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    Crysis Demo

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Well from what I understood about the trick, it had something to do with memory management. In my case, after applying the trick it allowed my source based games be playable with high vid quality settings with no crashing...

    I honestly can't explain it fully well as some one else who may know more about the issue, but I do know I haven't experienced any negative effects from it.

    Download problem

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    Posted

    When you uninstalled firefox to reinstall it, did you delete EVERYTHING related to firefox before you reinstalled it..? Aside from saving the bookmarks, it could have left some files that remembered whatever settings you had that for some reason did not allow downloads to occur...

    Google has been spamatized...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    a couple of things...

    One choice, which is usually reserved as a last resort, is a complete format of your hard drive. reinstalling windows and everything else you had...

    Next, you probably have a hijacker/trojan that is residing deep within the bowels of your pc that is giving you a hard time. so programs that deal with trojan/hijacker termination is a must here...

    This could be the reason why anti-virus would be ineffective as its not dealing with virii persay... anti-spyware apps usually helps but not as effective against trojans as it usually gets rid of a major bug, but not where the god damn critter keeps regenerating. Kind of like attacking Cell and only leaving a hand or foot behind for it to regenerate all over again to give you grief...

    Personally I tend to rely on AVG for my anti-virus/spyware needs

    http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0

    rarely do I get a trojan problem, but when ever I do I usually go for

    Trojanhunter --> http://www.misec.net/

    for a free variation --> http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

    Crysis Demo

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    Posted

    Ya know it would be funny if the trick I posted in the Portal thread actually alleviate the stagnant fps issue... This is however based on Windows XP, as I'm not sure of its effects on a Vista rig...

    SHOOOOMP

    A while back I kept getting errors to where when I have the high quality settings turned on for the games they would crash in a matter of minutes.

    ESPECIALLY HL2: Ep1

    So in my search to find a solution I found this on another forum which for me actually worked.

    --- --- ---

    Start Menu > Run > regedit

    Surf down to this key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

    Double click on "PagedPoolSize". Hexadecimal is listed first. Change the "Value Data" to one of these below:

    (Note: You only need to enter EITHER Hexadecimal or Decimal. They both are the same.)

    Megabytes Hexadecimal Decimal

    192Mb 0c000000 201326592

    256Mb 10000000 268435456

    384Mb 18000000 402653184

    I went with the 384Mb option

    Once I was done I made sure to reboot my computer.

    --- --- ---

    When I tried the game again it ran flawlessly as well as all of the source games.

    If any of you guys encounter an error referring to something about DX8 Index buffer or something like that, try that solution as it may help

    Crysis Demo

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    From what I'm seeing, sometimes no matter how powerful ur graphics card is, some apps (games especially) won't run as great as they ought to unless the cpu is not being used fully.

    Is the game/demo design to take advantage of dual core tech? Crysis it self may actually need something like 3.0GHZ or more to run the ai along with other things that I've not factor in...

    example: FEAR recommends a 3.0 GHz CPU to run on full settings. My rig utilizes a 1.86GHz Conroe Dual Core. It looked great and ran rather perfectly but there were times where there would be hang times and had once in a while crashed after long periods of game play.

    evidence A: http://fear.dasmirnov.net/info/systemreq.php

    evidence B: Crysis System requirements on MINIMUM settings. Further proof it being a CPU issue in your case

    CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista), Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista), AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or better

    RAM: 1GB (1.5GB on Windows Vista)

    Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or better

    VRAM: 256MB of Graphics Memory

    Storage: 12GB

    Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible

    ODD: DVD-ROM

    OS: Microsoft Windows XP or Vista

    DirectX: DX9.0c or DX10

    Edit: Holy fucking shit Crysis makes FEAR look like a modest eater of resources...

    One game I won't be touching, bootlegged or retail bought...

    Studio Setup

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    Posted

    You may want to go for a PC considering how flexible it is with hardware, especially with soundcards depending on what you're doing. Aside from the flexiblity with hardware, you'll also have the option to choosing your OS, being either windows or the countless flavors of linux distros...

    In the end though select which OS you're familiar with and go from there...

    Portal

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    Posted

    What exactly does this do?

    It's an odd issue as it has to do with how memory is managed, in particularly with games that run on direct3d more so than ogl. My rig has about one gig of ram, plays Quake Wars, Quake 3A, Quake 4, FEAR+expansion beautifully, yet when it came to games that are dependant to direct3d, unless I was running on very low settings, would crash on me after a while.

    I could be wrong, but my vid card was more or less catered to playing games likw Quake Wars (ogl) although it can play games like HL2 beautifully after I did the trick.

    If any one else with more knowledge about the issue and how the trick alleviates the problem are more than welcomed to give more info.

    Edit: Dunno, what's your system specs..? You might even have a hardware issue for all I know.

    MP3 players.which do you use? and why?

