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ccovemaker

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Hello all,

I've been a fan of AMD for sometime (mind you a sane one so no fanboi craziness). My systems have always been AMD CPU/GPU....

Well my Intel 3570K in on the way here and it has me considering other changes.

I game a lot.

I was looking at a higher end card to replace my XFX 7770 it will go in my GFs machine.

I am eyeing the 7950 vs 660ti.

I am just wondering your guys thought over all of PhysX as a system.

I watched some review of Borderlands 2 and the effect of PhysX on the game as was quite impressed.

I've never really had any problems with my AMD cards or XFX for that matter but PhysX is a Nvidia only thing so I am wondering if it is worth it.

Thoughts and comments are welcome.

Thanks
 
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Haha that is awesome! I'm gonna hold off on this and the final DLC until I grab my GTX770, but I'm really looking forward to it. Looks good on your setup too! It always seems when I see screenshots, that games look more cinematic on other people's setups than on mine...

That's a new class mod too right? Class mods have been a bit of a letdown to me so far compared to BL1. Veteran is OK but BL1 Heavy Gunner was a thing of beauty :-D
 
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Um, all my items are legendary and they are all from the baseline version of the game. None of the DLC's have provided better weapons zip zero! Yea I would of never played the game if my 670 didn't get the game for free and since i got it for free I figured what the hell I'll buy the 30 dollar season pass and now I get all the DLC's so 1 more DLC to go and I haven't finished this one but I will say this single player level 50 truevault is hard. I'm getting by but its hard.
 
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Ah well I didn't bother with the second playthrough / True Vault Hunter mode (figured why replay when there's still a load more on the way!) so I'm level 37/38. DLC1 was a total letdown for new guns (except an amazing Jakobs shottie I grabbed in the final vault) and DLC2 gave me no new decent items at all. The Torgue Bonus Package grenade mod looked absolutely incredible but I never got anywhere near 600 badass tokens so couldn't buy it. I'm playing Wolfenstein now (2009 version) :-D Anyway I'm off to bed!
 
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You know I really do not know. I would say maybe a little more intense then Borderlands 2 it is a 2009 title so it is a little aged now. And Metro 2033 advanced physx does take quite the hit with physx turned on. And much like you the game didn't really appeal to me it looked nice but I never thought it held much more then that I could be wrong shrugs. Judging by the physx video it really feels like they make you feel like you are missing a lot kind of the same feeling I get with borderlands 2. With the Batman games you can at least get away with not having it I prefer it but you can get away with it.
[flash=560,315]http://www.youtube.com/v/w0xRJt8rcmY?hl=en_US&version=3[/flash]
 
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I enjoyed Mirrors Edge, combat feels off but I suppose the point of the game is to avoid it. Very nice sense of scale and motion when you jump off tall things and its almost a Portal-esque puzzle game at points. Plus I have a weak spot for dysotopian settings 😀.
Only $10 on steam, might actually buy it to play through again.
 
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I know for a while it was kind of that game that really used Physx prior to the Batman games that did so very well review wise. 10 dollars is pretty inexpensive I would expect the game to be really cheap in steam sales maybe 5 dollars. I mean hell I got a amazon deal for crysis 2 for 10 dollars and the game isn't that old.
 
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I think during the Christmas sales it got down to $2.50.
I got Crysis 2 at a brick and mortar store for $17, was pretty annoyed when two days later Steam had a sale on the maximum edition for $15...
Still some pretty amazing eye-candy though.

Come to think of it I'm surprised Crysis 2 didn't use PhysX. There's Nvidia branding all over when you open the game and with Crysis' reputation Crytek would have done everything possible to melt our graphics cards.
I blame consoles dragging down the PC gaming...

EDIT: Can sympathize Mack, iv got plenty of games as well but I'm too busy wasting my time on these forums. The Witcher 2 is my current project, and from the looks of it, it will take a good while to finish. Then I'v got Mark of the Ninja. My schedule is all booked out :lol:
 
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I feel you there. It's because of Steam man there damn sales. I see so many games that kind of catch my eye. I got the GOTY edition for civ 5 and thought I got the expansion god and kings but nope you don't. And then there is the humble bundle which I have played Metro 2033 but haven't had a chance to play saints row the third or any of the company of heroes games, and then lol there is skyrim id like to play at some point, and then there is heart of the swarm coming out soon as well as crysis 3 coming next month. Too many games my friend oye! And maybe Bioshock which I haven't played any of the games either >< what to play big!!!!!
 
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Bioshock, do it now!
Possibly the best game I have ever played.
Though you can skip 2, its wasn't made by Irrational, but rather in-house by 2K. Its just not as good and the story is meh compared to the original. I'm waiting until Infinite, probably be a release or near release purchase for me.
 
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I thing it's a fight amigo, fight for those corporations that gives no s*** about these fights.
 
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