Of course i'm talking about the mainstream games. Indie titles are the only room i can see for new concepts in gaming.

But I miss the days of operation flashpoint, ghost recon, rainbow six, system shock, grim fandango , command and conquer etc.

Even look at zelda now, it's stagnated as they do not wish to change the formula.

The only game which truly wows me today is arma 2.

Of course if you are 15 you will not understand this. The rot of reduced complexity and innovation had already begun to set in about 10 years ago.

The only hope is that these next gen consoles get released a-sap so we can start pushing the limits of hardware again, and get rid of the same game engines and mechanics.

Just look at how games have retarded over the past 10 years. If your only 15 i suppose you can't but...

But with a different skin.

Look at this resident evil, i know it's a spin off but it's basically gears of war with a resident evil skin.

http://uk.gamespot.com/resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city/videos/gamespot-plays-resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city-6346097?tag=topslot;title;4

BF3 has lost it's flair and each iteration after 2142 is blurring the line closer the all the other generic FPS's.

Consoles are ruining innovation and gaming in general.

Remember the first Rainbow 6 on PC? Now look at it.... it's got cover elements and dumbed down for small children so that publishers and casual gamers are pleased as it appeals to the masses.

Popularity of gaming over the past decade is actually it's achilles heel. Development costs mean that they are severely restricted in what they can experiment with.

So in ten years time you'll be purchasing exactly the same bland game mechanics the only difference will be the theme and game name.

Opinions?

Also your stripe size will have an impact, i use 128kb because i use it mainly for gaming and it doesn't matter if i'm doing work.

Don't use the marvell controller, use the intel ones. They are faster speeds. I use 2 xwd caviar black in raid 0 with asus p8p67 pro and i get an average read of 224MB

No problem, had the exact same problem when the game came out. No other game has this issue. Could be the code or..... I think it might be showing that the GPU could be overheating or perhaps starting to fail. As my 9600gt is hitting temps of 90c under load unless externally cooled to bring it to about 65c. Although the GPU could do with being cleaned and the ambient room temperature is very high.

This happened to me with my 9600gt. Underclock your gpu memory and clock speed by a few MHz and it should fix it. Let me know.