peteer01

Rats. They probably do, but they don't carry either game... How do places like that work? (I've only used Steam to purchase digital only PC games so far) Are you only able to download and redownload the game through the specific site you buy it from?

Gah. I was watching Steam and a fwe other places pretty regularly hoping to see New Vegas or Skyrim go on sale, and then I got too busy to game or even web surf at all, and that was when Skyrim dropped to $39.99. Does anyone know of a way to get e-mail or mobile updates when a specific game or a game on your wish list goes on sale? That'd be a nice thing to have. Any suggestions? (I'm looking for something automated so that even when I'm too busy with work, family and life to use the PC over a weekend, I won't miss out.)

I definitely agree with this. Fat fingers. My reputation might not be much, but I did like seeing that I was friendly. How will I know if I'm friendly now?

Portal 2 Very good. Not surprised, but impressed that they managed to make it a worthy successor to the original.

Not yet. Just downloaded 3DMark2011, which I'll run this evening, but I am on my way back to work. I own DX:HR, Portal 2 and L.A. Noire...any of those a particularly good choice? How would I benchmark a game? I've got the 2500K set to 4.5GHz (x45). Intel Burn Test standard run (x10), maxed out at 68C, which is acceptable, with 4.5GHz. No problems whatsoever. My computer is chillin' like a...well, like a computer that's below it's 72.8 recommended level, and should be stable at 4.5GHz for all my purposes. The 7970 also works like a charm. I've tried overclocking that too, but I don't even know how to turn on FPS output, and maxing out everything, including 3x AA (max) and 4x Anisotropic Filtering with Ambient Occlusion (max) doesn't slow it down any without overclocking. Since I can't slow the frame rate at stock settings, and I don't know how to benchmark or measure FPS, I don't know what the best way to benchmark things would be. Any suggestions? Edit: http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2535268 P8998 3DMarks 3DMark Score P8998 Graphics Score 9304 Physics Score 8178 Combined Score 8215 GraphicsTest1 40.69 FPS GraphicsTest2 46.83 FPS GraphicsTest3 57.07 FPS GraphicsTest4 28.23 FPS PhysicsTest 25.96 FPS CombinedTest 38.21 FPS Is that good? Double Edit: Super ghetto (three monitors of different resolutions and two different sized) Eyefinity in Deus Ex was surprisingly fun! Super trippy. Not sure how much I'll want to play that way regularly, but enough that I'm considering picking up another two monitors of the same make as my 23" if they go on sale again. :-P http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2591443 (P9046 3DMarks)

Alright, that'll be my last post in this thread unless someone else wants to talk about my PC or something else relevant to this thread. (Edit: Updated images)

So I celebrated destroying my Cisco exam by destroying my computer budget. I went home and ordered this: With that, I should be completely good to go. In addition to the first two orders in the initial post, I got a G13, web cam, 72-in-1 (or whatever crazy number they're using these days) card readers for the 2.5" bay and a SL231DPB 23" 1920x1080 monitor. With the 7970 being powerful enough for single card eyefinity, who knows, maybe I'll pick up another two monitors after we move into a house with room. For now, I'm just super excited about putting this final piece of the puzzle in my PC and playing some games with beautiful graphics!

I apologize for misreading this thread then. If you're buying the vast majority of your games, I understand how you could consider pirating Witcher 2 as a form of boycotting it. The impression I got from the thread was that you pirated a lot of games, and that you felt that pirating was better for the developer than not playing at all. Sorry if I'm mistaken and misread things.

Not trying to fan the flames, but if you're pirating games, you're not supporting the companies that are doing what you approve of either. I understand boycotting a company, and I understand people, who for whatever variety of reasons, choose to pirate the majority of their software, but I don't think you can have your cake and eat it too if you pirate games the vast majority of your games before you disapprove of what a specific company is doing.

Or, as Japan seems fond of doing, making it so that they intentionally restrict themselves to a single region. Perfect example. Illusion games. What? Don't judge me. (I spent a long time living there, OK.)

Anyone have a coupon that's good for Fallout: New Vegas? I have interest in trying to successfully move the save file from my 360 to PC, and game on PC, if I can get that working.