Gamers in halls?

Domhnall50

Hello fellow gamers if there are any of you out there, this is going to be an introductory thread for all of you.

House/room numbers and most recent game you played perhaps?

House/Room number: 88.11.04

Most recent games : Witcher 2 and deus ex human revolution

(hoping there are at least a few gamers)

thysol

House: 90.05.05
Most recent games: Witcher 2, Dirt 3.

sbrennan970

thysol wrote: »

House: 90.05.05
Most recent games: Witcher 2, Dirt 3.

Might be changing apartment, but I've got far cry 2, a bit old but always a bit of craic!

Are you PC gamers?

thysol

sbrennan970 wrote: »

Might be changing apartment, but I've got far cry 2, a bit old but always a bit of craic!

Are you PC gamers?

Witcher 2 should tell you, until now its a PC only game. What about you, PC, Xbox360, PS3?

MrSnrub

Domhnall50 wrote: »

Hello fellow gamers if there are any of you out there, this is going to be an introductory thread for all of you.

House/room numbers and most recent game you played perhaps?

House/Room number: 88.11.04

Most recent games : Witcher 2 and deus ex human revolution

(hoping there are at least a few gamers)

I've had Deus Ex like 4 days, but I've logged 31 hours on it :P

Maybe_Memories

I'm an xbox gamer.. Halo, Modern Warfare, FEAR and Crysis are my main ones

88.03

thysol

Maybe_Memories wrote: »

I'm an xbox gamer.. Halo, Modern Warfare, FEAR and Crysis are my main ones

88.03

You probably mean Crysis 2. Crysis 1 was a PC only game.

Domhnall50

can someone explain to me how the house numbers work, what does 88 mean and the rest of the numbers lol

Domhnall50

also have you all got on your rig if ur a PC gamer and are you bringing it down, myself : core i7 2600k @4.6ghz, 8gb 1600mhz ram, 2 x 5870 (crossfire) and 3tb combined storage built it myself and i dont think itd fit in the room in halls its a large case.

Its funny because most looking at this thread will have no idea what i just said

Domhnall50

*bad grammer* also what have you*

MrSnrub

Domhnall50 wrote: »

also have you all got on your rig if ur a PC gamer and are you bringing it down, myself : core i7 2600k @4.6ghz, 8gb 1600mhz ram, 2 x 5870 (crossfire) and 3tb combined storage built it myself and i dont think itd fit in the room in halls its a large case.

Its funny because most looking at this thread will have no idea what i just said

I only have my laptop. Although I can comfotably run most games on it at the moment, Deus Ex: HR was a bit of a struggle though.

Also that processor must've set you back a bit =P

Domhnall50

not really, those new processors are cheapish and really easy to overclock to 4.6ghz

MrSnrub

Does anyone play Killing Floor? We should get a game of that going sometime.

Domhnall50

is it any good?

MrSnrub

Domhnall50 wrote: »

not really, those new processors are cheapish and really easy to overclock to 4.6ghz

I was actually thinking of the i7 Extremes

MrSnrub

Domhnall50 wrote: »

is it any good?

Well it's fun, I'd imagine it'd be really good to play with a group of people you know. I got it back when the ARG was running for Portal 2 and they were selling all those indie games for really low prices.

Domhnall50

MrSnrub wrote: »

I was actually thinking of the i7 Extremes

aye the ones that cost like 1000 lol way to expensive

Shenlok

Domhnall50 wrote: »

can someone explain to me how the house numbers work, what does 88 mean and the rest of the numbers lol

It goes Building.Apartment.Room. So 88 is House 88, 88.02 is House 88 Apartment 2, 88.02.01 is House 88 Apartment 2 Room 1.

PurpleFistMixer

FYI, you can play LAN games across the college network, which includes people on campus I do believe (I'm in house 50, so no halls for me... also I'm a creepy 4th year).

Dongasaurus

Starcraft 2 is the best game.

DUCSS will pay you to go to korea if you get into grandmasters.

PurpleFistMixer

HoN is blatantly better than SC2. LESS UNITZ MORE SKILLZ.

esports4lyf

Start playing Starcraft, HoN and League Of Legends if you want to be cool, we might even left you into the up and coming ESPORTS SOCIETY!!

Prunequallor

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

HoN is blatantly better than SC2. LESS UNITZ MORE SKILLZ.

The real question is, will you switch to DOTA 2 when it comes out?

