Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

[-T- Sport]

I'm sticking with Vista 32 Atm. Not many things using 64 for a while yet....

My new build...:

CoolerMaster Cosmos S Gaming Tower Case w/ Side-Panel Window

Maximum Case Cooling Fans

Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz 1333FSB 12MB L2 Cache 64-bit

SONY DUAL FORMAT 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER

INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer

Asetek Liquid LGA775 CPU Cooling System

Extreme Performance (RAID-0) with 2 Identical Hard Drives (1TB (500GBx2) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

Gaming Hard Drive (10,000RPM SATA150) (SATA150 - Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000RPM 16MB Cache WD1500ADFD)

Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard -USB

Logitech G5 Laser Mouse

(3-Way SLI & QX9650/Q9770 Support) EVGA nForce 790i SLI Mainboard FSB1333 DDR3 PCIe x16 SATA RAID w/ USB2.0,&7.1Audio

4GB PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz Dual Channel Memory G.SKILL NQ Series w/Heat Spreader

Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (32-bit Edition)

700 Watts Power Supplies (CoolerMaster Real Power PRO 700W Modular PSU SLI Ready)

Creative Labs X-FI Xtreme Gamer 7.1 PCI Sound Card

Creative Labs Inspire T7900 7.1 Configuration Speakers System

And to top it off...

PCI-e Slot 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 1GB 16X PCI Express

PCI-e Slot 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 1GB 16X PCI Express

PCI-e Slot 3: I wish.... :(

[MarcTS]

I'm sticking with Vista 32 Atm. Not many things using 64 for a while yet....

My new build...:

CoolerMaster Cosmos S Gaming Tower Case w/ Side-Panel Window

Maximum Case Cooling Fans

Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz 1333FSB 12MB L2 Cache 64-bit

SONY DUAL FORMAT 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER

INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer

Asetek Liquid LGA775 CPU Cooling System

Extreme Performance (RAID-0) with 2 Identical Hard Drives (1TB (500GBx2) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

Gaming Hard Drive (10,000RPM SATA150) (SATA150 - Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000RPM 16MB Cache WD1500ADFD)

Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard -USB

Logitech G5 Laser Mouse

(3-Way SLI & QX9650/Q9770 Support) EVGA nForce 790i SLI Mainboard FSB1333 DDR3 PCIe x16 SATA RAID w/ USB2.0,&7.1Audio

PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz Dual Channel Memory G.SKILL NQ Series w/Heat Spreader

Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (32-bit Edition)

700 Watts Power Supplies (CoolerMaster Real Power PRO 700W Modular PSU SLI Ready)

Creative Labs X-FI Xtreme Gamer 7.1 PCI Sound Card

Creative Labs Inspire T7900 7.1 Configuration Speakers System

And to top it off...

PCI-e Slot 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 1GB 16X PCI Express

PCI-e Slot 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 1GB 16X PCI Express

PCI-e Slot 3: I wish.... :(

How much memory are you putting in there? Any more than 3GB on a 32-bit OS means it gets wasted.

[-T- Sport]

It only gets wasted until I upgrade to 64bit ;)

I'm putting 4 in to save having just 2, or 3. Haha. and... Is it not more than 4Gb? :P I thought the Vista 32bit system could recognise up to 4Gb....

EDIT: Just noticed why you asked, Ta for that :P Updated previous post to say.

[-T- Sport]

Ah-ha. Just had a quick search:

This is from PCSTATS.com

If More RAM is Better, is a Lot More RAM Even Better?

Short answer, no. If a PC is installed with 4GB of system memory, the computer itself will register 4GB but Windows Vista/XP will not be able to recognize it all. It's nothing to fret over, this is a normal limitation with 32 bit operating systems. The operating system will report 3.5GB or so, but the "missing memory" (varies between 500MB-750MB) is there, reserved for hardware devices.

Article can be found here.

[Nerfie]

New machine or not T-Sport, acording the gaming media and supposed knowledgable people in the industry, PC gaming is dying and YOU ARE a filthy criminal.

;)

lol.... :D

[-T- Sport]

So be it. I am.

I R not careing ;)

PC > Any console any day in my opinion! and yes, I have owned all of the next gen consoles. :D Still have my Wii and PS3, Just always preferred PC gaming.

[cabcurtains]

So be it. I am.

I R not careing ;)

PC > Any console any day in my opinion! and yes, I have owned all of the next gen consoles. :D Still have my Wii and PS3, Just always preferred PC gaming.

