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jefforange89 on 23 July 2009

Up untill this point, I've debated constantly about buying one of the HD platforms.  I mostly debated on whether I had enough free time to justify the purchase, first of all, and also, whether I'd rather go for the more expensive but imo superior exclusives that the PS3 offered, or the cheaper 360.

 

So then, I ultimately decided I'd buy the best HD platform of all - a PC! :D

 

So, I need game recommendations.  I plan on picking up Fallout 3, as well as Starcraft 2 whenever it comes out.  I'll play pretty much anything apart from sports and racers.  RTS in particular I enjoy.



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leo-j on 23 July 2009

Wait let me get this straight..

You bought "ANOTHER" PC? You do know the machine you use to type on is a PC



 

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RockSmith372 on 23 July 2009

Of the two consoles i would of preferred the 360, but a PC has alot of awesome games that are on the 360 as well. You won't regret your decisiion



famousringo on 23 July 2009

Get the Orange Box, mostly just for Portal and Team Fortress 2.



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jefforange89 on 23 July 2009
leo-j said:
Wait let me get this straight..

You bought "ANOTHER" PC? You do know the machine you use to type on is a PC

This is my laptop.

 

It made Spore look like a DS game in HD that was probably running at about 20 FPS.



Wii/PC/DS Lite/PSP-2000 owner, shameless Nintendo and AMD fanboy.

My comp, as shown to the right (click for fullsize pic)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3.2 GHz
Video Card: XFX 1 GB Radeon HD 5870
Memory: 8 GB A-Data DDR3-1600
Motherboard: ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3
Primary Storage: OCZ Vertex 120 GB
Case: Cooler Master HAF-932
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64		 Extra Storage: WD Caviar Black 640 GB,
WD Caviar Black 750 GB, WD Caviar Black 1 TB
Display: Triple ASUS 25.5" 1920x1200 monitors
Sound: HT Omega Striker 7.1 sound card,
Logitech X-540 5.1 speakers
Input: Logitech G5 mouse,
Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 keyboard
Wii Friend Code: 2772 8804 2626 5138 Steam: jefforange89
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SlipperyMooseCakes on 23 July 2009

I knew he was going to say PC based on the title. Cool I guess.



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TheThunder on 23 July 2009

Great choice.

get Team Fortress 2 or better yet The Orange Box for $20/$30 you are practically stealing Gabe Newell's lunch.



Adobo on 23 July 2009

good for you! when it comes to HD gaming: (with a good GPU)

PC >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PS3



now if they can only port killzone 2 for PC *sighs*



dli2k3 on 23 July 2009

I mainly game on my PC as well and I'd have to say you made the right decisions. I might get a PS3 when FFXIII comes out. FF games were the only reason I got a PS2 back then...



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sguy78 on 23 July 2009

My laptop is terrible for games as well.