PC Gaming

[Vader AL]

That sounds neat, I think my monitor is only 68 Hz . Any idea when the newer cards are going to be announced?

I believe June for AMD and probably shortly after that for Nvidia.

 

[snappahead]

Yeah, this is a big vr title that we've been waiting a pretty long time for. It's nice to see some new footage of it. I here they're demoing it at the event on Crescent Bay prototypes (the newest Oculus Rift model) and people are blown away. Looks super intense.

 

[Brainiac]

Wow, that was amazing. So EVE is going to tango with Star Citizen and Elite: Dangerous? Good times... Good times.

Yep! The more competition the better for us

 

[Python]

Yep! The more competition the better for us

Yep, unfortunately I just read EVE is exclusive to the rift, not plans for the VIVE. No competition there then which seems silly.

 

[snappahead]

Yep, unfortunately I just read EVE is exclusive to the rift, not plans for the VIVE. No competition there then which seems silly.

Yeah, I'm not happy about the idea of VR exclusives. VR doesn't need to have software separated like that. CCP have said that Eve might still come out for Vive though. It's a timed exclusive apparently. It's also coming out on Morpheus.

 

[DarthChrisDK]

But won't it also mean that they might be able to achieve a better and optimized product?

 

[DeadLeaves]

I guess that depends on how different the architecture of the competing goggles is. I haven't paid too much attention to VR, but isn't the headset basically just a monitor? Or is there way more to it than that?

If they start going down the path of exclusive releases for this tech, it's only going to mean early adopters are going to get both to keep up, and that sucks.

 

[snappahead]

I guess that depends on how different the architecture of the competing goggles is. I haven't paid too much attention to VR, but isn't the headset basically just a monitor? Or is there way more to it than that?

If they start going down the path of exclusive releases for this tech, it's only going to mean early adopters are going to get both to keep up, and that sucks.

THere's a lot more to it than a display, but the way these two hmds work is pretty similar. They use a different tracking technology, but the basics of what they do is about the same. The major difference is the way the Vive is capable of tracking an entire room while Oculus has focused on a single camera tracking system similar to what Morpheus will use. A single camera means a much smaller tracking area. Vive also has an input solution (two modified Steam controllers that you use for in game input similar to the Move controllers, but more versatile and apparently flawless tracking) and we're still waiting to hear if Oculus has something planned for the Rift.

 

[Brainiac]

Yep, unfortunately I just read EVE is exclusive to the rift, not plans for the VIVE. No competition there then which seems silly.

crap! that sucks

 

[Vader AL]

Mortal Combat X for PC, $25: https://www. cdkeys .com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Mortal+Kombat+X
I've bought 3 games from here...haven't had any problems. You'll have to take the spaces out of the link that are around "cdkeys".

 

[Python]

What is it like on PC? I haven't played a game like that since the Dreamcast (Man I loved that console) I keep meaning to try one again and did recently get an Xbox one controller for the PC.

 

[Vader AL]

Yep....I only use the xbone/360 controllers on pc....except games that only work with keyboard...diablo, etc.

It comes out around april 14th I think though so it's only a preorder.

And the Dreamcast is my second most favorite console eva.

 

[Vader AL]

Anyone tried out Star Citizen?

 

[Solidus]

I've only heard of it, when I checked out the official website. Do you really have to spend actual money to fly a spaceship?! The cheapest one I saw was $90...

 

[Vader AL]

yeah i can't tell what all is needed.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/game-packages

 

[Solidus]

$2,700 for a fleet and $10,000 for Wing Commander. I'm done .

 

[Vader AL]

$2,700 for a fleet and $10,000 for Wing Commander. I'm done .

yeah I would fear doing something wrong and one of those showing up on my credit card.

 

[DeadLeaves]

THere's a lot more to it than a display, but the way these two hmds work is pretty similar. They use a different tracking technology, but the basics of what they do is about the same. The major difference is the way the Vive is capable of tracking an entire room while Oculus has focused on a single camera tracking system similar to what Morpheus will use. A single camera means a much smaller tracking area. Vive also has an input solution (two modified Steam controllers that you use for in game input similar to the Move controllers, but more versatile and apparently flawless tracking) and we're still waiting to hear if Oculus has something planned for the Rift.

Ah, didn't think of the tracking software. That would certainly lock games into one system. Bah.

Anyone tried out Star Citizen?

I've been casually looking at the site every few weeks, but I'll bite when they have a finished game & I know what the actual cost of playing is gonna be. It's a pretty ambitious project, tons of stuff to get your head around, tons of room for major game killing bugs too.

 

[DarthChrisDK]

I'm following Star Citizen, but don't feel I can spend money on it at this time. I'll wait for the finished product, and see how convinced I feel by then. While it promises a lot, I need to see it function before I'm convinced it will work. It seems almost too ambitious. I'm very curious.

 

[Brainiac]

Thanks for the link Vader. I've bought some games from there too, but I have the CE of MKX on order.

Star Citizen looks good, I was going to try the free beta that was out about a week ago but I never got around to it, and yeh those prices are ridiculous, I bet they are making tons of that and so they keep holding back release, I've lost respect for the developers now because it seems like a cash grab