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Help a new PC gamer out?
Slave Dawg
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My 360 just died about two days ago for the fourth time, and I've decided that enough is enough. I'm tired of it breaking down. I considered switching to a PS3, but I decided to save that until a later day (the only game I really would be interested in playing on that is Killzone 2). The Wii is kind of just there, so that leaves the PC as my gaming alternative.
I think my computer is relatively fast, but I want to make it so I can play Left 4 Dead at a very high setting whilst still maintaining a solid frame rate. My PC seems capable of that now (I played the demo), but not everything is on high and it slows down just a tad when zombies appear. Now, I'm not sure about my PC's stats (video card, etc), so if someone could tell me how to find that information, I could share it with you guys, and then you could tell me basically what to buy to make it faster.
Oh, and does anyone have any recommendations for games? I mainly like strategy games like of Age of Empires (though that game sort of annoys me, since all you basically due is stock up on soldiers and then send them out) and Company of Heroes. That's all I really know of though.
I also enjoy shooters, so any suggestions there would be great too.
Thanks.
EDIT: So here are the specs of my computer -
Processor - AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory - 3070MB RAM
Display - ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT
(Thanks SpongeCake).
I think my computer is relatively fast, but I want to make it so I can play Left 4 Dead at a very high setting whilst still maintaining a solid frame rate. My PC seems capable of that now (I played the demo), but not everything is on high and it slows down just a tad when zombies appear. Now, I'm not sure about my PC's stats (video card, etc), so if someone could tell me how to find that information, I could share it with you guys, and then you could tell me basically what to buy to make it faster.
Oh, and does anyone have any recommendations for games? I mainly like strategy games like of Age of Empires (though that game sort of annoys me, since all you basically due is stock up on soldiers and then send them out) and Company of Heroes. That's all I really know of though.
I also enjoy shooters, so any suggestions there would be great too.
Thanks.
EDIT: So here are the specs of my computer -
Processor - AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory - 3070MB RAM
Display - ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT
(Thanks SpongeCake).
This world is a dark, dark forest. And if you open up a man, and look into most of their hearts, you'll find disgust and evil. Your own parents, your mother and father, would slit your throat just to get ahead. And when you find a wife, you watch her. And you don't believe a single word that she says. Because, at the core, people are shit.
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Those things are the most important when trying to figure out upgrades.
I heard that valve is selling their collection of games on steam for $99 I'm at work so I cannot check that. That is a really good deal if you haven't played through HL2 or portal. Not to mention L4D is coming out soon.
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Beaten on Dxdiag
Found the link for $99 steam. http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1134/
KILL IT WITH FIRE
This, good sir, is what's castrating your gaming experience.
Video Card Thread - enter and be overwhelmed. :P
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
I would shell out around $150 for a new video card. Some examples:
Radeon 3870: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102719
NVidia 8800GT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150272
Radeon 4850: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127359
NVidia 9800GTX: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150314
Those are pretty much in order least powerful to most powerful. But any of those cards would suit your needs. Just make sure you buy a decent brand (XFX, EVGA, MSI, etc.) with a decent warranty.
(If you want I can go through and trim all the non RTS and FPS games from it but that's a silly thing to do)
Games with a * are free as in beer.
Allegiance*
America's Army*
Anachronox
Arcanum
Armed and Dangerous
Baldur's Gate II
Barkley Shut up and Jam Gaiden*
Battlefield 2142
Beneath a Steel Sky*
Cave Story*
Chivalry is Not Dead*
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord, Barbarossa to Berlin, and Afrika Corps
Crimson Skies
Dead Space
Diablo II
Dungeon Keeper 2
Empyreal Nocturne*
F.E.A.R and F.E.A.R Combat*
Fallout and Fallout 2
Freedom Fighters
Freedom Force and Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich
Freespace* and Freespace 2*
Full Spectrum Warrior*
Galactic Civilizations II
Gears of War
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Grim Fandango
Ground Control*
Guild Wars
Hidden and Dangerous 2
Homeworld 2
Jedi Academy
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Jedi Outcast
Knights of the Old Republic and KOTOR 2
Lego Star Wars and Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Mafia
Masq*
Mass Effect
Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
Mount and Blade
N*
Neverwinter Nights 2 and Mask of the Betrayer
No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2
Oblivion
Planescape: Torment
Rainbow 6: Vegas
Red Alert 3
S.W.A.T 4
Silent Storm
Sim City 4
Sins of a Solar Empire
Splinter Cells 1, 2, and 3
Starsiege: Tribes*
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Supreme Commander and Forged Alliance
Synaesthete*
Theater of War
Thief, Thief 2, Thief III
Total Annihilation: Spring*
Tron 2.0
Tropico
Warcraft III
Warzone 2100*
World in Conflict
XIII
On Steam:
Assassin's Creed
Audiosurf
Battlestations: Midway
Beyond Good & Evil
Bioshock
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, Earned in Blood, and Hell's Highway
Call of Duty, Call of Duty: United Offensive, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4
Civilization IV
Crysis and Crysis: Warhead
Culpa Innata
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Day of Defeat: Source
DEFCON, Darwinia, Uplink
Deus Ex and Deus Ex 2
Disciples II
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy)
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
GRID
GUN
Hitman: Something or other
IL2 Sturmovik
Jade Empire
Jagged Alliance 2
Just Cause
Max Payne and Max Payne 2
Medieval II: Total War
Multiwinia
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
Orange Box
Overlord
Painkiller
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 1 and 2yt
Project: Snowblind
Psychonauts
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl
Sam and Max: Season 1 and 2 (Season 1 Episode 4 is *[free as in beer])
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Trackmania United Nations*
The Longest Journey
The Witcher
Tomb Raider: Whatever the good ones are, by Crystal Dynamics or whatever
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
World of Goo
X3: Terran Conflict
Mods (all free):
Battlefield 2:
Battlefield Pirates 2
Forgotten Hope 2
Point of Existence 2
Project Reality
Half-Life:
Natural Selection
The Specialists
Half-Life 2:
Age of Chivalry
DIPRIP
Fistful of Frags
Hidden: Source
Insurgency
Minerva: Metastasis
Pirates Vikings Knights 2
Portal Flash Map Pack
Portal: Prelude
Revolt: The Decimation
Synergy
grim and frostbitten kingdoms. goozex referral. steam.
It looks great, it runs great, but at seemingly random times the screen freezes and I hear the same noise repeated over and over again. Then the only way to get out of it is to shut down the computer.
Help?
I'd throw in System Shock 2.
(edit: forgot Deus Ex is on Steam)
Dues Ex was already in the list.