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Matt. His name is Matt. @Misneach_

That was good fun, thoroughly enjoyed it, cheers all 😄

Maybe.

This is going to be a game changer, mark my words. This is AMD's comeuppance for all the shit they've been dumping all over Intel in the CPU market. Whilst expensive, the fact that you're getting so much bang for those bucks at least brings the performance in line with what you're paying. This all remains dependent on what the benchmarks look like obviously, and not what Nvidia's chart says as we all know how easy it is to bullshit charts in your favour. I'll be honest, my 2070S is looking a bit dated already if these charts are accurate but there's no reason to update yet, it still shreds at 1440p. It'll suck to see everyone else running circles around me though 😄 @Plumbers Crack this will definitely be a boost to SC but keep in mind that that game is still an alpha and extremely poorly optimized. I'd say that the vast majority of the time the game runs poorly, it's not your PC, it's the game. It might be worth playing something that's very well optimized for a bit just to see how well it runs, to give you some context, before you judge your system's performance on SC. Do yourself a favour Dave, download the following games (all free) and play them for a bit, just to see how things play out. Also ensure you have Nvidia's overlay enabled so you can see your FPS (I have this enabled at all times, let me know if you need instructions): Planetside 2 (if your PC can run this at good settings and good FPS, it'll run anything, this is a massive game which in the right fight will bring your PC to its knees). Team Fortress 2 Destiny 2 If you want, even World of Warcraft has a trial (the retail version which is the wanky shit one, but it's worth it just to see how it runs). Remember, you can delete all of these whenever you want, it's just for trialling purposes to get some context.

I changed it, that looks much better. No wonder it looks like a fucking mong, it's the Twitter set. Just representing their members :D I think this is easily removed too tbh. I'll have a poke around.

@GazzaGarratt how hard is it to change the smiley set? The grinning one at the moment looks like someone with down syndrome 😄 😄 😄 😄

Feds must've got hold of them. Can probably find them elsewhere tbh. Never heard of Blake Stone, a quick google looks like it runs on the same engine so it must be pretty decent.

I thought they were chopping the game up in to pieces, so you can still access the stuff, you just need to load up a whole different "game"?

Heretic & Hexen are £6 on Steam 🙂

It was always gonna happen, only a matter of when. These cards are gonna be hungry as hell.

I'll wait until all the stolen used copies turn up in CEX I think.

Hey welcome dude 😎 Thats a beast of a PC you have there. Do you have 7 Days 2 Die?

Welcome aboard! You’ll be forgiven for playing on the wrong console as you have an opportunity to rectify this very soon 🤗 Do you only have an xbox? Pc or anything? @slamminbones can suck a chode.

Another lovely intro, welcome aboard! Please start any thread you like, we’re a very easy going bunch on here 🙂 @Middle Class Caveman is big in to his TTRPGs and hosted a game of Call of Cthulhu for us a little while ago and it was fantastic. I’m sure he’ll pop in here, I know he hosts DND nights one night a week, might be worth asking about if you’re keen. Short stories sounds great, do you have a site or something we can have a mooch at? What games are you currently playing, and on what?

What a fantastic intro, lovely start to your membership here, welcome aboard 😄 I absolutely loved Heretic, a friend of mine’s parents had a 486 DX100 which could run it, we took turns into playing, it was such a cool game. I can’t remember much of Hocus Pocus unfortunately but I did play it a fair amount foo. You came at the perfect time as @tronic44 has kindly rented a 7D2D server for us which a few of us play on quite a bit, so drop me a PM if you’re up for it and I’ll send you the deets. Hope you enjoy your time with us here, it’s honestly one of the best gaming communities in the world 😎

Lol. £65 for a game.

You taking the piss? I've seen what you can do with empty hands and you want to come near my place with dynamite? Don't make me turn this internet around young man.

You buying this one then? Honestly I've missed having so many folks on corrodoory the last couple of years. We've had tons of folks on MW this year, but also tons who aren't on, and it's such a shame as we always have a blast when we're together. I really hope loads of us get it (this includes you fuckface) so we can relive those old BO2 / BO3 days.

I need to find a reliable way to fuck these bears up once and for all. As Snoop Dogg would say, "fucking sick of it"

Me. That's me. I exist for angry reactions. As much as I love your enthusiasm philly, I am far too cynical to spend money on any alphas or early access anymore. DayZ has been in early access for as long as it's existed, so has Star Citizen and 7D2D. It's become a thing now, where people just keep tinkering on games for as long as they exist and it irritates me. We're effectively funding their hobby. Some games are awesome but when I pay for something, I expect a finished product. Which if you think about it is fucking retarded, as I also despise all the big-name publishers. I'm my own worst enemy, honestly.

Your mum is a large site update.

Ok so here's the deal. Monitors are all about context. If you're coming from a 17" CRT then even a basic little 24" 1080p LCD will blow you away. I've slowly climbed the ladder going through this exact path, and am currently gaming on a 34" 1440p 100hz MSI curved jobbie which cost a pretty penny (£350, still fuck all in monitor terms tbh) but I absolutely love it. I've always said that no matter what you game on, no matter whether it's PC, console, or even a fucking calculator - you're always staring at your monitor, so get something good. Nothing more disappointing than seeing someone spend £1k+ on a fancy PC with a graphics card putting out a bajillion FPS on a monitor that looks like it belongs in a 90s post office. When it comes to gaming, the things you actually interact with are where you need to spend the most money. Controllers, keyboards, mice, monitor, headset, etc. These are the things you're in direct contact with every moment of every gaming session so make sure it's exactly what you want, and that you're happy with it. @phil bottle has pretty much reached the pinnacle of affordable stuff with his ROG monitor, going another step up from that is - and this is no exaggeration - an increase of about ten fold. Monitors are second only to GPUs when it comes to diminishing returns. The more you pay, the smaller the bells and whistles get. 4k is a waste of money. I've been in this game long enough to be able to tell you that 4k gaming on the ps5 won't be 4k. It'll be pre-rendered cut-scenes and any gameplay will either be massively reduced in quality, or it'll run at 5fps. It'll very likely chop down to 1080p, or 1440p if you're lucky. To reliably game in 4k on a PC, you're looking at double, or even triple the price of a PS5 for the graphics cards alone. And that's on the lower end of the scale. To get good FPS, you're looking at a pair of 2080 supers, which will cost you £1500, and then you need the rest of the hardware to feed them with enough juice and enough pixels to render. A good 4k gaming PC is easily north of £3k, and that's without monitor or peripherals. No console is coming close to that for a long, long time. For refresh rates, 1ms is wasted on consoles. Unless you intend to go all competitive and use a keyboard and mouse, that 1ms will be cancelled out by using a controller anyway. To benefit from such short refresh rates, you really want a PC with keyboard and mouse. That all being said... I have a 32" 1440p monitor at home, it's a bit of a beast, it's by no stretch of the imagination a high-end monitor but it's still fantastic, @Plumbers Crack games on exactly the same one, maybe he'll pop in and give us his thoughts. In fact, it's this exact model. If you want it, it's yours for the price of postage and a few beer tokens in the FGFGFGFGFGFGFG to help @GazzaGarratt Dad with the site maintenance costs. Let me know. If it's not your bag however and you just want something nice and new, then this is your daddy: https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/msi-32-quad-hd-144hz-1ms-va-curved-freesync-gaming-monitor-2020-ps33155-at-aoebay-with-code-3529362

For you? No. For us? Yes. You need recording software.

Or you could've taken one for the team and solo'd it. It's the least you could do after your shenanigans.