Not sure if you have played Oblivion but its not the same on the PS3, i think RPG/Strategy is best on the PC and Driving/Fighting suits the consoles better IMO.

[Nerfie]

So be it. I am.

I R not careing ;)

PC > Any console any day in my opinion! and yes, I have owned all of the next gen consoles. :D Still have my Wii and PS3, Just always preferred PC gaming.

Same here, except the PS3 as I don't support !Removed!.

So how come you are willing to build a machine to that spec, and then cripple it with malware?

also, anyone play tf2 or something Half-Life/2 based? :0 or cod4.. or Supreme commander? lol or Sins of a Solar Empire? :)

[Karma Supra]

Current spec:

AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition

Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe Motherboard

Corsair Dominator RAM - 4gb 1066

Corsair HX 620W PSU

2X 500 gb Sata 2 Barracuda drives in Raid 0

Sapphire Radeon 3780x2 (single card, twin processor)

All in a sound deadened cooler master atc case

cooled by accustofan "dustproof" fans

Vista Ultimate 64 bit

I like shoot em up games on the PC, as with real time strategy games.. but driving games, fighting games, are best on the consoles (or anything with auto aiming, GTA, Tomb rader etc)

[jaxx]

I see some TOC online gaming nights starting!

Sounds good to me

Anyone use XFire :)

[-T- Sport]

XFire: NeonDarkness

Anyway. I received my RA3 today! Day before release date. Bwuahahaha. 60% Installed now!

[jaxx]

Added you fella, im jaxx2000 on both XFire and Steam :)

[jaxx]

in fact ive gone one better and made a clan up on XFire (helps to group similar people together)

http://www.xfire.com/clans/tocgc/

-T Sport, already sent you an invite :)

[Norfolk n Chance]

I need a new computer :censor: laptop!!

Gonna borrow the game to see if my chipset can run it then if it can i'll buy a copy, if not it's time to go shopping for a PC!!

[jaxx]

Right... just nipping out to go an buy it :D

[MarcTS]

Just been down to both HMV and Zavvi and neither of them are selling it. Sometimes I really hate working in the Square Mile as the shops are tiny and don't carry stock of anything unless it is coffee, sandwiches or alcohol :(

[jaxx]

Just been down to both HMV and Zavvi and neither of them are selling it. Sometimes I really hate working in the Square Mile as the shops are tiny and don't carry stock of anything unless it is coffee, sandwiches or alcohol :(

Just got mine from GAME, the bloke at the till was rattling on about all the 'big names' that are in the cut scenes, such as some bloke from Prison Break, i told him telly is for n00bs and takes up game time... he didnt look impresed

Installing as we speak :)

[Karma Supra]

oooohhhhhhh should I buy it or not????

[jaxx]

Well im off to a bad start...

Installed and started :) watched opening cut scene... with poor old Einstein getting caught up in RA moral dilemmas yet again... wouldnt be the same without him though...

The all it did on the menu screen was constantly crash and freeze up :(

Tried half a dozen times, before i bunged the disc back in and did a 'check for updates'

Low and behold there is already a patch

Thats just gone on, will report back shortly...

[jaxx]

All good :D

Make sure you get patched to v1.02 before you start :)

[MarcTS]

Any news on Vista 64 compatability yet?

[jaxx]

Im running it on Ultimate 64bit. Runs sweet as a nut once its patched :)

Although not played any campaigns yet, just nipped through the training stuff... all the controls are the same, but the way stuff works is quite new and interesting so i suggest just watching them through.

And now ive got to go to work for a few hours.... DOH!

[-T- Sport]

I haven't updated yet but it runs perfectly fine on my XP Media center.

Had to tone the graphics down on Terrain and Water to Medium, Left the rest on high. Seems to run fine! I'll try to update again now as it wasn't letting me yesterday.

[MarcTS]

I haven't updated yet but it runs perfectly fine on my XP Media center.

Had to tone the graphics down on Terrain and Water to Medium, Left the rest on high. Seems to run fine! I'll try to update again now as it wasn't letting me yesterday.

:o So you have Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 1GB graphics cards and had to tone the detail down? Madness!

[-T- Sport]

Nooooooooo no no.

I don't have that PC yet.

This PC is running a AMD x2 5000+, 2GB Ram and a GeForce 7900GS.

It can play RA3 at full settings it's just a bit slow.