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Reply to Star Swarm, the first look at Oxide Games’ next-generation Nitrous engine, is available! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Indeed, I never wanted a CPU with an integrated GPU until now. I know adoption might be limited in that regards for a while, but it's cool anyway. :) And the GPU I'm likely to get for Mantle probably won't have TrueAudio but my integrated does so hey. I've long been disappointed with PC gaming audio so that's one of my favorite features.

Reply to Star Swarm, the first look at Oxide Games’ next-generation Nitrous engine, is available! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I finally ditched my unstable i7 920 with damaged motherboard system for an A10-7850K, good to see Mantle doin its thing. I hope you guys will use the hybrid GPU support in it for something or other (and TrueAudio as well!) (Still using the GeForce 660 until I can upgrade that though so no Mantle for me...yet.) I'm surprised to see the hostility on the related TechReport comments....some good points are raised but some of those guys...wow. Seems like I hav

Reply to Windows 8.1 is Here! in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="DanDaBear" reply="147" id="3408482"] (did I write that correctly M$? your not going to punish us again with another bloated OS, are you?)[/quote] No, they won't punish you again with another Vista.

Reply to Windows 8.1 is Here! in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="RedneckDude" reply="89" id="3407367"] Microsoft tech pissed me off so bad, I eventually hung up on him. Idiots they have for phone reps. The guy I got didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. [/quote] Support does take time to get the correct information, the day after they might not have much to go on. I've heard it may be antivirus related, but I don't know for sure. I uninstalled mine before doing the upgrade and it

Reply to Galatic Civilization III founding and Steam in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

[quote who="Illauna" reply="28" id="3405297"] other bs systems where you can only activate on E.A.'s favorite: 1 to 3 computers ever or rebuy the game.[/quote] Strange, I've installed many of my EA games tens of times with no problem. I guess I must not've gotten the 'you can't do that' memo so frequently passed around as truth when it couldn't be further from it. ___ On the other note, GalCiv3 being DX10/11 a

Reply to Stardock Future Gaming (from 2013 perspective) [UPDATE 4] in Stardockians Stardock Forums

I may no longer care enough to discuss things with y'all since I disagree with 90% of it and it's not worth my time/energy, but I'm still watchin for future games that interest me. Thanks for the freebies and see ya within a few years I'm sure. :) (Though I am moving most of my gaming to the X1, I'll still have the 920.)

Reply to Windows 8 = EPIC FAIL in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="moshi" reply="67" id="3345367"] Windows Phone, the Zune and the Kin are not far behind. Encarta deserves a mention too. while it was popular for a period of time it just could not compete with Wikipedia.[/quote] I think Kin is pretty much the champion of flops. It could've been a good idea but only if executed perfectly, which it was not. At any rate I'm having trouble distinguishing between signal and noise lately with weekly (if not daily) mult

Reply to Windows 8 = EPIC FAIL in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="moshi" reply="61" id="3345300"]but still, good example. no matter which numbers you prefer, decline for PCs is far worse than for Macs. this shows the impact of Windows 8.[/quote] It also shows the impact of a lack of new technology in the market. SSDs? Sure, but most people don't need it. Touch? Cool for some, useless for most. 64 bit and DX11 games could, but that only matters to gamers... Tablets? Yeah, actually, practic

Reply to Windows 8 = EPIC FAIL in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Philly0381" reply="47" id="3345101"] I know, I didn't have to click on it and read, should have just ignored it.[/quote] I just kinda wish I could stop hearing about it. You all know my opinion just like I know yours, we keep having these conversations and the tech media is just feeding the fire for pageviews. Mac sales are down, are we saying Windows 8 caused that too? Seriously, the whole 'pointing fingers' thing is just silly. &n

Reply to Windows 8 = EPIC FAIL in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Always have been on this site. I was more interested in the games. Now my interest is mainly that I still like you guys, whether I think you're full of it or not ;)

Reply to Windows 8 = EPIC FAIL in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="50" id="3345136"] On a site called 'Wincustomize.com" you are definitely within the minority. The whole point of people's [here] displeasure with 8 is exactly its GUI. Even its avid LOVERS grudgingly yearn for WB8 to improve things...and yet it's this very GUI "advancement" that prolongs its [WB] release.[/quote] I can definitively say that I am not on that site. And don't care what WB8 does or doesn't do, sinc

Reply to Windows 8 = EPIC FAIL in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="44" id="3345023"] One vital point that must be mentioned is the piss poor state of the economy in those countries hardest hit by the GFC... with the US being high on that list if not at the top. Fact is, the US economy still hasn't recovered and unemployment is high, so is it really a case of people [in any country] rebuking MS over Win 8 and voting with their wallets, or is it a case of having nothing in their wallets to consider purchasing Windows

Reply to Windows 8 = EPIC FAIL in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="WebGizmos" reply="8" id="3344148"] I can't help but laugh when everyone who was so sold on the last OS trashes it as soon as a new one comes out. XP being a good example...and I'm not saying 7 was bad or anything like that...it works...but XP works just as good...and I saved hundreds by not buying into the hype.[/quote] I'd never trash 7, it was great. Maybe Vista deserved the hate, maybe it didn't. I liked it. It had a rough start th

Reply to Windows 8 = EPIC FAIL in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="12" id="3344165"] For programs like Photoshop and Lightroom as well as other complex image processing, for example. [/quote] I do believe those are covered under asset production.

