Equaliser Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I too have previously had motion sickness from first person shooters. I just took plenty of breaks and have mostly gotten over it. Migraine? I know some people get it from sitting too close to the screen when playing FPS games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacewise Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 Had plenty of migrains none from gaming though. I just bought two 8 GB ddr3 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 corsair vengeance pro sticks. Just squeezed under the cpu cooler in dimm slot 2 and 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muon Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) Does anyone recall those 3D simulator setups in shopping centers? You know, where you get up on a platform with head gear and a belt and gun? there were a few platforms and Pterodactyl dinosaurs attacking. I was with 2 friends and one came off and spews up as I recall... the other didn't...but both basically couldn't adapt to the environment, standing pointing gun at ceiling and floor mostly I felt at home in it With PC gaming heaps used to get headaches due to poor refresh rates on their CRT monitors. Another issue is we avoid blinking while gaming, eyes dry out and are strained. Edited August 8, 2014 by ortofun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olie Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 My poor old system needs an upgrade, but nothing in the near future, it was cranking 3 years ago when I built it. I7 2600k @ 4.6ghz (air cooled) 16gb rip jaws X Asus 6870 2x Samsung Evo 120gb ssd 4x WD black 1Tb 1x WD blue 500gb 1x WD green 1tb Running Osx 10.9 Win 7 Ultimate x64 Windows Xp Mostly use for: BF4 Plex server Web development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Looks like my CPU has died, so it would be a new mobo, memory and CPU as its a socket 775 Core 2 duo Q9550. Can't afford to rebuild, so stuck with my laptop. On the up side I now have a SATA3 SSD 120Gb USB 3 external drive, I used the OS drive from the gaming PC and put in in a good quality external USB3 case. Leftover bits are: 4Gb DDR2 800 RAM 1Tb WD Green HDD Nvidia GTX275 graphics card 650 watt cooler master power supply Termaltake Bach V case Not sure if the mobo is any good or if the CPU dying has caused any damage to it. CPU cause of death was the thermal paste drying out, lesson learned - check the paste every few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concept Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Does anyone recall those 3D simulator setups in shopping centers? You know, where you get up on a platform with head gear and a belt and gun? there were a few platforms and Pterodactyl dinosaurs attacking. I was with 2 friends and one came off and spews up as I recall... the other didn't...but both basically couldn't adapt to the environment, standing pointing gun at ceiling and floor mostly I felt at home in it With PC gaming heaps used to get headaches due to poor refresh rates on their CRT monitors. Another issue is we avoid blinking while gaming, eyes dry out and are strained. Yes I did have a similar experience with an old VR setup at an arcade, got very queasy very quickly. Not sure I will ever I try the Oculus setup, for me it would be a waste I think. Will have to see how they go improving the tech over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concept Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Looks like my CPU has died, so it would be a new mobo, memory and CPU as its a socket 775 Core 2 duo Q9550. Can't afford to rebuild, so stuck with my laptop. On the up side I now have a SATA3 SSD 120Gb USB 3 external drive, I used the OS drive from the gaming PC and put in in a good quality external USB3 case. Leftover bits are: 4Gb DDR2 800 RAM 1Tb WD Green HDD Nvidia GTX275 graphics card 650 watt cooler master power supply Termaltake Bach V case Not sure if the mobo is any good or if the CPU dying has caused any damage to it. CPU cause of death was the thermal paste drying out, lesson learned - check the paste every few years. RIP Batty's CPU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacewise Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 Played quite a few hours of Starcraft2 last night, 2v2 with my uncle as partner, five wins vs humans, with four losses. Moved our ranking into the top 25 of bronze level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concept Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Played quite a few hours of Starcraft2 last night, 2v2 with my uncle as partner, five wins vs humans, with four losses. Moved our ranking into the top 25 of bronze level. Love SC2 but I am not good vs humans, too slow to think on my feet if you know what I mean. I know it is not a good strategy but I sure do love a big row of seige tanks decimating all ground troups silly enough to come within range (again only works vs AI) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concept Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Couple of pics of mt new system which is up and running now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockandorRoll Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I'm using the same GPU, I'm getting some good results with Battlefield 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muon Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) Looks like my CPU has died, so it would be a new mobo, memory and CPU as its a socket 775 Core 2 duo Q9550. Can't afford to rebuild, so stuck with my laptop. On the up side I now have a SATA3 SSD 120Gb USB 3 external drive, I used the OS drive from the gaming PC and put in in a good quality external USB3 case. Leftover bits are: 4Gb DDR2 800 RAM 1Tb WD Green HDD Nvidia GTX275 graphics card 650 watt cooler master power supply Termaltake Bach V case Not sure if the mobo is any good or if the CPU dying has caused any damage to it. CPU cause of death was the thermal paste drying out, lesson learned - check the paste every few years. The CPU? How did that happen, if the paste dried out it would have first become unstable due to heat...long before death, never seen one die the way you mention Have you tried the CPU in a known good mobo? Edited August 20, 2014 by ortofun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concept Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Anyone here tried the two player version of Portal 2? Keen to give it a go if anyone is interested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacewise Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Love SC2 but I am not good vs humans, too slow to think on my feet if you know what I mean. I know it is not a good strategy but I sure do love a big row of seige tanks decimating all ground troups silly enough to come within range (again only works vs AI) My uncle & 2v2 team mate plays Terran and uses tanks like that too with a marine marauder ball to back them up. We got a promotion to gold recently, and I made gold for 1v1 too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concept Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 My uncle & 2v2 team mate plays Terran and uses tanks like that too with a marine marauder ball to back them up. We got a promotion to gold recently, and I made gold for 1v1 too! How does he counter air units like void rays or brood lords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacewise Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 turrents and marines, and eventually thors + vikings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellrotts Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I just came across this little thread, Nice, PC gamer/ Audio set up. I didn't really put much effort in for the Pic, sorry. I play games with the Sennheiser Hd650's and listen to tunes on... you know what. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooluu Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 nice speakers could do with some cable management tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellrotts Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 nice speakers could do with some cable management tho yeh, the cables need some love. there is just so many of them, not quite sure what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cafad Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I expected a pair of feet to be up on the footrest in that pic Scott, what's going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellrotts Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 well I was in the "chair" but only for a brief period whence taking the pic. Too short of a duration to warrant kicking back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacewise Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Its been decades in the making, but finally the latest Elite pc game is nearing release, beta is available and the game is looking cool on the various vids up n round. https://store.zaonce.net/ I played this to death on the Amiga 500 back in the day, planning on some solid flight time in the future too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellrotts Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 50 quid for beta access? wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningpanda Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Its been decades in the making, but finally the latest Elite pc game is nearing release, beta is available and the game is looking cool on the various vids up n round. https://store.zaonce.net/ I played this to death on the Amiga 500 back in the day, planning on some solid flight time in the future too. Have pre-ordered the Mercenary edition at $64 Aus. Played that game to death back in the day on an old Amstrad CPC464. Just need an upgraded video card, voice control and decent HOTAS setup ... oh and an Oculus Rift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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