So, anyody tried Quake4 yet?

[100hogs]

[KamiKaZe]

gonna go get it in a couple hours as soon as i'm finished with my work....

[odd1in]

Me Too

[UTK.GENOCIDE]

I got it, but was dissapointed somewhat, games more hyped over graphics than gameplay, id rather stick to CS source and UT.

[odd1in]

out of Q4 at the store, so I got FEAR... cost me only 500 bucks, yup das right, gunna need another 450 dolla vid card to play it like it should be played... for Christ sakes Jim! I'm not a doctor!... ack

FEAR= (HL+DOOM) x LSD

if UT is the shiz for you then FEAR may not be worth buying, wait and get it from a friend

Odd1in

[100hogs]

From screenshots I saw, FEAR looked like most interesting game than Q4. id made a big mistake IMHO trying to revive Q2 on Doom3 engine. Idea is just too old. And most likely q4 will be a disappointment in multiplayer department.

[KamiKaZe]

fears single player game is awesome...

the MP is kinda like counterstrike for me...its alright....something to do every now and then...

I'm installing quake 4 right now so we'll see how it goes...

[fightingmink]

out of Q4 at the store, so I got FEAR... cost me only 500 bucks, yup das right, gunna need another 450 dolla vid card to play it like it should be played... for Christ sakes Jim! I'm not a doctor!... ack

FEAR= (HL+DOOM) x LSD

if UT is the shiz for you then FEAR may not be worth buying, wait and get it from a friend

Odd1in

don't forget the mobo, cpu, and mem... brotha I feel ya!

[odd1in]

It's really is time to upgrade... two year old comp, just aint what she used to be

dual core 939
dual 7800 256 sli
ram from hell

that should get me up to 800 x 600 on FEAR

[100hogs]

FEAR performance test on Anand just to give you an idea what you need to buy.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2575

[odd1in]

The test validates my post above...

1200 bucks to be able to play the new games coming out, like they should be played... something better than 400 x 600 anyway

mobo
vid
processor
ram

gunna have to get the wife to get a second job

[Odibil]

I know you were joking, but $1,200 is a little much.

I could build you a (reasonably) top-of-the-line computer*, right now, for around a grand. And it would be upgradable for years to come. *No case, no monitor, no mouse/keyboard.

- ($169.99) Asus P5LD2 Deluxe 945P P4/Pentium D/Celeron 1066FSB LGA775 DDR2 ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail

- ($174.50) Intel Pentium® 4 630 Processor Prescott 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, Socket 775, 2MB Cache Retail

- ($218.00) TWO -- DUAL SLI -- Chaintech SE6600 GeForce 6600 PCI Express 256MB DDR Video Card w/TV-Out Retail

- ($185.00) Corsair TWIN2X1024-5400C4PRO 1GB DDR2-667 XMS2-5400 ProSeries Memory w/Platinum Heat Spreader Retail

- ($98.00) Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JD 200GB Serial ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer and Serial ATA Signal Cable Bundle

- ($45.25) NEC ND-3540A 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Bare Drive (Black)

- ($120.99) Thermatalke W0057RUC PurePower TWV500W Series 500W Power Supply w/Active PFC Retail

Free shipping on all items.
Total: $1011.73

[100hogs]

- ($218.00) TWO -- DUAL SLI -- Chaintech SE6600 GeForce 6600 PCI Express 256MB DDR Video Card w/TV-Out Retail

I would not waste money on SLI 6600. If you look at charts, Dual 6600 works slower than conventional 6800GT. Looks like 6800GT barely handles FEAR. Also I would not waste money on Corsair and other branded RAM. Because all RAM come from the same factories of Samsung, Micron or Hynix. Overclocking of RAM can give you 2-3% boost of performance but also may give you 200% more headache. Mushkin & Co rule the world.

[Tizzle]

If you need any OC'ing advice (I assume you would plan on OC'ing that weak ass 6600), you should talk to Weee. He is a pro! He has a pretty cool thread somewhere on overclockers club but if you are thinking about OC'ing in anyway, he's the man to talk to!

[TheRedPhoenix]

If I tried to run Quake 4 on my system... it would explode.