Friday 28 October 2011
Sunday 20 March 2011
new relaeses game
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Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy
- GameSpot Score
- 8.0
- great
- Release Date: Mar 22, 2011
Check out new tales of these new warriors and an enhanced battle system.
- Genre: Fighting Games
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The First Templar X360
- Release Date: Mar 25, 2011
The First Templar tells the story of two main characters as they try to uncover the mysteries behind the Templar Order.
- Genre: Adventure Games
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PlayStation Move Heroes
- Release Date: Mar 22, 2011
Characters from Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, and Sly Cooper band together to defeat a villainous duo in this adventure game utilizing the PlayStation Move.
- Genre: Platformers
Wednesday 6 October 2010
Wednesday 29 September 2010
how to upgrade you video card
current crop of popular PC games has shown us that the video card has now become the most important component in a gaming system. The CPU and the video card used to be of equal importance in the past, but games have become increasingly dependent on video cards as developers have been cranking up the graphics levels.
In recent games like Call of Duty 2, F.E.A.R., and Quake 4, a strong video card improves game performance and image quality much more than a strong CPU does. Newer games also default down to uglier graphics if the game detects an older card. And some games remove support for older cards altogether. When a highly anticipated g
Do I have PCI Express or AGP
Before you run off to buy that graphics upgrade, you have to find out if your current system will be able to handle a new video card. Video card requirements have changed over the years, and older PC systems might not have the necessary hardware to be compatible with the latest video cards.
Take a look at your system motherboard to see if it has an AGP or PCI Express card slot (it will be the topmost expansion slot on the motherboard--your monitor should be connected to the card currently sitting there). Olde
r systems have AGP card slots, but more recent systems (made in the past two years) have PCI Express card slots.
If your system has a PCI Express slot, you're in luck. All the latest video cards use the PCI Express form factor. Your upgrade options will be much more limited if you find an AGP slot staring back at you. All the best cards come out in PCI Express first, followed months later by scaled-back AGP versions, if they're made at all. Consider upgrading to a PCI Express motherboard if you want to get the most powerful video card options. If your system is more than 5 years old, you might have an ancient PCI slot for graphics. In this case, the best thing to do would be to put that Pentium II out to pasture and upgrade to a completely new system.
Note that newer systems might also have two PCI Express slots for dual video cardconfiguration
s. However, for the purpose of this guide we're going to assume that you have an older system that doesn'thave two video card slots, since anyone with an Nvidia SLI or ATI CrossFire system should be playing F.E.A.R. at 1600x1200 with all the settings maxed out instead of reading this guide.
While you're looking at the video card slot, check to see how much space is available beneath the card slot, as some video cards have extra-large cooling units that double the height of the card. If you only have room for a normal-sized card, consider moving the card located directly beneath the video card to a lower slot if possible. However, if that isn't possible, or if you have a small form factor system that only has room for a single-slot video card, then you'l
l have to make sure your new video card is a single-slotter.
how much power I do have "?
After determining what kind of card slot and how much space you have for it, you'll need to find out the power rating on your system power supply. Today's performance video cards require lots of power, and some power supplies might not have the wattage to support a system loaded with extra drives, a fast processor, and a new power-hungry video card. If you're lucky, the power supply will have its maximum wattage listed on the back, visible from outside the case.
Find out if your power supply has enough juice to handle the video card you want.
Otherwise you'll have to crack open the case and look for the rating sticker on the power supply. The bare-minimum wattage you're looking for is 350W, but you'll be able to get a more powerful card with a 400W or 450W power supply, and you'll need 500W or more for a dual-card setup. Check the power supply requirements printed on the outside of the video card box to make sure your system can support the card.
The hardest part about upgrading your video card is actually just figuring out what kind of card your system can handle. Check out our recent Call of Duty 2 and F.E.A.R. hardware performance guides to see how the current graphics cards compare.
Assuming you did your homework and picked a card that's compatible with your system, installing the card is very easy. First, switch off the system and unplug the computer. Use a Phillips-head screwdriver to open up your case and unscrew the video card. The video card might have a retention mechanism located at the base of the slot, and you should be able to jiggle it open and slide out the card without a problem. Next, plug in your new video card and replace the screw to secure the card in place.
If you have a power-hungry card, you'll need to plug an auxiliary power source into the board, usually one or two 4-pin hard drive power connectors or a 6-pin PCI Express power connector. Video card manufacturers will often package a power splitter or a dual 4-pin to 6-pin adapter with the card in case your system doesn't have enough free power connectors, but you can order the cables online for less than $5 in case you get a bare-bones card bundle.
Replace the case cover, attach the monitor, plug in the power cable, and fire the system up.
how much power I do have "?
After determining what kind of card slot and how much space you have for it, you'll need to find out the power rating on your system power supply. Today's performance video cards require lots of power, and some power supplies might not have the wattage to support a system loaded with extra drives, a fast processor, and a new power-hungry video card. If you're lucky, the power supply will have its maximum wattage listed on the back, visible from outside the case.
Otherwise you'll have to crack open the case and look for the rating sticker on the power supply. The bare-minimum wattage you're looking for is 350W, but you'll be able to get a more powerful card with a 400W or 450W power supply, and you'll need 500W or more for a dual-card setup. Check the power supply requirements printed on the outside of the video card box to make sure your system can support the card.
The hardest part about upgrading your video card is actually just figuring out what kind of card your system can handle. Check out our recent Call of Duty 2 and F.E.A.R. hardware performance guides to see how the current graphics cards compare.
