What A Sad Day

asinine · Post by **asinine** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:58 pm

Adobe only has eyes for the money. Besides which its now so bloated that running vista as well could blow up you computer.

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:00 pm

Not everybody wants to play games

scot-canuck · Post by **scot-canuck** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:11 pm

asinine: thats a pretty funny mental image, someone sitting blackened from the explosion with a speech bubble "but i only turned it on"

@the scruff: it was just an example, games on the whole should be harder to get working with linux due to directX etc, however games publishers seem to be coming round to coding in stuff so wine can run it

asinine · Post by **asinine** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:19 am

Besides which games are the reason the majority of pcs are sold full stop. You simply dont need high powered computers for office work, internet and email (which is why businesses stick with xp), or high priced ones (like macs).

IDontBelieveIt · Post by **IDontBelieveIt** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:25 pm

Go along with Scruff on the subject of games. If I wanna play games I use the PS2 or XBOX or whatever.

Oddly I use my Apple along with OSX as a Computer and that is the way it will stay as I do not judge a computer by what games I can play on it, I judge it by its reliability to do a job - and Windoze is pretty bad at doing that reliably.

asinine · Post by **asinine** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:14 pm

So its the software rather than the hardware you don't like then. You should try linux depending on the distro its the most stable os you can get.

Thats what I've never got; PC doesn't mean windoze, in the same way mac mean osx.

Noid · Post by **Noid** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:26 am

IDontBelieveIt wrote:Go along with Scruff on the subject of games. If I wanna play games I use the PS2 or XBOX or whatever.

Thing is the same games on the PC have more content and more potential for graphics superiority than their counterpart consoles and some games just can't be played on consoles, for example, World of Warcraft.
(don't judge me on my love of the geekiest game ever invented, lol!

DIY_Johnny · Post by **DIY_Johnny** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:32 pm

Games will always be far superior on a high end PC's than a dedicated games console and monitors are a higher resolution than a TV but of course there is a vast vast difference in price. Most half decent graphics cards are dearer than the games console itself.

18months so ago I bought 2 radeon 1950 xtx to run Crysis as it was the only one that could run at 2560 resolution on a 30" Dell monitor.

The game was really impressive but cost me a packet! Not worth an toss now

Monitor was well worth it though, doubles up as a TV

Never getting into World of Warcraft, I have seem what that does to guys

scot-canuck · Post by **scot-canuck** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:27 am

ATIs are nice though I would have went with a pair of Nvidia 8800s
brother is running a 640MB GTS and its doing not bad powering a 24 inch 1920x1080 TFT.
Frame rates are smooth on everything he plays.

DIY_Johnny · Post by **DIY_Johnny** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:04 am

Yeah it was more of a case that I have bought one and happened to support cross fire so got another

Pair of Nvidia 8800, that would cost a bit

scot-canuck · Post by **scot-canuck** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:34 am

yeah werent cheap when new. Think brothers card was £200 - £300 (most expensive part of the machine)

im still running an X1800 GTO, does what I need it to.

Though considering a Core i7 based system once I can get the cash together.

asinine · Post by **asinine** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:22 pm

I think ati are excellent cards and have overtaken nvidia recently, just bought myself a 4670 to try gaming again. Enjoying my psp at the minute though.

DIY_Johnny · Post by **DIY_Johnny** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:30 pm

You should try the 3DMark test to see how yours compares. The ATI 4870 CF seems to top the mark at the moment

asinine · Post by **asinine** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:41 pm

I know but I can't afford the 4870 at the mo, apparently the 4670 is a good overclocker.

old_codger · Post by **old_codger** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:03 pm

I play games on Linux. There are quite a few of them but it does tend to reduce the number compared to windoze I suppose. I play Enemy Territory and Nexuiz mainly as well as the old tomb raider ones under wine. I suppose it's a bit of a toss up between having an operating system that works properly and not having so many games or vice versa.

I suppose if I were that bothered Id get a games console but it's not a huge part of my life.

The idea of having a second rate operating system that's full of bugs, (well, one's too many isn't it, if you've got it :D), and has hundreds of thousands of viruses just so I can play the odd game or two that doesn't run under wine, virtualbox or for which there isn't a linux version, just seems plain daft to me.