Team Fortress 2

[Conor]

Okay, I know this isn't the correct topic but not being able to play TF2 on a PC for over a year is starting to grind my gears. Basically, I need someone with computing expertise to help me with a decision. I am now seriously looking into buying a new PC or possibly building my own one. The amount of games I want to play that I can't is overwhelming.

TF2
Tropico 3
Anno 1404
L4D1+2
Age of Empires 3
and more...

Only comment if you seriously know what I'm talking about and can actually help me, please.

imo, as I think we've previously said, a dedicated (one you buy yourself) graphics card is probably the way to go, whether you do or don't buy a new computer. I'm not sure the minimum power you'll need, as TF2 isn't THAT graphics intensive (you can tone down everything, set the resolution to awful, etc.) but the better the card you get, the better results, obviously. I'd probably suggest reading online reviews, or if you're just too lazy to do that (like me) just go with one that seems good compared to the other ones at the store. if you're low on cash, a sale is probably good. if there's a Fry's near you (don't know if that's just a local store for me) check the ad's for there, there's always at least one fair deal on computer things. headsets, graphics cards, hard drives... something's fairly cheap.

a new computer's pretty drastic, and when I got mine (one i'm on now) tf2 didn't play very well, really choppy, lag-tastic. bought a graphics card, works awesome at 1680x1050.

if I remember, your pc is a year and a half old? maybe two and a half? (sorry if I overestimated) if so, you probably don't need one... imo at least. mine's a year and a half and is fine to/for me.

a friend of mine (no graphics card) saw tropico/wanted to play it, but turned it down due to no graphics card. he plays tf2 well enough, I think he has integrated graphics one way or another, though he can't handle the new steam very well. his comp is at least a year older than mine. needs to buy an upgrade, not a full comp, imo. but oh well. hope I helped, good luck.



Also, FABIO. put me down as demomemoman/pyro for now. I'm enjoying him more than previously, and the hustler's hallmark is just too good to pass up. I'll probably go for more pyro again when I get a hat, due to learning that the backburner means I can actually kill things most of the time. AMAZIN. (bad team playing, but eh, i switch loadouts in-game)

http://www.tf2items.com/id/razputin005 <- for the front page

so when are we all gonna teamstack on a random server/make a steam group/lolwut?

Well I currently have 2 PC's in my house, my laptop and a desktop, the desktop has a built in graphics controller which I cannot take out and that means I am unable to put in a new card.

And my laptop hasn't got a good enough CPU speed as you could imagine I'm un able to change this.

So thats why i came to the conclusion I should either put together my own PC or buy a new one.

 

[Fabioisonfire]

Am I lame for playing it on the Xbox?

I enjoy playing Scout, Demoman, and Spy. Also, sometimes Engineer and Medic.

I used to play on the XBox, and I loved it. Then I realized what it was like on the PC.

 

[Fabioisonfire]

I am a *censored.3.0*ing IDIOT for crafting Bonk! Atomic Punch. I've been jonesing to use it, but it won't drop for the life of me.

 

[Pear]

Okay, I know this isn't the correct topic but not being able to play TF2 on a PC for over a year is starting to grind my gears. Basically, I need someone with computing expertise to help me with a decision. I am now seriously looking into buying a new PC or possibly building my own one. The amount of games I want to play that I can't is overwhelming.

TF2
Tropico 3
Anno 1404
L4D1+2
Age of Empires 3
and more...

Only comment if you seriously know what I'm talking about and can actually help me, please.

imo, as I think we've previously said, a dedicated (one you buy yourself) graphics card is probably the way to go, whether you do or don't buy a new computer. I'm not sure the minimum power you'll need, as TF2 isn't THAT graphics intensive (you can tone down everything, set the resolution to awful, etc.) but the better the card you get, the better results, obviously. I'd probably suggest reading online reviews, or if you're just too lazy to do that (like me) just go with one that seems good compared to the other ones at the store. if you're low on cash, a sale is probably good. if there's a Fry's near you (don't know if that's just a local store for me) check the ad's for there, there's always at least one fair deal on computer things. headsets, graphics cards, hard drives... something's fairly cheap.

