CPMS

Not just once a month.

:D

I feel like Hometeam is being a Richard Sherman for the PC side.

The only reason this thread is started is because dipshits like to tout that PC gaming is dying, or that console game is superior in some way (LOL)

It was made for the same reason one would create a thread to bash young earth creationists.

Its absurd, and they deserve punishment~

Besides, this is the biggest thread on media center, what the **** else we gonna do in the offseason

Oh, you mean im right when I speak?

LOOL

Remember, consoles are limited to certain countries. China is the bigger reason why pc software sales are so high. You do realize China just lifted a console ban after 14 years in their country.

From that other article you linked:

The report points out that China is the fastest-growing and largest market for PC games with nearly $7 billion of revenue. Not only does China have a rapidly-growing economy, the console market is non-existent there, giving rise to PC as the dominant platform.

While I agree with the FPS comment I actually have better accuracy in FPS games on consoles than I do on pc.

Honestly it comes down to this:

If PC received every big third party game that consoles do I would go PC and PC only. Can you imagine the modding capabilities in a game like WWE 2k? Unfortunately, it isn't going to happen.

I agree.

If games like wwe2k Madden, The show came out on PC i wouldn't even own a console anymore.

Modding is AMAZING. NBA 2k14 may not be like the ps4 game but mods make it better then the Ps3 and 360 verison. Better graphics custom scoreboards like you would see in a real NBA game. OUTSTANDING. That's the only thing I think Consoles have over PC there are some big name games that don't get released on PC.

What is a good website thats cheap but good where i can do a custom pc and they will build it? Any recomendations?

I think Hometeam said he would do it for 100 bucks or so.

Any site that charges for that isn't going to be cheap.

I bet it's cheaper to buy all the parts and take it in to a local PC store.

even cheaper to watch a couple of youtube videos and post in the building a new PC thread~

I still watch building a pc videos just because it's addicting.

This guy posts a bunch of building a pc videos. He's been doing it for 20+ years and has people order parts and send them directly to him and then he ships the built pc out.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CareyHolzman

That may be an option. After 3 strokes my hands shake to bad

FPS games on consoles use assisted-aim aka "sticky aim" where you just need to move the crosshairs to a certain threshold close to the target and it will target assist for you. It's just a fact that you have more per-pixel control with you're entire hand and forearm muscles than you do with a single opposable thumb. Also, as I've stated numerous times in this thread already, that isn't a PC vs Console argument (like 99% of the arguments being made here). You can use a controller with a PC if you really wanted to..

Just bought Hitman: Blood Money for $1.79.
FYI they have the Hitman Collection Pack (including Absolution) for $8.99

Edit: they=Steam

Hey PC guys, how many of you enjoyed Rome Total War?

I don't have RTW2 yet because it's not out for Mac but I recently picked up the Mac version of the original RTW because I was jonesing. I played it on Windows for a few years when it first came out and it plays even better on the Mac.

Even though it was made in 2004/2005, I still find it to be one of the best games ever made for any platform. I've made a lot of modifications to make it harder/deeper but it's just a great game.

They still release DLC for it constantly and feature it on steam. Cant get into those type of games though, so have not played it. Buck is your guy for Total War~

It has one of the most vibrant mod communities I've ever seen.

I've only played Empire and Shogun 2 (and Fall of the Samurai). Shogun 2 is amazing. I got it for $6.

I was gonna pick up Rome for $2 but I really don't want to play with outdated graphics when I can play Shogun 2 with decent graphics.

www.gamefly.com

Gamefly.com has Great Prices on Total War PC Digital Download Games when you apply 25% off coupon code GFDJAN25 at checkout. Thanks yuugotserved

Note, many games require Steam Client to play
Empire: Total War $2.80
Medieval II: Total War $2.80
Napoleon: Total War $2.80
Rome: Total War $1.87
Total War Battles: SHOGUN $0.94
Total War: Master Collection $17
Empire Total War
Medieval II: Total War
Napoleon: Total War
Rome: Total War
Total War Battles: Shogun
Total War: Shogun 2
Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai
Viking: Battle for Asgard
Total War: SHOGUN 2 $5.60
Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Fall of the Samurai $5.60

P.s. I'll be back to dayz soon. Guess I was getting bored.

Outdated graphics?

Rome is a superior game in every way. The battlefield tactics are off the charts.

Never played it. Me and my friend chose Shogun 2 to play together. I'll get Rome when I go home today.

I got shogun 2 when I originally built my current pc and bought my 670 (you know.. more powerful than current consoles~ since this is THAT thread.)
Put maybe 20 hours in but just couldn't get into it~

I should rephrase my comment because I may have given the impression it doesn't have outdated graphics - it absolutely does.

