Kiith wrote: » Is there a noticable improvement between 1080p and 1440p? I've to buy myself a monitor in the next month or so, as i'm not liking playing the pc from the couch anymore. Hadn't even considered 1440p, as i don't even know if my pc is up to spec for that.
Kiith wrote: » I miss game manuals
AlmightyCushion wrote: » What size screen are you going for? At 27" I think 1440p is the sweet spot for resolution. 4k would make everything too small unless you start messing with DPI settings which isn't ideal. There are a lot of relatively cheap 28" 4k monitors but if I remember right they are limited to 30Hz and the panel is pretty crap apart from the resolution.
Gbear wrote: » I really am going backwards and forwards on the whole 4k thing. I was all set to have this staggered upgrade of 1 980 over the next month or 2, then another and a 4k monitor in about a years time. A lot of people are suggesting they just won't have enough memory (4gb) though. As usual, I'm sure the AMD cards will have more memory than you can shake a stick at but although I had read rumours about the 300 series getting released in November, I've seen more recently that February is being mooted for their release dates and dammnit, February's too far away!:o No doubt Nvidia will sit on their hand until then with their Ti cards because of the success of the 970 and the 980. 4k is tantalisingly close to being a reality. It's just not quite there.
EoinHef wrote: » No problem. Cheapest way to get games these days on PC is digital usually. As its a Vaio im guessing its probably some sort of integrated graphics. Can you see a model no. anywhere? How old is it? A quick way to get a rough idea is on this site,go to it on the Vaio and enter Sims 4 as the game you want to run:http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri Should give you an idea if the laptop will run it smoothly,requires the use of a plugin on your browser. Ive found it safe in the past so just let it run. Also a touchpad would suffice but i would say would be far from ideal. Even a very basic usb mouse will give you a much better experience imo and which can be picked up for less than a tenner in the likes of pc world,power city etc
fussyonion wrote: » Thanks a million for taking the time to post this helpful info! No, there's no reason why I want the disc in particular..I just wasn't aware I could purchase it virtually, as it were...so that is fantastic to hear! I have a Sony Vaio, but (and this is embarrassing), I wouldn't have a clue how to tell you the tech info you're asking about, except to say it's running Windows 7 and I'm using the touchpad, not a mouse. (Is a mouse vital?). I also do have the free space required, but that's all I know...sorry!
EoinHef wrote: » Is there a reason you want it on disc? EA,who publish Sims 4,have an online store called Origin. On there you can buy and download the game. The retail(disc) may even come with a code to download the game on origin instead of running/installing from the disc. So unless you just want the disc version for some reason i would buy the game online. The standard edition is €59.99 on Origin at the moment,how much is the disc version costing? There are also game key sites that should allow you to get it cheaper. In fact you will find its quite a bit cheaper on key sites. Kinguin has it here for €34.99. You can buy it on there using paypal to be safe. They would email you a code which you redeem on Origin,and can download it from there. Secondly can you tell us the spec of the PC your looking to run the game on? Cant tell if it will run well if dont know the PC its running on. The specs below are the minimum spec you would need,they are fairly low in fairness: REQUIRED: Internet connection required for product activation. OS: Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 PROCESSOR: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent (For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent) MEMORY: At least 2 GB RAM HARD DRIVE: At least 9 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games DVD-ROM: DVD ROM drive required for installation only VIDEO CARD: 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0c Compatible DIRECTX: DirectX 9.0c compatible INPUT: Keyboard and Mouse
fussyonion wrote: » I was considering buying The Sims for PC (have only ever played The Sims on my Nintendo DS) and I just have two questions: 1) What are the PC requirements for this game? I'm not very techy-minded so I don't want to buy it, only to find out later that I can't use it. 2) When I do buy it and insert the disc into my drive (I have a laptop), is the game then downloaded from The Sims website? Or does it load up straight away from the disc? Reason for asking...when I insert a disc into the drive, it doesn't automatically boot. I had this issue when I was installing BullGuard AntiVirus BUT I was able to download that from their website. Any advice gladly welcomed!!
Kiith wrote: » Anyone having issues with Steam? I can't seem to connect right now...
gizmo wrote: » Sorry, I meant to say the lack of price parity between platforms on Amazon. In the past that's been a pretty good indicator that they're placeholder with the PC usually being the one that drops in price closer to release. GMG, on the other hand, have the pricing differences you'd expect between platforms. As for Origin, like I said, I'm not overly familiar with their pricing, especially when it comes to launch day ones. I do remember folk pointing to the higher price around Sim City time though so I can't say I'm overly surprised when it comes to their exclusive titles. As for the why, well that's the RRP I guess, they evidently see no reason to discount it regardless of whether it's available for cheaper from retailers. Ubisoft seem to be doing something similar with Far Cry 4, it's currently £49.99 for both the PC and 360/PS3 versions whereas it's £54.99 for the PS4/XBox One.
nesf wrote: » Amazon prices are not tracked very well by online store prices, the two will quite often be very different. It's an Origin game (have a look for it on Steam, it's a no-show same as ME3 was), the standard edition is up on Origin for €60, it's not a placeholder. EA are better for sales than they used to be but EA here are getting both the publisher and retail price so it's hard to argue parity with brick and mortar prices.
gizmo wrote: » Simply because of the price parity between platforms and Amazon's tendency to do such a thing until pricing has been confirmed from suppliers. The fact that GMG prices are also currently staggered from varying base price points per platform is also a decent indicator. No idea of Origin prices at all to be honest, last time I booted it up was for the free copy of Dead Space making it the third copy of the game I have lying around. :P
Genghiz Cohen wrote: » Retail is 20% but how much to print a disk, box it and ship to the store? Steam can charge 30% because you FTP the Gold Master from your build machine to the Steam servers for free and then you get a huge profit margin per copy sold.
gizmo wrote: » On the contrary, the platform cut comes in at about 20% of the retail price whereas Steam's cut is around the 30% mark.
degrassinoel wrote: » There's a bookshop on Talbot street in Dublin that still buys and sells boxed PC games
Mark Hamill wrote: » Because you usually can't resell a used PC game? Console game might cost €60, but if you finish it within a week or two then you can usually get €20 or €30 on a trade in.
