general gaming topic

2015-05-01 07:02:23 pm

red chamber dream

at least until you know the people really well, which sometimes never happens with some people

2015-05-01 07:04:18 pm

Like sometimes I ask a question from a very basic, fundamental place and people don't know how to answer it even though those kinds of questions are easier for me to answer.

arkarian

2015-05-01 07:04:51 pm

red chamber dream

i know what you mean, i think

arkarian

2015-05-01 07:05:00 pm

red chamber dream

and i think it's because most people just don't know what they're talking about lol

arkarian

2015-05-01 07:05:24 pm

red chamber dream

but you have to get through the layers of bullshit to figure that out

Opium

2015-05-01 07:06:54 pm

Like I know someone that constantly bitches about another person, so I asked them if they really gave a shit what that other person says or does. After much prodding, they finally answered NO. I would have thought about that question from the get go and therefore wouldn't have bitched about what the other person says or does to begin with.

arkarian

2015-05-01 07:07:25 pm

red chamber dream

heh that makes me laugh, but i dunno ... i think a lot of people are defensive like that, and it's ok

Opium

2015-05-01 07:07:30 pm

That's not the best example, but it's the only one I can think of right now.

arkarian

2015-05-01 07:07:58 pm

red chamber dream

who's to argue with human nature really

Opium

2015-05-01 07:08:55 pm

I have to go grocery shopping. Have a good friday evening

arkarian

2015-05-01 07:09:26 pm

red chamber dream

thanks, you too

Toozin

2015-05-01 11:59:38 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Yooka-Laylee is funded about £830,000 now. At this rate they'll get over a million by the end of the weekend and have to start adding stretch goals.

arkarian

2015-05-02 03:56:59 am

red chamber dream

dang, almost to $1.5 mil

Toozin

2015-05-02 09:29:39 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

They've now almost funded the second of two new stretch goals they put up. This is fascinating to watch.

Opium

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Opium: 2015-05-05 06:58:06 pm

Opium: 2015-05-05 06:51:04 pm

2015-05-05 06:50:29 pm

I'm missing something regarding Steam and minimum pc requirements to play their games. Months ago I saw that my pc is not powerful enough to run BoIsaac:R so I wrote that one off. Now I just looked at axiom verge, which is coming to steam soon, and my pc is not powerful enough for that game either, even though it has lower min requirements. I checked all 5 PC's in the house and NONE of them are powerful enough to run Axiom Verge, not even the 2 that are about a year old. Really? Do we just have terrible PC's? Am I reading something wrong? Could the min req they're listing be wrong?

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-05-05 07:16:25 pm

2015-05-05 07:09:32 pm

red chamber dream

min reqs are usually not wrong, but you can usually get away with a machine slightly under the min reqs

Opium

2015-05-05 07:11:37 pm

Is 1.6 GHz speed processor going to cut it for min 2.0 GHz speed ?

Opium

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Opium: 2015-05-05 07:14:27 pm

Opium: 2015-05-05 07:14:13 pm

2015-05-05 07:13:34 pm

It seems so weird because we don't have any problems running a variety of other games. In fact I haven't even tried to run one and had it not work. What's so special about AV and BoI? They certainly don't look like they would require more than the games I already run.

Poision Envy

2015-05-05 07:28:06 pm

Club 27 Goals

what CPU do you have? Chances are yours is a DUAL core or even QUAD core CPU. That cpu listed on AV is a single-core 2.0GHz cpu. If yours is a dual-core cpu, it'll be 1.6Ghz x 2. If it's quad core, it'll be 1.6Ghz x 4.

Poision Envy

2015-05-05 07:28:44 pm

Club 27 Goals

I can't imagine you have a single core 1.6Ghz cpu. I haven't seen one of those being in a computer for like 10 years.

arkarian

2015-05-05 07:30:31 pm

red chamber dream

yeah i would expect any computer a year old to be a lot faster than that

arkarian

2015-05-05 07:31:16 pm

red chamber dream

you're probably fine opium if you can run similar games

Opium

2015-05-05 07:59:19 pm

Quote from Poision Envy:

what CPU do you have? Chances are yours is a DUAL core or even QUAD core CPU. That cpu listed on AV is a single-core 2.0GHz cpu. If yours is a dual-core cpu, it'll be 1.6Ghz x 2. If it's quad core, it'll be 1.6Ghz x 4.

Oh I thought they would have doubled the speed for me. If I double it then I'm fine.

Except one pc say 1.4 GHz and the processor name doesn't mention core or duo or anything like that. That's the one I'm sitting at right now. Regardless, I will be able to play these games. Thanks for the info guys. Now gift me these games, plz.

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-05-05 08:02:16 pm

2015-05-05 08:01:56 pm

red chamber dream

well, having dual cores doesn't mean your cpu is effectively twice as fast. software has to actually use the additional cores for there to be any difference. axiom verge probably runs on an engine that is optimized for multicore though, so you're probably fine.

Poision Envy

2015-05-05 08:42:35 pm

Club 27 Goals

Quote from Opium:

Quote from Poision Envy:

what CPU do you have? Chances are yours is a DUAL core or even QUAD core CPU. That cpu listed on AV is a single-core 2.0GHz cpu. If yours is a dual-core cpu, it'll be 1.6Ghz x 2. If it's quad core, it'll be 1.6Ghz x 4.

Oh I thought they would have doubled the speed for me. If I double it then I'm fine.

Except one pc say 1.4 GHz and the processor name doesn't mention core or duo or anything like that. That's the one I'm sitting at right now. Regardless, I will be able to play these games. Thanks for the info guys. Now gift me these games, plz.

Think of it like this, my girlfriend bought her laptop from WALMART about 5 years ago for $450. It can play World of Warcraft, League of Legends, and everything else fine, and it has a dual core CPU. I can guarantee you that if your PC was purchased in the last two years it can certainly handle the games you posted.