PC gamer again

Back in the land of the big boys and proper gaming machines


MSI Z97 GAMING 5 Socket 1150 VGA DVI HDMI DisplayPort 8-channel audio ATX Motherboard

MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 Dual Link DVI-I HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card

Intel Core i5 4690K 3.5GHz Socket 1150 6MB L3 Cache

2 x Seagate SSHD 2TB 3.5" SATA Desktop Solid State Hybrid Drive

HyperX 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM (Kit of 2) XMP HyperX Savage

ASUS PCE-N15 - Wireless-N300 PCIe Adapter

Pioneer blue Ray player/DVD rw

Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 White LED Mid-Tower Gaming

Sounds [censored] good to me! was that pre-built or built yourself ?

Second hand. Was built in May

Need to get myself a copy of Fallout 4

Edited by deleted (Thu 19-Nov-15 20:43:09)

Nice rig and I do like the look of the Corsair cases, one of my favourites along with Lian-Li. Everyone's going PC on here, making me jealous haha

It's the future, consoles are dead

Indeed, couldn't agree more, so on that note I will give you £50 for your PS4

The Corsair does look good. It has two big fans at the front with white LED's

Very posh

Haha no thanks. I still need that and the PS3

In reply to a post by astateoftrance:

Indeed, couldn't agree more, so on that note I will give you £50 for your PS4

Not only do games look better on the PC, look at the prices

http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/just-cause-3-pc-cd-ke...

Just Cause 3 PC £19.99

Odd choice with the SSHD's would opt for a 500GB SSD and a 1TB HDD, aside from that not a bad rig.

Edited by deleted (Fri 20-Nov-15 00:26:41)

Chucked a PC away about 4 years ago that was faster than that

In reference to :

Back in the land of the big boys and proper gaming machines

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You mean Land of the Geeky Boys

In reply to a post by astateoftrance:

Nice rig and I do like the look of the Corsair cases, one of my favourites along with Lian-Li. Everyone's going PC on here, making me jealous haha

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Good riddance to bad rubbish i say

In reply to a post by Lt_Swan:

It's the future, consoles are dead

Just listen to the Garbage coming out of his mouth,Consoles are dead ? You for real or a Clown from Billy Smarts.

He be buying it again in 6 months when he finds out that underpowered rig won't run budget games he intends on buying.

Jorkila is now back in the so called land of the Playstation

In reply to a post by Lt_Swan:

Haha no thanks. I still need that and the PS3

you keep going on about consoles are dead why would you keep them

You sit in your tiny office on your office chair and i will lay back on my luxury sofa with my feet up

You sound a tad jealous

Not That specification you spent on that system, i would have spent that purely on a High End Graphic Card for starters.

Besides i don't get jealous i get even

I've done my PC days and i more prefer the comfortable lazy Gaming option that is consoles,now if consoles were virtually leagues away in terms of graphics and performance i may have changed my mind..........But there not are they.

Yes its pretty obvious a decent PC rig will outshine consoles [Not Yours Though ] but there are plenty of fantastic looking games on consoles at present and in the past to keep a smile on my face and there is no need whatsoever for me entertain the idea of PC gaming.

So now you have taken the plunge i expect to see you posting about all the games you are playing on your PC and not your Playstation 4.

nice rig, remember to do what every good gamer does and overclock that cpu try and get 4.3ghz out of it

indeed, I know you guys thought i was nuts saying console's days are limited but glad you coming around now.

Sony have been adding ps2 compatibility to the ps4 as they know they got a big problem on their hands when they released the ps4 and sacrificed the games library at the same time.

On the pc that problem doesnt exist, if you upgrade your gpu in say 5 years time your old games dont suddenly stop working.

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

indeed, I know you guys thought i was nuts saying console's days are limited but glad you coming around now.

Sony have been adding ps2 compatibility to the ps4 as they know they got a big problem on their hands when they released the ps4 and sacrificed the games library at the same time.

Sorry but that is nonsense, just look at these sales figures.... if you take the Wii out of the equation they are record breaking. If the console days are limited, which these numbers don't suggest, they wouldn't be going to PC. People in general are moving to tablets/smartphones not desktops.

The PS4 has now shifted a whopping 29.3m units since going on sale in November 2013. By comparison, the PS2 had sold 24.99m units after the same length of time on sale. The PS3 had sold 16.6m, and the Xbox 360 13.4m. (Microsoft doesn't report Xbox One sales.) The Wii, though, is the clear home console leader. It had sold 34.55m during the same time on sale.

Eurogamer



Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against PC gaming and could see myself going back to it but to say it is the future is just not likely.

