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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 18, 2021 11:30:08 GMT
So my new laptop is called "ROG* Strix G15" and may fit Lazy's definition *"Republic Of Gamers"  |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Mar 18, 2021 11:43:21 GMT
Is that really a 300hz refresh screen? I know a few 240 hz monitors came out last year for hardcore FPS gamers.
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Post by amipal on Mar 18, 2021 11:47:16 GMT
Taiwan should have declared independence shortly after the culmination of the civil war.
They can’t do so now, due to the strength of the PRC’s military.
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Post by amipal on Mar 18, 2021 11:48:15 GMT
What’s wrong with a PAL-resolution monitor running at 15khz?
You people are spoilt.
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 18, 2021 11:51:50 GMT
Is that really a 300hz refresh screen? I know a few 240 hz monitors came out last year for hardcore FPS gamers. Apparently, wasted on me. |
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Post by lazybones on Mar 18, 2021 11:52:17 GMT
I think they should do it. Taiwan. Do it. Coordinate it with Kashmir.
Sweet release....
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Post by scamander on Mar 18, 2021 11:54:08 GMT
Hi Gaymez (night time), restarted Fallout 4 for a third time this week, but this time using the, so far, bug free PS+ Collection version on my PS5. Made it again to the museum and this time got to have rich chat with the Minutemen gang. The old woman was a bit odd. I then put on a power suit and grabbed a mini gun from a crashed aircraft so I could clear the town of any remaining Raiders. Easy peasy? Well it was until a Deathclaw appeared. No problem, locked on several times using VATS and shot it with the mini gun. Only problem was it had no affect and I was quickly smashed to pieces. Perhaps one to run away from until I'm more buff. I had similar issues with the Deathclaw, it feels as if it's a setup. I had bigger issues with bloatflies. Bastards. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 18, 2021 12:09:50 GMT
What’s wrong with a PAL-resolution monitor running at 15khz? You people are spoilt. So the Amiga has a 15,000Hz monitor, damn impressive. |
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Post by gongfarmer on Mar 18, 2021 12:27:24 GMT
Hi Gaymez (night time), restarted Fallout 4 for a third time this week, but this time using the, so far, bug free PS+ Collection version on my PS5. Made it again to the museum and this time got to have rich chat with the Minutemen gang. The old woman was a bit odd. I then put on a power suit and grabbed a mini gun from a crashed aircraft so I could clear the town of any remaining Raiders. Easy peasy? Well it was until a Deathclaw appeared. No problem, locked on several times using VATS and shot it with the mini gun. Only problem was it had no affect and I was quickly smashed to pieces. Perhaps one to run away from until I'm more buff.
Is that the one that comes up from the sewers? Really grabs your attention doesn't it.
I died a few times to that one - think in the end I hid in the church and shot it repeatedly in the toes through the open doorway until it died of frustration.
OTTM..... Jab done.
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Mar 18, 2021 12:28:12 GMT
I pay about £6 a month for geforcenow, to be able to play most steam games through the internet. I actually have quite a beefy laptop but it’s a Mac so it’s terrible at playing games.
I think that probably works out cheaper than buying an up to date gaming laptop every few years.
Wouldn’t recommend it for anything where seconds count (like laser quest) but for slower paced stuff it’s top banana.
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Post by tenthenemy on Mar 18, 2021 13:24:45 GMT
Most visual improvements in gaming are wasted on me. I had this experience again recently at the announcement of the re-release of Skyward Sword. The online commentators I was watching the presentation with immediately noticed that the game had been upgraded to 60 fps. I can't tell the difference. I can just about see that 60 fps is smoother in side by side comparisons. Even higher fps rates? Nice, but total overkill for me.
My main problem with monitors is the constant battle against dust specks/smears/rogue hairs. Drives me up the wall.
I do approve of the RGB lights on Felice's gaming laptop. Who needs insane refresh rates whilst playing an actual video game when you can just be sitting there mesmerised, staring at the pretty colours?
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Post by lazybones on Mar 18, 2021 13:45:57 GMT
I don't really mind what a game looks like, though the bad graphics of my Spectrum +2 always got me down.
When games slow down or have really bad frame-rates ... (like Valheim sometimes) ... That is disheartening.
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Post by MrTiddles on Mar 18, 2021 13:47:08 GMT
I like to look at the pictures.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Mar 18, 2021 13:54:36 GMT
I used to be a sucker for games with good graphics on the Spectrum. I'd get them on the basis of the screenshots regardless of what the reviews said about the gameplay. Couldn't believe the first driving game where you could see the car/bike going up and down hills on the road - possibly Enduro Racer? Frank Bruno's Boxing, Way of the Exploding Fist, Dun Darach, Trap Door, Jack and the Beanstalk. Tremendous graphics.
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Post by lazybones on Mar 18, 2021 14:00:51 GMT
I used to be a sucker for games with good graphics on the Spectrum. I'd get them on the basis of the screenshots regardless of what the reviews said about the gameplay. Couldn't believe the first driving game where you could see the car/bike going up and down hills on the road - possibly Enduro Racer? Frank Bruno's Boxing, Way of the Exploding Fist, Dun Darach, Trap Door, Jack and the Beanstalk. Tremendous graphics. Karnov had smashing graphics for the time, on the Spectrum. Full colour.
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Post by lazybones on Mar 18, 2021 14:05:35 GMT
So many Spectrum games were monochrome.
Why? It didn't seem fair.
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Post by lazybones on Mar 18, 2021 14:10:07 GMT
Karnov
Fantastic. That's how you port an arcade game.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Mar 18, 2021 14:23:09 GMT
I am lurking outside the covid jab place, everyone else coming in and out is much older than me. I wonder if some clerical fuck up has resulted in me being called up now.
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Post by Shenguin on Mar 18, 2021 14:24:11 GMT
Quazatron was in like actual fucking 3D!
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Post by lazybones on Mar 18, 2021 14:28:37 GMT
I've just been sent a text for a vaccination.
Nice try Gates, Bezos, The Windsors. You won't catch me with your scamdemic.
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 18, 2021 14:30:15 GMT
Quazatron was in like actual fucking 3D! It only used 1 colour per level though. Plus black for the lines. Although there was a clever effect for the electric bolt |
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Post by lazybones on Mar 18, 2021 14:34:15 GMT
Fighter Bomber and Stunt Car Racer also had full polygons. Have a feeling they may also have been in full monochrome.
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 18, 2021 14:36:23 GMT
The Spectrum had very limited colours and struggled with having two colours pass each other.
There weren't many actual black and white games for it.
However the limited colour palette did allow me to use a B&W TV in my bedroom I inherited from my grandmother without feeling I was missing out too much
Sweev'os World and Spindizzy were also in 3D. It was highly advanced tech.
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Post by crankcaller on Mar 18, 2021 14:42:34 GMT
I remember a game for the zx81 that used black and white sprites close together so with the wonders of crt TV's and striping effect it looked colour.
Cool story grandad.
What was Napoleon like?
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Post by scubar on Mar 18, 2021 14:46:31 GMT
Sometimes I feel old, then I come here and you’re all chuntering away about Spectrum ZX, Chuckie Egg and the like, and I think thank god I’m not as old as you dinosaurs.
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