Any PC Gamers Around?

[Pkush]

Steam. Making men feel like women for a short while. "Solely for the fact it was so cheap". I know that feel lol

[MrAnthonyC]

Originally Posted by MokSpeed

Picked up PayDay 2 for cheap on Steam recently solely for the fact it was so cheap. Hesitant to install it at the moment. Anybody have experience with this game?

I wanted to get it plenty of times, especially on sale, but haven't found the time to start playing anyway. Here is the game in a nutshell (I think). I trust memes.

[dpesce]

NR2003 4 lyfe

[andrealynn.BRZ]

steam name andrealynn.brz<3

ADD ME!!!!!

[Dadhawk]

Ugh...Steam Winter Sale...Must Not Add to backlog...


Hey look! MS Flight Sim x Gold, $4.99, well I have to have that..
What Assassin's Creed Black Flag $9.00, well might as well...


Somebody make me stop!

[Pkush]

I feel ya. Just bought assassins creed 1-3

[Tcoat]

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[EAGLE5]

I recently bought Wasteland 2 on Steam, my first Steam experience. I hate Steam. HATE STEAM. Wanna play a game. Oh, look, 8 hours of download to update it. Fuck you, Steam.

Wasteland 2 is OK. More nostalgic than Fallout, about as good as Fallout 2, and a lot more complex. Often frustrating to play, even on Rookie, which is what I'm playing at. Too repetitive. Combat is too damn slow.

Steam has been so frustrating, I think that will be the last game I purchase.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

I recently bought Wasteland 2 on Steam, my first Steam experience. I hate Steam. HATE STEAM. Wanna play a game. Oh, look, 8 hours of download to update it. Fuck you, Steam.

Wasteland 2 is OK. More nostalgic than Fallout, about as good as Fallout 2, and a lot more complex. Often frustrating to play, even on Rookie, which is what I'm playing at. Too repetitive. Combat is too damn slow.

Steam has been so frustrating, I think that will be the last game I purchase.

and don't ever forget your password after you change your email address!!!!!!

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

I recently bought Wasteland 2 on Steam, my first Steam experience. I hate Steam. HATE STEAM. Wanna play a game. Oh, look, 8 hours of download to update it. Fuck you, Steam.

Wasteland 2 is OK. More nostalgic than Fallout, about as good as Fallout 2, and a lot more complex. Often frustrating to play, even on Rookie, which is what I'm playing at. Too repetitive. Combat is too damn slow.

Steam has been so frustrating, I think that will be the last game I purchase.

I personally prefer owning the media itself as well but for some of these older games its almost impossible to find them any longer. The download times don't bother me since I rarely am so eager to play a game I can't wait for it to download. In fact, I sort of like that you can remotely start the download. I've been known to log in on my phone and have Steam begin the download to my gaming PC while I'm at work.

My biggest problem with Steam is my uncontrollable habit to buy every game they put on sale! I have not paid "first run retail" for a game in probably 5 to 6 years now because I'm willing to wait until its a $10 game. I just attack the backlog...

[wheelhaus]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

I recently bought Wasteland 2 on Steam, my first Steam experience. I hate Steam. HATE STEAM. Wanna play a game. Oh, look, 8 hours of download to update it. Fuck you, Steam.

Wasteland 2 is OK. More nostalgic than Fallout, about as good as Fallout 2, and a lot more complex. Often frustrating to play, even on Rookie, which is what I'm playing at. Too repetitive. Combat is too damn slow.

Steam has been so frustrating, I think that will be the last game I purchase.

I've seen this a lot with first time users, something about something is not what they were expecting and it becomes a problem. I've had nothing but positive interactions with Steam once I got the handle of how it works. Well, I was infuriated once when I was traveling with my laptop and Steam wouldn't let me access my library because I had no internet connection, and "offline mode" wouldn't work because I didn't activate it when I left. I'm not sure what the problem was, but I've never had an issue with it since, I believe enough people complained that they changed it or something.

But I hear you, if you buy something that you want to use immediately, you just gotta wait. If you have a fast connection it's not so bad, but the new wave of digital content is asterisked with this one inconvenient caveat, frequent downloading and/or buffering.

If it's just the random updates that bother you, just put Steam into offline mode and it won't look for updates. Put it into online mode every once in a while and update everything, then back to offline mode. If you play infrequently enough that this happens every time you fire it up, well... I don't know what software these days doesn't check for updates when it's started.

[malave7567]

I'm finally getting a Samsung SSD for my PC... 850 Evo with 500GB. Excited to see that come in, even though it will be after Christmas. My current hard drive is a few years old, and I'm not sure I trust it for very much longer. I keep it backed up though. I just notice the noticeable "loading from hard drive" lag on textures, etc while playing. It will be the first time I'm actually getting full use out of my SATA III ports on my MB too.

(I'm trying really really hard not to look at Steam as well)

edit: going to post my build specs at the moment. Haven't done that in a long time. First built this personal rig in 2010, and have a few changes over the years. Biggest change was in early 2013, my previous mobo fried, so I went ahead and updated my board and processor then.

Case: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
MoBo: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z77
Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB)
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Storage: 2 x Hitachi GST Deskstar HD31000 IDK/7K (SATA II) 1TB (each)

[Jesse36m3]

Originally Posted by malave7567

I'm finally getting a Samsung SSD for my PC... 850 Evo with 500GB. Excited to see that come in, even though it will be after Christmas. My current hard drive is a few years old, and I'm not sure I trust it for very much longer. I keep it backed up though. I just notice the noticeable "loading from hard drive" lag on textures, etc while playing. It will be the first time I'm actually getting full use out of my SATA III ports on my MB too.

(I'm trying really really hard not to look at Steam as well)

edit: going to post my build specs at the moment. Haven't done that in a long time. First built this personal rig in 2010, and have a few changes over the years. Biggest change was in early 2013, my previous mobo fried, so I went ahead and updated my board and processor then.

Case: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
MoBo: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z77
Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB)
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Storage: 2 x Hitachi GST Deskstar HD31000 IDK/7K (SATA II) 1TB (each)

I have the same processor/ram/mobo (maximus version) SLI 660ti watercooled, etc. Built it almost two years ago with an intel ssd 520 at the time. It's quite literally the fastest computer I've used in recent years. Hard drive makes all the difference. I can boot in about 12 seconds. Programs load instantly. Games load extremely fast. It's exactly how it should have been. Now that prices are coming down you can get a larger size for MUCH less... Get the biggest one you can find. I would only choose from Intel, Samsung (evo), or Crutial.

[Jesse36m3]

Here's my pc. It was outside for a dusting a month ago so I took a pic.



Fractal Design R4
I5 3570k @ 4.6Ghz
G. Skill 16GB ram
(2) EVGA 660ti SC
Asus Maximus V Gene mobo
Intel 520 ssd
WD blue 1tb
Corsair 750w
Rigid acrylic tubing, heatkiller x3 gpu blocks/bridge, xspc copper cpu block, ek res/d5 pump, alphacool rads, phantom fittings, mayhems dye, corsair sp120 fans.
Custom sleeves


list goes on .

It has played any game I've thrown at it on high/ultra @ 1440p at a steady 60fps. No frame stuttering/tearing whatsoever.