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Ensorcelled wrote:Fuuuuck Guild Wars is awesome. RIP WoW
Damn right. Currently mesmer-ing in Astorea.
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God damn it. My friend had a spare GW2 beta invite but I am having PC issues at the moment so cannot play
My PC cuts all video output to the monitor whenever I start up a semi-demanding game. Vindictus, Guns of Icarus, just anything remotely taxing on the hardware. The graphics card's fan goes louder and the monitor goes black. Any ideas? I'm guessing overheating or a dodgy PSU, but don't want to buy anything I don't need.
My PC cuts all video output to the monitor whenever I start up a semi-demanding game. Vindictus, Guns of Icarus, just anything remotely taxing on the hardware. The graphics card's fan goes louder and the monitor goes black. Any ideas? I'm guessing overheating or a dodgy PSU, but don't want to buy anything I don't need.
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I only wanted a beta code to see if my laptop could run it.
Yes, it's heresy I know. But I wanted a laptop more than a desktop and if it can run games, awesome. It's a bonus.
If my thing can run Portal, Unreal Tournament 3, DC Universe Online and The Old Republic, it's a fair guess to say it can run Guild Wars 2 on low-res setting yes?
Yes, it's heresy I know. But I wanted a laptop more than a desktop and if it can run games, awesome. It's a bonus.
If my thing can run Portal, Unreal Tournament 3, DC Universe Online and The Old Republic, it's a fair guess to say it can run Guild Wars 2 on low-res setting yes?
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Idols wrote:God damn it. My friend had a spare GW2 beta invite but I am having PC issues at the moment so cannot play
My PC cuts all video output to the monitor whenever I start up a semi-demanding game. Vindictus, Guns of Icarus, just anything remotely taxing on the hardware. The graphics card's fan goes louder and the monitor goes black. Any ideas? I'm guessing overheating or a dodgy PSU, but don't want to buy anything I don't need.
Is this an instant thing, or does it take a while to kick in? And has it always been this way?
Some motherboards have a system where they use the on-board graphics for undemanding tasks and then automatically switch to a proper graphics card when certain criteria are met, although I've never met anybody who actually had this switched on.
More likely it's just a broken graphics card, or insufficient power to it, either due to lacking a connection or a problem with the PSU. What wattage is it, and what's the card?
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Idols wrote:God damn it. My friend had a spare GW2 beta invite but I am having PC issues at the moment so cannot play
My PC cuts all video output to the monitor whenever I start up a semi-demanding game. Vindictus, Guns of Icarus, just anything remotely taxing on the hardware. The graphics card's fan goes louder and the monitor goes black. Any ideas? I'm guessing overheating or a dodgy PSU, but don't want to buy anything I don't need.
Install a temperature monitor that reports on GPU temps (like realtemp), and make it keep a log so you can check what your temps were during the blackouts. If they're not particularly high (modern GPUs can withstand temps up to 100℃ with no problems), then it's probably a power issue, or a dodgy GPU.
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Bought civ 5 earlier, I still have Portal 2 and Deus Ex Human Revolution (including the expansion) to finish though.
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Idols wrote:God damn it. My friend had a spare GW2 beta invite but I am having PC issues at the moment so cannot play
My PC cuts all video output to the monitor whenever I start up a semi-demanding game. Vindictus, Guns of Icarus, just anything remotely taxing on the hardware. The graphics card's fan goes louder and the monitor goes black. Any ideas? I'm guessing overheating or a dodgy PSU, but don't want to buy anything I don't need.
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I finished my first run through of Fallout New Vegas.
Ended up supporting Caesars Legion because fuck you cruxification is awesome.
They brought peace in their own way.
Now to replay it with some other style. Possibly as a rampaging madman who kills everyone.
Ended up supporting Caesars Legion because fuck you cruxification is awesome.
They brought peace in their own way.
Now to replay it with some other style. Possibly as a rampaging madman who kills everyone.
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Jobdone wrote:I finished my first run through of Fallout New Vegas.
Ended up supporting Caesars Legion because fuck you cruxification is awesome.
They brought peace in their own way.
Now to replay it with some other style. Possibly as a rampaging madman who kills everyone.
That game gave me a massive boner for actually pronouncing Caesar correctly.
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Picked up Oblivion GOTY and Morrowind GOTY for £6-odd earlier. This makes me happy that I didn't just pay the £12 Oblivion was at yesterday
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Delightful-Jim wrote:If my thing can run Portal, Unreal Tournament 3, DC Universe Online and The Old Republic, it's a fair guess to say it can run Guild Wars 2 on low-res setting yes?
Those are fairly low-spec games, google the specs for GW and compare them to your laptop's specs.
TheDarkProject wrote:Is this an instant thing, or does it take a while to kick in? And has it always been this way?
Some motherboards have a system where they use the on-board graphics for undemanding tasks and then automatically switch to a proper graphics card when certain criteria are met, although I've never met anybody who actually had this switched on.
More likely it's just a broken graphics card, or insufficient power to it, either due to lacking a connection or a problem with the PSU. What wattage is it, and what's the card?
It occurs within 10 or so seconds of entering actual gameplay, sometimes even in a menu. My motherboard does not have on-board graphics.
It's a 550w PSU and a GTX460, which are apparently prone to overheating. I do have a spare card but it is a GT260 or something similar so i'm not sure what it could run anyway. Will give it a go.
WorMzy wrote: Install a temperature monitor that reports on GPU temps (like realtemp), and make it keep a log so you can check what your temps were during the blackouts. If they're not particularly high (modern GPUs can withstand temps up to 100℃ with no problems), then it's probably a power issue, or a dodgy GPU.
I'll definitely try that, thanks.
Motherlicker wrote:Buy a console
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Ensorcelled wrote:Fuuuuck Guild Wars is awesome. RIP WoW
I am disappoint, son.
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GW2 isn't a WoW killer. It'll never replace it, simply because it's a completely different style of game. I can, however, expect it to become it's main competitor.
LOTRO is the closest anything's come to be a WoW killer, partly because of the lore and partly because it's a prettier version of Warcraft that does almost nothing different.
LOTRO is the closest anything's come to be a WoW killer, partly because of the lore and partly because it's a prettier version of Warcraft that does almost nothing different.
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Only major issue with it though is that in sniper and Apache missions where you have specific targets, the most direction you're given is "over there, behind the rocks". It's set in Afghanistan - it's ALL rocks!
Only major issue with it though is that in sniper and Apache missions where you have specific targets, the most direction you're given is "over there, behind the rocks". It's set in Afghanistan - it's ALL rocks!
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