a new computer's pretty drastic, and when I got mine (one i'm on now) tf2 didn't play very well, really choppy, lag-tastic. bought a graphics card, works awesome at 1680x1050.

if I remember, your pc is a year and a half old? maybe two and a half? (sorry if I overestimated) if so, you probably don't need one... imo at least. mine's a year and a half and is fine to/for me.

a friend of mine (no graphics card) saw tropico/wanted to play it, but turned it down due to no graphics card. he plays tf2 well enough, I think he has integrated graphics one way or another, though he can't handle the new steam very well. his comp is at least a year older than mine. needs to buy an upgrade, not a full comp, imo. but oh well. hope I helped, good luck.



Also, FABIO. put me down as demomemoman/pyro for now. I'm enjoying him more than previously, and the hustler's hallmark is just too good to pass up. I'll probably go for more pyro again when I get a hat, due to learning that the backburner means I can actually kill things most of the time. AMAZIN. (bad team playing, but eh, i switch loadouts in-game)

http://www.tf2items.com/id/razputin005 <- for the front page

so when are we all gonna teamstack on a random server/make a steam group/lolwut?

Well I currently have 2 PC's in my house, my laptop and a desktop, the desktop has a built in graphics controller which I cannot take out and that means I am unable to put in a new card.

And my laptop hasn't got a good enough CPU speed as you could imagine I'm un able to change this.

So thats why i came to the conclusion I should either put together my own PC or buy a new one.

Even if you have an integrated graphics card, you still probably have some PCI express slots built into your motherboard.

 

[Conor]

Okay, I know this isn't the correct topic but not being able to play TF2 on a PC for over a year is starting to grind my gears. Basically, I need someone with computing expertise to help me with a decision. I am now seriously looking into buying a new PC or possibly building my own one. The amount of games I want to play that I can't is overwhelming.

TF2
Tropico 3
Anno 1404
L4D1+2
Age of Empires 3
and more...

Only comment if you seriously know what I'm talking about and can actually help me, please.

imo, as I think we've previously said, a dedicated (one you buy yourself) graphics card is probably the way to go, whether you do or don't buy a new computer. I'm not sure the minimum power you'll need, as TF2 isn't THAT graphics intensive (you can tone down everything, set the resolution to awful, etc.) but the better the card you get, the better results, obviously. I'd probably suggest reading online reviews, or if you're just too lazy to do that (like me) just go with one that seems good compared to the other ones at the store. if you're low on cash, a sale is probably good. if there's a Fry's near you (don't know if that's just a local store for me) check the ad's for there, there's always at least one fair deal on computer things. headsets, graphics cards, hard drives... something's fairly cheap.

a new computer's pretty drastic, and when I got mine (one i'm on now) tf2 didn't play very well, really choppy, lag-tastic. bought a graphics card, works awesome at 1680x1050.

if I remember, your pc is a year and a half old? maybe two and a half? (sorry if I overestimated) if so, you probably don't need one... imo at least. mine's a year and a half and is fine to/for me.

a friend of mine (no graphics card) saw tropico/wanted to play it, but turned it down due to no graphics card. he plays tf2 well enough, I think he has integrated graphics one way or another, though he can't handle the new steam very well. his comp is at least a year older than mine. needs to buy an upgrade, not a full comp, imo. but oh well. hope I helped, good luck.



Also, FABIO. put me down as demomemoman/pyro for now. I'm enjoying him more than previously, and the hustler's hallmark is just too good to pass up. I'll probably go for more pyro again when I get a hat, due to learning that the backburner means I can actually kill things most of the time. AMAZIN. (bad team playing, but eh, i switch loadouts in-game)

http://www.tf2items.com/id/razputin005 <- for the front page

so when are we all gonna teamstack on a random server/make a steam group/lolwut?

Well I currently have 2 PC's in my house, my laptop and a desktop, the desktop has a built in graphics controller which I cannot take out and that means I am unable to put in a new card.

And my laptop hasn't got a good enough CPU speed as you could imagine I'm un able to change this.

So thats why i came to the conclusion I should either put together my own PC or buy a new one.

