Gamers in halls?

Domhnall50 · 07-09-2011 1:57pm #1

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 · 07-09-2011 2:08pm

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

sbrennan970 · 07-09-2011 2:11pm

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 · 07-09-2011 2:12pm

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 · 07-09-2011 2:13pm

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 · 07-09-2011 2:14pm

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

88.03

thysol · 07-09-2011 2:15pm

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 · 07-09-2011 2:28pm

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

Domhnall50 · 07-09-2011 2:32pm

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 · 07-09-2011 2:35pm

*bad grammer* also what have you*

MrSnrub · 07-09-2011 2:37pm

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 · 07-09-2011 2:39pm

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

MrSnrub · 07-09-2011 2:39pm

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

Domhnall50 · 07-09-2011 2:42pm

is it any good?

MrSnrub · 07-09-2011 2:42pm

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 · 07-09-2011 2:45pm

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 · 07-09-2011 2:46pm

MrSnrub wrote: »

I was actually thinking of the i7 Extremes

aye the ones that cost like 1000 lol way to expensive

Shenlok · 07-09-2011 3:27pm

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 · 07-09-2011 3:30pm

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 · 07-09-2011 3:32pm

Starcraft 2 is the best game.

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

PurpleFistMixer · 07-09-2011 3:37pm

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

esports4lyf · 07-09-2011 3:41pm

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 · 07-09-2011 3:41pm

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 · 07-09-2011 3:45pm

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 · 07-09-2011 3:50pm

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 · 07-09-2011 3:56pm

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 · 07-09-2011 3:56pm

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 · 07-09-2011 3:59pm

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 · 07-09-2011 4:04pm

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 · 07-09-2011 6:17pm

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 · 07-09-2011 6:48pm

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

.

Domhnall50 · 07-09-2011 6:51pm

thysol wrote: »

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

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

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!

microstuttering is a myth, I have 2 5870s and with the new drivers they outperform everything cept the gtx 590 and they only miss out on that by a few frames, got an sata 3 ssd in that rig aswell best decision for boot up times if your running windows off it

Domhnall50 · 07-09-2011 6:56pm

the microstutters were caused in the early 4000 ati cards by a number of things but mainly poor drivers and power distribution problems

thysol · 07-09-2011 7:52pm

Domhnall50 wrote: »

microstuttering is a myth, I have 2 5870s and with the new drivers they outperform everything cept the gtx 590 and they only miss out on that by a few frames, got an sata 3 ssd in that rig aswell best decision for boot up times if your running windows off it

Glad to hear that micro-stuttering isn't such a big problem anymore, good that you have an SSD. SSDs make a huge difference.:)

Sparticle · 07-09-2011 8:08pm

So does anybody else in this thread think they're going to mysteriously disappear for a couple of days when Skyrim is released?

Shenlok · 07-09-2011 8:10pm

Sparticle wrote: »

So does anybody else in this thread think they're going to mysteriously disappear for a couple of days when Skyrim is released?

It's gonna be the wow expansions all over again

thysol · 07-09-2011 8:16pm

Sparticle wrote: »

So does anybody else in this thread think they're going to mysteriously disappear for a couple of days when Skyrim is released?

Haha, me. Probably moreso when Metro Last Light or Modern Warfare 3 are released. Any Metro 2033 gamers here?

MrSnrub · 07-09-2011 8:16pm

Shenlok wrote: »

It's gonna be the wow expansions all over again

Speaking of which, when is 4.3 out?

Sparticle · 07-09-2011 8:20pm

thysol wrote: »

Haha, me. Probably moreso when Metro Last Light or Modern Warfare 3 are released. Any Metro 2033 gamers here?

I played it but I never got into it sadly

. I loved the supernatural side to it (The ending especially) though and the tessellation was spectacular! I prefer open world games at the end of the day.

MrSnrub · 07-09-2011 8:27pm

thysol wrote: »

Haha, me. Probably moreso when Metro Last Light or Modern Warfare 3 are released. Any Metro 2033 gamers here?

Every time I look at Metro 2033 I think of the subway areas in Fallout 3 and it deters me from playing it.

Prunequallor · 07-09-2011 8:35pm

Sparticle wrote: »

So does anybody else in this thread think they're going to mysteriously disappear for a couple of days when Skyrim is released?

This game will cause me to fail all my classes unless I save it for the Chritmas holidays.

I played it but I never got into it sadly . I loved the supernatural side to it (The ending especially) though and the tessellation was spectacular! I prefer open world games at the end of the day.

You should check out STALKER. Similar atmosphere to Metro but with an open world where you can do anything

Sparticle · 07-09-2011 8:43pm

Prunequallor wrote: »

You should check out STALKER. Similar atmosphere to Metro but with an open world where you can do anything

I'll check that out when I amass enough money again.:D

Prunequallor · 07-09-2011 9:01pm

Sparticle wrote: »

I'll check that out when I amass enough money again.:D

The first one is a tenner on steam, and its 24 dabs for the trilogy. A bargain for such an underappreciated gem

Maybe_Memories · 07-09-2011 9:25pm

Sparticle wrote: »

So does anybody else in this thread think they're going to mysteriously disappear for a couple of days when Skyrim is released?

It really annoys me that Skyrim, MW3 and Halo CER are within a week of each other.

irishgirl10 · 07-09-2011 9:30pm

Im a girl only addicted to Fifa and GTA on ps3... can I still join this little gaming group!? :P

Domhnall50 · 07-09-2011 9:34pm

irishgirl10 wrote: »

Im a girl only addicted to Fifa and GTA on ps3... can I still join this little gaming group!? :P

well i dont know if its really a group but sure everyones welcome!:D

Raawron · 07-09-2011 10:06pm

bought bioshock the other day to kill boredom until uni, pretty good so far :P

Fringe · 08-09-2011 1:28am

Sparticle wrote: »

So does anybody else in this thread think they're going to mysteriously disappear for a couple of days when Skyrim is released?

I don't think I'll go out anymore once Diablo III comes out.

PurpleFistMixer · 08-09-2011 2:36am

Portal 2 (and Terraria) came out during my exams this year. These things can be managed. Also irishgirl10 I'm pretty sure girls are allowed to play video games (if anyone makes a "lol girls don't play games" joke I will end them, in a very poorly defined sense) as well, though console gamers... well, we'll see.

John Doe1 · 09-09-2011 2:20pm

By the way any incoming first years dont join the DU gamers society thinking its gonna be fifa all day:D

MrSnrub · 09-09-2011 2:25pm

John Doe1 wrote: »

By the way any incoming first years dont join the DU gamers society thinking its gonna be fifa all day:D

What is it going to be?

Gamers in halls?

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