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by LostCat
Fri May 03, 2013 12:21 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Games You Might Not Have Tried
Replies: 19
Views: 3699

Re: Games You Might Not Have Tried

I can speak for Blacklight Retribution being a great game, but I can also speak for it being one of the most horrible examples of the money pit when it comes to F2P games. Sure, you don't need to spend money, but you could easily end up spending hundreds or thousands to get everything. (I'm not aver...
by LostCat
Thu May 02, 2013 8:27 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Why are there no high-power ARM CPUs?
Replies: 51
Views: 12142

Re: Why are there no high-power ARM CPUs?

A lot of people think "Project Denver" is vaporware -- and nobody even really knows what the purpose is. I'm still on the fence as to whether it will ever become a real product, but look at this: I am aware, but the slide said 2015 and is much newer than that wikipedia article. It claims ...
by LostCat
Thu May 02, 2013 6:15 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Why are there no high-power ARM CPUs?
Replies: 51
Views: 12142

Re: Why are there no high-power ARM CPUs?

And noone has even mentioned Project Denver?

The Internet claims it's due in 2015

(I don't know this site, just went through some links after a search http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/20 ... ategy.aspx )
by LostCat
Tue Apr 30, 2013 5:27 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Games You Might Not Have Tried
Replies: 19
Views: 3699

Re: Games You Might Not Have Tried

I've been looking at Starforge but I haven't felt like paying for it yet.

Scifi building sandbox game with physics and DX11.

I'd be more interested if it was past alpha.
by LostCat
Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:42 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Upgrade to Haswell from Nehalem?
Replies: 48
Views: 19635

Re: Upgrade to Haswell from Nehalem?

I'd go to Haswell from my 920 if Kaveri isn't good enough. I really don't need or want an Intel GPU though. The plus with the newer arches is they tend to be cheaper and put out less heat. The minus with Intel is the good motherboards tend to be either expensive or low on SATA6g ports and PCIe lanes...
by LostCat
Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:10 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?
Replies: 44
Views: 8422

Re: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?

auxy wrote:
I think i7-920 -> Kaveri might be a bit of a sidegrade, or worse.

Might be might not, but at this point I'll take a box I can rely on over one I can't.
by LostCat
Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:21 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?
Replies: 44
Views: 8422

Re: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?

The other reason I'm holding off is I intend to replace my box with a Kaveri if it performs decently. Don't want to drain my finances before that. The i7 920 setup I have performs well but it's been unstable and had ports dying and so on since it got built, and the DX58SO is quite possibly the worst...
by LostCat
Mon Apr 29, 2013 12:26 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?
Replies: 44
Views: 8422

Re: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?

There are rumours that id is in a bit of trouble. They have to finish DOOM 4 soon, other Bethesda will stop them from making other games and just have the focused on improving the id tech 5 engine. Imo though, having played Rage, i don't know if the megatexture was such a great idea. I thought the ...
by LostCat
Mon Apr 29, 2013 12:00 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?
Replies: 44
Views: 8422

Re: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?

Good lord that sounds awesome. We have six that hang here and two of them are ours. Anyone want a cat? But no, I am simply not that interested in upgrading until there are a lot less major dx9 releases. I'm hoping dx9 won't even be a thing next year...but as retarded as PC gaming has been I doubt it.
by LostCat
Sun Apr 28, 2013 12:13 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?
Replies: 44
Views: 8422

Re: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?

I'd take the jump Most games it seemed like a roughly 10-15% improvement so why bother...and so many dx9 games still coming out don't help the case for it. If I could afford a 79xx it'd be worth it. I know I'm switching to the PS4 even though I'm not expecting it to be considerably better than my 6...
by LostCat
Sun Apr 28, 2013 4:21 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?
Replies: 44
Views: 8422

Re: Anyone see this? Full Radeon 8xxx specs?

Ok, just checking. I thought they looked.....different. Perhaps a typo? But to be EXACTLY like the others (OH WAIT, DX11.1!) is a tad disappointing. http://blogs.amd.com/play/2012/12/14/gcn-architecture-full-dx111/ 7xxx already supports 11.1. This seems like a crock to me. I'm already on the fence ...
by LostCat
Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:31 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Win 8 and News Feed
Replies: 7
Views: 1764

Re: Win 8 and News Feed

good lord I can't even parse a forum thread right now, nevermind me. If you 'scroll down' the options are on the far right of the app, you can remove categories and such. It's not as customizable as it could be, but you can add and remove sources. You can't really add custom tiles sadly, but you can...
by LostCat
Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:06 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Win 8 and News Feed
Replies: 7
Views: 1764

Re: Win 8 and News Feed

*edited for reasons unknown to mortal men*

I actually just grabbed the app again yesterday so I'm behind on this one.
by LostCat
Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:38 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: DirectX Question
Replies: 2
Views: 965

Re: DirectX Question

There doesn't seem to be a driving need to upgrade DX at this point. Games are just now beginning to use Direct X 11 features so Microsoft is putting more resources elsewhere. I suspect we will eventually see updates coming as more developers start to use DX11 and ask for enhancements. Eventually t...
by LostCat
Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:31 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark
Replies: 72
Views: 23944

Re: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark

DX9/DX11 has very little to do with the MT-friendliness of the game. If the game wasn't pretty multi-threaded, there's no way people with 3930Ks would be beating me! Well, I guess, unless their CPU clock were a lot higher than mine. I suppose a lot of those guys with 3930Ks and 3960X probably have ...
by LostCat
Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:07 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark
Replies: 72
Views: 23944

Re: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark

The game is still directx 9, it's very likely to focus on one core for graphics work. If they actually upgrade the engine to dx11 it should be a lot better balanced.

