@thebunnyhunter: I missed that on the blog. Well I hope I get mine soon then, I checked again, but no email yet on the same email I got the TR and Bioshock codes sent to.
Whatever, Uplay or not these are free games that make upgrading a GPU more enticing. I bought Far Cry cheap from one of these bundles and bought a bundle code for Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider dirt cheap. Glad I redeemed the actual AMD code and didn't just get the steam keys from the person selling them, now I get this as well.
@pudge: If Uplay goes away, how would you be able to play your steam version? If customers direct to Ubisoft can't access their game why would steam users be able to? I doubt they'd remove the Uplay DRM off of the steam version and leave all the Uplay customers hanging with no access.
I've been getting pains in the region near the bottom of my thumb when using the DS3. Its always been a small issue for me, but I've learned to deal with it and not play for too long of a time. Mainly since the 3rd party controllers I've used in the past have been fairly crappy in various ways with none having the gameplay replication I feel of a DS3.
But after some researching for some more ergonomic controller options I found out that there are ways to use your 360 controller on a PS3 with these adapters.
OK after reading up a bit more I'm just going to get an affordable 100 ft cat 5e cable.
For the money it gives me what I need, less convenient, but gets the job done.
I am curious though if all cat 5e cables are the same, not quality, but in terms of what they do. For instance would a "patch" cable be the same thing as a basic cat 5e cable?
Thinking of getting this one http://www.amazon.com/BlueRigger-Cat5e-Ethernet-Patch-Cable/dp/B005LS2J14/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top or a cat 5e cable from monoprice, about $2 more.
The cable would never be left on the ground, its not like I'm going to lay it out during the day and just leave it there to be tripped over.
Looking up some guides on running wires and looking at my walls and room configuration it looks like it would be a bit more work than I want to commit to. I don't have an attic either to run wires. Its not something I find worth it just to make online gaming a bit more lag free. My wifi works fine for basic use, it would only be to improve my ping basically and its just not worth it to me.
At this point looking at monoprice a straight up 100' ethernet cable is pretty cheap and cat 6 is only like $2 more than cat 5e so why not just go with that?
I'll look more into powerline adapters and something to roll up the cable when I'm done. I was thinking something like this but smaller maybe. Anyone know of something similar to these?
That crossed my mind, but the simplicity of just unrolling a long cable when I feel like it seems like a way easier option to me.
I should have asked about powerline adapters though. Are they as fast as ethernet in terms of ping, the amount of data isn't a big deal, its the latency I want of ethernet. Reading online some people claim they suck, some say they work great.
OK, so I am at the point where I want to connect my 360, PS3, etc via ethernet. I've done some testing playing it via ethernet and over wifi and I can tell the difference at times. The problem is the router I have, which is built into my modem/cable box is in another room and should not be moved for the sake of everyone in my house as its closer to the center now and it still barely reaches everywhere. The TV is not that far from the router, but there is a hallway separating them.
I'll spare the details of my predicament, but simply I want to run a long ethernet cable from that room to the TV room when I want to play games online or just download large files and such. I typically play games late at night anyways so this isn't really a big deal as I can just roll it up when I'm done.
What I'm confused about is exactly what type of ethernet cable I want (cat 5, 5e, 6) and if anyone has a suggestion on a way to roll up the cable. I'm thinking a 75' or 100' cable would be plenty.
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