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  1. Hughesy said:
    Well, we're on the same size, mines 144Hz though :) Couldn't go back to 60 again, the screen tear was horrific!
    No specific reason you didn't like the 120Hz?
    I'm not really sure why, it just made me feel ill. I wouldn't know about screen tear as I always use Vsync. It's all personal to what you like. I mean I can still play at 1080p or lower otherwise I wouldn't have an X1/ps4 but if I play games on PC at that they look ugly (ish) compared to 1440p, plus I don't have to use AA really. When does your 980 come bud? I probably would've bought one if I didn't buy the PS4 and only the X1.

    Now I don't have a custom waterloop it won't cost me so much to upgrade which is good. I'm just waiting for Shadow of mordor to download, don't think it'll be ready until midnight though as its 34GB :# My two SSD's are going to get full quick with the size of the games now...
    I do get what you mean :p It's almost like it's too smooth and it throws your brain off balance a bit, but you do eventually get used to it, and for me now seeing anything below 50fps or so seems a little stuttery.
    The 980 should be here Friday morning :) Could have had it today, but I wasn't home and I won't trust my neighbours with something like that. I'm not too worried about games looking a bit ugly at 1080p now though, I'll be testing the DSR/SRT on the 980 when it's in :D 
    And it's a shame you bought the PS4 dude, but I'm glad you bought your X1! It's awesome having someone to game with on Destiny :) 

    Ah yea, you won't have to buy a new waterblock for your next GPU right? How much did it cost you for just that part? And what size SSD's? I keep seeing 512GB ones for around £150, and they keep tempting me :p But I will hold out this time!
    The waterblocks were £70+. I have two 256GB SSD's, they make a massive differnce to a PC, from boot times to general usage and games load amazingly quick compared to a HDD.

    Btw my brain works in mysterious ways lol I can see things on monitors that others can't. Because of the way lcd/led monitors are lit I can see flickering black sort of colour in motion. I can't remember the term but someone explained it to me on a tech website and suggested getting this Dell 1440p ips monitor and now it's fine, which means I don't strain my eyes. IPS monitors work differently to LCD/LED which means I don't see it. I'm not even sure if there are good ips 1440p monitors above 60hz as I didn't see any when I bought this one, but it doesn't bother me as I love my current one and don't see the need to go above 60fps.

  2. Well, we're on the same size, mines 144Hz though :) Couldn't go back to 60 again, the screen tear was horrific!
    No specific reason you didn't like the 120Hz?
    I'm not really sure why, it just made me feel ill. I wouldn't know about screen tear as I always use Vsync. It's all personal to what you like. I mean I can still play at 1080p or lower otherwise I wouldn't have an X1/ps4 but if I play games on PC at that they look ugly (ish) compared to 1440p, plus I don't have to use AA really. When does your 980 come bud? I probably would've bought one if I didn't buy the PS4 and only the X1.

    Now I don't have a custom waterloop it won't cost me so much to upgrade which is good. I'm just waiting for Shadow of mordor to download, don't think it'll be ready until midnight though as its 34GB :# My two SSD's are going to get full quick with the size of the games now...

  3. Hughesy said:
    You two have made my PC feel depressed  :p Still I have a 1440p monitor so I atleast have something better than @RevolvingPrawn‌  o:) I'm going to try and hold on to my 780 until the next gen of Nvidia cards (unless AMD pull something amazing out of their arses) 
    Lol, what's the refresh rate and size of your monitor? :p 
    27 inch 60hz. I had a 120hz one but didn't like it for some reason. It's not one of those cheap Korean ones, it cost over £500 B)

    2560x1440p beats 1080p no matter what hz it runs at. I was shocked at how much better it looked, it's like when you first went from a sd TV to a HDTV. Having a good monitor with high res/ great colours is just as important as having a good GPU, considering it's what you use to display all that power.

  4. You two have made my PC feel depressed  :p Still I have a 1440p monitor so I atleast have something better than @RevolvingPrawn‌  o:) I'm going to try and hold on to my 780 until the next gen of Nvidia cards (unless AMD pull something amazing out of their arses) 

  5. Ok even though Forza Horizon 2 could come tomorrow I've still gone ahead and bought Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor. o:) It looks like an awesome game! I got it for PC as it cost me half as much compared to X1/ps4. The downside is the size of the download (34 GB) There's also a "HD texture pack" but it says you need 6GB of video memory for that which even the new Nvidia 980s don't have. People have been saying it runs fine with just 3GB of vmem, but I'll probably just play without them as it looks good anyway, especially as I play at 1440p resolution.