But if they haven't yet for ARR I'm not expecting anything before next year.
by LostCat
Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:10 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: IE10 problems all over
Replies: 26
Views: 10054

Re: IE10 problems all over

unreal wrote:
I am about to re-install windows.

out of rabid curiousity...

why the hell would you use a 32 bit version anyway?
by LostCat
Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:24 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark
Replies: 72
Views: 23944

Re: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark

haha FF11 doesn't support Windows XP anymore

...wait, what? :lol:
by LostCat
Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:04 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: IE10 problems all over
Replies: 26
Views: 10054

Re: IE10 problems all over

One of the options I listed is designed to fix Windows Update and isn't destructive. It would be better to start there. I don't really know how you can say it's destructive anyway, but yeah of course it's always better to use normal tools if they work...when they don't as in my case, you're just pr...
by LostCat
Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:22 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: IE10 problems all over
Replies: 26
Views: 10054

Re: IE10 problems all over

Ryu Connor wrote:
That tool does some destructive stuff. He really shouldn't do that except as a last resort.

Potentially? Sure. But he can only use the options he actually needs.

Certainly not more destructive than the problem he already has on that note.
by LostCat
Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:24 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: IE10 problems all over
Replies: 26
Views: 10054

Re: IE10 problems all over

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/904100_10151596983619391_1932536792_o.jpg
(step 4 is just backing up stuff and setting a system restore point)

Edit by: Ryu Connor
Please shrink/thumbnail the image so as not to mess with the forum formatting.
by LostCat
Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:04 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: IE10 problems all over
Replies: 26
Views: 10054

Re: IE10 problems all over

That tool I mentioned does have a 'fix windows update' option as well as many others.

only time I can't run those is when the system time is off, personally, but that's probably been checked
by LostCat
Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:54 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging
Replies: 30
Views: 11356

Re: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging

I don't know if it'll fix it, but I upgraded from a 3g modem to DSL and I STILL can't live without cFosSpeed.

Give it a shot sometime.

(Although, all the people I recommend this to....I doubt they ever actually try it heh :p )
by LostCat
Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:21 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Recommend me a SSD
Replies: 46
Views: 12640

Re: Recommend me a SSD

Personally I think OCZ does deserve their reputation, but it's only relevant to their earlier Sandforce drives. Their newer drives are pretty reliable from what I've seen. I'm running a Vertex 4. Can't complain about the speed at all, Win8 detected it as an SSD from the start as well (didn't on my C...
by LostCat
Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:20 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Glory be!! Something totally unexpected...
Replies: 8
Views: 2072

Re: Glory be!! Something totally unexpected...

Bethesda does open-world better :). That said, I've run out of stuff to do in Skyrim, will have to get back in to Oblivion... Bethesda does more intricate systems, but whether or not they do the world better depends on whether or not you prefer the world and gameplay. Comparing an RPG to a shooter ...
by LostCat
Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:05 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Difference of different FPS
Replies: 13
Views: 2091

Re: Difference of different FPS

vargis14 wrote:
Its a nice visual, but i do not think it is realistic. A calibration Bluray/DVD disc on a TV at 24fps could make that line move much more smoothly then the 50 FPS example.

I viewed it in chrome.

It'd use motion blur to do it though...this is more relevant to a non preprocessed source I'd think.
by LostCat
Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:00 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark
Replies: 72
Views: 23944

Re: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark

What boggled my mind was that the game had more files than win7 and the 30 other games on my hard drive put together W T F seriously, that's just retarded. I'll install it on its own partition unless I know it's changed in ARR I only played 11 up to level 30 or so (supposedly where it got good. I do...
by LostCat
Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:19 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark
Replies: 72
Views: 23944

Re: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark

5321 on High
4335 on Max
(Didn't close out any of my apps, but I wouldn't when running the game either so there's that.)
by LostCat
Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:07 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark
Replies: 72
Views: 23944

Re: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark

oh hey it was updated on my barfday. I'll run it when I can.

The initial version of this game was awful by almost anyones standards but as a former player of 11 I hope ARR fixes it.
by LostCat
Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:24 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: What was the big deal with FEAR anyway?
Replies: 31
Views: 3657

Re: What was the big deal with FEAR anyway?

Yeah, there's probably not even a Japanese emoticon that will fully describe the extent to which I dislike RE5. Game blows. It's worse that blowing your nose after you vomit and blowing out that vomit residue. I didn't play enough to hate it, but I don't like it. The boss fights were confusing and ...

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