Love that game. Got a mate I still have mp games with every so often. Great for a casual sesh.
I really should play this. Had it for about 2 years
Computer games.
- Thread starter GrandOldTeam
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Love that game. Got a mate I still have mp games with every so often. Great for a casual sesh.
thebluenosebolt
prefer being behind the times
Daytona usa on emulator.... still brilliant today....the dreamcast version though...could never get the arcade version to run without loads of artifacts
Now im gunna pluck up the courage and have another crack at Soma. Keeps making me jump though so it will only be brief.
Happy gaming day all.
Now im gunna pluck up the courage and have another crack at Soma. Keeps making me jump though so it will only be brief.
Happy gaming day all.
Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian
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Just looking at a laptop for daughter for college & as she's doing IT & Media I'm thinking maybe a gaming machine would have all the grunt required for the video editing etc that she'll be doing.
anyhow theres 1 with a ...
nVIDIA® GeForceTM GTX 960M 128bit w/ 2GB GDDR5
it says the machine has 16gb of ram but the graphics card ram size is 2gb, so as stupid as a question this will seem to some of you .... does this mean that the graphics card takes up 2gb of the laptops ram ?
16gb of ram is a fair chunk though isn't it ?
anyhow theres 1 with a ...
nVIDIA® GeForceTM GTX 960M 128bit w/ 2GB GDDR5
it says the machine has 16gb of ram but the graphics card ram size is 2gb, so as stupid as a question this will seem to some of you .... does this mean that the graphics card takes up 2gb of the laptops ram ?
16gb of ram is a fair chunk though isn't it ?
No, the system ram is separate from the gpu ram.
Also, if you are doing video processing, you are right in choosing a gaming laptop as they normally have the best kit.
Make sure you look for one with an i7 quad core with hyper threading. And not one of the i7-xxxxU models.
Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian
The Unobstructed View
tbh my lad has an i5 with geforce 720m with 6gb ram and it's handled everything he's attempted so far, I'm prob gonna end up getting her more than she'll end up needing but as part of her media course they have a tv channel & are already 4k'd up with all of the cameras... which they can bring home so dont want to end up where she cant do stuff and I've lashed 5-600 quid at it
In fact they have a steady cam thing so I'll be tempted to stick it on and attempt an end of match invasion, I've told her actually to pester next doors brother as he did the same course at the same college and is now a digital media dude at the club, which could be great for her project work.
He often does the twitter btw, and I can tell when its him late night after a bevvy.
ijjysmith
Calm
Awesome game - Especially with this
It reminded me how boss Wolfmother were at that point in time.
So getting just a tad technical, to reiterate, you want an i7. The main advantage an i7 has over the i5 is Hyper-Threading. Hyper-threading is basically like a virtual cpu core. So you get 4 physical cores on the cpu itself, then 4 virtual ones. This allows for 8 threads, which means 8 tasks simultaneously....and when you are video processing, all 8 of those threads will be utilized.
For gaming, lots of games still don't support multiple threads, or only support a few (not true of every game mind you), so an i5 will suffice for them (heck, even a decent dual core i3 can manage games).
For an example, have a look at my cpu (i5-6600k) versus its i7 brother. It has hyperthreading, and by default has the clock speed bumped up a little.
When you look at the gaming benchmarks, the results are so close there is barely any difference, in which case there is no reason to stump the extra cash for the i7, when at best it gives you an extra 5 fps for all that extra money. However, when you start factoring in all the multi-threaded programs, that tiny difference widens quite significantly.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1543?vs=1544
If you add even more cores and threads, then the performance only increases.
Honestly, the computer business is much like the car modifying business. The old anecdote of "I was in a car speed shop, and above the workshop was a sign - 'Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?' " applies here.
Tl;dr Get her the quad core i7 laptop with bags of ram for the video processing tasks ahead of her. (although get her to do it on your lads i5 first so she can properly appreciate the extra speed).
Troubador
Player Valuation: £500k
Anyone here got a VR headset?
It's my lad's 18th in December and we are getting him the ps4 one for his birthday (he doesn't know, so it'll be a surprise).
Just wondering if anyone's read any early reviews as to what they're like and what games to get him for it?
Ta in advance.
It's my lad's 18th in December and we are getting him the ps4 one for his birthday (he doesn't know, so it'll be a surprise).
Just wondering if anyone's read any early reviews as to what they're like and what games to get him for it?
Ta in advance.
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Hello virgins. Pro Evo>FIFA.
Ashtonian
Banned on request
It is. Enjoy your jarg Merseyside blue whilst fifa has the real thing