Talk about anything here.
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NDS all the way man.
Nothing more to say...
Poke-fan??
"We were inhuman beings....butchers on a field of corpses....corrupt and depraved....only a sum of viscera, blood, and bone - Creatures without soul."
He said NDS, not emulator.
"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, and they're behind us. They can't get away this time!"
Yeah so? Nintendo DS - Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver, Black/White, you KNOW.....
Also, Diamond, Pearl and Platinum. These are all Pokemon games, that are on NDS.
What difference does it make if you play them on an emulator, or on NDS?
One encourages companies to lower prices, the other encourages them to raise prices, or to stop altogether.
You know what I meant.
Oh, you're being smart-ass about it? Ok then
Wait, were you joking in that post?
Lol, sorry, smiley looked serious. Smiley knows all!
More like I was being ironic....
Anyway, all I said originally, is "Poke-Fan?" Asking the guy who says that the NDS is awesome, if he likes Pokemon games, since most NDS fans are also Poke-Fans!
My whole point being that it doesnt matter if you play the game on the actual console, or on an emulator. The experience is about the same for the gamer.
Also, all I want to play is a couple (Heart Gold/Soul Silver) of Pokemon games on NDS. Why should I buy the console and games just to play them? I dont care about any other NDS games. Plus my brother owns a NDS, and I cant keep borrowing it from him ALL the time.
If you care about whether what I'm doing is legal or not, I'll tell you that I have extracted the BIOS from my brother's NDS.
Happy now?
LIES AND SLANDER!
ITS ALL LIES I TELL YOU!!!
Wow. I disappear for two months and this happens
MORE LIES!
you got a brother?
Yeah, he's 5 years younger than me. He must be about your age.
Its your fault mate
I know right
thats cool.
had no idea you had a brither
Hey, I dont have a "brither", I have a brother, LOL.
Unless you mean a "breather", yeah I take a lot of breathers every day
hey guys. Anyone who has Steam want to add me as a friend and get an Alien Swarm game going?
Alien Swarm is free BTW; I need 3 others for a full game party (4 player coop), but I only need 1 other person to actually start a game.
I'll join you. Whats your Steam username? Mine is "morpheas768".
Btw, I've never played Alien Swarm, nor I have it installed
My username is Whiskey144, same as here; I've already found yours incidentally. I (correctly as I learned from reading your post) guessed your Steam username.
Alien Swarm is free, and it was about 10-20 minutes to download (for me).
2 more things:
1. I'll only be able to be on tomorrow and Saturday from 10:30 AM-2:00 PM (conservatively, may be earlier and/or later); Sunday and beyond I don't know (school start's back up on Monday); please note times are US Pacific.
2. What time zone are you in? I'm asking as my computers are both able to display 3 different times. I can set my "school" computer (since my gaming one is no longer fit for gaming, due to overheating problems) to display my local and your local so we can organize games.
Also, anyone else who wants to play, simply friend me on Steam; username is same as here. I might also create a group called "Stardock Swarm" (get it? cuz, ya know, we're all on the Stardock forums, and we're gonna play Alien Swarm).
Heh, I guess we both have no imagination, huh
I know that personally, I dont like any form of change....so yeah.
I will download it tomorrow, as I have to go to sleep atm.
I am GMT +2.
You should really check that overheating issue. Might wanna buy an aftermarket cooler for your CPU or something. Which part of your comp is getting hot?
Anyway, I'll see ya
@morph- I guess we both don't have much imagination, hehe.
Anyways, overheating I already know what the exact problem is (video card), why I'm not going to do anything about it (not really anyway; card sodered to mobo), and that I'm simply going to replace the gaming comp.
With a brand new Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q892 series gaming laptop, with dedicated graphics card and Windows 7 64-bit. I also have a cooling pad (that my school laptop is sitting on right now in preparation for our game).
OMG, please dont tell me that you have an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator!!!
Buying a mobo with an Intel integrated graphics processor, is a crime against all computers!!!
Ok, I'm only half kidding here. But seriously now, intel gfx chips are the worst thing you can get for video processing, really. Intel should just GTFO of the on-board gfx market asap.
Specs??
Please note that even the best gaming laptops often fail in running certain games at high details/resolutions.
HERRO MAH LOYAL SUBJECTS!!! i'mmmmmm baaaaacccckkkk
I don't have any Intel Graphics. TBH, both my laptops have ATI Radeon onboard cards (the Toshiba runs better probably because I haven't run it into the ground like the HP, and also because Alien Swarm, Portal, and Sins of a Solar Empire are much less stressful than, say, Dawn of War 2).