Edited by astateoftrance (Fri 20-Nov-15 22:01:54)

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

nice rig, remember to do what every good gamer does and overclock that cpu try and get 4.3ghz out of it

Altenatively, just play great games on a 980. How does overclocking make you a "good gamer"? It's not even necessary.

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against PC gaming and could see myself going back to it but to say it is the future is just not likely.

Couldn't agree more Trance.

PC visuals are great, but socially it doesn't compare with the PS4 or Xbone. Take Battlefront, virtually locked at 60 fps. In MP that will look and handle brilliantly, and have simple chat and social functionality. If I were playing it as a solo gsme, or if it were a slower RPG like the Witcher, then PC would be my go to option.

Chrysalis has a Sony fixation. He doesn't mention MS running scared with the Xbone, and the last time I checked, that was a console too. Pros and Cons on both sides, but to say Sony have a problem with an inferior machine is blatant twaddle.

So lets just take the Christmas issue regarding this quote.

How many parents will go out this year and buy there children Xbox Ones and Playstation 4s against buying them a PC instead.

The only thing that may well possibly die regarding consoles is Disk based games in the future as digital content and Cloud Gaming seems to be where they would like to go.

Most of the games you mention on here Chrysalis are on the consoles and i hardly here you talk about playing games on your PC.

Nice setup mate

In reply to a post by jorkila:

Nice setup mate

Damn straight!

It will smash the visuals on Wreckfest banger racing...

See what I did there?

/gets coat

you are talking about todays sales numbers which high sales were mostly done from hype, I am talking about the future. By the way, why did you choose to pick on me and not the earlier posts I agreed with?

Edited by Chrysalis (Sun 22-Nov-15 10:22:07)

and what does have a gpu have to do with overclocking a cpu?

For reference pretty much most gamers who have gamed on the pc for years and spend the time to build pc's pick parts etc. overclock. Its a way of getting more performance for your money. Of course you are new to the pc scene so you have not grasped this yet but you only have to look at several enthusiast pc sites to understand this.

tomshardware
extremesystems
hardforum
arstechnica
3dguru

I can list more if you want.

Intel sell their chips with a performance buffer on top that's available.

Edited by Chrysalis (Sun 22-Nov-15 10:26:02)

I didn't say anything about overclocking a GPU. I said just get on with playing with a great graphics card, a GTX 980, and that CPU will rock without any tweaking at all.

Saying that most gamers who build are actually overclocking, is more nonsense, unless you can provide some research statistics? Listing the places you've read about people doing it, is plain daft. Hobbyists overclock and some builders might dabble, simple as that.

And by the way, I have a 4690k. I might mess about with it, I might not. Does that mean I'm not a good gamer?

You really do need to let go of this console grudge you have. I don't know if it's because you're into conspiracy theories, or whether Sony has shafted you on a purchase in the past, but whatever you might think you are saying when you post, it always comes across to everyone else as Sony hate. Which is fine too, but get your facts right.

Disagreeing with you is not pickng on you. The onus is on you not to make stupid and contentious posts in the first place. The other contributors knocked Sony with regards to backwards compatibility and pricing. They didn't claim consoles were finished, and that the sales figures are all made up!

On the pc that problem doesnt exist, if you upgrade your gpu in say 5 years time your old games dont suddenly stop working.

You'll be replacing your over clocked CPU way before then.

Not picking on you just disagreeing with what you said. Didn't take Swanny's post seriously so didn't reply to it in a serious way.

The current consoles have been out for 2 years now so those sales numbers can't be down to hype.

In reply to a post by time2die:

The only thing that may well possibly die regarding consoles is Disk based games in the future as digital content and Cloud Gaming seems to be where they would like to go.

Yeah I reckon that is the future, games streamed to use from the cloud..not sure how long until we get there but it will have to be when the infrastructure is in place.

Took you long enough!

Fell on his feet an'all with that 980, jammy b*gger!

I'd like the future to be external graphics cards on a generic set top box. You buy yourself your card of choice, and you can swap it between that and your pc as you like. Then Sony charge you "x" quid a month to get at their library and exclusives. MS do the same with the Bone and BOOM! Best of both worlds without having to pick sides, with easy visual upgrades as and when you can afford it. What's not to like?

If only.....

Yeah would be cool........I would have twin cards in my next playstation and 100 meg of Ram.

then again i may well invest in a nice Walking stick instead......Bone carved of course .

My patience now with many games is diminishing by the week,so I'm not sure that say in 5 years i will even have much interest unless there is a wheel chair simulator

Edited by time2die (Sun 22-Nov-15 16:01:37)

unless there is a wheel chair simulator

Hmmmm....That's got potential if you can soup your chair up and get cunning stunt bonuses!

Yeah would be cool........I would have twin cards in my next playstation and 100 meg of Ram

I've got 1024 meg in my old dell. You can have that at mates rates if you like?

