but i have store credit at best buy, so i dont think i cant buildPabbssPS3

so gateway its better for games then?PabbssPS3

what Processor will b the best to run crysis? AMD LIVE 2 OR INTEL DUO CORE, VIVI? OR ANOTHER?PabbssPS3

However, I've been using AMD processors since the K6-2 came out and I've always been happy with them. Not only that, the motherboards and memory have generally been cheaper for AMD-based systems.

Neither. Buy an Alienware, buy a Mac, or build your own system. I've used machines from every major PC manufacturer, and all of them pale in comparison to the boxes I've built myself. (Yes, that's include the "stable," "high-quality" machines from Dell. :evil: ) OEM machines may be able to get the same frame rates as a custom, but they will never be as stable.

From what I understand, dynamic lighting is more dependent on your CPU than your graphics card, but according to SharkyExtreme they make an AGP 7800. I'm not familiar with ATI's cards, but I seriously doubt they go much past that in their own line. If you're curious, I'd recommend taking a look at the link below. It'll give you a rough idea of prices, too.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/article.php/3663006

I am saying that the belief of stealing being "cool" has to change to it being "uncool". That is not morality or ethics.SR_Caveman

Now name me a time and a place where you wouldn't be broke within a year.

That's the main business model of content creators today, and it's a stupid one. Humanity has changed little in the last few thousand years, and I wouldn't hold my breath about us changing now. If you want to survive piracy, you have to change your business model and find some immediately-compelling reasons for your customers to slide a fifty into that drop slot.

PC: download the game, download a key gen. you're done.smerlus

I won't argue that PC piracy isn't more widespread, but I would contend that's because of the user base and not the technical issues. Your average PC gamer is older, more savvy, and more dedicated than their console counterpart. If I owned a console, I wouldn't hesitate to crack it open and take a soldering iron to it. At least 50% of the PC gamers I know would do the same.

They have other people who do the design and Coloring,texturing,and level design .... john does not design the game itself.briggsxxx

I don't think there is a technical solution to this problem that can't be circumvented. I think the only real solution is having everyone understand that it is in THEIR best interests to not steal.SR_Caveman

Which brings me to my point: arguing about the moral rectitude of piracy is pointless. I can't blame you for being pissed, SR_Caveman, but facts is facts, people is people, and life isn't fair. Content creators should stop punishing their paying customers with copy protection and pursuing pirates with Sisyphean legal tactics, and start figuring out ways of winning over the pirates. Honey catches more flies than vinegar.

The day PC goes MMO only is the day I take a sledge hammer to my computer!OgreB

Also changing the way games are developed could vastly reduce the time and cost of both developing and porting a game and make piracy less of a problem. It should not cost $100 million to develop a game. Better tools and maybe even open-source components would do wonders for the industry.

Regardless, you can't fight the customer. Combatting piracy through litigation and copy protection is stupid.

[QUOTE="ChocoKat"]John D. Carmack II the_ChEeSe_mAn2

Carmack, on the other hand, has done zilch. When it comes right down to it, Wolfenstein and Doom were little different mechanically from top-down shooters, and Quake wasn't all that different from Dark Forces. And as final proof that Carmack can't design a game to save his life, I give you Doom 3.

GameSpot will give it a 7.5 just to be different from the other gaming sites.lol_waffles