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Pemalite on 01 January 2014
Slimebeast said:
Pemalite said:
Slimebeast said:

Upgrading seems so complicated. Especially on an old HDD where I have bunch of stuff installed.

XP always worked well for me. With my new comp I will have to upgrade though. Will I still be able to access all my Steam games even though I use 2 PCs in parallel?


Upgrading is easy.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7

Or you can buy an Upgrade version.

Yes you can.

There are two ways to use Steam from 2 different machines.
Set one PC's Steam to "Offline mode" or use "Family Sharing".

Ok, but the other people here said I should upgrade to WIndows 8 and ignore the Metro interface.

Will I be able to access my steam games if my old PC keeps Windows XP and the new one gets Windows 8?

Does it matter what type of Win 8 license I buy? (I will prob get the cheapest option that goes with the hardware parts I will order soon)


Windows 8.1 64bit would be fine.

And yes to your Steam games.



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mhsillen on 01 January 2014

bought a new PC and purchased 8 games along with downloading Left for Dead 2 for free

good deals from steam



zarx on 01 January 2014
mhsillen said:

bought a new PC and purchased 8 games along with downloading Left for Dead 2 for free

good deals from steam

 

Welcome to the neighborhood

 

 

So I am thinking one more game this sale but Valdis Story or Company of Heroes 2?



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Pemalite on 01 January 2014
mhsillen said:

bought a new PC and purchased 8 games along with downloading Left for Dead 2 for free

good deals from steam

I do hope you grabed Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics when it was for free from gog.com. :)
Half Life 2 was free for anyone who had an AMD/ATI GPU for over half a decade too. :P

Here is a list of free Steam games.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=851573

And Origin:
https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/shop/free-ANW.html

And uPlay:
http://uplay.ubi.com/en-GB/free-to-play

And of course, don't forget the free bundle.
http://www.thefreebundle.com/

And Gog.com
http://www.gog.com/games##price=free

Who needs cash to game on a PC? :P

And keep an eye out on Amazon and Green Man Gaming before you bite the bullet on a Steam sale, often they are actually cheaper especially if you use Green Man Gamings 20% discount.



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JEMC on 02 January 2014

Well, Civ V is on sale again (after the Comunity choice), but this time Gods & Kings and Brave New World are 75 and 66% off, instead of "only" 50%.

Should I pick Gods & Kings?



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

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JEMC on 02 January 2014

Hey, Steam says that Comunity votings are over!

But the sales end tomorrow, the 3rd... I don't understand it.



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.

Rhonin the wizard on 02 January 2014
JEMC said:
Hey, Steam says that Comunity votings are over!

But the sales end tomorrow, the 3rd... I don't understand it.

The last day will probably be an encore with the best deals.

In case it's not and today is the last day I decided to buy Septerra Core just in case.



zarx on 02 January 2014
JEMC said:
Hey, Steam says that Comunity votings are over!

But the sales end tomorrow, the 3rd... I don't understand it.


The last day is usually a recap of the most popular deals. I guess they decided that Community votes didn't fit with that. This will probably be the last flash deal as well.



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crissindahouse on 02 January 2014

sonic all-stars racing transformed $4.99 on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Sonic-All-Stars-Racing-Transformed-Download/dp/B00AWRPEJI/ref=zg_bs_2445220011_26

is the game good? if it is i will buy it



thranx on 02 January 2014
Slimebeast said:
Pemalite said:
Slimebeast said:

Upgrading seems so complicated. Especially on an old HDD where I have bunch of stuff installed.

XP always worked well for me. With my new comp I will have to upgrade though. Will I still be able to access all my Steam games even though I use 2 PCs in parallel?


Upgrading is easy.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7

Or you can buy an Upgrade version.

Yes you can.

There are two ways to use Steam from 2 different machines.
Set one PC's Steam to "Offline mode" or use "Family Sharing".

Ok, but the other people here said I should upgrade to WIndows 8 and ignore the Metro interface.

Will I be able to access my steam games if my old PC keeps Windows XP and the new one gets Windows 8?

Does it matter what type of Win 8 license I buy? (I will prob get the cheapest option that goes with the hardware parts I will order soon)

you can backup your games to disc and install them on a new computer so you dont have to redownload them too