OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

[Cod]

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Interesting idea. I've been wrestling with the decision of how to play it for the first time. Vanilla or mod, etc. I couldn't decide so I kept putting it off.

I recommend vanilla; however, you should use the Unofficial Patches and SkyUI.

[trobinson97]

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Man, I can't even fathom going back to a completely vanilla play through. There are so many mods that have become absolutely essential for me now.

[AUChase]

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Any suggestions for a good MMORPG ?

I know everyone has different taste in games, just though I would ask.

[ubernoob]

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Any suggestions for a good MMORPG ?

I know everyone has different taste in games, just though I would ask.

Depends on what you are looking for.

WoW is king, and will be for a long time, because nothing out there can touch it in terms of being "current" and having a boatload of content to go through (all the old raids, achievements, mounts, dungeons, etc.)

FFXIV is gorgeous, polished and basically a love letter to fans of Final Fantasy (TRIPLE ****ING TRIAD CARD GAME IS ADDED ON TUESDAY I CAN'T MOTHER****ING WAIT) that enjoy the WoW style gameplay.

There are plenty of F2P mmos out there that aren't worth any real time, but can be an entertaining distraction for an hour here and there.

The choices are endless, and we're talking about my bread and butter of gaming here, so I won't drone on and bore you. You can always ask me on Twitter if you have any specific questions.

[mestevo]

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Just unsubbed from WoW. Will come back in April for BRF LFR, maybe.

Too many free options to scratch the itch if I want to play an MMO.

[MachoMyers]

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Guild Wars 2 was my poison pick. I played that for a good 6 months and really enjoyed getting tons of content for no subscription. I might have to come back when the expansion drops.

[WTF]

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Any of you all have a 290x?

Thinking of picking one up.

[Phobia]

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Any of you all have a 290x?

Thinking of picking one up.

If they could lower the power consumption I would get one. Currently I'm waiting on the 970 to drop in price.

[mestevo]

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I'd considered one but staying anti-ATI/AMD for now still due to poor driver experiences in the past.

Though I like what they're doing with FreeSync.

[WTF]

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What's the power consumption? My htpc case can only fit a 600w supply. Or that's the biggest that I can find so far.

[WTF]

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Disregard. 350w. The Silverstone 80+ Gold 600w sfx should power just fine.

[donkey33]

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Yeah, quality 600w is no issues.

I have the 280x but I'll be upgrading soon to nvidia. Good card but I'm sick of the driver issues with AMD.

[CaptainZombie]

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Disregard. 350w. The Silverstone 80+ Gold 600w sfx should power just fine.

Yeah, the 600W SFX should power that 290X with no issues. I'd be careful with a 290X in a HTPC if its an ITX case, but if you are in a ATX case you should be fine. Also, how much do you value noise in your living room environment because the 290X will also produce a decent amount of noise from the fans spinning to keep the card cool.

I was finally able to return my 970 to Newegg and picked up an EVGA 980 SC ACX 2.0.

[trobinson97]

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Yeah, quality 600w is no issues.

I have the 280x but I'll be upgrading soon to nvidia. Good card but I'm sick of the driver issues with AMD.

What kind of driver issues have you been having exactly?

[Cod]

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What kind of driver issues have you been having exactly?

I'd like to know as well. Granted, I have a 7850, I haven't had any driver issues since I've owned it (3 years now).