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Old 05-02-2008, 08:22 PM
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I have to admit, the nuclear explosion and the part where you get off the plan falling around, and you see the mushroom cloud with the crazy wind and fire, is the most amazing graphics i have ever seen in a video game .
Crysis in DX10 pwns cod4 graphics. it friggin looks/feels real, no joke. If you think COD4 graphics are good, Crysis in dx10 is a whole new level. This game stresses some of the most built computers at high resolution, its amazing that the software is ahead of the hardware.

I was blown away at the part in Crysis where you are running up the hill to the commander, adn theres bombs going off, planes flying over, and then the jet hits the hill and explodes and it just looks amazing.
 
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Old 05-02-2008, 08:24 PM
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I played Nr2003 like a addict...used the same name as i do here.. dont play it at all anymore cause of school/track/football..but ARCA simracing has caught my eye, and i might be buying it for the summer... I LOVE RACING
Yeah ive played the papyrus sims since n2002 came out. I never raced on Sierra, actually, feb of 2007 was the first time i raced online. Joined a small ( and i mean small, only 7-8 cars a race...) league, and raced with them until january 08. I joined another league now with much more people, and am too thinking about getting Arca. I dunno, i think itll be a tough decision. Im not going to sit around and wait for a certain sim to come out, while everyone else races. I want to race too, and if its gonna have to be in arca, then its gonna have to be in arca.
 
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Old 05-02-2008, 11:32 PM
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Really? I can't stand driving (or flying) on a PC. I used to be like you, had a real nice PC system, but it just kept getting out dated too fast. I gave up and switched to a nice laptop with the Core 2 Duo and an NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS. I can still play most games when I'm out traveling, but nothing a PC can do (right now at least) will top sitting on my couch with a wireless controller, in front of a 50" HDTV and 600+ watt Polk Audio 5.1 surround system

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lol no wonder youdon't like pc gaming, your on a laptop. nothing beats sitting less than 2 feet away from 21 inches of 1680x1050 gaming goodness, surrounded my 7x110 watts of audio and 400 watts of rumble comming from 2 12"subs
 
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Old 05-03-2008, 06:31 AM
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lol no wonder youdon't like pc gaming, your on a laptop. nothing beats sitting less than 2 feet away from 21 inches of 1680x1050 gaming goodness, surrounded my 7x110 watts of audio and 400 watts of rumble comming from 2 12"subs
1680x1050 gaming goodness is very good .

20" widescreen here.
 
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Old 05-03-2008, 07:22 AM
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lol no wonder youdon't like pc gaming, your on a laptop. nothing beats sitting less than 2 feet away from 21 inches of 1680x1050 gaming goodness, surrounded my 7x110 watts of audio and 400 watts of rumble comming from 2 12"subs
I was primarily a PC gamer from middle school into college. I had the 20" screen and a Klipsch 4.1 surround system that worked pretty well. Once my roommates got a playstation and I got an Xbox my PC days were pretty much over.

My laptop runs at 1920x1200 and I haven't had an issues with games like Oblivion, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, The Witcher, etc.

I just got tired of trying to keep up with all the new hardware and ever increasing requirements for games.

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Old 05-03-2008, 09:24 AM
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klipsch 4.1...... LOL those little subs are weak, the sattelites sound ok but lack cone area and midbass so you have to cross them over really high.. I had the same problem when I was using my infinity minuette sattelites which use a sealed 3" midrange. I ended up swapping those with some random jvc ported speakers with a 4" driver that can dig closser to 80Hz
 

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klipsch 4.1...... LOL those little subs are weak, the sattelites sound ok but lack cone area and midbass so you have to cross them over really high.. I had the same problem when I was using my infinity minuette sattelites which use a sealed 3" midrange. I ended up swapping those with some random jvc ported speakers with a 4" driver that can dig closser to 80Hz
The sub was enough to shake my room, I figured that was good enough for me.

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Old 05-03-2008, 01:10 PM
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2 6.5" drivers arnt enuff to shake rooms, they can put out some bass if you sit close enuff to them but they lack cone area to move alot of air
 
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Old 05-05-2008, 10:48 AM
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Got GTA:IV this weekend and love it!
 
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i picked up GTA4 a yesterday and i havent played much but so far its great...i have a feeling that tonight is going to be a long night of playing...im playing on the PS3 and the graphics are unbelievable...
 
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Old 05-06-2008, 09:05 PM
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I picked it up earlier today for X360 and so far I like it...but it's A LOT different from the previous GTA games. Driving is going to take a long time to get used to
 
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got about a month or so till ill be getting it. Cant wait
 
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Old 05-10-2008, 05:06 PM
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Got fed up the other of listening to all the talk about GTAIV and I broke down and bought a PS3 and the game. I've been playing it all weekend so far at work (shhh its been a quite weekend), have to say its looks great, awesome game.

I dunno tho, I am a good piece into it now and I think I might like San Andreas better. S.A. had alot more extras (ie. Airplanes, parachutes, jet pack, casinos, et.) now this might come later in the game but we will see.


STILL AN AWESOME GAME THO!!!
 
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Originally Posted by CobyMedic

I dunno tho, I am a good piece into it now and I think I might like San Andreas better. S.A. had alot more extras (ie. Airplanes, parachutes, jet pack, casinos, et.) now this might come later in the game but we will see.
One of the achievements on the 360 is to fly under all the major bridges, so there must be planes/helicopters at some point.

This one has Pool, Bowling, Darts, Drinking, etc. Plus there's the bonus/side cop, package delivery, cab, car theft, race, etc, missions.

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Old 05-10-2008, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by CobyMedic
Got fed up the other of listening to all the talk about GTAIV and I broke down and bought a PS3 and the game. I've been playing it all weekend so far at work (shhh its been a quite weekend), have to say its looks great, awesome game.

I dunno tho, I am a good piece into it now and I think I might like San Andreas better. S.A. had alot more extras (ie. Airplanes, parachutes, jet pack, casinos, et.) now this might come later in the game but we will see.


STILL AN AWESOME GAME THO!!!

I like GTA 4 better looks stellar on my 50" plasma!!
I did see this in the game and there are post cards from vice city in the Irish bar.



So you can only hope.
 



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