aegis_and_pred

"Damn consoles ruining ma video games!

Look what they did to ALMOST EVERY PC EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE EVER MADE! Just look!
*cries*"

just thinking as well ... if you have norton or some type of anti-virus running while you game ... try turning it off and see if that helps ... sometimes real-time scanning virus programs can really bog down slower systems ... especially lap tops.

i know it sounds crazy to suggest turning off your virus scan ... but if it helps ... at least we know a starting point and can work on a fix.

seriously ... the most common cause for anything even remotely like this ... is spyware or a virus.

do a serious virus scan (if you don't have one ... lord help you) - you can nab a free one at http://free.avg.com/ and it doesn't suck
do a serious spyware scan - nab spybot search & destory from here http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

if it's not that ... i'm noticing you have an HP which normally comes packed with TONS of garbage ware just begging to be taken off by your willing uninstall button.  Go into control panel ... programs and features ... and just start removing garbage that you KNOW you don't need.  Anything that you're not sure of ... feel free to ask in here weather or not you need it, but there's a good chance that most of what you'll find in there ... doesn't need to be on your system if it's just taking up space.  BE CAREFUL though ... ask here if you're really not sure and i'll try to keep on top of it.

and if worse comes to worse ... i live in NY and will come fix your computer for you ...
okay that's a lie ... but GOOD LUCK!

Just a few:

-The Matrix Online
-World of Warcraft
-Pirates of the Burning Sea (beta ... for like an hour)

am i the only one not excited about conviction at all?  after playing through double agent ... i just fell out of love with the series. 

what they need to do is ship it to crystal dynamics ... and have them work it out like they did with tomb raider ... ;)

it worked for eidos! why not ubisoft?!

"Predasus said:

"Tarsier said:

"That's absolutely retarded, they put out a shite operating system and then trick people into saying good things about it? How about they just make a new one or actually fix the problems and quit being douche bags lol"

ROFL ... classic ... you sir know nothing about psychology ... and i find your ignorace hilarious ...

in response to the Mojave campaign ... this is exactly what vista users have been trying to tell people this entire time ... you can't hate something you've never even tried.  And I find it appauling that people form their opinions based on what someone else says about a product.  Tarsier being a classic example of this ... other people in this thread will now form their opinions of something they have never tried off of one angry retard's comments ... and the avalanche of bull shit commences.  "well I read ... well I heard ... well I thought" real easy to hide behind a computer screen and claim you know everything about something, but when it comes down to it ... the ignorance in the PC market is what is going to drive it into the ground ... and this just proves it."

thanks for a thoughtful and productive post.
i have trouble writing something like that because i get to angry at the ignorant person
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:) i'm glad i started this thread and it hasn't turned into an utter shit storm yet.  :)

When I think of the right things to say, I'll come back to this ... until then ... keep it up kiddies!  ;)

there is some seriously valid conversation going on here.

"That's absolutely retarded, they put out a shite operating system and then trick people into saying good things about it? How about they just make a new one or actually fix the problems and quit being douche bags lol"

DirectX 11

Kevin stressed that today's announcement was a "technology" announcement. Furthermore, "DirectX 11 will work on Windows Vista, as well as the next version of Windows, which will support DirectX 10, 10.1, and of course new DirectX 11 hardware."

Even though there will be backwards-compatibility with DX10 hardware, the compatibility isn't 100%. According to Kevin, "you can expect that there will be DX11 features that need DX11 hardware," though Microsoft isn't ready to announce what they are at this time.

"Some of the improvements," continued Kevin, "for example, the ability to take much better advantage of multi-core capable PC's [is] something that we're going to extend all the way down to DX10 hardware. There are improvements across the board for gamers that have DX10 and DX10 hardware as well as some new things that we'll do that will require DX11 hardware."

"If you look at DX11, which is a direct superset of what DX10 and 10.1 offer, you're starting to see all of the investment developers have made in DX10 and 10.1 and consumers have made in that hardware, that experience is only going to get better with DX11."

It's too early to hear about any specific games or developers that are getting DirectX 11-ready, but it looks like a good future for Games for Windows LIVE and DirectX 11.

... DAMNIT ... fuck microsoft sometimes ... seriously ... :|

"DirectX 11

Kevin stressed that today's announcement was a "technology" announcement. Furthermore, "DirectX 11 will work on Windows Vista, as well as the next version of Windows, which will support DirectX 10, 10.1, and of course new DirectX 11 hardware."

Even though there will be backwards-compatibility with DX10 hardware, the compatibility isn't 100%. According to Kevin, "you can expect that there will be DX11 features that need DX11 hardware," though Microsoft isn't ready to announce what they are at this time.

"Some of the improvements," continued Kevin, "for example, the ability to take much better advantage of multi-core capable PC's [is] something that we're going to extend all the way down to DX10 hardware. There are improvements across the board for gamers that have DX10 and DX10 hardware as well as some new things that we'll do that will require DX11 hardware."

"If you look at DX11, which is a direct superset of what DX10 and 10.1 offer, you're starting to see all of the investment developers have made in DX10 and 10.1 and consumers have made in that hardware, that experience is only going to get better with DX11."

It's too early to hear about any specific games or developers that are getting DirectX 11-ready, but it looks like a good future for Games for Windows LIVE and DirectX 11."