But they're good enough given what they're trying to accomplish. It's just a freaking great game, the strategy and tactics are unparalleled IMO.

Damn, the game is back up to $10.

You do realize Xbox360 and Playstation controllers work on the pc right? :rolleyes:

It's called autoaim. You don't have better aim, the console is doing it for you.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D48PCFshHg

Rome 2 is crap. Period. Total War has become the Madden franchise for PC. Original Rome is still the best. They took 5 steps back with Rome 2 after Shogun 2.

MechWarrior Online.

That is all.

http://groupwebcamchat.com/wp-conten...riorOnline.gif

Well, maybe he's just really terrible and needs that assistance from the game itself. I know I watch tons of people that find it confusing on how to put a crosshair or scope on a body and shoot. I haven't played a FPS since cod 1 but just recently picked up Insurgency and it's pretty embarrassing how terrible people are.

I've played every Total War game to come out since the OG Rome (never played the original Shogun). I liked Rome 2 quite a bit. They reworked the happiness systems completely to where it is really easy to grasp and control. It's almost like a currency. It is an excellent game just like all the previous iterations.

I talk up the Total War series all the time around these here parts, probably a top 5 franchise across all platforms for me. Just doesn't get much better than Total War. Out of the box AI issues keep these games from being perfect in my book.

Creative Assembly went a little too simple with the Shogun 2 game, it was the polar opposite of Medieval 2, which went freaking nuts with empire management.

Rome 2 strikes an amazing balance in that regard, IMO. Stylistically, it's also almost as amazing as Shogun 2, which had the best art direction of all TW games, IMO.

Anyway, if you're a TW fan, you owe it to yourself to play Rome 2.

Waiting for Feral to port RTW2 to the Mac.

In the meantime, I've been modding the hell of RTW. Fun.

Heard it was P2W. No thanks.

Not at all.

You simply need to put in a little more time, but the "pay" items just net you on the low end ancillary/décor things such as cockpit items/paint or, on the high end, mechs that give you a bonus to in-game credit. (Meaning you don't have to play as much to net credit, but that's it.) And most "paid for" Hero Mechs don't have any load out advantages - usually they are the worst of the bunch in terms of configurations/load outs.

There are no specific advantages in the game from purchasing items as it relates to performance. You just get stuff (mechs) sooner (they all will be released as purchasable with in-game netted credits).

Did you end up buying it?

I finally finished modding it to my liking and I'm actually getting a challenge out of the CPU without enabling the AI cheats. This game probably has my vote for best video game ever.

Outlast is cheap on steam and I hear good things. Anyone played it?

Got it on my PS4. If you have a good sound setup, good luck trying to play for more than 20 mins.

I sure wish I was missing out on great first/third party games. You really can't compare PC and ps4/Xbone. You need to compare PC with an indie friendly machine, the Wii U for example.

That's a far more accurate comparison.

lol.

Hometeam I plan on giving my old pc to my brother since he is leaving for school. How much would you charge to put one together for me?

I wanted to build myself a gaming rig this year, but i can't stomach the cost of spending that much money on myself for what's ultimately just a toy. So my project has turned into, "Best rig for the Buck".

Tell me what you guys think for the cost:

Core i5-2400 (with a generic IBM MoBO)
Radeon HD7770
320 GB HD
DVDRW Optical Drive
Thermaltake Urban T31 Mid Tower
8GB DDR3 Ram 1600
Corseair 430Watt PSU

Windows 7 64bit
22" LG L.E.D 1080P Monitor. LG E2250V

Total cost for everything above: Under $550.

What do you guys think?

Is $550 your max budget?

If I were building a best bang for the buck build for myself right now that included a monitor and OS I would build...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $844.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-13 16:24 EST-0500)

Could probably shave off $50 or so but I picked the 750w PSU specifically for the reason that I picked a 16/8x board and would add another 660 down the road.

Yeah, i don't really wanna spend more than $500. I originally wanted to build a $1K machine, but i just can't justify it in my head right now.

Actually... I take that back.

That motherboard has been flooded with dogshit reviews when paired with an 8 core CPU.

I'd spend a little more and get a proper SLI board like

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc..._-na-_-na-_-na

or

http://us.ncix.com/products/?usaffil...e&promoid=1084

Where are you getting your parts from?

Swapping your monitor out for the one I picked, which is cheaper, and the i5 2400 with a FX6300, which is also cheaper... and better, I still can't get your build under $550.