50 quid?

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

Took you long enough!

Just like your latest videos!

We need a Christmas update of what you've been up to.

I don't like to rush things
Just need a game to play on it now. All my PC games are 8+ years old :/

I'm deeply hurt that you didn't take my post seriously

That's a bargain. I remember when it was £1 a MB for memory
I up graded to 64MB for £64

A £1 a meg? That's not going back far enough. My first PC didn't even have a meg (640KB). At work we were paying in excess of £30 a meg in the days of 286 and 386 processors. And there will be others that remember those sort of prices per KB let along meg.

Must start using my gaming PC again, only trouble is I might have to start heating the bedroom it is in if I'm going to use it over the next few months

I remember £1 a meg being a bargain. There was a price war on at the time

If your pc is serious you dont need the heating on in your room, have to regulate the heating in my room by opening and closing the window while gaming

Star Wars Battlefront sold almost 50% more physical copies on PS4 than Xbox One and PC combined, according to figures released by GFK Chart Track.

59% of all physical copies of DICE's latest shooter sold in the UK last week were on PS4, with 39% sold on Xbox One and 2% sold on PC. The figures do not include digital sales.

Total sales have yet to be revealed by EA, although the game is said to have had the fourth-biggest launch of 2015, trailing only behind FIFA 16, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, and Fallout 4.

Battlefront did have the biggest ever launch for a title based on the Star Wars franchise, however, selling 117% more copies during its launch week than previous best-seller Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

It also sold more units during its launch week than previous 2015 record-holders Batman: Arkham Knight and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Star Wars Battlefront is available now on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Quite a few should wet your whistle now!

Any suggestions?

Pang

In reply to a post by time2die:

Pang

Think you mean Pong

Think I'll get a copy of Assassin's Creed Rogue
I really enjoyed Black Flag

And it's only £10 at CDKeys

Try Titanfall. I think you'll enjoy it.

Thanks but I don't think that's my cup of tea

In reply to a post by Lt_Swan:

Think I'll get a copy of Assassin's Creed Rogue
I really enjoyed Black Flag

And it's only £10 at CDKeys

Actually I'll wait for Rouge to drop a bit more
Assassin's Creed Syndicate + DLC is only £17.99
http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/assassins-creed-syndi...

No there is a game called Super Pang and Pang ��.Look it up

I don't remember that
Not sure my graphics card could cope with it

Here you go

I do think with those specs on your recent acquired PC you going to get some overheating issues and ram problems given the amount of detail this game has

Edited by time2die (Thu 26-Nov-15 14:36:18)

Titanfall, Metro 2033 or 2034, Split/Second and/or the new Star Wars game!

Possibly Battlefield 4 as well

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

Titanfall, Metro 2033 or 2034, Split/Second and/or the new Star Wars game!

Possibly Battlefield 4 as well

Thanks for the suggestions
Playing BF4 and Star wars on the PS4

I think I'll probably get Assassin's Creed Syndicate

In reply to a post by Lt_Swan:

I think I'll probably get Assassin's Creed Syndicate

Syndicate is down to £16.49 now
Been playing Unity a lot lately, still haven't downloaded Sea Kings for that yet so Syndicate should get even cheaper before I get the chance to play it

Edited by deleted (Sat 28-Nov-15 01:07:27)

After using a credit note and purchasing Battlefront on the console. Mere week later, brand new PC Rig is ordered and very excited to get away from the equilevent of take away gaming and have some nourishing lasting fun again.

Good news
Just been playing Syndicate on the PC
Looks great maxed out

The penultimate boss battle is a pain!

Had a little go at Fallout 4 on the PC again yesterday. I turned the Godrays off to see if it would help with the stutter, but it had absolutely no effect at all. It still looked amazing though, the light flashing through the trees as you looked across the wasteland. It's a beautiful game, I just can't get my head around why the character facial models are so abysmal!

I'm not sure what the frame rate drops are all about. I set it back down to high, but other than a lower low, the average frame rate doesn't seem to affect performance at all. It's just random drops and stuttering, at times when nothing taxing is happening at all. Hopefully it will get patched, but I've cranked it back up and I'm sticking with 50fps at Ultra. It's easily playable enough at that.

But I am trying to love this game. I think with a bit more time I will actually get the hang of all this scavenging. I'm slowly getting used to the PipBoy (though you shouldn't really have to!) and when I do I can actually see myself enjoying this game a whole lot more. I've changed (toned down) the colour on the PipBoy as Timey recommended, and that helps a lot.

The slow movement when you've picked up too much stuff is way over done though. Really annoying!

You can actually change how much stuff you can carry on the pc version

Strange, Syndicate, was around last time I PC gamed, in the early 90s.

