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It all depends on what you want to play? If you only playing older games then the GTX 560 will be more than enough to play those. But remember games like STO have never been very well optimised for GPU’s! I run an AMD 7970 and when in STF i’ll get FPS drops down to the 30’s with all the GFX settings maxed out! But single player I get 60fps! Mind you I am using the DX11 Beta option in STO GFX setting. You always want to get the best card you can afford. You would have to run todays AAA games at lower GFX settings to get 60fps on a GTX 560 but it will definitely be a hell of alot better than what you have.
remember Nvidia have the GTX 760 out very soon, I know it will most likely cost twice as much as a 560 but you should look at it as an investment. A 760 would run the latest games at medium – high GFX settings and last you a couple of years. Like i said it all comes down to what you want out of a GFX card? If you’re quite happy to run older games and the latest games at a lower GFX setting then the 560 will do you. But it won’t last as long! The one good thing about the 560 is its supposed to Overclock well! When you say 448 core do you mean shader units? if it is 448 shader units then thats nearly 570 spec! Not bad.
Have you not thought about AMD cards? you might be able to find a newer AMD card thats faster than the 560 for the same price? AMD cards have always been cheaper than NVIDIA with very similar performance. Suppose the AMD equivalent that is a GEN newer than the GTX 5XX series would be the AMD 78XX series.
Anyway just a few opinions! Whatever you do i don’t think you can go too wrong with a GTX 560 for that price! Especially if it does have 448 shader units as the standard 560ti has only 384, so for that price its worth the money. A lot of bang for your buck as they say! lol.
I went to see this last week and i loved it! They definitely kept the KHAN character secret for ages! I was always wondering if they did have KHAN in it how would they explain him being there if in the old universe KHAN would have been on the SS Botany Bay still! But they cleared that up! Won’t spoil it! But it all made sense in the end. Man Kirk must be the only captain to be demoted for a period of a few hours! lol
Wished i’d been able to see in IMAX but the closest IMAX theatre is on southbank in london! 30 miles away! Also didn’t see the point of paying double the price for ticket to see in 3D! 3D films seem to be pointless! My theatre still uses Real3D with passive glasses which has been around for a few years! When they manage to make hologram films it will be worth it but till then 3d is a gimmick! Its better to watch in IMAX if you can than in 3d. I am just hoping they release the IMAX version on BluRay! It gives you full screen! But they didn’t with 1st film so not holding my breath, the only film that release the IMAX version on BluRay was Dark Knight!
Also saw Iron Man 3! that was good too, but the suit definitely took a back burner in this one! No wonder Joss Whedon commented “What am i supposed to do now” after he watched it! Hes prob wondering how to use Iron man in avengers 2 after the end of IM3! Won’t spoil it but if u watched it u know what i mean.
Thanks guy, I will most likely ally to FED as i seem to bias to FED! I just need to spend some more time in STO again. The problem is there are too many other good games out that i got to play! Need to make the most of my gaming rig! I avidly follow IGN.com and use that to know what out! Where would i be without the DAily FIX with Jessica chobot. If you played ME3 you probably know who she is as they modelled the reporter after her! She did voice over & Motion capture for the role! IGN has even showed me the world of Indie games! there are some really good ones out! U must of all played FTL (Faster than light) by now! If not why not its addictive!
The one thing i cant work out is why IGN have listed AAA games with indie games in the Top 10 rankings? The indie games seem to sit on top, how a game like FEZ gets a 9.5 i dont know? I know its in a different class of game but thats my point why list them on the same par as AAA games? I mean they gave Metro – Last light 7.7! To me Metro is a lot better than FEZ! Finally another Game that makes use of all my GPU resources! 60fps on MAX except don’t use AA and it loads my 7970 @ 90-95% mind u UI do have it OC’d @ 1100Mhz GPU & 6300Mhz RAM. Need to make the most of my 7970 as the 8970’s are on there way (So annoying as barely has 7970 a year and that cost me £388) so better start saving for one of those! They apparently will be 35% quicker! Hopefully it will be a 780 killer & £200 cheaper!
Thanks I’ll let you know, thanks.
I’ll need to gather a pool of resources on my ROM toon 1st to be able to contribute, i’ll need as much Dil & fleet credits won’t I? So can I contribute to the FED holdings with a ROM toon?
