Hahaha, your master has returned, forgotten thread. Like last time, no point in starting a new thread for the same topic, so RISE..rise as time goes, things change. The games that didn't age well today, are not the same as yesterday.

One of the games that just hasn't ages well for me right now, is GTA4. Now, I don't know if this is souly because I just bought the PC version, and tried my friends PS3 version again but wow. I first played GTA4 on the ps3 and was simply blown away, going back to try it now..wow..harsh. I also tried the xbox 360 version..yikes. Though for the PC version that is still breath taking. I guess you can't say that the game it self didn't age well, but rather just the platforms it was on.

So, I like to think of my self as a system collector. I say this because I do not collect the games, just the system them selves, and it's not always for playing them or even having them, as so much is it about cleaning the systems and keeping them safe. Like a part of history for games. So I finally came across something iv been keeping my eyes open for. A dreamcast..it belonged to an older gentleman about in his 70's. He hardly played it, but he smoked a lot so I had to scrub out the stains to get it back to glittering whiteness. Once that was all done, I sat down with two controllers, a memory card, or VMU, and three games, one of which does not work. The three games are,

SlaveZero, Hydro Thunder, and Airforce Delta (which does not work for..what ever reason)

I actually want to play around with this system though, I feel like it's an important part of gaming, so I was wondering what games I should get or try to get? I'm already buying Marvel vs Capcom 2, Resident evil code veronica, and I'm not a big fan of Sonic, so what other games should I look for?

Pst me a reply if that works better

So, I like to think of my self as a system collector. I say this because I do not collect the games, just the system them selves, and it's not always for playing them or even having them, as so much is it about cleaning the systems and keeping them safe. Like a part of history for games. So I finally came across something iv been keeping my eyes open for. A dreamcast..it belonged to an older gentleman about in his 70's. He hardly played it, but he smoked a lot so I had to scrub out the stains to get it back to glittering whiteness. Once that was all done, I sat down with two controllers, a memory card, or VMU, and three games, one of which does not work. The three games are,

SlaveZero, Hydro Thunder, and Airforce Delta (which does not work for..what ever reason)

I actually want to play around with this system though, I feel like it's an important part of gaming, so I was wondering what games I should get or try to get? I'm already buying Marvel vs Capcom 2, Resident evil code veronica, and I'm not a big fan of Sonic, so what other games should I look for?

So this is a question geared towards consoles. I have a gaming pc, and I tend to get the best things to keep it cool. Like Coolermaster cpu fans, antec computer towers, so on so on. So keeping things running cool, and in tip top shape is a big part of my gaming hobby. So when it comes to consoles it is no different. So this leads to the question at hand, and if this has been asked before, then I'm sorry because my lazy forum browsing ways have made me not look for it.

Question:

Does playing the 360 or PS3, ( or even better, if someone can tell me the answer for both), in a lower resolution, example, 720P instead of 1080P while playing games, make the system run any cooler? I have been wanting to test the theory out but I do not have a means to measure the temperature the systems are giving off, only my hand, which isn't always the best way to go. I have noticed though, while playing some games that do not have the...best programming so to speak, like Divinity 2, for xbox 360. Playing it on 720P decreases the pixeled edges, that show easier on 1080P. So I wonder..does that make the GPU run less? And what about playing PS3 or 360 on 420p? If anyone has tested this before, I'm dying to know the results. For me, performance and health of system > graphics, so playing it on lower resoultion is fine by me IF it shows results.

I have always found HP to have great customer service. Never understood the bashing they got from people online.

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Yeah I figured that as much. I can play some games right now on max like the batman game that just came out. I'm pretty impressed with it. I think it's mostly the video card that slows me down, being one of the middle range cards for the 4000 series but hey I can't complain. With in a year ill hgave my new pc, so this is like a year free of gaming.

So here's my laptop specs.

2.1 ghz intel CORE 2 Duo

4 gigs of ram

300 gigs hard drive *(just throw that in for the funs)

ATI 4570 512 mbs of V-mem

Now I know some of you might go "mmm. that proc might be a bit slow compared to what you could have" or, "nmmm that video card isn't exactly a 4XXX"

Well, here are some facts before that. I got this laptop for free. Yeah it was just given to me. I had an HP laptop with a 3 year warranty. 3 years went by, and HP increased my warranty for free, when my laptops mother board broke, seeing as the model line had a faulty mother board (And some people hate HP.) So with that extra year, it was 4 years in total (just so you don't have to do the math, I know I know no thanks needed). Anyway, it broke again for the 5th time, so the tech guys at the store said, "Ok it broke too many times we are going to give you a new laptop." and so..yeah there it is.

Now that the back story is out of the way, how long do you think it will last? In terms of playing games. Right now it plays crysis at medium-high. Sometimes need to switch things down during some area's like the snow areas in crysis warhead, but it's usually not that bad. I'm going to be building my own pc in a bit, this actually saves me time though, but still how long do you think it will last.

If anyones interested on what I traded in for this laptop, well my old one had.

1.9 ghz turion X2

Nvidia 7200 GO 215 v-mem

120Gigs hard drive

2 gigs of ram.

Will do.

Yeah I have seen both, they are both not the one.

Haha man im actually watching that movie, meaning Vertical Limit and it's not the one, and it's not Alive either because thats the one with the plane is it not? That's when multiple people die. This is about people getting stuck in a cave and actually killing one of their friends to eat them.