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Just out of interest - I'm running an Acer Aspire Revo atm, and wouldn't mind playing a bit of Grand Theft Auto IV, however I'm not sure if it'll work, or more to the point, work at a decent kinda pace, on my machine. Here's the specs:

Intel Atom Processor (203) @ 1.6GHz

2GB RAM

ION GPU.

Edit -> Ooh, and possibly BioShock - I've read good things about that, so I wouldn't mind checking it out.

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Just out of interest - I'm running an Acer Aspire Revo atm, and wouldn't mind playing a bit of Grand Theft Auto IV, however I'm not sure if it'll work, or more to the point, work at a decent kinda pace, on my machine. Here's the specs:

Intel Atom Processor (203) @ 1.6GHz

2GB RAM

ION GPU.

Not sure if it'll run very well at all. GTA IV isn't very nice to PC hardware from what I've read.

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Just out of interest - I'm running an Acer Aspire Revo atm, and wouldn't mind playing a bit of Grand Theft Auto IV, however I'm not sure if it'll work, or more to the point, work at a decent kinda pace, on my machine. Here's the specs:

Intel Atom Processor (203) @ 1.6GHz

2GB RAM

ION GPU.

Edit -> Ooh, and possibly BioShock - I've read good things about that, so I wouldn't mind checking it out.

GTA IV wouldn't run on those specs. I bought GTA IV on the first sale day but my machine can barely play it, but I'm waiting to play it until I upgrade. For ?5, you may as well buy it, and wait to install it until you upgrade or build a new machine, even if that takes a while.

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Not sure if it'll run very well at all. GTA IV isn't very nice to PC hardware from what I've read.
GTA IV wouldn't run on those specs. I bought GTA IV on the first sale day but my machine can barely play it, but I'm waiting to play it until I upgrade. For ?5, you may as well buy it, and wait to install it until you upgrade or build a new machine, even if that takes a while.

Cheers for the heads-up - Truth be told, the Acer was brought to be used as a Media Centre, but I've actually started to use it as a replacement main machine, because it does pretty much everything I use a PC for. I am, however, probably gonna buy a "less lightweight" machine later on in the year, so buying GTA IV and holding on to it until later on does sound like a good idea.

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Cheers for the heads-up - Truth be told, the Acer was brought to be used as a Media Centre, but I've actually started to use it as a replacement main machine, because it does pretty much everything I use a PC for. I am, however, probably gonna buy a "less lightweight" machine later on in the year, so buying GTA IV and holding on to it until later on does sound like a good idea.

Yeah as lcg said, you can't really go wrong with buying it right now as it's not going to get much cheaper. If you're looking for a fun game in the sale (or has it finished?) you might want to look at World of Goo. Should run great on your laptop :)

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Yeah as lcg said, you can't really go wrong with buying it right now as it's not going to get much cheaper. If you're looking for a fun game in the sale (or has it finished?) you might want to look at World of Goo. Should run great on your laptop :)

Cheers for the heads-up - World of Goo sounds familiar - and there's a free Demo version over on Steam, so I think I'll download the demo, check it out, and if I like it, I'll buy the full version. Basically I just need something to play, other than Football Manager 2010 :)

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Cheers for the heads-up - World of Goo sounds familiar - and there's a free Demo version over on Steam, so I think I'll download the demo, check it out, and if I like it, I'll buy the full version. Basically I just need something to play, other than Football Manager 2010 :)

The demo should be pretty small too, the full download if only 70MB :p It's now back up to full price of ?4.24. Breaking the bank, I know.

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Just out of interest - I'm running an Acer Aspire Revo atm, and wouldn't mind playing a bit of Grand Theft Auto IV, however I'm not sure if it'll work, or more to the point, work at a decent kinda pace, on my machine. Here's the specs:

Intel Atom Processor (203) @ 1.6GHz

2GB RAM

ION GPU.

Edit -> Ooh, and possibly BioShock - I've read good things about that, so I wouldn't mind checking it out.