Even if you have an integrated graphics card, you still probably have some PCI express slots built into your motherboard.

Haha, you would think that wouldn't you?
Sadly no, I was so disappointed that day :d

 

[Psychonaut]

the graphics card would go in a pci-express slot, which is more or less similar to the old cartridge days of gaming.

you just wouldn't use the graphics built into the motherboard

edit: lolwut

 

[Garrett x50 cal]

Am I lame for playing it on the Xbox?

I enjoy playing Scout, Demoman, and Spy. Also, sometimes Engineer and Medic.

No, it just doesn't have nearly as much cool stuff.

 

[Conor]

the graphics card would go in a pci-express slot, which is more or less similar to the old cartridge days of gaming.

you just wouldn't use the graphics built into the motherboard

I used to have a decent computer that my dad built at the beginning of last year, thats when I bought tf2, my motherboard on that pc died before I had a chance of playing it. sometime in July last year my dad bought an office pc which I tried tf2 on, didn't work. no pci-express slot on it .

 

[Psychonaut]

the graphics card would go in a pci-express slot, which is more or less similar to the old cartridge days of gaming.

you just wouldn't use the graphics built into the motherboard

I used to have a decent computer that my dad built at the beginning of last year, thats when I bought tf2, my motherboard on that pc died before I had a chance of playing it. sometime in July last year my dad bought an office pc which I tried tf2 on, didn't work. no pci-express slot on it .

I've been considering getting a new motherboard/processor for my current cpu, but I haven't since my computer works perfectly fine right now, and I have no real need for a more powerful setup.

you could look into it, I have no clue if you'll have to reinstall windows or if there'll be problems after you hook everything up, so look into that if you go that way. you could save a lot of money if you just do that, and want a good processor... but you could be able to find a full pc for the same price/less than that, and just buy a cheap graphics card if you need more power.

edit:

OM*G ENGIE UPDATE WUT

http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/

 

[Conor]

the graphics card would go in a pci-express slot, which is more or less similar to the old cartridge days of gaming.

you just wouldn't use the graphics built into the motherboard

I used to have a decent computer that my dad built at the beginning of last year, thats when I bought tf2, my motherboard on that pc died before I had a chance of playing it. sometime in July last year my dad bought an office pc which I tried tf2 on, didn't work. no pci-express slot on it .

I've been considering getting a new motherboard/processor for my current cpu, but I haven't since my computer works perfectly fine right now, and I have no real need for a more powerful setup.

you could look into it, I have no clue if you'll have to reinstall windows or if there'll be problems after you hook everything up, so look into that if you go that way. you could save a lot of money if you just do that, and want a good processor... but you could be able to find a full pc for the same price/less than that, and just buy a cheap graphics card if you need more power.

that's what I was thinking of, buying a new PC will be cheaper than putting my own together anyway so I'll probably do that.

 

[beehdaubs]

ENGIE UPDATE JUST ANNOUNCED

http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/

 

[Psychonaut]

ENGIE UPDATE JUST ANNOUNCED

http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/

OH GOD THE LAG WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN FFFFFFFFFFFFF

 

[AndyB]

Godammit clogged as *censored.2.0*! I'll check back in a while

 

[Dimitri Petrenko]

OH MY GOD YAY!

 

[Psychonaut]

so how i does fabricate weapons? D:

 

[Fabioisonfire]

WHAT THE FUCCXZCDSCDD

 

[-Aaron]

Can someone explain to me how to get this...Golden Wrench.
Do I just craft and then instead of, lets say, a Texas Ten Gallon, I'll randomly get a Golden Wrench?

 

[//RUN.exe]

Can someone explain to me how to get this...Golden Wrench.
Do I just craft and then instead of, lets say, a Texas Ten Gallon, I'll randomly get a Golden Wrench?

craft anything at all and you have a chance of getting a golden wrench.

also, 100 wrenches. called it.

 

[Sporge27]

GAH I NEED A GOLD WRENCH

 

[AndyB]

Ffff*censored.3.0*! I wont be able to play at all this next week. Goddammit. I'm going to miss out on everything.

Unless someone wanted to get on my account that is.