I know I personally have found it hard to keep myself interested in STO recently! Its just got too much to buy! I don’t mean there is too much gear i just mean its to hard to get now! I mean I just can’t seem to raise the Fleet credits anymore! Since our SB reached T5 the projects have been far and few between, then the ones there are are always filled in an instant. Also the returns are a joke! I need to raise FM to buy the new ROM BOFF’s which are 120000 FM each! how do i get that and also need 3 of em? I don’t know it just seems a mission to get all the new gear. What happened to being able to buy everything just by playing and not having to set alarms etc. If they were to add FM which could be bought with ZEN i wouldn’t mind as then i may get the chance to get the gear i want! It was a fluke i got enough for the 3 rare ROM BOFFS at 60000FM each. There is just far too much to think about now and thats where all the time ends up going! what happened to just playing!
Anyway thats just me! I still like to play don’t get me wrong, its just it seems to have lost its playability.
You should definitely look into the new ST TNG BluRays! U’ll love them, they are remastered into full HD and all the cutscenes have been redone with latest technology. We are currently at season 3! Season 1 & 2 have been out a few months, they are every few months. They cost around £50 but u get 5 discs which have the 1080p Videos & Extras relevant to those seasons. Personally i got mine online, if u want a source PM me with ur email add. Season 4 is due out in august i think.
If your a ST fan there a must see! I’ve watched all the seasons through several times in the past with the DVD set but watching S3 in full Glorious HD reminded me what a great season 3 was. I know that “Yesterday’s Enterprise”, “Offspring” and “Best of both worlds” were voted as top episodes in TNG in several documentaries & sites. Also S3 was the last season that Gene Roddenberry actually oversaw the scripts (I think it was around the end of S3 that he had to stop from ill health”, also S3 saw a few new writers like Ronald D moore write episodes & new producers & directors joined in S3. Also S3 saw Gate Mcfadden rejoin because of the fans, also the new uniforms were used which i’m sure made the cast happier and more comfortable (Well according to S3 extras cast interviews it was the case). But this is just my opinion, saying its what i think was the best doesn’t mean the others were not good. Far from it the others were all great seasons its just if i had to rank them i’d put S3 on top but only by the slightest margins between then all.
I know that after Gene Roddenberry died new ideas made their way into the scripts which Gene would never have allowed in, but even though Rick Berman took on the mantle of keeping the scripts true to Genes ideas he definitely allowed his arm to be twisted to allow new ideas in (this is described in a documentary where Rick was asked why the Statue of Gene had a blindfold around its eyes, where he replied it was something that happened when a new idea was discussed in ricks office that went against Genes legacy and rick new this was the case and put the blindfold on the statue to show that these ideas would not of gone down well with gene). So this is also a reason i loved S3!
Check this out: – http://youtu.be/ovJcIjOMGIU
I wonder how far that actually went? how high and also how far relative to the ground? It prob had a GPS & transmitter on it so they could recover it but i wonder how far they had to go to recover it, lol? They would have had to of stayed with it so that they were there when it came down otherwise someone might of nicked it and then we wouldn’t have gotten to see the video!Also check this video someone made, it was posted on IGN.COM but it wasnt IGN that made it they just posted the link as its cool. But the person who made it isn’ta big Star Trek fan, i think they must be more of a Star Wars Fan what u think, lol? : – http://uk.ign.com/videos/2013/05/16/death-star-destroys-enterprise-special-edition
They need to make one where the Enterprise actually fights back! If i made one the Enterprise would win (of course), but also would have made the fight a bit more balanced. No way the death star would kill the Enterprise, the Ent would just move out the way by the time the DS had powered up its main weapon! Also Star Wars had Lasers which i’m sure the Enterprise would not flinch from! Anyway the SW V ST debate goes on forever. But nice video though even if its totally one sided!HAve you sorted this? It looks like dropped textures? If it is u might want to try doing a force check to see if there are any missing texture files? Although i’m not sure how good that check actually is? U might be better off doing a clean reinstall, do an uninstall and make sure the Cryptic DIR is gone in Prog files, if its not after removing via add & remove programs just delete it then re-download and install then see if it helps?
Very cool! man can’t believe i missed it!
How was that video achieved? I mean how do you do the camera flyovers?