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    I find myself relying on Insignia's products

    For me I personally use the sports variety of mp3 players they have

    http://www.insignia-products.com/pc-290-22-insignia-pilot-4gb-video-mp3-player-with-bluetooth-technology.aspx

    This version is able to play videos but, like you, I have no plans to watch videos and it was just $125 for 4GB. Carries for me a nice small collection of my stuff to listen to during the day.

    There's another version without video play back but with the 4GB of space

    http://www.insignia-products.com/pc-275-22-insignia-4gb-bluetooth-mp3-player.aspx

    I've beaten the shit out of it, dropped it on concrete, and besides the scuffing and occasional scratch it still plays just like the day I bought it.

    Best buy carries it to my knowledge, considering thats where I got it.

    I usually just chuck the software, but this one utilizes rhapsody for management of music files for putting it in the mp3player. More or less useful as it didn't fuck up my organization unlike the time I tried itunes....

    :)!!

    Edit: I just realized in a few hours, I misread your post; read it saying you didn't need in excess something like 37GB of space :lol:

    If you want an mp3 player that has alot of space, go for the iPod Classic --> http://www.mp3.com/apple-ipod-classic-160gb/hardware/258/summary.html It supposedly holds about 200GB of music.

    Portal

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    Posted

    Keeps crashing on my computer for some reason. What I've managed to play so far is pretty fun though. Now, if only I can get the damn game to play for more then 10-15mins without crashing...

    Try this trick as it may help you...

    - - - - -

    A while back I kept getting errors to where when I have the high quality settings turned on for the games they would crash in a matter of minutes.

    ESPECIALLY HL2: Ep1

    So in my search to find a solution I found this on another forum which for me actually worked.

    --- --- ---

    Start Menu > Run > regedit

    Surf down to this key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

    Double click on "PagedPoolSize". Hexadecimal is listed first. Change the "Value Data" to one of these below:

    (Note: You only need to enter EITHER Hexadecimal or Decimal. They both are the same.)

    Megabytes Hexadecimal Decimal

    192Mb 0c000000 201326592

    256Mb 10000000 268435456

    384Mb 18000000 402653184

    I went with the 384Mb option

    Once I was done I made sure to reboot my computer.

    --- --- ---

    When I tried the game again it ran flawlessly as well as all of the source games.

    If any of you guys encounter an error referring to something about DX8 Index buffer or something like that, try that solution as it may help

    Device driver updates KILLS active Vista copies..?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    http://apcmag.com/vista_activation

    I'm crying and laughing at how annoyingly bad this issue is...

    I've finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA -- something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.

    Put simply, your copy of Windows will stop working with very little notice (three days) and your PC will go into "reduced functionality" mode, where you can't do anything but use the web browser for half an hour.

    You'll then need to reapply to Microsoft to get a new activation code.

    How can this crazy situation occur? Read on for the sorry tale.

    Way to cripple your OS M$ and screw your consumers yet again. :lol:

    Graphics card Q

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    It's somewhat rare but try this tweak in the case it's a pagepool issue

    - - -

    Start Menu > Run > regedit

    Surf down to this key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

    Double click on "PagedPoolSize". Hexadecimal is listed first. Change the "Value Data" to one of these below:

    (Note: You only need to enter EITHER Hexadecimal or Decimal. They both are the same.)

    Megabytes Hexadecimal Decimal

    192Mb 0c000000 201326592

    256Mb 10000000 268435456

    384Mb 18000000 402653184

    personal - I went with the 384Mb option

    Once I was done I made sure to reboot my computer.

    --- --- ---

    I had to use that tweak when my source games would crash if I had placed the vid quality settings on mid to high. Something to do with DirectX I suppose. When I did that, my source games ran flawlessly and beautifully on high quality...

    Graphics card Q

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143114

    Go nuts with it.

    IMO I have not seen any advantage to having 512 over 256 in gfx cards. From what I've noticed it's just added padding to make them look good.

    EditL I just noticed on the comments it stated that it can't do AA which made me say WTF!?

    So... Upon further searching here's a good one under $200 -->http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143112

    Sony PS3

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I'd like to also mention some real good titles have been coming out for the PS2, though not as noticed as say the huge titles (halo3/SMG/TF2) but still much better than the lackluster PS3...

    Although the upcoming Rachet & Clank game may change that, I have doubts for it will go further till the bigger names come up; MGS/RE5/SH5/DMC4...

    I really would love to see some incredible titles that would want me to buy a PS3 but as of now it's just not happening... Makes me want Sony to simply make a do-over on the PS systems...

    Team Fortress 2

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I played TFC often from when it came out right up until about two years ago, and played it occasionally until TF2 came out; never have I seen a respawn timer in that game. You must be thinking of something else.

    QFE & T

    Never seen respawn times for TFC at all...

    TF2 on the other hand... my only real gripe with it as some servers seem to insist on it while others have the instantaneous respawn like in TFC

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