Al_B on 29/12/2014 at 07:50
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
External benchmarks are meritless when it comes to trying gauge real world performance in games.
It's only meritless if that's the only factor you consider. Game requirements, optimisation, driver support and other parts of the overall system have massive impact. However, as a rough comparison to computational performance they can be useful. If a game genuinely does need a GTX650 (or HD6790 as (
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=5036&game=Metal%20Gear%20Solid:%20Ground%20Zeroes) suggested here) as a minimum then a HD6750 is very likely to be the weak link in the system.
Neb on 30/12/2014 at 19:15
Ultimate General: Gettysburg is up for a vote on the community's choice, but there's no chance it'll win. That always happens with slightly more niche games, but the worst was Invisible Inc. losing out a few days ago to a space RTS (can't even remember the name) with awful reviews, which no one bought anyway.
WingedKagouti on 31/12/2014 at 22:18
Quote Posted by Neb
Ultimate General: Gettysburg is up for a vote on the community's choice, but there's no chance it'll win.
I guess it won anyway because people absolutely did not want to see that interspecies romance game win.
henke on 1/1/2015 at 13:07
I missed OMSI2 when it was -40%, been hoping it'd drop down to that again, but chances look slim.
MS Flight Simulator X is just 5 bucks today tho! Tempting. I'd get that if it weren't for the fact that I picked up Aerofly FS in the last sale, and have barely touched it. I liked MS Flight a lot, mainly because it played so well with a mere gamepad, and the missions and aerocache hunts were fun. But these more serious sims that seem to require HOTAS stick, Track IR and a keen interest in perfecting a landing at Barcelona airport in windy conditions don't interest me much.
Thirith on 1/1/2015 at 13:42
I did just buy FSX; it's very well possible I'll install it once, play it for half an hour and that's it, but the offer was good and since I do have a HOTAS and TrackIR I might enjoy it.
Henke, the Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS X (or whatever alphabet soup name it's got) is pretty good, considering how cheap it is. Seeing how omnivorous you are with respect to games, it's definitely worth checking it out, whether for more serious sims or for action sims and space flight games.
henke on 1/1/2015 at 15:41
I'm considering it. :)
nicked on 1/1/2015 at 16:25
I bought just one game in the sale this time, Divinity:Original Sin. So far, absolutely excellent RPG that feels like a forgotten classic from 15 years ago.
EvaUnit02 on 1/1/2015 at 18:29
Quote Posted by Thirith
Henke, the Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS X (or whatever alphabet soup name it's got) is pretty good, considering how cheap it is.
I wonder if they had any difficulty keeping their faces straight when naming that product?
Thirith on 1/1/2015 at 19:18
Is there any hardware or peripheral that doesn't have a stupid name, other than the purely descriptive "Xbox 360 controller" kind?
