessing its because it's a 3rd party model from eBay. It worked great until now. Bastards.
I loved the atmosphere/vibe of being deeper into the past with the first game so I would love to go even further back to Ancient Greece or Rome.
Aussie XP wrote
Question for people who've finished this.

Is it ABSOLUTELY necessary to play AA before this? I know its a direct sequel but I don't have a problem with reading up on the storyline from the first game.

I've just got a huge backlog and limited time to go through it, so just looking for opinions on this.
I haven't finished AC yet but AA is one of my favorite games of the last 5 years. I'm struggling with a massive backlog as well, but I would still make time for AA if you can.
It took me 48 hours to download from Green Man Gaming but it's running well. Sitting on 40 to 50 fps on very high at 1600x900 on my laptop. No physx though. Still, looks quite a bit better than the 360 version to my eyes.
Esposch wrote
Guffers wrote
GMG won't refund me LA Noire on PC and have told me to contact Rockstar. Rockstar has stated that there is no way they can get it working on Nvidia Optimus and that we should ask for refunds. Brilliant...
Time to get a desktop?
I'm perfectly happy with my laptop for the next couple of years. This is the first game I've run into that won't boot at all. Also I find it's far too anti social to tucked away for hours on end at a desktop. My wife likes the fact that I can sit next to her on the couch and surf, play etc. So there's that...
Frozencry wrote
New patch came in on Steam today, and adds nothing but DRM and removes the Large Address Aware patch in that prevented a lot of people from getting the Crash to Desktop issue. Also, patching the exe now will not work; it errors up. Rofl. All over GAF atm, lots of people pissed off.

I've fixed it by disallowing the game from not updating on steam and using my backup exe from the previous version, but holy **** Bethesda, what a dumb move.

In other news though, I've managed to make my game look ridiculously nice and run fairly well too. It's not friendly to SLI/CFX setups and has poor scaling.
Whaaattt? They removed the large address awareness patch? What are they mental? That was the only fix that actually let me play this game.
GMG won't refund me LA Noire on PC and have told me to contact Rockstar. Rockstar has stated that there is no way they can get it working on Nvidia Optimus and that we should ask for refunds. Brilliant...
I'm stoked to finally have Skyrim running on my laptop without constant crashes and frame rate fluctuations. Thank you 'large address awareness' patch! I knew I had 8 gig of ram for a reason.
efo wrote
Guffers wrote
I'm not exactly thrilled that I've bought LA Noire for my laptop and it won't run because Nvidia Optimus is not currently supported.

Also I've got Skyrim running great at a mixture of Medium/High but it keeps dumping me back to the desktop every hour or so.

I've just recently returned to PC gaming and am finding it a little frustrating so far. It never seems to be as simple as installing then playing. icon_smile.gif
is it possible that it's overheating or anything like that? cause my laptop used to do that, then i got a cooling pad and now everything is working really well and now games just stay on and i just play em icon_biggrin.gif
Nah I've been paying attention to temps and they are well within normal. I only just started to play around with overclocking today and still the heat was near or about 70 degrees. Is this within a safe range?

Its a brand new Dell Xps 17 that I've had for a month or so. The card is only a GT555m but it runs pretty much everything as long as I'm willing to compromise. icon_smile.gif

Skyrim on Medium/High sits in the high 40's in terms of frame rate with rare drops into the low 30's when going into some shops. The general store in Riverwood dumps the frame rate down every single time!

It sounds like this is a fairly common problem so I guess I'll wait for an official fix. I know Denny had figured out a work around but I'm not a PC ninja like him. icon_smile.gif
Chop.
efo wrote
Guffers wrote
I'm not exactly thrilled that I've bought LA Noire for my laptop and it won't run because Nvidia Optimus is not currently supported.

Also I've got Skyrim running great at a mixture of Medium/High but it keeps dumping me back to the desktop every hour or so.

I've just recently returned to PC gaming and am finding it a little frustrating so far. It never seems to be as simple as installing then playing. icon_smile.gif
is it possible that it's overheating or anything like that? cause my laptop used to do that, then i got a cooling pad and now everything is working really well and now games just stay on and i just play em icon_biggrin.gif
Nah I've been paying attention to temps and they are well within normal. I only just started to play around with overclocking today and still the heat was near or about 70 degrees. Is this within a safe range?

Its a brand new Dell Xps 17 that I've had for a month or so. The card is only a GT555m but it runs pretty much everything as long as I'm willing to compromise. icon_smile.gif

Skyrim on Medium/High sits in the high 40's in terms of frame rate with rare drops into the low 30's when going into some shops. The general store in Riverwood dumps the frame rate down every single time!

It sounds like this is a fairly common problem so I guess I'll wait for an official fix. I know Denny had figured out a work around but I'm not a PC ninja like him. icon_smile.gif
Yeah I can play for a few hours and not crash and then get 3 in 20 minutes.

I'm guessing its a driver issue? Wait for a patch I suppose.
I desperately want to sink some time into this but the constant crashes back to the desktop are driving me nuts. Its averaging out to a couple per hour.

Anybody else on PC having this issue?
Hehe fair call. icon_smile.gif
I'm not exactly thrilled that I've bought LA Noire for my laptop and it won't run because Nvidia Optimus is not currently supported.

Also I've got Skyrim running great at a mixture of Medium/High but it keeps dumping me back to the desktop every hour or so.

I've just recently returned to PC gaming and am finding it a little frustrating so far. It never seems to be as simple as installing then playing. icon_smile.gif
I've bought it through Greenmangaming as well. Downloading now whilst I'm at work. Too bad I've got a wedding tonight and won't be able to play until Saturday...

I feel really bad for you guys who have been screwed. If the Australian Steam store offered even mildly competitive prices things would be so much easier.
I don't get it. Why double the price over here when we have been at or around parity with the US dollar for quite a while? Is it just straight up price goughing?

I'll happily stick with my PS3 copy for now.
Edit. Phone troubles.
LA Noire doubling in price on Steam. No way I'm buying it on PC unless a sale crops up at a later date.
NBA 2K12 but I'm about to throw in the towel. Even on lower difficulties it's insanely frustrating, the CPU is just waaaayyy too good for me this year.

Assassins Creed II on PC. I'm hoping to finish this and Brotherhood before Revelations drops. I just love these games, they are very easy but a joy to play and explore in.
Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (1 year ago)
Metro 2033 on Steam for $5 US. Hopefully my laptop can run it above low settings. icon_smile.gif
XtremeXfactor wrote
NBA 2K12 is available to purchase on Steam

Not enough money in Paypal wallet

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Looks like My Fifa 12 purchase bit me in the buttocks icon_lol.gif

I'm only short a couple of $, but still.... damn the Aussie exchange rate!!
I bought it yesterday but the freaking thing crashes on start up every single time. I'm a plebeian with this kind of thing so I'm reinstalling the game and my video drivers. If that doesn't work I guess I've wasted 50 bucks.
Re: Opeth - Heritage (1 year ago)
Cheers for the link. Very 70's and proggy. Love it.