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AusGAF 2.0 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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Pretty sure the 6970 has the edge at 2560x1600. The HardOCP review covers that res but it's an extremely annoying review because it doesn't put the 570 and the 6970 on the same graph, so you never get a direct comparison because they always use different settings to get "highest playable settings", nevermind that "playable" is always 30fps and never 60fps. Then in his conclusion he goes on to say that the 6970 beats the 570 easily, even though his own numbers don't show that and he never bothers to directly compare them. Man that review gave me the shits.jambo said:
Anyway, long story short, the 6970 is supposed to be slightly better at higher res. I got a gtx570 because I'm not going over 1920x1200 any time soon, and the 6970 was at stupid prices at the time. It's not so bad now, but it's still ~$50 more for the 6970.
Going from ATI to Nvidia has been a funny experience. The driver has crashed on me three times, once was a BSOD. I hardly ever had driver problems on ATI.
rass said:
I should be alright in the cold, gotta be better than the heat here.
viciouskillersquirrel said:
Just all around Tokyo, Chibi and all the nerdy spots. Gonna bullet train it to the snow one day.
I'll try that app!
commanderdeek said:
Review of Japanese toilets incoming?
viciouskillersquirrel
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Toto make the best toilets. You'll see them everywhere.VOOK said:
Also, if you do the onsen experience anywhere, be prepared for the possibility that small children will likely see your wang - up to a certain age, they're allowed in both male and female baths. Nude communal bathing is really weird at first, but you get over it after about a minute.
Make sure you go to a maid cafe in Akihabara. I recommend the @Home Cafe. It'll creep you out, blow your mind and generally make you feel just a little bit dirty - so awesome.
Also, from one gamer to another, never walk past a Super Potato - trust me on this.
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^^^^
Thing that shocked me was that most stores don't open until about 11am. Wasted most of my "his" morning that way (we divided our time in Tokyo into "his" and "her" time - a lot of "her" time was spent in Harajuku, "his" in Akihabara).
Thing that shocked me was that most stores don't open until about 11am. Wasted most of my "his" morning that way (we divided our time in Tokyo into "his" and "her" time - a lot of "her" time was spent in Harajuku, "his" in Akihabara).
They're not sleazy, I promise. The one my fiance and I went to looked like the inside of a day care centre. True, it was mostly lonely Tokyoite guys, but there was a table full of girls and a family there with a little kid as well.commanderdeek said:
Yeah it's kinda sad since it wasn't always like that (as all the elite nerds will tell you). What sucks is that the Akiba equivalent in Osaka is becoming the same as well.HolyCheck said:
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Yeah, I've always known that it's done tastefully and all for "fun" but still...viciouskillersquirrel said:
Part of the reason why I don't go is because I usually have to go to Akiba on my own since I'm there with family. I don't really want to be seen as the lonely otaku dude paying his weekly visit to his favourite maid:lol
viciouskillersquirrel
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It's not as overt in Den-Den Town, though. At least I never noticed it.
viciouskillersquirrel
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Mind you, I just learned to avoid shops and businesses with too much pink around the entrance.
AnkhWeasel
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Yep!rass said:
We have borders?rass said:
your face has borders.AnkhWeasel said:
So do these handy locations:
http://www.borders.com.au/store-locator/
note to people trying to sell a car - make sure the spare tyre well is not half full of water. *slaps forehead*
Interesting to see the online retail issue isn't endemic to Australia-
Gamasutra's report on HMV shutting down a bunch of stores across the UK.
Gamasutra's report on HMV shutting down a bunch of stores across the UK.
Still one extra step I was hoping to avoid! I have an app to load different GPU profiles/settings (Radeonpro) but still tinkering with it so that CFX will disable properly.evlcookie said:
Still, the games that are programmed properly (and are more reliant on the GPU... Dirt 2 didn't see much improvement on my Q9550
) look batshit insane. Like I said, Crysis was fucking mind-blowing.Interesting. Pity they don't seem to have the collector's edition.r1chard said:
I NEED that Sackboy plushie and I'm not sure I can wait for international shipping on the game. I'm prepared to pay EB's $108 price for the game. Will probably pre-order tomorrow and hope that somebody puts up a better price by the release date so I can get EB to price match.
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I'm frowning at you right now.Clipper said:
I know you can't see it, but maybe you can feel it.
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Repost from PC thread in Gaming
"Every game I'm throwing at the new GTX 570 is running perfectly.
I tried Mafia 2, Borderlands, BFBC2 and STALKER: CoP and they all ran great maxed out.
The cars in Mafia 2 look amazing, BFBC2 is incredibly smooth and pretty, STALKER blew me away when I was using my flashlight and I can now run Borderlands with shadows and everything else turned on.
The jump from 4870x2 (CF disabled so 4850) to GTX 570 is huge. Downloading Crysis on Steam atm so I can really work the new card!"
"Every game I'm throwing at the new GTX 570 is running perfectly.
I tried Mafia 2, Borderlands, BFBC2 and STALKER: CoP and they all ran great maxed out.
The cars in Mafia 2 look amazing, BFBC2 is incredibly smooth and pretty, STALKER blew me away when I was using my flashlight and I can now run Borderlands with shadows and everything else turned on.
The jump from 4870x2 (CF disabled so 4850) to GTX 570 is huge. Downloading Crysis on Steam atm so I can really work the new card!"
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The countryside in Japan is freakin creepy. Would not recommend visiting - similarly the folk tales are quite fucked up.
Also, the Sackboy plushy is awful. It is no where near as good as the Taito produced ones that were up on Play Asia a while ago. They are also quite small =(
Also, the Sackboy plushy is awful. It is no where near as good as the Taito produced ones that were up on Play Asia a while ago. They are also quite small =(
I need that lbp2 collector set, not so much for the plush but for the downloadable costumes. I've put money aside for it but $108 is a bit rich for me, $90 - $100 max I think
Cookie it doesn't seem that far fetched, I'm on my phone and can't be bothered looking it up but when did the iPad launch? Apple are relatively yearly with their iDevice updates.
Cookie it doesn't seem that far fetched, I'm on my phone and can't be bothered looking it up but when did the iPad launch? Apple are relatively yearly with their iDevice updates.
jambo said:Repost from PC thread in Gaming
"Every game I'm throwing at the new GTX 570 is running perfectly.
I tried Mafia 2, Borderlands, BFBC2 and STALKER: CoP and they all ran great maxed out.
The cars in Mafia 2 look amazing, BFBC2 is incredibly smooth and pretty, STALKER blew me away when I was using my flashlight and I can now run Borderlands with shadows and everything else turned on.
The jump from 4870x2 (CF disabled so 4850) to GTX 570 is huge. Downloading Crysis on Steam atm so I can really work the new card!"
I need a new card to upgrade from my 260GT. It's bottlenecking the rest of my system(i7920, 6GB ram). Sounds like a 570 might be the way to go.
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