Dual core 2.4 GHz processor, 1GB Nvidia graphics card w/ 1274MB dynamic memory allocation (total 2298MB gfx mem), 500GB hard drive, 4GB RAM (expandable to 8GB), Windows 7 64-bit.
And an 18.4" screen. The thing is though, I don't need it to play any of my gaims at high detail/resolution. I'd gladly settle for Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising on all low graphics settings (which is what I had to use anyway), so long as it ran as smooth as an oiled, ah, well, female form?
Anyways, since DoW2 is the most graphically intensive game I own, if that runs on low (or medium) settings, than all my other games will do perfectly well I'd imagine.
Who said we were loyal?
"Khaine's Wrath"
Why oh why did you do that??
Oh well, still better than an Intel GMA.
Yes, there is a lot of difference between each video game you make your computer run. 1 game might fry your GPU, with one other might keep it cool & quiet. For this reason, and because you always want to test the reliability of each new hardware, when you get a new laptop (or desktop, whichever):
1. Install drivers, DirectX, and all necessary software.
2. Install Furmark's latest version.
3. Run Furmark at "Stability Test" mode, for 20-30 minutes.
4. Observe and note the highest temperature reached.
5. Close Furmark and compare your temps with other similar hardware online. (preferably report those temps here. I can tell you if they are normal)
Overall, a GPU, whether it is an on-board chip, or an add-on GFX card, SHOULD run Furmark without any issues, at stock clock speeds. If not, then either the hardware is faulty, and/or bad, or your computer runs hot inside, thus affecting your GPU's temp.
Thats doesnt mean much, does it? Your CPU could be a Core2Duo at 2.4, or an AMD Athlon X2 at 2.4, or.....you get the point.
Same goes for the GFX card. There are many Nvidia cards that have 1GB RAM you know. Btw, frame buffer (or graphics RAM) plays a very small part performance-wise, regarding GFX cards. And unless you play at resolutions higher than 1920x1080, then you should not care about graphics RAM at all. It doesnt have a significant positive or negative impact on performance.
Also, the dynamic memory allocation is nothing but marketing crap, designed to make people think, that even with a cheap GPU, they can run games smoothly and allowing their GPU to run faster than it normally could. Sadly, this isnt the case. When you have a "weak" GPU installed, increasing frame buffer wont help at all. Today's Graphics cards arent limited by frame buffer. That was the case 5+ years ago, when we had Ati Radeon 9800s, and 256 MB of Ram still wasnt enough. Back then, every little MB of ram helped a lot.
Today, its nothing more but a marketing scheme. If you want to have 3 screens, with 2560x1600 resolutions or something, then sure. 1 GB isnt enough for you. But if you had so much money to spend on 3 freakin huge screens, why on earth would you buy a cheap GFX card anyway?? So normal people typically dont need more than 1GB of graphics dedicated Ram.
I forgot to mention that the dynamic memory allocation on these GFX cards, is basically your card "borrowing" some of your system Ram. In your case, your GFX card will borrow 1.3 GB of your 4GB of system Ram, to keep frame rate up, in case you wanna run a game at extreme resolutions or something. (Which btw, helps performance very little, since system Ram isnt as nearly fast as GFX Ram)
Othersise the specs seem fine.
Oh god, Low graphics settings.....
Ah well, I guess there are some people that dont care much about that. Me? I wouldnt settle playing a game at less than High gfx settings for anything.
I dont mind games with poor graphics even if they are maxed out, but I do mind having to reduce graphics detail on games with good graphics. Makes sense?
RE: Gaming laptops: It is really funny what stores/shops call "Gaming laptops" today. They sell a laptop with a GeForce 430, and they call it "Gaming", LOLZ So hilariously stupid.
Ah anyway, here is a REAL Gaming Laptop:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834214053
But this is what I would buy IF I wanted a laptop and use it for gaming:
http://www.plaisio.gr/Laptop-Netbook-GPS/Notebook/Laptop/Turbo-X-Dominus-480.htm (Its in Greek, but you can read the specs, and watch the graphs.
Overall, laptops are not made for gaming. Speaking of laptop GPUs: Even some popular models by ATI and NVIDIA are not officially supported by most modern games. That is basically the companies (ati, nvidia) saying: You can use that GPU, but we cant guarantee that it will run games smoothly and without any issues.
Last but definitely not least: Get a desktop for gaming only. Do everything else besides gaming on your laptop. Play games on your desktop PC. Have fun.
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