Reply to Windows 8 = EPIC FAIL in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Of course. But why would anyone (not involved in gaming or code/asset production) need a new PC anymore? To get better FPS in Freecell? Think they'll get better transfer speeds off their hard drive, their USB2 equipment? Is the market even pushing USB3 at all? There's so much amazing new tech due in the 2014-2015 timeframe it's not even funny. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy a new PC now. I would recommend 8, but for most people it&#

Reply to Windows 8 = EPIC FAIL in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

http://www.neowin.net/news/gartner-not-as-fast-to-blame-windows-8-for-pc-shipment-drops Hey remember when the NPDs retail numbers for PC gaming dropped and it was the death knell for the entire industry? Nevermind they didn't count digital sales at all? Yeah, that was great.

Reply to New Features for Windows Blue (build 9364) in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Philly0381" reply="51" id="3338764"] My personal opinion about the forums being quiet has to do pretty much with the changing of the attitudes of computer users to customize their desktops. Again it's just my opinion and not based upon anything else but the activity in the forums and the WC site in general. Sure hope I'm wrong. [/quote] I used to be pro customization but it made plenty of apps more unstable so I s

Reply to I need an excuse to buy this expansion...(Resolved) in Legendary Heroes Stardock Forums

[quote quoting="post"] So I'm looking for a good excuse to give my wife, why I should buy this particular expansion to the game. If I can get a good excuse, then I will enjoy all the beta like all you folks who already have the game. If frogboy can give me a good reason to get the game (or anyone at stardock), then I definitely will and I will let you know which excuse worked... (I reserve the right not to use an excuse for obvious reasons). [/quote] You can buy

Reply to New Features for Windows Blue (build 9364) in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="2" id="3334239"] And now starts another whole range of whining about this and that missing; don't work; is plain stupid, etc, etc, etc.[/quote] Just my opinion, but complaining about repetitive complaints before they happen is self defeating. You're just inviting people to do exactly that. As long as someones talking, more people will want to talk. You might have a point but it's not going to help your cause at all.</p

Reply to A Question About Wired Networking. in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Leo in WI" reply="12" id="3337778"] Using two at work and one at home right now. All working without a hiccup for quite a while now. Which is more than I can say for my D-Link gamers lounge router at home, grrrr, have to restart that thing like once a week, or else it just starts dropping wireless connections, wired do stay up running fine though.[/quote] the dgl 4500? yeah they have issues with the WISH function as I understand it....using mine now cause it see

Reply to Does PC Gaming have a future? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="rahal" reply="65" id="3334873"] Like I said the only thing about PC gaming that is declining/dead is the hobbyist-upgrade-to-play-the-latest-shooter-scene. If that subculture was important to you then, sure, things suck. [/quote] hmm lets just add action games for the hell of it....Battlefield 3, Max Payne 3, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Crysis 3, Tomb Raider, Batman: Arkham City, Blacklight: Retribution, Bioshock Infinite, Battlefield 4... And that's

Reply to Price Gouging in Oz: MS, Adobe and Apple in Well Deserved Tight Spot. in Business Stardock Forums

[quote who="ARESIV" reply="6" id="3333524"] I wont buy anything from them. [/quote] That is probably often true, but it's also often true that games are cheaper in the UK last I saw anyone do a comparison. http://steamreview.org/posts/localisedprices/ So blame whatever you like, but from everything I've read Steam isn't at fault here. Anyway, back on topic, I think

Reply to Why the hell was Steam chosen for LH distribution? in LH Support Stardock Forums

[quote who="Borg999" reply="8" id="3334341"] Just remember you attract more flies with honey...[/quote] than poison? mmm poison Apparently I'm a liar. I prefer Steam client-wise, but I don't like Valve all that much so I buy from Origin. (Was Impulse, but Gamestop made that boring since it's apparently never going to get any feature upgrades again.) The two situations I know of where Steam doesn't work are your security

Reply to Does PC Gaming have a future? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="DocRock2" reply="61" id="3331275"] Consoles have a long way to go to catch up to PC's.[/quote] Yeah, about eight months. Then PCs will have a long way to go to catch up to consoles.

Reply to IE 10 Released to General Public Today in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Alright ladies, after five months of IE10 I decided to stop using it. It is much more usable than any previous version in almost every way, but it crashes my system like a motherfucker. Back to Chrome.