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  1. Hughesy

    The Game Thread!

    Sounds like my type of game.Got Outlast for free on PS4 with ps+ and loved that, although I haven't finished it yet.
  2. Hughesy

    The Game Thread!

    Have been desperate to get reviews of FH2 and Driveclub to try to make my mind up about which console to get. Frankly the fanboy whining doesn't do much for me. I reckon a game will be pretty much as good at 900p vs. 1080p. For me the game exclusives and their gameplay dominate the choice. I think 60fps @ 1080p will become a standard on both platforms eventually. Of the exclusives, I never played halo or had a 360, so the master chief collection looks good value. Plus FH2 looks to be much better than driveclub. However much titles like pcars might be slightly better on the ps4 vs the xbox, I think being able to play FH2 trumps that. So it looks like xbone it is ! That's why I chose the XB1 over the PS4 it's not that I didn't like what was available on the PS4 but I chose the XB1 because the exclusives for this machine just seem to good to miss out on this time I've never had any of the X box consoles before although I've been lucky thanks to Halo's 1 and 2 being available on PC of playing those but the Halo Master chief collection was one of the things that ultimately won me over. In fact I've recently installed Halo's 1 and 2 to give them another go soon. I have played the demo of Horizon 2 and feels ilke good fun and I will probably buy this eventually. Forza 5 is a lot of fun too. I've also found playing with the Kinect system a lot of fun too especially while playing Fifa. Bought Alien Isolation on Steam earlier haven't played it yet though. Looks kind of scary but a good fun kind of scary. It's terrifying :| Is it any good bud? I love things that scare the crap out of me, hell I even love a scary nightmare as I see it as a horror movie in my sleep o:) Btw think you missed my dm as you're blind :p.  Edit: Swear filter didn't work so had to change one of my words lol.
  3. Hughesy

    The Game Thread!

    I hated playing online until I played Destiny. Obviously it has the standard pvp which I've found really fun which surprised me, but doing missions with others is where the game shines. I've had so much fun playing it with  @RevolvingPrawn‌  :)
  4. Hughesy

    The Game Thread!

    Have been desperate to get reviews of FH2 and Driveclub to try to make my mind up about which console to get. Frankly the fanboy whining doesn't do much for me. I reckon a game will be pretty much as good at 900p vs. 1080p. For me the game exclusives and their gameplay dominate the choice. I think 60fps @ 1080p will become a standard on both platforms eventually. Of the exclusives, I never played halo or had a 360, so the master chief collection looks good value. Plus FH2 looks to be much better than driveclub. However much titles like pcars might be slightly better on the ps4 vs the xbox, I think being able to play FH2 trumps that. So it looks like xbone it is ! Trust me you wouldn't regret it. I'm primary a PC gamer but have both the X1 & PS4. Really the performance of the PS4 isn't much and wouldn't be noticeable to most people. I have a high end PC and play at 1440p, yet I don't find the X1 games ugly and have yet to find a game on PS4 that looks better really (unless you look really really closely) but I'd rather just play and have fun gaming. When some say "the ps4 is 50% more powerful) it doesn't mean they look 50% better. Trust me you will love Horizon 2 if you get it, and I also second what Dave said. Would love an extra player to play Destiny with unless that's not your sort of game. :) @RevolvingPrawn‌ Read the messages I've sent you. :p
  5. Hughesy

    The Game Thread!

    If you mean Forza Horizon 2 then yes it does, and it's very fun. ;)
  6. Hughesy

    The Game Thread!

    LOL Driveclub is a big flop.... Started out looking so good in the early days, but the more information I got the less excited I became. The reviews say it's a pretty bland game.
  7. Hughesy

    F1 2014 Japanese Grand Prix

    What part of that is confusing for you? The roll hoop is meant to be strong enough to not shave off like it did for Bianchi is it not? The roll hoop isn't built for that sort of impact.
  8. Hughesy

    F1 2014 Japanese Grand Prix

    That impact was awful! I really hope he recovers from that. The tractor was actually reversing at the time so he might've missed it if it wasn't. It doesn't even look like the car is slowing down as the wheels weren't locked or anything, very scary.
  9. Hughesy

    F1 2014 Japanese Grand Prix

    Until I hear an offical response from the team I'll ignore some random Twitter account. The team have said when there's an update they will tell us, I'm not saying that tweet is wrong, but it's not from an offical source. L'Equipe is reliable. Also their source is from Ferrari, I'd say that's pretty official. Their live feed - http://www.lequipe.fr/info-continue/bianchi/97363 3:16pm for the news. And as I said it wasn't from an offical person, and sadly it turns out he isn't breathing on his own. Certain reporters were just trying to be first with everything and get loads of retweets and views on their website.
  10. Hughesy

    The Game Thread!

     @RevolvingPrawn‌ Shopto are collecting my Xbox One and TX wheel  tomorrow. I just hope they hear the noise the X1 makes as when you get older you can't hear high pitch noises lol Edit: Here's the noise it makes. http://youtu.be/wv8fFIiQtjM
  11. Hughesy

    The Game Thread!

