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Andy!! · 04-12-2012 08:09PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

think I'll get my mom an ereader for Xmas. is the Kindle the best of the bunch? pdf compatibility would be top of the priorities.

Might want to consider a Nexus 7 then. PDF is pretty much a no-go on my kindle touch. Backlit tablet screens aint all that hard on the eyes. Sure Kindle has a backlit model now. Im getting rid if my touch for a nexus.

Tea_Bag · 04-12-2012 08:19PM

if i was buying anyone a tablet, it'd be for myself

how much you want for the touch?

indough · 04-12-2012 08:22PM

Andy!! wrote: »

Might want to consider a Nexus 7 then. PDF is pretty much a no-go on my kindle touch. Backlit tablet screens aint all that hard on the eyes. Sure Kindle has a backlit model now. Im getting rid if my touch for a nexus.

the backlit kindle is nothing like a tablet screen

ShadowHearth · 04-12-2012 08:32PM

okay, nvm. i moved my whole bf3 in to steam SSD. was leaving 3gb of space on boot ssd! :eek:

Andy!! · 04-12-2012 09:00PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

if i was buying anyone a tablet, it'd be for myself

how much you want for the touch?

I live in korea mate wanna pop round for it? :P

Depending on how much she is going to need .PDF support, a tablet might be your only choice. Nexus is quite cheap. A backlit tablet screen is gonna strain as much as a backlit e-ink screen, its still light shooting into your eye balls. I read the entirety of The Jungle Book on an iPad, felt no discomfort whatsoever.

I read that older model Kindle Keyboard models are actually far better with .PDF; its the software that gimped it for the Kindle Touchs'; maybe look into that avenue?

Serephucus · 04-12-2012 09:27PM

@Tea. I've got the Kindle 4 (non-keyboard, non-backlight version) and I love it. I might use a backlight, though I'm not sure how much. The touch Kindle is actually very nice to use, but I'm not sure I want my "book" to be touch sensitive. Like being able to hold/pick up/grab the thing any which way and not worry about it. The Paperwhite (backlit version) isn't supposed to be like an LCD though. Supposedly Amazon but a lot of effort into making it easy on the eyes, though I haven't verified this for myself yet.

@Shadow: You can fill the SSD up as much as you like; they're not like hard drives in that respect.

NTMK · 04-12-2012 09:44PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

okay, nvm. i moved my whole bf3 in to steam SSD. was leaving 3gb of space on boot ssd! :eek:

that will be gone after the next patch+map pack there was a time when i managed to fit windows all my programs and bf3 onto 64gb:pac:

when dices patches are like 2gb a pop i had to move to hdd

ShadowHearth · 04-12-2012 09:51PM

NTMK wrote: »

that will be gone after the next patch+map pack there was a time when i managed to fit windows all my programs and bf3 onto 64gb:pac:

when dices patches are like 2gb a pop i had to move to hdd

30gb... God dammit, wtf do they put on it lol. I got it sorted and fully downloaded, but did not had a chance to play. Was too busy with eve online

.

They had to put eve online expansion same day as bf3 expansion

NTMK · 04-12-2012 09:59PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

30gb... God dammit, wtf do they put on it lol. I got it sorted and fully downloaded, but did not had a chance to play. Was too busy with eve online .

They had to put eve online expansion same day as bf3 expansion

I dont know i remember a balance patch with only one fix in it being 1.6gb

how the **** does changing numbers in the weapons database and a fix that didnt work (TV Missles) use that much space

Serephucus · 04-12-2012 10:05PM

I'd imagine it's something to do with how everything is stored, etc. Like if they have to update one number in one table, they have to replace an entire .cab file that all the stats are stored in.

NTMK · 04-12-2012 10:12PM

Serephucus wrote: »

I'd imagine it's something to do with how everything is stored, etc. Like if they have to update one number in one table, they have to replace an entire .cab file that all the stats are stored in.

I could understand 200-300+mb patches but when you release a patch that is 10% of the original game size you should really be asking questions of your programming team

Serephucus · 04-12-2012 10:14PM

I'd imagine stuff like this would be left to the higher-ups; I can't see programmers doing stuff this silly.

ShadowHearth · 04-12-2012 10:16PM

Now wait for a month and they will be doing optimisation patch again... Might lower install size by 50mb ...

Serephucus · 04-12-2012 10:17PM

I'm just going to address the elephant in the room here:

It's EA.