  6. I do share some of your disappointment at stuff that was promised and wasn't included. I remember reading all that stuff and thinking it could be the greatest game, but this kinda thing always happens. Devs promise big genre changing things and then you play the game and it's barely different from any other in it's category.
    I'm still happy with Destiny though, it may not have everything that was promised but I'm never bored while playing it :) And if it starts to feel empty, just jump into Crucible for a bit :p 

    Thought you already had it couger? Shame for 360 and not X1 though, Hughesy and I need a dependable third player for strikes!
    Yeah i have it for the PS4 but i have a couple of friends who play it on the 360 too and i sent you both a friends request aswell :)
    Ah no worries :) I'll accept your FR, but I don't own a 360 anymore so we'll probably never get to game together :p 

    @Hughesy Same dude, surely we can't be the only 2 people here who play Destiny on X1?
    We probably are bud, considering all the hate the X1 gets. Remember  kinect is recording us lol  Its makes me laugh when people say that, as all phones/tablets and most laptops have a camera facing them.

  7. That's all well and good mate, but this stuff was promised for this game. I do like the game but really it's very empty, and many planets were cut from the game in my opinion. For instance planets that were in videos aren't in the game. They even talk about Saturn in that link I posted, and things like mile long ships to battle through. I love playing the strikes with you but there's only a few of them. The amount of time this game was in development, I can't believe this is all the finished content.
    Sorry for the rant but I had to get it off my chest.

  8. Looking at some old Destiny articles and so many things stand out that aren't in the the game like this quote
     "Jones is a higher-level player, and as such has better gear, including an impressive sleek, black spaceship that makes Staten’s smaller, simpler vessel look like, in his own joking words, a “Space Corolla.” Ships will serve various purposes. Only a Scout class was specifically mentioned, though it was implied that space combat will factor into Destiny as well"

    So much seems to be missing from the game...... :( 
    Here's an article on IGN from a year or two ago. http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/02/17/bungies-destiny-a-land-of-hope-and-dreams?page=1

  9. dirt3joe said:
    Hughesy said:
    Hughesy said:
    You wanted to play with 25 cars? This game doesn't have loads of cars like GT6 lol Also maybe people understand why I said I can't see this game being ready for November. There's still a huge amount of cars that aren't ready and feel horrible to drive, especially without tuning them.

    the only explanation I can think of is the fact they're much closer to finishing as they're leading us to believe right now but I guess only time can answer that question.
    How though? I play the latest build each week so I know exactly what stage its at.  
    Not beyond possibility that they are focussing on the console build ahead of the PC, as it seems easier to deploy PC patches.

    That said, I would have thought the car input data is pretty similar (identical) across all the platforms.

    We shall see. Anyhow, it's gone off my automatic purchase list and now is pending review. FH2 seems to have got good reviews,so next up, Driveclub. Then I should be able to decide whether PS4 or Xbox.
    No they're not. We get to see everything that's being done, the physics are the same for each platform so that sort of thing is worked on together. 

  10. Hughesy said:
    You wanted to play with 25 cars? This game doesn't have loads of cars like GT6 lol Also maybe people understand why I said I can't see this game being ready for November. There's still a huge amount of cars that aren't ready and feel horrible to drive, especially without tuning them.

    the only explanation I can think of is the fact they're much closer to finishing as they're leading us to believe right now but I guess only time can answer that question.
    How though? I play the latest build each week so I know exactly what stage its at.  

  11. I went to EGX yesterday and queued for 45 mins to play this game with a mate. So here is my short and not well written review.

    I had no idea what to do when I started. I had a gun and I could run, then there were these monsters and I shot them but I was smashed by them about 10 times in the space of 7 minutes. I was on a team I think but I wasn't any help so sorry to my team mates. But the graphics were fantastic, sound again, great, and with the headphones on full blast, sometimes quite scary!

    A great game, but I had no idea.
    Yea, it's not particularly new player friendly :p Pick it up as soon as you can though bud, go from the start and you'll adore it within a few hours :) You won't learn everything in 7 minutes though. I've put 30+ hours into this game and even now there's things popping up that have me all like "what the heck is that?" :p 
    How did the crucible turn out bud, did you get anything good? I wanted to play some tonight but well..... Let's just say I have a dodgy tummy :# Don't won't to be forced to stop playing halfway through a match..... :o

  12. You wanted to play with 25 cars? This game doesn't have loads of cars like GT6 lol Also maybe people understand why I said I can't see this game being ready for November. There's still a huge amount of cars that aren't ready and feel horrible to drive, especially without tuning them.

  13. Hughesy said:
    http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/09/26/destiny-engram-changes-explained

    Definitely good news, Engrams from sometime next week will be decoded to a matching colour :)
    Yea I meant to post that last night but forgot lol Good news though B) When do you want to do more strikes bud? 
    How about a bunch tomorrow night? Might play tonight, but if I do it'll mainly be story or Crucible.
    Yea I can play tomorrow night bud.
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