[mr.miyagi]

I phoned the guys up and this system without a videocard would come to about £330:

3.0ghz Dual Core CPU
2 Gig Ram
250 gb HD
500+ PSU
DVD Burner

now I don't know the exact hardware they're putting in but I'll just trust its sweet enough...

Now my dilemma is that with an Nvidia 8800 GTS 640mb card in it, it'd come to £629, which is over my budget. Should I try getting the 320mb version or is ATI an option or are their latest cards not as good?
Not sure what to do now as I was looking at the £500 mark tops.

Suggestions?

[geRV]

Cheapest ive seen a 640gts was 217. 2900 is slightly better than a gts now but sucks up a lot more power. I honstly think you're better snagging a gts and getting them to install it. 320mb imo would limit you a good bit on some games with demanding texture requirements.

Gonna be a bit over the 500 mark but its a good pc for the price. Just make sure its a proper core 2 duo, E-6850.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... subcat=793

[Miscguy]

Wait wait wait... Let me get this straight. EA basically remakes mohaa, or one of its other generic WW2 shooters. Then, they just remake a ton of mohaa's MP maps and suddenly your all in line to suck there cocks and shell out 50-60 bucks for the privledge? What the hell happened here people.

[geRV]

Originally Posted by Miscguy

Wait wait wait... Let me get this straight. EA basically remakes mohaa, or one of its other generic WW2 shooters. Then, they just remake a ton of mohaa's MP maps and suddenly your all in line to suck there cocks and shell out 50-60 bucks for the privledge? What the hell happened here people.

You know it is possible that airborne could actually be a good game....

Theres 3 allied assault mp maps in the game...hardly a ton by any reckoning. Plus theres plenty of shooters that do that, counterstrike being one of the main ones.

As hard as it is to admit it airborne is bringing in some new features that stop the game from being on rails and make it more dynamic. I can't recall any ww2 shooter allowing you to drop out of a plane and land practically anywhere below. Hardly a remake either.

[Gonzo]

they should just completly redo mohaa and port it over to 360 and pc

[mr.miyagi]

Originally Posted by geRV

Cheapest ive seen a 640gts was 217. 2900 is slightly better than a gts now but sucks up a lot more power. I honstly think you're better snagging a gts and getting them to install it. 320mb imo would limit you a good bit on some games with demanding texture requirements.

Gonna be a bit over the 500 mark but its a good pc for the price. Just make sure its a proper core 2 duo, E-6850.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... subcat=793

Ta, well I think I'll go for the 320mb and possibly replace it with a 640mb sometime in the future if I need to. I'm guessing it'd be about £550 price-wise for the entire pc, will call them on Monday and start them building. Took them 3 days to build my mates pc, hopefully I'll have it in similar time rock:

[Chronic Diarrhea]

According to everybody who went to the MP summit, the game is awesome. Rudedog was one of those guys.

[quote:c8beb]The map as I noted earlier was awesome – amazingly detailed and much bigger than it used to be. One thing you figure out about Airborne pretty quickly is the game is now three-dimensional, like no other game before it. Rather than bunch of little circle-jerk maps that play for the most part in the X and Y dimensions (maybe with 2nd floors in some buildings if you’re lucky), Airborne maps add the Z dimension – the vertical. From the jump from 800 feet up, to bunkers that go 2-4 stories down, you learn quickly that you have to constantly look up as well as around corners. This totally changes gameplay and makes the maps so much bigger than they are in the overhead.[/quote:c8beb]

[quote:c8beb]One thing I have to note is how nice it is to be back to a game where each team spawns in a consistent place again – no more circle-jerk goofball spawning like in COD.[/quote:c8beb]

[quote:c8beb]Overall I had fun playing the game, and was able to mix charging, laying back, and defending and be effective at each. It’s not restricted, uber-realistic like Red Orchestra or Insurgency, but it’s not noobcannon run-and-gun either, ala COD2. It’s somewhere in the middle, really much like MOH:AA or Spearhead back in the day – comfortable and familiar and a good balance.[/quote:c8beb]

[quote:c8beb]The sounds were AMAZING – all around, they were probably the best sounds I’ve heard in any game, hands down, with Red Orchestra coming in second. Whoever the sound designer was EA, give them a raise and a promotion, then use them in every FPS game you ever put out from here forward. The environment is detailed, believable, and very well constructed. I can’t say enough about how well the game sucks you into the environment.[/quote:c8beb]

[quote:c8beb]When talking with Tom Hess one night over barley sodas, we were describing some of the fun we’d had during the day playing, and some particular situations that had us laughing and really enjoying ourselves. Tom said "You know what we call that? Crack. Gaming crack" (ie - it's addicting).[/quote:c8beb]

[quote:c8beb]The Allies of course get the best part of all – maneuvering your parachute to land on someone and then kicking them in the head for the kill – the newest form of ownage and possibly the coolest ever. 100% crack. The bash is still there and still cool (in fact, the bash reminded me of Spearhead’s bash like no game since), but the kick to the head beats all. PK got the best one of all when he somehow managed to kick two guys at once who were standing next to one another – just awesome![/quote:c8beb]

[mr.miyagi]

Awesomeness!

I think us gamers are going to be quite spoilt in the coming months with all these great games.

I'll be buying Bioshock and Airborne for sure.
Hopefully we can get a forum Airborne server going at some stage beer:

[geRV]

Bioshock, Airborne, Crysis,

2 within the space of about 2 weeks. eek:

[Forte]

thank god my roommate is bringing a 360. I still hope it will come out for Mac.

[mr.miyagi]

Bioshock + Airborne + Team Fortress 2 ( with Portal, Episode 2)

[img]http://www.zoolooman.com/misc/mocking.jpg[/img]

Almost forgot TF2, although I think it was pushed to January amirite?

[geRV]

Already got teamfortress-episode 2 and portal, ati deal with the 2900, hasn't started preloading yet though as its still being finished off. biggrin:

[MuZzA]

I got two key cards for the the two packages (TF2, left for dead etc) I should of only got one rock:

[mr.miyagi]

Originally Posted by MuZzA

I got two key cards for the the two packages (TF2, left for dead etc) I should of only got one rock:

my address send thx

[snipeymagoo]

Does anyone here have a comp that will run this with more than 50 fps besides gerv?