What game(s) are taking up your spare time nowadays? Share with us and why are you currently addicted to it?  :wink:

This can be on your PC, TR, Type S, console or whatever.

I just picked this up this afternoon. That should kill my inexplicable Knights of the Old Republic binge over the past two weeks.

Haha…i was thinking about stopping by the store to pickup that but I’m currently busy playing this which is strangely fun and addicting though somewhat tedious.

My brother’s been locked in his room playing that and a little bit of this since he got home from college. I’ve been having a lot of fun with the other thing too, but I’m waiting for them to release the 1.2 patch… again.

Im hooked on Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour.  It is a tad old but its a classic.  I never play the single player, I just play against my bro’s over the network and guess what I get whipped everytime and I still run back for more :cry: .  How is Doom 3?  Does it work on the TR?

I’ve got to say that morbid curiosity has gotten the better of me, and I would also like to know if anyone has tried out Doom 3 on a TR.

—smashedapart

Ho. Lee. Shit. Play it in the dark and you will never be so scared playing a computer game.  :D

[quote author=“thestrange_1”]Does it work on the TR?

Don’t bother. It needs at least a GeForce3 card, and the TR’s little GME doesn’t support hardware pixel shaders. I’d say my Radeon 8900XT is “good enough” at 1024x768. :shock:

Ok darn it. I’m going to go pick it up tomorrow to test it on my ancient P4 2.4Ghz / Radeon 9700 128MB setup.

I will also test it on my shiny new Type S with 1.7Ghz Pentium M and Mobile Radeon 9700 64MB.

I’m thinking of enjoying it in a nice 800x600 window…haha.

[quote author=“gr00vy0ne”]Ok darn it. I’m going to go pick it up tomorrow to test it on my ancient P4 2.4Ghz / Radeon 9700 128MB setup.

I will also test it on my shiny new Type S with 1.7Ghz Pentium M and Mobile Radeon 9700 64MB.

I’m thinking of enjoying it in a nice 800x600 window…haha.

:drool:  Pleaze try it out on the S. I realize even if it works on yours it may not on mine… 32MB Radeon 9200, but I am… believe it or not ... upgrading that.

As for me I’ve spent a couple of the past few nights (9PM- 3AM) trying to kick a$$ on Halo… But I think my video card is still a bit crappy even for it. I try different resolutions and refresh and VSYNC rates but either way it seems… sluggish, and has my fan racing the entire time.  But it is still hardly noticeable. 

I never realized how addicting online play can be… (Halo is the first game I have ever played online.  Aside from StarCraft 2-3 years ago, but that game was dumb, IMO… no bashing plz… no offense meant.)

[quote author=“Drachen”]

Don’t bother. It needs at least a GeForce3 card, and the TR’s little GME doesn’t support hardware pixel shaders. I’d say my Radeon 8900XT is “good enough” at 1024x768. :shock:

are u running doom 3 at the highest settings? I have no interest in the game itself but I’ve heard that the game would tax even the x800 xt.

When Doom 3 arrives that will be taking up my time.  But right now MegaMan Anneversary Collection, Psi-Ops, and Unreal Tournament 2004.

Umm… Doom 3 is here…  (Scroll up)

No, high quality. Once I get my GeForce 6800, I’ll attempt ultra (with 2GB RAM, I might be able to get away with it with just a little texture swapping). Using 2xAA looks mind-blowing, but just isn’t playable enough. From what the benches have been saying, the X800 is not the card to have for Doom. ATi sucks at Open GL (and they’ve gone seriously downhill since the Catalyst 4.2 drivers!) so an X800 PE is generally slower than a GeForce 6800 plain jane card in Doom 3.

Yikes that’s bad for ATI…hopefully they’ll make those changes soon. Since my interest lies in just a couple of games like Flight sim 2004 (which runs great even on 9800 XT) and F1 2002 I guess I dont need to worry as yet (hopefully the later versions of these games will also work well on the ati cards). 

I will definitly pickup this too.
But I’ll have to wait until it arrives here (Should be on Friday)
That’s the problem if you don’t live in the US :(

I also play thisone which even run’s on the TR :D

rec

On Desktop -  KotOR (old P3 800MHz with GF4 Ti4800 128MB)
On TR -  Neverwinter Nights & the old RPG Torment (Baldur’s gate engine).