Assuming you did your homework and picked a card that's compatible with your system, installing the card is very easy. First, switch off the system and unplug the computer. Use a Phillips-head screwdriver to open up your case and unscrew the video card. The video card might have a retention mechanism located at the base of the slot, and you should be able to jiggle it open and slide out the card without a problem. Next, plug in your new video card and replace the screw to secure the card in place.
If you have a power-hungry card, you'll need to plug an auxiliary power source into the board, usually one or two 4-pin hard drive power connectors or a 6-pin PCI Express power connector. Video card manufacturers will often package a power splitter or a dual 4-pin to 6-pin adapter with the card in case your system doesn't have enough free power connectors, but you can order the cables online for less than $5 in case you get a bare-bones card bundle.
Replace the case cover, attach the monitor, plug in the power cable, and fire the system up.
creatif hardware
Like many gamers, we’ve often fantasized about owning a superpowerful gaming rig, so we wondered: If money were no object, what would be the most powerful PC we could build? Our criteria was simple; it had to contain the fastest parts we could lay our hands on, bear no consideration at all for power consumption, and be so ridiculously over the top that only a privileged few would ever get the chance to own one.
After much pondering and a heap of research, we chose a range of top-of-the-line components, which
we believed to be the very best of the best. And we didn’t stop at the internals. We took our plan even further, listing what our dream peripherals would be, making sure they were also suitably ove
r the top. What we ended up with was
a list that would surely make gamers
drool with excitement and credit cards sh
ake with fear. Ladies and gentleman, let me welcome you to GameSpot UK’s Greatest Gaming Rig.,,><
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Over the next six weeks, we’ll be building the dream rig, which you can read all about here on the Hardware Blog and on GameSpot UK’s video show Start/Select. We’ll be covering each of our components in detail in future editions of this feature, but for now, let's take a look at what we chose when planning the rig. We started with the basics: motherboard, processor, and RAM. The first of those was an easy choice. There is only one motherboard out there that is so hardcore it can take two Intel Xeon processors, up to 48GB of RAM, and run four Nvidia graphics cards in four-way SLI. And there's only one so massive that it only fits in a handful of specially designed cases. We are of course referring to EVGA’s top-of-the-line Classified SR-2. It’s a board that is so beautifully constructed and incredibly massive that it’s awe inspiring just to look at it. To sit on the board, we chose a pair of Intel’s six-core x5680 Xeon processors, running at a speedy 3.33GHz. With their hyperthreading support, they’ll give the rig 24 cores of processing power, wh
ich is more than enough to crunch through the toughest of first-person shooters. To cap it all off, we chose 24GB of Crucial’s DDR3 Ballistix Tracer RAM. As much as we’d love to fill the full 48GB, 24GB is pro
bably excessive enough. Plus, it wouldn’t be a gaming rig without a whole heap
of lighting, and the Ballistix Tracers are equipped with a number of LEDs, which light up when the RAM is accessed.
Next up were the graphics cards. It was a tough call between ATI and Nvidia, but in the end, we settled on three of Zotac’s GTX 480s and a single GTX 460, which will be used exclusively for Physx processing. Not only are the GTX 480s the fastest single GPU cards out there, but they also offer 3D support with 3D Vision, which is exclusively supported by Nvidia. For storage, we chose C
orsair’s 128GB Force solid state drive for booting the system and Western Digital’s Cavair Black SATA III 1TB hard drive for media storage. Both drives are immensely fast and make use of the new SATA III standard, which allows for transfer speeds of up to 6Gbit a second. To keep our CPUs cool, we chose Corsair’s H70 all-in-one water cooling kits, as well as Quiet PC UK’s Ninja Scythe III air coolers, which we’ll be pitting against each other in a temperature test.
With two CPUs, four graphics cards, 24GB of RAM, and tons of storage and cooling, we
needed a power supply that had a multitude of connectors on board and could keep up with our demanding components
. W
e chose Corsair’s AX1200, a 1200 watt PSU that peaks at 1500 watts, making it one of the most powerful out there. And with its modular connections, we should be able to keep the case clean and free from cable clutter. Housing this monstrosity of a computer presented us with a major challenge. Currently, there are only a handful of cases that actually fit the SR-2 board without any significant modification, with half of them not even in full production yet! We’re still scouring the interwebs for the ideal case, but rest assured, this rig will be fully housed when it’s complete.
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Finally, we looked at our dream peripherals. We wanted the hardest wearing equipment available, preferably stuff that had been road tested by pro gamers. We chose Steel Series’ Xai laser mouse, 7G keyboard, and 9HD mouse mat, all of which have been used by a number of pro gaming teams. The keyboard in pa
rticular was a natural choice for us; it’s built to last with gold-plated connectors and mechanical switches. And, it isn’t as LED infused as many gaming keyboards out there, which can be distr
acting when playing. To cap it all off, we chose Astro Gaming’s A40 headset and Mix Amp for sound duties. Not only does the headset look extremely cool, but we’re going one step further by getting them customized with the GameSpot UK logo; it’s just how we roll
Now, we know what you’re thinking: It’s all well and good that we’ve got this kit to play with, but what are the chances
of owning it yourself? Well, you’re in luck! As much as we’d love to hang onto this machine ourselves, we’re giving you the chance to win it!* Just head over tohttp://tinyurl.com/gsukpccomp to find out more.
Check back here next week, which is when we’ll be starting to put the gaming behemoth together. We'll kick it off with an in-depth look at the processors, CPUs, and RAM. In the meantime, check o
ut this week’s Start/Select for the first video feature and keep an eye on facebook.com/gamespotuk f
or a behind-the-scenes look at th
e build.
* To enter you have to be over 13 and a UK resident, and the competition is subject to our normal terms and conditions.
Wednesday 1 September 2010
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