    So tomorrow I have to ring Shopto about my broken Thrustmaster TX wheel, and my Xbox One. That chirping noise that the X1 makes happens all the time now :s 
  12. Hughesy

    F1 2014 Japanese Grand Prix

    Like I said in my post above, until it's from the team or an offical source I'll ignore those tweets. I do hope it's true though.
  13. Hughesy

    F1 2014 Japanese Grand Prix

    Until I hear an offical response from the team I'll ignore some random Twitter account. The team have said when there's an update they will tell us, I'm not saying that tweet is wrong, but it's not from an offical source.
  14. Hughesy

    F1 2014 Japanese Grand Prix

    Has anyone seen the picture of the car? The whole of the roll hoop is gone from behind his head. I feel sick right now and pray he's ok. I've always hated tractors collecting the cars. If they have to use them, then imo they should have to slow down to the pit lane speed or something. I'm surprised with all the safety in F1 they haven't developed a better vehicle to collect the cars.
  15. Hughesy

    The PC Thread

    Yea my GPU is overclocked as fuck lol It's why I bought the MSI Gaming one, as every review said it overclocked really high. It's still a gamble as every card is different but I definitely got a good one. It's on a par with a 780ti which is one of the reasons I didn't plump for a 980 :p It's just the 3GB of vram that'll let it down at some point. I won't upgrade until the 3GB isn't enough at 1440p as although I could drop to 1080p it would be a waste having such a nice 1440p monitor.
  16. Hughesy

    The PC Thread

    I'm not actually sure what res it's at for me as you can't change settings on the standard one but anyway here's my best result. Not too far behind considering I only have a 780 and i5 3570k
  17. Hughesy

    The PC Thread

    You'll be fine with 4GB bud (should be anyway) as you only play at 1080p. Going up to 1440p uses a lot of vram. Vram basically is faster than Ram, and it's exclusively for the GPU. Normal Ram is shared by the whole system and is slower (also slower to access compared to Vram) The higher the res and graphics settings (ie textures) the more it'll use. Things like AA use a lot of VRAM. That's partly why the PS4 is more powerful than the X1, PS4 uses gddr5 which was really made for 3d gaming, whereas the X1 uses ddr3 ram like what you have in your PC. All good Gpu's use gddr5 now which is why it's so strange that M$ used normal ram. I could go all geeky on you about it but that would take a lot longer to type :p Later I'll post my results in the same benchmark as you to see how close I get to your results, did you just use the standard firestrike bench at 1080p? Edit: I just remembered you don't change the setting on the standard one, just on custom.
  18. Hughesy

    The PC Thread

    I'm starting to put a small amount back each time I'm paid, towards getting a new GPU o:) Maybe a 980ti or the next gen of cards. It all depends on the Vram, as I don't believe 4GB is enough for a high end card (especially at 1440p) Because of the consoles which use unified memory, devs could be lazy and not use ram properly. Nvidia always seem to be stingy with Vram compared to AMD.
  19. Hughesy

    The PC Thread

    Well yes that would do it lol you didn't tell me that :p  higher refresh rate means more frames being pushed, thus more heat o:) Glad you found out though bud, just for your sanity even though it didn't really matter. Hehe
  20. Hughesy

    The Game Thread!

    Just found out that chirping noise from the X1 is actually coming from the power brick fan not the X1 fan.
  21. Hughesy

    The PC Thread

    Ah I missed that my bad. Not sure why you give a toss about idle temps as they mean absolutely nothing bud.  ;) did you create a custom fan profile before or after you read the idle temps before? I'd just enjoy your games with the card rather than worry about temps as 36 is low for a high end card with a reference cooler :p
  22. Hughesy

    The PC Thread

    You didn't answer if you've overclocked or not? Many factors come into play even if everything seems the same as earlier. If you read reviews they will say the same thing, getting the same readings of idle temps can be very hard that you've had before ;)
  23. Hughesy

    The PC Thread

    I refuse to use Precision x, they stole the code from the bloke who created Afterburner. He gave them the license to certain things but after years working with him they told him they didn't want him anymore. A few weeks later precision X15 came out with all of his original source code. If you fancy  reading about it, it's on guru 3d. Now because Guru3d exposed the truth (also thanks to the bloke who created the source code) Evga won't send Guru3d gpu's to review....lol
  24. Hughesy

    The PC Thread

    Even my 780 with the msi  twin Froz cooler goes upto 80c. Temps will go all over the place , even web browsing will make it go higher. I'm not sure why it's higher than it was before but it's nothing to worry about, but you could just use msi afterburner and set a custom fan profile. The max safe temp is 95c btw, have you overclocked the card at all? As that'll make temps higher. Also if your rooms even slightly hotter than earlier that can change temps.
  25. Hughesy

    The PC Thread

    Yes I do and it's rather simple bud (sorry in advance if this seems patronising) if you've been playing for a while or had your PC on for a few hours then it'll idle higher than when you first used it bud ;) 36c is still really low for idle (anything below 40c is considered good) especially as you only have the standard cooler. Really though there's no need to worry about idle temps, only temps you should look at are when it's in use o:)
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