TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by DJ711 » Wed May 20, 2009 8:22 pm

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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by ZN13 » Wed May 20, 2009 9:09 pm

Make sure you pre-load it, that way you can just fire it up tomorrow and not have to worry about it. :)

Does the update come out on Thursday? Or is it a little later, like Saturday?
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by DJ711 » Wed May 20, 2009 9:17 pm

ZN13 wrote:Make sure you pre-load it, that way you can just fire it up tomorrow and not have to worry about it. :)

Does the update come out on Thursday? Or is it a little later, like Saturday?
Thursday, says it on the Team Fortress 2 store page.
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by Twilight Wolf » Wed May 20, 2009 9:19 pm

I'm going to say this:

I HATE MY LAPTOP AND ITS TERRIBLE INTEL GRAPHICS CARD
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by DJ711 » Wed May 20, 2009 9:26 pm

Twilight Wolf wrote:I'm going to say this:

I HATE MY LAPTOP AND ITS TERRIBLE INTEL GRAPHICS CARD
I get a litlle over minnum settings, did you check on Yougamers.com?
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by Twilight Wolf » Wed May 20, 2009 9:29 pm

Trust me, I've done everything in my power to play "TF2," and even with all the settings on low, 640x480 windowed, I still get about 15 FPS at best - my average is 3-6 or so, even when I'm totally alone in the server. Unplayable.
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by bicostp » Wed May 20, 2009 9:30 pm

Even with DX 8 mode and an FPS config?

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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by Twilight Wolf » Wed May 20, 2009 9:34 pm

DX8 mode doesn't seem to do anything - at all. I don't think my graphics card supports it... With one custom config, I got about 30FPS in a close-to-full 2Fort match - for five minutes. Then my framerate dropped like a rock and it was unplayable again.

Yougamers says my laptop fails, SystemRequirementsLab says so, too, and the fact I can't, you know, play the game at more than 6 FPS kind of seals the deal.
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by ZN13 » Wed May 20, 2009 10:17 pm

That's how my laptop is too. You probably have Intel GMA :D

My suggestion would be to build a cheap gaming rig. If you don't go for top of the line stuff (think nVidia 96 or 9700) you could put one together for about 5 or 6 hundred dollars.
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by Twilight Wolf » Wed May 20, 2009 10:25 pm

You've hit the nail on the head - I'm stuck with Intel GMA.

I'd totally build a gaming rig, but two main factors prevent me from doing so:

1.) I have pretty much no money, and what I do have is going towards a new TV. Buying a TV for $425 is the biggest purchase I'll have ever made.

2.) This laptop is perfectly good for everything but modern gaming, and I can still run stuff like "Half-Life" and "Quake III Arena"... you know, the classics. Emulation is also great, save for Saturn, which requires rediculously high system specs to run full-speed. Not sure about Dreamcast, either. (I have both of those consoles anyways, though, so who cares?)

Next time I get a new computer, though, I'm definitely making sure it's capable of gaming.
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by ZN13 » Wed May 20, 2009 10:27 pm

Or you could add a ~$50 TV card to it :lol:

You know, the whole "two birds, one stone" theory.
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by DJ711 » Wed May 20, 2009 10:29 pm

Same here. I just wish I knew I couldn't upgrade my graphics card before I bought this thing. At least you didn't buy a game at gamestop and figured out it wouldn't work on your computer after you installed it. (Assassin's Creed, 3 year old HP laptop. Enough said)
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by Twilight Wolf » Wed May 20, 2009 10:32 pm

ZN13 wrote:Or you could add a ~$50 TV card to it :lol:

You know, the whole "two birds, one stone" theory.
To the computer? Nah, I don't like that idea. Too much hassle to set up with the way my room's laid out, plus it sounds like I'd have to jump through a bunch of hoops to hook up my consoles to a monitor.
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by ZN13 » Wed May 20, 2009 10:36 pm

Well that all depends on the card, monitor, and consoles. :lol: But you're right, a TV would probably be the easiest.
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Re: TF2 Sniper and Spy updates

Post by DK » Thu May 21, 2009 2:41 am

Update is coming out right in the middle of my exams :(

Won't even be able to play it afterwards for a week either as I'll be oon a fieldtrip, damn you Valve :evil:
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