I'm right at $550 without picking memory or a motherboard and that's about $150 if I'm picking the cheapest available.

Just had my gaming rig built.

-Custom AMD 7870 GPU

- 8 GB DDR5

-500GB Harddrive

-Bluray player

-attractive trapezoidal case

Only cost me 400 bucks.






















http://cdn.us.playstation.com/pscoma...re-large18.jpg

Lol

Custom as in heavily underclocked to the point of its performance not matching the performance of the 78XX family.

There is no way anything using the word custom can be deemed lower quality.


http://www.zeroto60times.com/gallery...ppy%20Cars.jpg

So then i did a good job?

Im getting them from all over the place. I found a Refurbished business class IBM for $200 and im stripping the MoBo, I5, Disc Drive, HD w/ OS from it (fresh install).

Picking up the Case, PSU, GPU and Ram from Fry's. Getting the monitor for $50 off a friend.

It all depends on what you are looking to get out of your gaming computer.

The 7770 wont play the more intensive games maxed out, maybe medium settings, so it wont last very long for "future proofing." But if all you are doing is playing games like Diablo then you'll be fine.

And you get to play each game with hundreds of thousands of people!

Meanwhile on PC.... http://redsarmy.com/wp-content/uploa...leweed-gif.gif

So when you enter a 24 person server on console do you often say to yourself that "you wouldn't be able to experience this on PC!"

There are still servers that are full in CS 1.6...

How many populated COD 1 servers are still packed on console? Are they even supported?

Are you local? If not the shipping adds up.

Depends on what you want. Straightforward build? i charge parts +75.

Want overclocking? Custom shit? we can talk.

Also, though I already scream it from the rooftops. I ****ing love Asrock boards.

wow
nice dvd player

I live in KC

Talk about underselling. From what I can tell, I wouldn't be surprised if a 7770 would be sufficient for this entire gen, if you don't need to run things at max. I'd much rather get a cheaper card and run things on lower settings, personally.

I only used one ASRock board before but it was the coolest shit.

I had some parts from an old Dell that had burnt up. It was a Pentium 4 Prescott with HyperThreading. The GPU was dead and it had DDR memory. I had a PCIE GPU and some DDR2 so I needed a "hybrid" board that could handle both generations.

Enter this:

http://www.asrock.com/MB/overview.as...775Dual-880Pro

I built my daughter a computer for $75.

Steam sale for Witcher 2 - 3.99
Witcher EE - 1.99


http://store.steampowered.com/app/20920/

"AGP"

Wow, my first Pentium III computer had an AGP slot. It had an 8mb graphics card and it ran Half-Life like a champ.

Dungeon Keeper is free on gog.com today, it seems. If anyone is interested.

thanks, i will check it out.

not sure what this all is, but when i went to get Dungeon Keeper i received an email with all of this listed.


$0.00 - Warsow
$0.00 - Treasure Adventure Game
$0.00 - Beneath a Steel Sky
$0.00 - Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
$0.00 - Ultima™ 4: Quest of the Avatar
$0.00 - Tyrian 2000
$0.00 - Dragonsphere
$0.00 - Dungeon Keeper Gold™

You get all those other games for free just for making an account.

It's about half comprised of crappy adventure games though.

don't talk shit about quest of the avatar!

That game was the catalyst of my gaming life.

Well I was mostly referring to Treasure and Dragonsphere. I'm actually just about to start playing quest of the avatar for the first time.. just as soon as I finish the last 3 missions of the wing commander secret missions.

Boys it's beginning to look like EA's deal with the NFL is no longer exclusive. Although EA will still make NFL games another dev will probably jump in. If it's NFL 2k pc players could get a football sim.

Don't get your hopes up.

The NFL is posturing.

2K making football games again would be incredibly awesome. 2K5 was just the best.

EA has reported massive quarterly losses. In the past EA has had no problem proclaiming their deals with the NFL were exclusive. When asked directly about the new agreement being exclusive CFO Peter Moore said nothing.

EA will still make Madden games but I think their exclusive deal with the NFL is done.

It would also make EA be forced to bring their A game. Imagine how much better nfl games are going to get in the next 3 years if they lose exclusivity.

Please let it be true. give me a 2k PC football game.. ahhhhhhh

Hypothetically speaking, what if 2k does come back and there is no PC port?

That would just be awful for the pc homers.

PC expected a next gen GTA release by the end of the year.

The NFL doesn't stand to make any MORE money from a non-exclusive license.

Furthermore, the original decision to go exclusive was about CONTROL, not about money.

The NFL wants more money and EA doesn't have it. They'll eventually settle.