Gaming/VR
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@Machpants said in Gaming/VR:
If you totally want to shit yourself, spend your $2 here: https://www.pcgamer.com/alien-isolation-is-95-on-sale-for-dollar2thats-95-off/
I'm far too scared to try it in VR mode, it's terrifying enough on a PC monitor
Now free https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/12/21/alien-isolation-is-free-on-epic-right-now/
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I... have no words
The KFConsole is real, and it boasts one big advantage over the PS5 and Xbox Series X
Yes, the KFC console exists
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I... have no words
The KFConsole is real, and it boasts one big advantage over the PS5 and Xbox Series X
Yes, the KFC console exists
I thought it was December, not April.
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not much to go on but cold be a lot of fun!
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@Kiwiwomble TBH it could be simple to develop another Tomb Raider... Common elements are obvious (to me anyway).
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@antipodean definite common elements, might just want to so something similar without yet another Tomb Raider
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My formerly quite conservative ex wife got the boy ( 12 ) Far Cry 5 for Xmas. I did the good Dad thing and sat down for a game with him, fuck it is awesome, not unlike GTA in it's amazing scope but obviously set in a much more rural setting and with a more compelling storyline.
I'm hoping he doesn't get too traumatised by char grilling cult members with flamethrowers or running them over but we're having a rip roaring time so far. The bad Cult leaders are as compelling as any villain you'll ever see in a movie, I had to house sit a couple of weeks back and after feeding the animals I sat up til 2.45 playing the fucken game !
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PC gamers spent $4.5bn, equivalent to the defence budget of Denmark, on kit last year
As a whole, PC gamers in the US dropped $4.5bn on new hardware and accessories in 2020, 62% more than in 2019.
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So - my laptop shit the bed, and apparently it needs a new motherboard/mainboard - which is impossible to find anywhere in the goddamn world.
And - while I was waiting for that diagnosis - I realised that my entire free-time is based on that goddamn device - it was my sole access to TV, movies, music, fucking everything.
So - I'm looking at my options for replacing it....
I'm not a massive "gamer" - I don't play anything online against Korean kids in nappies, I don't play the latest/greatest CyberPunk or whatever, and I sure as hell don't have some seat especially designed for sitting in while playing computer games...
But - I'm pretty sure I actually cooked my previous laptop with just some older games, Civ VI, and watching movies/TV.
And so - I'm considering getting something a bit more robust.Long story short - any opinions?
I'm considering a basic-level "Gaming PC" - with some additional HDD storage - in order to get the better cooling, etc - and maybe open up options for extending my "gaming" - plus using it as a pseudo-media-server.
Or - do I just get a normal PC?
Or - some sort of laptop with improved cooling/etc? Unfortunately - all the "Gaming laptops" I can find - are fuggly as their stereotypical customer base. I ain't buying anything with garish lights advertising "Hey everybody, this guy is a gamer"
Or - just go back to what I had - a ultra-compact laptop - and cut down on the nerd-gamesAnd yeah - I know somebody's going to say "build your own PC" - but I had a quick look, and thought "yeah, nah". I'm quite happy to plug in the extra HDD if necessary, but I'd want the base product pre-built/tested.
So - ideas, thoughts? Recommended vendors? I've heard rumours that PBTech has gone the way of any company which got to a certain size...
Anybody used ExtremePC in Wellington? I like the idea of supporting what seems to be a fairly small and local business. -
@kruse Playtech has some good offers - I got my latest gaming rig from them and it's been primo. Moving to SSD for boot etc and my fav games has been amazing. I agree that lights and shitloads of fans can be surplus to requirements. But an advantage of a bigger case is better airflow so I guess it's just picking out the best case option?
I'd go with the biggest SSD you can afford as the rest of plug in or included HDD storage is easy to add as you've said.
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So - my laptop shit the bed, and apparently it needs a new motherboard/mainboard - which is impossible to find anywhere in the goddamn world.
And - while I was waiting for that diagnosis - I realised that my entire free-time is based on that goddamn device - it was my sole access to TV, movies, music, fucking everything.
So - I'm looking at my options for replacing it....
I'm not a massive "gamer" - I don't play anything online against Korean kids in nappies, I don't play the latest/greatest CyberPunk or whatever, and I sure as hell don't have some seat especially designed for sitting in while playing computer games...
