I used a keyboard and mouse!

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duce3

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Well I installed the crysis demo on my XP install because it was running like crap on my Vista 64 bit. I have been trying to play with the 360 controller since I am a console convert and said to hell with it I will try the mouse and keyboard. Although I have a lot of practice to do with it, it felt amazing! I could finally steady my aim and do a head shot in one quick motion. I think once I get some money I will be getting crysis! And now it is time to finally try out fear with a keyboard and mouse, damn you guys! :D
 
What are you doing with a SLI 8800 if you havent never gamed with a "mouse and keyboard"?
 
Thanks for returning from the Dark Side.
Funny side note, my 360 controller isn't plugged in but Crysis detects it because my Guitar Hero 3 guitar is.
 
/337 said:
What are you doing with a SLI 8800 if you havent never gamed with a "mouse and keyboard"?
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Well I got bored with consoles and just felt like there was more out there. So first I started looking into using a controller on the PC and saw the MS was going to release the adapter to play with the wireless one on the PC. Second I am into sims that you can't really use the keyboard and mouse for Flight and Racing so I have been playing those. I bought oblivion and did a little with the mouse and keyboard but it didn't feel right. I tried with F.E.A.R. but I ended up mapping it to my controller (I still haven't finished). But what held it up so long was the performance of my comp. I have changed everything in it since the og build except for the 5200+ and just got the second 8800 a week or two ago.
 
Sobek said:
Thanks for returning from the Dark Side.
Funny side note, my 360 controller isn't plugged in but Crysis detects it because my Guitar Hero 3 guitar is.
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That is funny! I don't know what it is but it just felt weird with the controller and so did COD4 demo. Too damn bad I am broke and can't get any of the newer games. I am playing bioshock on my PC but it feels right with the controller so I doubt I will try with KB&M
 
duce3 said:
That is funny! I don't know what it is but it just felt weird with the controller and so did COD4 demo. Too damn bad I am broke and can't get any of the newer games. I am playing bioshock on my PC but it feels right with the controller so I doubt I will try with KB&M
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Bioshock mouse control is broken right now, don't bother until they patch it. Since you are new to mouse control, I suggest you go into Control Panel, Mouse Properties, and uncheck "Enhance Pointer Precision" IMMEDIATELY. Just fancy words for mouse acceleration, you will be handicapped until you start playing without it.

Now you need to make a Steam account and get Counter-Strike:Source, welcome to pc gaming.
 
Mouse accl is evil, alway aim more or less but never exact with it.
 
shiznit said:
Bioshock mouse control is broken right now, don't bother until they patch it. Since you are new to mouse control, I suggest you go into Control Panel, Mouse Properties, and uncheck "Enhance Pointer Precision" IMMEDIATELY. Just fancy words for mouse acceleration, you will be handicapped until you start playing without it.

Now you need to make a Steam account and get Counter-Strike:Source, welcome to pc gaming.
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Thanks for the welcome! I guess it is official. I want to get Crysis but my wife has put me on a no spending punishment! So I need to sell some old PC games that perform horrible on my rig to raise money for the game. LoL!

Do you think CS Source will run smooth on a dual core?
 
Without a doubt.. I run 4af/4aa on a single core barton clocked at 2.4.. 2 gigs of ram.. 1440x900.. smooth as butter. With your rig, I wouldn't worry about anything but getting spanked, being new.
 
halc998 said:
Without a doubt.. I run 4af/4aa on a single core barton clocked at 2.4.. 2 gigs of ram.. 1440x900.. smooth as butter. With your rig, I wouldn't worry about anything but getting spanked, being new.
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Well no I'm not asking if I could push it but if it plays smooth. I have a few older games that have just giving me the hugest trouble with skipping through out the game constantly. Like in oblivion it just skips even though I am getting 60fps with v-sync. So know I just want to get rid of the games because I see the newer ones don't have that problem for me. So does anybody know if CS-Source has that issue, at least with amd dual cores
 
cs:source runs like silk on my pc. steam has updated their engine to optimize dual cores, so dont worry about it:p
 
console gaming blows so bad... fighting games/ff7/sports about the extent of any console use..... mouse +keyboard > ALL..... controller gaming is just bad.... i really dont understand how people like to play halo with such bad control...
 
I got flamed in another thread for spouting off about keyboard and mouse > controller.

Nice to see a convert.
 
CS:S will run great, just make sure you run vsync off. The tearing might be annoying on LCD and will be kinda weird coming from console where most games are vsynced and capped at 30fps, but you will avoid the 30-60fps rollercoster and have smoother mouse response, and make sure you disable mouse acceleration like I mentioned before. When you first start with CS:S you will do a lot of observing because you will be dead, but stick with it and in less than a week you will get the hang of it provided you can unlearn the console way of playing shooters (no recoil, aim by strafe, magic crosshair, etc). You will find it a very rewarding experience I think, just watch how the high scoring players do it and learn from them.
 
Nice, you'll enjoy greater freedom of movement with a decent control system using keyboard and mouse, better yet you get significantly more accurate over time so eventually you will be headshotting like pro's and wondering why you ever used a console controller.
 
Sweet! You guys have got me excited to try and get owned online. I picked up crysis yesterday and will try and get CS:S after christmas. I really liked World in Conflict demo. Does anybodies fingers start to hurt from mashing down the Keyboard buttons to hard (like pressing them down all the way for so long), or does it get easier over time?

Don't get me wrong, I don't know if I can play PES 2008 with keyboard and mouse. Sports games just may be made for controllers but everything else seems to be Keyboard and mouse FTW! ;p
 
LanPirate1 said:
Source would run mint on a celeron with a 7600GT, its almost 4 years old. Try running Bioshock or UT3 at 1920x1200 if you want to see what hardware pain is like.
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Ahh, good old Lanpirate...always picking the games any PC built since 1996 can play...(just kidding)

UT is tough on a system, but not ridiculously so...Crysis, now that's a game that'll bring ANY pc out there right now to it's knees. Not even FEAR comes close!
 
VolvoR said:
Ahh, good old Lanpirate...always picking the games any PC built since 1996 can play...(just kidding)
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VolvoR, the only thing you are gonna be FEAR'ing is me at our next LAN.(just kidding, lol).

Seriously, COD4 is tough on the old system here as is Crysis for sure. I thought about using the Microsoft Xbox controller for Bioshock, but then I gave my head a shake. It was in the menu and the buttons could be mapped out nicely for anyone who cares.
 
LanPirate1 said:
VolvoR, the only thing you are gonna be FEAR'ing is me at our next LAN.(just kidding, lol).

Seriously, COD4 is tough on the old system here as is Crysis for sure. I thought about using the Microsoft Xbox controller for Bioshock, but then I gave my head a shake. It was in the menu and the buttons could be mapped out nicely for anyone who cares.
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Well I ran COD4 Demo pretty much stuck at 60fps in xp pro with my setup but crysis I run at 1920 x 1080 with no AA, High Shadders, High Textures, High objects, and High water and I get from 27 - 44 fps. Which seems to be very playable so far. (Just started) also bioshock never drops more than 4 fps from 60 ever.

I always use V-Snyc :p
 
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