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I have a GeForce 6600 GT and I haven't found a game I can't play. I can play Oblivion with medium-max settings and no FPS lag. I haven't seen a more graphically intense game than Oblivion yet.seodevhead wrote:I have a GeForce 7600 GT.
You will be able to play almost anything on max settings. I'm presuming it's PCI-E, but if not it will still be fine.
Oblivion is one of the best games I've ever played, but you state you don't like RPG's; neither do I, but this game is amazing. You'll get 30+ hours of gameplay out of it.
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personally I play battlefield 2 when I want an action game, but you do have to buy all of the add-ons for it which is a bit of a drag. The gameplay in bf2 is different to games like half life tho, I find games like half life and CS are alot quicker and more of a deathmatch game than bf2, I can hold my own in bf2 online but put me in CS and I'll get owned in seconds. Half Life 2 has a single player game that you can play as well, where as BF2 just has the online maps running locally as a single player game.
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A PCI-E one? I can't imagine a game would put stress on your system at max settings, presuming the rest of your system is up to scratch. Mind you, I don't use AA or AF at all. Putting them to a high setting could be causing the problems; personally, I can't tell the difference with them on or off, but then again I'm not really an avid gamer anymore.
~phpdevuk: Curse of Monkey Island is one of my all-time favourite PC games. I'm actually playing through it for about the 3rd time right now and as always I've forgot what to do on a certain bit and I'm stuck
~phpdevuk: Curse of Monkey Island is one of my all-time favourite PC games. I'm actually playing through it for about the 3rd time right now and as always I've forgot what to do on a certain bit and I'm stuck
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I think a 1st person shooter is probably my best bet. I'll take a look into BF2 and CSS. I'll probably side with CSS since I am familiar with the game already and liked it in the past. However, does anyone have any idea what it costs to play Madden 07 online? I can't find any information about their subscription plans.
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Heh, I own Battlefield 2 and all the expansions, aswell as CSS and more recently Battefield 2142. Mark my words, Battlefield 2142 blows both of these games out of the water.seodevhead wrote:I think a 1st person shooter is probably my best bet. I'll take a look into BF2 and CSS. I'll probably side with CSS since I am familiar with the game already and liked it in the past. However, does anyone have any idea what it costs to play Madden 07 online? I can't find any information about their subscription plans.
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Battlefield 2142 suprisingly doesn't support native widescreen resolutions.. my 28" monitor doesn't play nicely with it..Burrito wrote:try company of heroes and bf2142.jayshields wrote:I can't imagine a game would put stress on your system at max settings
Mind you I play at the highest resolution my monitor supports (1920x1200)...except for stupid bf2142...no widescreen, ugh!
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FPS:
Counter-Strike (I have a team and a server hope to see ya there)
Red Orchestra - Very fun team-based WWII shooter
Call of Duty:UO - Same as above
Call of Duty 2 - Same as above
Battlefield 2 - dont play anymore due to lamers
MMORPG:
Everquest 2 - slower paced than WoW but less repetitive and boring
WoW - eh, played for a long time and finally quit after killing rag 3287498234 times
EVE Online - great game and very unique but moderately time consuming its an rpg except you fly a spaceship its very cool
Silk Road - its alright but its free!
Strategy:
Civ4
Civ3
Civ2
C&C: Red Alert
C&C: Red Alert: Tiberian Sun
Starcraft
Warcraft 2
Warcraft 3
RPG:
Oblivion
Morrowind
Daggerfall
Quest for Glory 1-4, 5 is okay (these are old, older, and really old but a must play)
There are many more but those should keep you occupied for the next 3 years.
Counter-Strike (I have a team and a server hope to see ya there)
Red Orchestra - Very fun team-based WWII shooter
Call of Duty:UO - Same as above
Call of Duty 2 - Same as above
Battlefield 2 - dont play anymore due to lamers
MMORPG:
Everquest 2 - slower paced than WoW but less repetitive and boring
WoW - eh, played for a long time and finally quit after killing rag 3287498234 times
EVE Online - great game and very unique but moderately time consuming its an rpg except you fly a spaceship its very cool
Silk Road - its alright but its free!
Strategy:
Civ4
Civ3
Civ2
C&C: Red Alert
C&C: Red Alert: Tiberian Sun
Starcraft
Warcraft 2
Warcraft 3
RPG:
Oblivion
Morrowind
Daggerfall
Quest for Glory 1-4, 5 is okay (these are old, older, and really old but a must play)
There are many more but those should keep you occupied for the next 3 years.