But - I'm pretty sure I actually cooked my previous laptop with just some older games, Civ VI, and watching movies/TV.
And so - I'm considering getting something a bit more robust.Long story short - any opinions?
I'm considering a basic-level "Gaming PC" - with some additional HDD storage - in order to get the better cooling, etc - and maybe open up options for extending my "gaming" - plus using it as a pseudo-media-server.
Or - do I just get a normal PC?
Or - some sort of laptop with improved cooling/etc? Unfortunately - all the "Gaming laptops" I can find - are fuggly as their stereotypical customer base. I ain't buying anything with garish lights advertising "Hey everybody, this guy is a gamer"
Or - just go back to what I had - a ultra-compact laptop - and cut down on the nerd-gamesAnd yeah - I know somebody's going to say "build your own PC" - but I had a quick look, and thought "yeah, nah". I'm quite happy to plug in the extra HDD if necessary, but I'd want the base product pre-built/tested.
So - ideas, thoughts? Recommended vendors? I've heard rumours that PBTech has gone the way of any company which got to a certain size...
Anybody used ExtremePC in Wellington? I like the idea of supporting what seems to be a fairly small and local business.A friend always gets his laptops from a company that does all the building for you, you just go through and select the components needed so you get the specs of one of those gaming laptops but just looks like any old pretty generic laptop
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@kruse ... Might be hard to get one in NZ (???) but we have very similar needs and I could recommend maybe looking at a refurbished "mobile workstation" from Dell/HP/Lenovo. Something like a Dell Precision 7510/7520/7710/7720.
Build quality and reliability is just insane as they're designed for CAD/CAM and high-end Corporate use, plus you can upgrade them yourself much like a desktop. I'm no IT-tech but I've done memory, keyboard, graphics card + heatsink, and screen (including connectors) on these.
They happily game on older games (3+ years imho) and if you have a Thunderbolt connection you can hook in an external GPU for the latest games too.
I'm running a 3-year old Dell Precision 7520 with a Quadro M2200 , quad-Xeons and 32G of RAM (it can take up to 128G if needed). I had an 8-year old Precision M4700 which ran with zero issues.
Even though a laptop, graphics cards can be upgraded depending on the model. They typically come with "MXM" graphics card which can be swapped, with caveats too detailed to go into unless you want me to.
HP equivalent is the ZBook series e.g. HP ZBook 15 G4. IBM I can't remember ...
Battery life is typically meh, but no more so than any gaming laptop with a high end GPU/CPU combo. They look boring as hell but they're awesome value (here in the UK at least) and they last and last.
Google a bit and see what you think?
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@mario said in Gaming/VR:
@kruse ... Might be hard to get one in NZ (???) but we have very similar needs and I could recommend maybe looking at a refurbished "mobile workstation" from Dell/HP/Lenovo. Something like a Dell Precision 7510/7520/7710/7720.
Build quality and reliability is just insane as they're designed for CAD/CAM and high-end Corporate use, plus you can upgrade them yourself much like a desktop. I'm no IT-tech but I've done memory, keyboard, graphics card + heatsink, and screen (including connectors) on these.
They happily game on older games (3+ years imho) and if you have a Thunderbolt connection you can hook in an external GPU for the latest games too.
I'm running a 3-year old Dell Precision 7520 with a Quadro M2200 , quad-Xeons and 32G of RAM (it can take up to 128G if needed). I had an 8-year old Precision M4700 which ran with zero issues.
Even though a laptop, graphics cards can be upgraded depending on the model. They typically come with "MXM" graphics card which can be swapped, with caveats too detailed to go into unless you want me to.
HP equivalent is the ZBook series e.g. HP ZBook 15 G4. IBM I can't remember ...
Battery life is typically meh, but no more so than any gaming laptop with a high end GPU/CPU combo. They look boring as hell but they're awesome value (here in the UK at least) and they last and last.
Google a bit and see what you think?
Goddammit - thanks for the info, but as a super undecisive man, I would really have liked less options, rather than more.
Looking into what you're suggesting - looks like a really good option. Damn it.
Of course - I've gotten so used to having an ultra-portable, a super-sexy one at that - the idea of a larger/chunkier/heavier laptop to throw in the backpack... I'm struggling with it, although it does seem like a really sensible choice. -