Ground is fun to play, but it can be a pain in the arse to control on ground. They could do with a rethink for ground controls i think which would make the experience better! They need a 3rd person mode with the camera set behind the toon, like in resident evil 6, skyrim or Tombraider etc, i think that would make it more enjoyable as the way its controlled at moment isn’t very intuitive. The one i hate because of the controls is the PvE one where u have to jump over the toxic crap at the end of one of em, the one where that Rebecca borg is?
Also since they stopped the separate drop types like b4 S7 ground has become a bit neglected as u no longer need to run grounds to get ground gear drops. U can now play only space to buy ground & space gear.
I dont think ive ever played Teradome Ground? What’s it like? Saying that i only played Teradome space once. Didn’t know peeps from 44th did it?
I’ve found that when u play tribble it sets all the graphics settings to default and you have to set them all up again so u should copy what u have when playing on holodeck. Also Its best to set the graphics settings at the character selection screen as some settings require a game restart to take effect, so if u set them there u dont need to as once u have done them and select the character it starts the game engine from there so ur settings will then be applied.
If you don have any issues when playing on holodeck i doubt its a driver issue, it will most likely be graphics settings in game. Don’t forget to check what you have set in the advanced settings at the bottom, they are hidden by default until u check the button or checkbox (can’t remember which from top of my head) U should also try changing the DX driver in there and set to DX9 as if its trying DX11 and ur card does not support DX11 that will cause problems. I have also found that running in “Windowed Maximised” instead of exclusive full screen looks better and causes lest glitches, so that may be worth trying 1st as thats one of the 1st settings.
Let me know how u get on?
I’m going Monday to see it! I’m sure ill like it as what Trekkie wouldn’t like it? (apart from those peeps who live by following the Star Trek Bible and moan about canon!) Its had all sorts of reviews, some good, some bad and some OK. So there isn’t anyway to get a view of what its like. The way i look at it is its Star Trek how can Trekkies not like it? I mean i have to get every fix of Star Trek I can get! I mean come on why don’t they green light a new TV series? ST TNG had its 25th anniversary and its still popular! Cant the TV execs see that it would be money in the bank (as long as they actually do it right by giving it a huge budget and don’t skimp out)?
I cant beleive ST TNG started in 1987! Its still good! I just started my 2nd run through of the TNG Season 3 Blu-Ray. I really think S3 had to be up there as one of there best seasons! It has some quality episodes, “Yesterdays Enterprise”, “The Offspring”, “Sarek” and the legendary “The Best of both worlds #1 & #2” They put the 2 parts of that one into 1 feature length video so u dont have to wait till autumn for remastered S4 to watch the 2nd half. Good job there!
S3 was also when they changed the uniforms, i watched a bit from S2 then straight to S3 to see the difference and the 1st uniform was almost comical. The actors hated it too, they talk about them in the extras. Apparently they were skin tight and they rode upwards which gave birth to the Picard tuck! where Patrick tugged his top down to bring it back down, it actually became one of Picards trademarks and everyone else started doing the same. Jonathan frakes talks about that in one of his vids.
Anyone else watched it yet? Who thinks this is the best ST TNG Season?
Well it’s what I expected, I knew it was the Rom playable faction! The dev blogs and the ask cryptic have been pointing to it for months now, the last one the guy said the demand for the rom faction is overwhelming so they said they have listened. Which basically told us it was 100% happening, I got into a few heated debates about the faction, I was saying this 100% happening at people were trying to convince me it wasn’t. The main argument against me was that KDF hadn’t been fleshed out properly so how could they release another faction. Anyway I was right! Can’t wait to play it myself now as I have always loved the designs of Romulan ships, they are very slick looking don’t you think? I hope there will be some nice designs to choose from, so more money to spend! Also looking forward to seeing what the new character creator will be like as that is being released at the same time. I think it will include the ability to respect traits, I know it was planned and was happening so I assume they will do it along with the character creator release. If u look at one of the ROM screen shots carefully you can see the new character creator design, well I assume that’s what it is as its not what we have at moment.
Anyway looking forward to this may update, I hope they have some more FED content too. They haven’t moved on the story arc for a season now, they said they was going to so i assume it will come with this update. We really need to know more about the iconians & the unknown aliens.
Hope everyone else is excited about it anyway, I am as any new content is good news. They certainly must be making enough mone to keep devs paid and pumping out content.