Well, Its lovely to be back, and I have just stumbled on Steam sale. Endless Legend, Xcom and Wargame Air & Land. For silly money.

Been playing RainbowSiege, got it free with the graphics.

Edited by NilSatisOptimum (Tue 22-Dec-15 22:45:26)

What do you think of Seige on PC, and is there a co-op and single player vs bots type mode?

Have to admit it, I've given up on Fallout 4. Just don't have the time to throw at it, and have totally lost the inclination to learn how to play it I'm afraid.

I'm also getting bored with Crysis 3. Not necessarily the game, but the genre I think.

I've been pondering picking up Shadow of Mordor. Anybody know how heavy it is RPG wise, in comparison to Falout 4?

Play Bloodbourne ,Be a Grown Up

Morder is in no way so heavy on the RPG elements but again its not for you,stick with games your actually good at..........Like Cooking Mama on the Nintendo Ds.

Edited by time2die (Wed 23-Dec-15 09:42:50)

Shadow of Mordor is much more like Assassin's Creed, it's not like Fallout at all really. There is a skill tree kind of element but it's much simpler, in the same kind of way that AC and other similar action RPG's do it.

It's very hack and slash, but it has some really interesting elements. One of my favourites being that the bosses level up whilst you are exploring the map / playing the game. So if you don't take them out as certain points then they will just keep getting stronger thus making the game more difficult to complete. I personally thought it was a great game

There is a skill tree kind of element but it's much simpler,

Sold! Cheers Jaxx

The hack and slash in Bloodbourne really appealed to me, but not the ridiculous difficulty level. Hard is good....for those with loads of spare time on their hands! (aka students and Mr Magoo impersonators)

In reply to a post by time2die:

Morder is in no way so heavy on the RPG elements but again its not for you

Prove it! I'm going to try to find it for download on pc!

I got bored playing Shadow of Mordor and traded it in

I am waiting for the price to drop on Fallout 4 then will buy it for the PS4

Can't play anything on my PC until I've got a decent monitor, this one gives me a headache :/

In reply to a post by Lt_Swan:

I got bored playing Shadow of Mordor and traded it in

I am waiting for the price to drop on Fallout 4 then will buy it for the PS4

Can't play anything on my PC until I've got a decent monitor, this one gives me a headache :/

And a better PC

A pc like that and you're not playing on it?

You ain't right in the head sunshine....

I promise to get one very soon. Hopefully find one in the jan sales

£6.99 cheap enough for ya?

In reply to a post by jorkila:

£6.99 cheap enough for ya?

Top banana! Downloading now ready for......the day after Boxing Day!

£4.99 now

In reply to a post by Lt_Swan:

£4.99 now

Best six quid I've spent in a long time!

You like then...... But for how long will Shadow of Morder hold your attention span.......

I like!

I think it will last a long time. I certainly enjoy the mix. The difference between this and Bloodbourne, is simply options. It not being on rails, allows me to pick and choose my battles. The battles are no easier than Bloodborne, but I can choose when and how I approach them, without the forced repetition.

It also drags you in, with fantastic characters that verbally bait you before proceeding to smash your face in with an axe! This added scripting prevents the narrated lore from becoming overly pretentious. I say overly, because it of course needs to sound a little so. But what better way to compliment a Patrick Stewart style narrative, than being chased by a hollering, one eyed, Wilfrid Bramble?

The only negatives I can think of are :

1. I haven't got a clue what is happening with the captains at times. You kill one, and then he can pop up again a bit later saying "You thought you'd finished me off didn't ya?" and then gets promoted!

2. I wish there was a manual save function.

3. The climbing controls can be a bit counter intuitive at times, not aided by the game seemingly trying to predict where you are going, but it's not unique in that regard, in this type of game.

The piece de resistance for me though, is the "counter" function whilst in combat. Timing the pressing of the "Y" button, really drags you into the melee and focuses the approach to your attacks. Get it right and you feel like Burt Lancaster in one of those really old pirate movies; taking on everybody on deck at the same time, leaping over their heads and clambering up the scenery whilst they bay for your blood below!

Get it wrong and it's more akin to a Norman Wisdom romp, but still just as much fun!

Will I get right to the end? I hope so. I only get two weeks off a year. One to go away in the summer, and one at Christmas, the latter being the only one each year that I can afford to throw endless hours at a game. It's not perfect, but in that respect, Shadow of Mordor doesn't feel at all like a waste of them!

A solid 9/10 for me.

Edited by mrnelster (Mon 28-Dec-15 09:18:53)

I played quite a bit of this on Xbox One and did really enjoy it!!

Now downloading on pc

Sad Git

In reply to a post by time2die:

Sad Git

Try telling that to Ortha the Horn Blower...

He'll do you wiv 'is axe he will!