The Video Games Thread II - The Resurrection

[James]

I have a mac which is literally for office and general browsing and have a

i5 2tb HDD 16gb ram and a Nvidia GTX 680 2GB Graphics Card. *edit* runs on Windows 7

It runs the supposed "test game" of Crysis 3 really well on max settings.

 

[b3h]

Cheers mate

 

[The Bear]

I am i7, 8GB, Win 7, a HDD not an SSD (Important?), and I have AMD 6700 HD.

I have wondered about gaming since I bought this, but also wondered whether it wouldn't look and feel as good as a console - What do you think?

I would get rid of my 360 and open a Steam account ready for FIFA 14, possibly before though, if it really is worth it on my machine.

Yeah that will run stuff fine.

 

[Alan]

Remember that FIFA 14 PC will be running on last year's engine.

 

[b3h]

Morning,

There is one hitch, otherwise I think I am going to get on the PC gaming!

The hitch is: We use the 360 to play Series/Movies from the PC (A lot) - How can I replace this, or is there a device I can buy that acts as a USB media player?

 

[machin05]

A Raspberry Pi running xBox Media Centre

 

[machin05]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raspberry-Pi-XBMC-Media-Centre/dp/B00BBJTGRM

 

[The Bear]

Or buy any streaming media player. Popcorn Hour, WDTV Live, Slingbox, etc.

 

[Bandyrastard]

The Xbox one will not be shipped with a headset. The PS4 will.

 

[James]

Kinect can act as a microphone though.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

It already does on the current Kinect.

 

[Afom]

I can imagine someone saying xbox off in multiplayer ;-)

 

[Alan]

No doubt. I'll be pulling that one on any of my friends who are fool enough to get the XBO. They'll deserve it.

 

[The Bear]

That wouldn't work. The Kinect will automatically subtract the audio output from the machine when it listens for commands.

 

[Alan]

That wouldn't work. The Kinect will automatically subtract the audio output from the machine when it listens for commands.

But if I'm in the room with them?

 

[James]

If they used it for voice chat and you didn't and you played call of duty on a tv very loud. All someone has to do is yell "Xbox off"

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

That just wouldn't work

 

[James]

That just wouldn't work

I wouldn't know because I dont own an Xbox

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

You don't think Microsoft might not have thought of that? Really?

 

[Quirkafleeg]

Couple of free downloads on Live for gold members up till the end of the month. Fable 3 and Spartacus Legends...