I have a C2D E8400@3Ghz plus a 9800GTX+ and 4GB system ram and the game runs like a dog on it, even at 1280x800 medium settings :( So I don't think it will run very well on that rig unfortunately :(

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I have a C2D E8400@3Ghz plus a 9800GTX+ and 4GB system ram and the game runs like a dog on it, even at 1280x800 medium settings :( So I don't think it will run very well on that rig unfortunately :(

While I agree that it won't run on his system, it shouldn't run like a dog on yours. I have a C2D E7300 (2.66GHz) and a 9800 GT and BioShock runs like it was Quake classic. :)

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I have a C2D E8400@3Ghz plus a 9800GTX+ and 4GB system ram and the game runs like a dog on it, even at 1280x800 medium settings :( So I don't think it will run very well on that rig unfortunately :(

I ran Bioshock on a Athlon 3000+, Radeon 2600XT 1.5GB RAM without a hitch at medium settings about a year ago.

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Just out of interest - I'm running an Acer Aspire Revo atm, and wouldn't mind playing a bit of Grand Theft Auto IV, however I'm not sure if it'll work, or more to the point, work at a decent kinda pace, on my machine. Here's the specs:

Intel Atom Processor (203) @ 1.6GHz

2GB RAM

ION GPU.

Edit -> Ooh, and possibly BioShock - I've read good things about that, so I wouldn't mind checking it out.

GTA4 is extremely cpu intensive. You need a quad core really for decent fps. No way in hell it would run on an atom.

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Just out of interest - I'm running an Acer Aspire Revo atm, and wouldn't mind playing a bit of Grand Theft Auto IV, however I'm not sure if it'll work, or more to the point, work at a decent kinda pace, on my machine. Here's the specs:

Intel Atom Processor (203) @ 1.6GHz

2GB RAM

ION GPU.

Edit -> Ooh, and possibly BioShock - I've read good things about that, so I wouldn't mind checking it out.

Not a chance :laugh: But high five for being a Revo owner :D

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While I agree that it won't run on his system, it shouldn't run like a dog on yours. I have a C2D E7300 (2.66GHz) and a 9800 GT and BioShock runs like it was Quake classic. :)
I ran Bioshock on a Athlon 3000+, Radeon 2600XT 1.5GB RAM without a hitch at medium settings about a year ago.

Soz I was talking about GTA IV, as that was what he was asking about, the Bioshock seems to have been added later thus confusing the issue :p

Yes Bioshock runs at max everything here just perfectly, cant remember the res, may have been 1920x1200 or something

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Soz I was talking about GTA IV, as that was what he was asking about, the Bioshock seems to have been added later thus confusing the issue :p

Yes Bioshock runs at max everything here just perfectly, cant remember the res, may have been 1920x1200 or something

Yeah I don't think gta4 would even run on a 3000+ :rofl:

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It does support it, but it's behaviour is entirely random. I've played games whilst downloading data, and sometimes it stops.

Though you can always ALT+TAB out of a game while it's running, and then pause/resume your downloads.

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I was a big sucker for the Steam sales, here is everything I picked up over the holidays:

Dragon Age

L4D2

C&C3 + Kane's Wrath

S.T.A.L.K.E.R SoC

Killing Floor

Prey

The Witcher

All and all WAY more bang for the buck than what I used to spend on console games, I think I am going to hold out on Mass Effect 2 until it is on sale on Steam, I have plenty to keep me busy until then.

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Any chance that they will have another sale on January 6th (Three Wise Men)? :laugh:

I'm a bit frustrated since I didn't buy Torchlight and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. yesterday when I first posted about them! I thought I could buy the games today since the sale was scheduled to end at 9:00 AM PST, but I had to go out early in the morning to take care of some things, and I just got back home. :(

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In total I ended up spending $127 which isn't that much if you think about it. That's like two full price retail games.

I ended up picking up:

Osmos

Grand Theft Auto IV

Mirror's Edge

STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl

Darwinia

Audiosurf

Bioshock

Mass Effect

Braid

Burnout Paradise

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

Crysis

Crysis Warhead

Crysis Wars

Dead Space

DiRT 2 (Free with Radeon 5850)

Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood

FUEL

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

Multiwinia

Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within

Prince of Persia: Two Thrones

Starwars: Knights of The Old Republic

Unreal Gold

Unreal II: The Awakening

Unreal Tournament

Unreal Tournament 3 Black

Unreal Tournament 2004

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