Also I seem to be the only guy into Nintendo here. I'm currently playing Xenoblade on the wii. I hate most jrpgs but this one is fun as hell

Sparticle

I'm in 90.04.03 and I'm a pc gamer. I play DOW 2 and starcraft 2 mostly.

I'm bringing my desktop to halls.

GA-890XA-Ud3 mobo.
X1 5870. (I'm planning on getting another soon although I only have a free X8 slot which might lead to some performance loss)
Phenom II X4 965 3.4 ghz. (I could probably OC it but I'm using a stock cooler. A decent cooler is on my to do list.)
4 GB (X2 2GB) DDR3 1333mhz.
X2 250 GB ****ty hard drives.
All ensconced in a phantom NZXT case.

Domhnall50

Sparticle wrote: »

I'm in 90.04.03 and I'm a pc gamer. I play DOW 2 and starcraft 2 mostly.

I'm bringing my desktop to halls.

GA-890XA-Ud3 mobo.
X1 5870. (I'm planning on getting another soon although I only have a free X8 slot which might lead to some performance loss)
Phenom II X4 965 3.4 ghz. (I could probably OC it but I'm using a stock cooler. A decent cooler is on my to do list.)
4 GB (X2 2GB) DDR3 1333mhz.
X2 250 GB ****ty hard drives.
All ensconced in a phantom NZXT case.

sweet rig do you play any RTS

Sparticle

Domhnall50 wrote: »

sweet rig do you play any RTS

DOW 2, Starcraft 2 and Supcom FA (Phantom N-mod usually) are my favs.

You?

Fallen Seraph

Domhnall50 wrote: »

sweet rig do you play any RTS

I think that the GA-890XA-Ud3 mobo has RTS elements. It's close enough

Domhnall50

Sparticle wrote: »

DOW 2, Starcraft 2 and Supcom FA (Phantom N-mod usually) are my favs.

You?

mainly the total war series and C&C type games

Sparticle

Domhnall50 wrote: »

mainly the total war series and C&C type games

I used to play red alert 2 and C&C generals for a while but I found the later titles lacking .

I loved Medieval 2 TW and empire TW although I didn't pick up Shogun. Damn leaving cert.

thysol

Domhnall50 wrote: »

also have you all got on your rig if ur a PC gamer and are you bringing it down, myself : core i7 2600k @4.6ghz, 8gb 1600mhz ram, 2 x 5870 (crossfire) and 3tb combined storage built it myself and i dont think itd fit in the room in halls its a large case.

Its funny because most looking at this thread will have no idea what i just said

Nice CPU and nice OC, but why two 5870s? If you use Crossfire you have Microstutters and a higher input lag. Does your system have an SSD? But overall, very nice rig.:D

MrSnrub wrote: »

I was actually thinking of the i7 Extremes

A Gamer shouldn't buy them any more, the i7-2600K is faster than the i7-990X in most games.

Sparticle wrote: »

GA-890XA-Ud3 mobo.
X1 5870. (I'm planning on getting another soon although I only have a free X8 slot which might lead to some performance loss)
Phenom II X4 965 3.4 ghz. (I could probably OC it but I'm using a stock cooler. A decent cooler is on my to do list.)
4 GB (X2 2GB) DDR3 1333mhz.
X2 250 GB ****ty hard drives.
All ensconced in a phantom NZXT case.

Nice rig, wouldn't buy a second 5870, you'll get microstutters and a higher input lag. And I would buy an SSD. The NZXT Phantom case looks cool!

Sparticle

I've used crossfired 4850s before and noticed no micro-stuttering during my day to day gaming. When I ran Supcom or Crysis with an fps counter though I did notice fps drops to about 35 for about .5 second every minute or so. TBH micro-stutter doesn't bother me, I don't perceive it without looking for it in the first place. I honestly believe the whole micro-stuttering thing is blown out of proportion and any disadvantages of running crossfired cards are outweighed by the advantage of getting a large boost in performance for a fraction of the cost of buying a new single GPU.

That being said however I've played Arkham Asylum on a 5870 X2 set-up and noticed significant frame jumpiness when I looked closely. My friend said it was something to do with the in-game physics and ati cards but looking back it seems like micro-stuttering.

+SSD is on my to-do list after a second GPU and a decent cooler. My computer has been evolving over the years and parts are bought as I get the money. The case set me back a good bit .