So I've finally seen the light... in Off Topic

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Mar 19 2011, 8:57 pm
Keywords: awesome, believer, gaming, pc
I finally got around to building my own pc, mostly with the intent of gaming on it but also as a backup to my laptop... If something ever happened to it, I'd pretty much be stuck with a desktop having only 512mb ddr...It didn't hurt that this could replace that 360 I always intended on getting either since I already have a ps3 an wii...But here's some the specs if you're interested (am I doing this right? XD):

AMD Phenom x4 9850 2.5ghz
1 TB HD
4 GB DDR2
Radeon HD 4350
Wireless Logitech keyboard/mouse

But wow, I'm surprised at how cheap the games are..It's just...amazing...Funny enough though, my graphics card was a bit better than I thought. With 64bit XP Pro for instance, Kane and Lynch stuttered just by making a slight gesture to the left, meanwhile it runs damn near flawlessly on 64bit Windows 7 Pro on my 32in 720p television...I intend on upgrading to a Geforce GTX 460 soon but for now, this will do; apparently the radeon hypermemory feature bumps my card memory up to 2.2 gigs according to Can You Run It..0_0 Anyways though, you pc game buffs got any recommendations on some nice free/cheap games I could check out? I'm pretty much jaw agape at "up to date" games costing only a penny on Amazon while the console equivalent is >$15..
#1 Mar 19 2011, 10:52 pm
Cheap? What are you talking about?

Do you mean used games? I wouldn't suggest buying used PC games, since most of them use CD Keys that can only be registered once...
#2 Mar 19 2011, 11:12 pm
DarkCampainger wrote:
Cheap? What are you talking about?

Do you mean used games? I wouldn't suggest buying used PC games, since most of them use CD Keys that can only be registered once...

Nah new.
#3 Mar 20 2011, 12:26 am
Run Steam.
#4 Mar 20 2011, 1:21 am
Steam has plenty of cheap games. But recommendations depend on what you like.

But if you are smart... All PC games are free anyway.
#5 Mar 20 2011, 6:02 am
Build me one too.

If you saw my specs, you'd probably laugh until you wet your pants.

Also, might wanna get a Logitech headset too if you don't already have one.
#6 Mar 20 2011, 8:53 am (Edited on Mar 20 2011, 9:04 am)
DarkCampainger wrote:
Cheap? What are you talking about?
PC games usually release $10 cheaper than their console counterparts.
Steam almost always has some kind of great deals going on. Darksiders is currently 75% off.
Plus, a ton of PC games have mod communities, which don't/can't exist on the console. That means when you buy the PC version of some games, you can get unlimited free content above and beyond the actual/original game.

The Magic Man wrote:
But if you are smart... All PC games are free anyway.
Same could be said about console games.
#7 Mar 20 2011, 3:47 pm
Hmmm, interesting points on the "Free" games...I didn't figure the workarounds would be worth all the trouble just to play them but I'll indeed look into that as well as the steam I hear so much about...

@ EmpirezTeam sure why not for a nice fee lol but they're simple as hell to do as long as you have cash...