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NavyBuyer said:
Playing my way through Borderlands 2. One of these days in need to upgrade from the 360.
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I have about 4 gazillion hours in that game, farming Torque token in Pyro Pete's bar, all for an Unkempt Harold. The Gunzerker and Siren are the best end game classes IMO. Great game though the Prequel in space was kind of underwhelming. The reduced gravity and air packs were a great twist, but the overall game just lacked something.
 
AWP said:
I have about 4 gazillion hours in that game, farming Torque token in Pyro Pete's bar, all for an Unkempt Harold. The Gunzerker and Siren are the best end game classes IMO. Great game though the Prequel in space was kind of underwhelming. The reduced gravity and air packs were a great twist, but the overall game just lacked something.
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First time I played borderlands period was as a siren, then I went assasin or whatever that one is. Ganking shizzy.
 
AWP said:
I'm not dropping that coin on a video card. My personal cost/ benefit analysis decided the performance increase wasn't worth the ducets.

Besides, I think my GPU may be DOA. Still troubleshooting.
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Makes sense. I will probably get it for a single card solution to my multicard current config....at some point. Then again, I might just wait a decade to when I fully retire and upgrade then. Not like I get to use my computer much right now.
 
Ranger Psych said:
Makes sense. I will probably get it for a single card solution to my multicard current config....at some point. Then again, I might just wait a decade to when I fully retire and upgrade then. Not like I get to use my computer much right now.
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Have you looked at some of the gaming laptops that have been put out recently? Hardware devs are doing some seriously crazy stuff with them, like SLI 1080s, curved displays with GSync, and detachable keyboards. Granted, the laptops with those features cost almost as much as a used car, but old standbys like Dell are putting out laptops with mobile 1060s for less than a grand.
 
Salt USMC said:
Have you looked at some of the gaming laptops that have been put out recently? Hardware devs are doing some seriously crazy stuff with them, like SLI 1080s, curved displays with GSync, and detachable keyboards. Granted, the laptops with those features cost almost as much as a used car, but old standbys like Dell are putting out laptops with mobile 1060s for less than a grand.
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I'm running an Alienware 17 r3 4K. It's only got a 980 but it keeps up with most games. It also doubles as a space heater. You can find them cheap.
 
TLDR20 said:
More Ghost Recon real talk:

It gets tedious. It also gets super annoying to say, kill everyone in an encampment, blow the air defenses, steal the helicopter, to later get shot down by the air defenses you literally blew up 20 minutes ago.

Like if I'm laying waste to these outposts and towns, and there are rebels everywhere, why the fuck aren't they helping me out?

Why can't I use the enemy mortars?

Helicopter flying now seems less bad. Helicopters make the missions super easy.

I also don't like that you can't have someone else fly(AI) and you can't purposefully send your team in splits. I should be able to at least split my team into two elements...

It is also pretty wonky in that your teammates are basically invisible to the enemy.

Still the game is fun. Just a bit wonky. I need to check out multiplayer...
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We could probably have a whole thread on the game. I keep getting killed by the fucking helicopters I request. Or they drop them on a cliff I can't get to. Or in an alley where they just blow up.
 
Salt USMC said:
Have you looked at some of the gaming laptops that have been put out recently? Hardware devs are doing some seriously crazy stuff with them, like SLI 1080s, curved displays with GSync, and detachable keyboards. Granted, the laptops with those features cost almost as much as a used car, but old standbys like Dell are putting out laptops with mobile 1060s for less than a grand.
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He has my Asus ROG with him but not a lot of time to game.
 
Salt USMC said:
Have you looked at some of the gaming laptops that have been put out recently? Hardware devs are doing some seriously crazy stuff with them, like SLI 1080s, curved displays with GSync, and detachable keyboards. Granted, the laptops with those features cost almost as much as a used car, but old standbys like Dell are putting out laptops with mobile 1060s for less than a grand.
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Yeah, this is making me wish I had waited a couple of months to buy my laptop, so that they could start coming out with GTX 10-series laptops. Unfortunately, I was an idiot and now I'm stuck with a 970M until I can build a desktop (sometime later this year).
 
GTX 1060 troubleshooting update (and may help anyone upgrading or doing a fresh install of the GTX 10x0 cards).

Windows Device Manager would recognize the card, or so I thought. The cooling fan would not spin up except during the boot process. Once Windows loaded it shut down.

I did the usual reseat, check the power, put in my old card and verify there were no motherboard or power issues, reinstalled the 1060, deleted the Nvidia drivers, numerous reboots....nothing. Google to the rescue and mad props to EVGA for keeping this out of the owner's manual:

Go into Device Manager and then View -> Hidden Devices. The card showed up. Right-click and update the drivers. Even if they are an older version you can fix this later via Nvidia's website/ GeForce Experience. Your card should now be in business. The fan though? It won't kick in until the card registers 60 degrees Celsius. I confirmed this via HWMonitor. I've never had an Nvidia or EVGA card do these things, but maybe this will help a few of you should you upgrade. The difference between the 6GB 1060 and my 2GB 770 is amazing. I scored mine on sale through Amazon for 215, but it is now 253 with others running from 230 to 280 and higher.
 
AWP said:
The fan though? It won't kick in until the card registers 60 degrees Celsius. I confirmed this via HWMonitor. I've never had an Nvidia or EVGA card do these things, but maybe this will help a few of you should you upgrade.
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Use XOC (from NVidia's site) to change the fan settings to whatever you'd like.

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From 2 days ago, but another opportunity to spend your hard-earned money.

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-humble-store-spring-sale-begins-today/

It's time to check how much money you have in your bank account, because the Humble Store Spring Sale begins today, May 11, and lasts until May 25. A whole range of the big game publishers will have their own bundles on the store during this time, but they all start on different dates, so we'll make sure to keep you updated. Starting from today, we have WB Games, Kalypso, and Bandai Namco.
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Hiya guys. I have a quick question. I'm taking a GIS course and was looking at getting an gaming laptop. Currently looking at an ASUS ROG STRIX or at the ACER Inspire VX 15 laptops. Anyone have any better suggestions for what I should get?

Amazon.com: Acer Aspire VX 15 Gaming Laptop, 7th Gen Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 15.6 Full HD, 16GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, VX5-591G-75RM: Electronics

Amazon.com: ASUS ROG Strix GL553VE 15.6" Gaming Laptop GTX 1050Ti 4GB Intel Core i7-7700HQ 16GB DDR4 256GB SSD + 1TB 7200RPM HDD RGB Keyboard: Electronics
 

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