NTMK · 04-12-2012 10:25PM

Serephucus wrote: »

I'm just going to address the elephant in the room here:

It's EA.

Ya thats definitely the problem they also let the guy that was responsible for balancing all the previous BF pc games go and re hired him because bf3 was a ****ing mess

No mod tools also doesnt help. Its taken a year for pro mod to make an appearance and its still a few months away if ever from being complete

Tea_Bag · 04-12-2012 11:52PM

2 words: Net.code.

wtf EA. WTF.

NTMK · 05-12-2012 12:17AM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

2 words: Net.code.

wtf EA. WTF.

their pc netcode is ****

I miss teamkilling you:P

but tbf they're one of the only companies using dedicated servers on the consoles

Deano12345 · 05-12-2012 01:32AM

I'll just leave this here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7skfPPjF-8A

Serephucus · 05-12-2012 01:37AM

Saw that on OCN a few minutes ago! Looks pretty cool, I have to say.

Gbear · 05-12-2012 01:37AM

Deano12345 wrote: »

I'll just leave this here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7skfPPjF-8A

How can someone make an indie game of Pokemon? Copyright?

Those games for the gameboy were class. I think I had the red one.

Deano12345 · 05-12-2012 01:41AM

Serephucus wrote: »

Saw that on OCN a few minutes ago! Looks pretty cool, I have to say.

Its pretty decent to play too ! For a very early alpha (pre-alpha ?) game

NTMK · 05-12-2012 02:37AM

just after testing the new steam browser and it looks like valve given teenage boys everywhere an early christmas present a hidden browser with flash player :pac:

ShadowHearth · 05-12-2012 10:51AM

Lads, is 60eu a fair price for 1080p 23imch LG monitor? I might sell it here.

Burgo · 05-12-2012 11:02AM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Lads, is 60eu a fair price for 1080p 23imch LG monitor? I might sell it here.

Seems like a good deal... whats the catch

Tea_Bag · 05-12-2012 11:29AM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Lads, is 60eu a fair price for 1080p 23imch LG monitor? I might sell it here.

plot twist: its a u2311.

ShadowHearth · 05-12-2012 12:04PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

plot twist: its a u2311.

You mean 2312hm! And my **** I would give those for 60 quid!

Nah, just at work two monitors poped. Not even getting powered up at all. So I was thinking to offer my oldy LG, because I will be getting 1440p anyway.

I don't want to sound spoiled, but the idea of going only 2 monitor, until I get my new monitor is scaring my ****lessly. You get used to it so damn quick!

VenomIreland · 05-12-2012 12:06PM

I might be interested in it, got any pics of it?

Serephucus · 05-12-2012 12:22PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

You mean 2312hm! And my **** I would give those for 60 quid!

No, there is such a thing as a 2311.

http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/snp/topics/en/ap/in/dhs/monitor-dell-u2311h?c=in&l=en&cs=indhs1

For anyone interested, there's a GPU/CPU review of Far Cry 3. This one is the only one I've found that uses the newest drivers though: 12.11 AMD and 310.70 NVIDIA.

http://www.techspot.com/review/615-far-cry-3-performance/page3.html

Tea_Bag · 05-12-2012 02:31PM

Serephucus wrote: »

No, there is such a thing as a 2311.

http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/snp/topics/en/ap/in/dhs/monitor-dell-u2311h?c=in&l=en&cs=indhs1

For anyone interested, there's a GPU/CPU review of Far Cry 3. This one is the only one I've found that uses the newest drivers though: 12.11 AMD and 310.70 NVIDIA.

http://www.techspot.com/review/615-far-cry-3-performance/page3.html

game kicks gpus ass at 1440...

ill still do 80+ fps though :P

Andy!! · 05-12-2012 03:23PM

Serephucus wrote: »

No, there is such a thing as a 2311.

http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/snp/topics/en/ap/in/dhs/monitor-dell-u2311h?c=in&l=en&cs=indhs1

For anyone interested, there's a GPU/CPU review of Far Cry 3. This one is the only one I've found that uses the newest drivers though: 12.11 AMD and 310.70 NVIDIA.

http://www.techspot.com/review/615-far-cry-3-performance/page3.html

Good news, my 660ti looks like itll perform well. Is it a 'way its meant to be played' title? A 2gb 680 watches the frame rate of the 3gb equivalent ATI card.

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