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mariogolbee 11-10-2011 08:12 PM

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I have it already paid for with trade in credit at Game Stop. I'm leaning toward not picking it up, though, because I won't have time to play it for at least a month. By then I could just buy a used copy. I got the call earlier about arriving at 10PM and leaving with the game at midnight. Very tempting...

Bill86 11-10-2011 09:39 PM

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Lame looks like I'll need a new video card before I can play this :td :td

Ratters 11-10-2011 11:47 PM

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Yep. Hope to upgrade the computer next Christmas. Then I'll buy my copy for 25 bucks with the expansion packs. :D

Kreth 11-11-2011 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Ratters (Post 1470509)
Yep. Hope to upgrade the computer next Christmas. Then I'll buy my copy for 25 bucks with the expansion packs. :D

:tpd: Hard to justify $60 for a game when I can wait a bit and snag the GOTY edition from Amazon for $20 or so.
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Obscura 11-11-2011 12:20 PM

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Going to wait on buying this game, bought Oblivion when it was GOTY with all the expansions. By then all the little bugs were fixed.

Plus, I don't want to spend the thousand or so dollars to upgrade my mid quarter 2010 rig.

Doctorossi 11-11-2011 12:33 PM

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I'm going to wait at least a couple months for bug-fixes, too. Besides, still more to do in Oblivion, in the meantime.

It'll probably be a good year before we see bargain-bin pricing on this one, though.

Bill86 11-11-2011 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Obscura (Post 1470996)
Going to wait on buying this game, bought Oblivion when it was GOTY with all the expansions. By then all the little bugs were fixed.

Plus, I don't want to spend the thousand or so dollars to upgrade my mid quarter 2010 rig.

Shouldn't cost thousands, I upgraded at almost that EXACT same time. I only need a new video card which will be $250-$700 depends on what I go with. I'll probably spend $350-$400 (middle of the range) and that should be good for 2-3 years (not playing everything on MAX).

Apoco 11-11-2011 01:04 PM

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Great game. In 7 hours of playing I've only run into one bug - it crashed on me. I have only done a couple of quests. I've spent most of that time exploring and crawling through dungeons. Gorgeous game and the controls are spot on. :tu

EDIT: I am playing on High on my computer.

SPECS:
GPUs: SLI'd Galaxy GeForce GTS 450 Super OC 1GB GDDR5 PCIe
MoBo: MSI P67A-GD53 B3 Intel P67 LGA1155 Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3Ghz Unlocked LGA1155 CPU
PSU: XION Supernova Lan Party Ed. 1000w Sli/80+ Brz PSU
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB ( 4 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and AMD Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600

I try to upgrade parts every 2 years...I usually do GPU's one year and then everything else the next year.

Obscura 11-11-2011 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill86 (Post 1471050)
Shouldn't cost thousands, I upgraded at almost that EXACT same time. I only need a new video card which will be $250-$700 depends on what I go with. I'll probably spend $350-$400 (middle of the range) and that should be good for 2-3 years (not playing everything on MAX).

My ( Had to go and C/P ) N250GTS TwinFrozr 1G OC GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP are acting up and I installed two of them on my rig, so that's why it might be a bit pricy, but I'm looking at rebuilding/implemented better circulation.

Plus, have to buy three monitors. . .

Stupid latest n' greatest upgrade tech bug

Bill86 11-11-2011 01:16 PM

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That video card will really play it on high?

No $hit I see them for like $95 bucks.

I've got 4 gigs of ram I'm probably going to get 8 gigs but do you get anything out of having 16 gigs of ram?

Obscura 11-11-2011 01:21 PM

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Gotta do more research, wee.

Maybe I'll just do my usual thing and salvage monitors, I don't need new ones anyway. . .

Apoco 11-11-2011 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill86 (Post 1471061)
That video card will really play it on high?

No $hit I see them for like $95 bucks.

I've got 4 gigs of ram I'm probably going to get 8 gigs but do you get anything out of having 16 gigs of ram?

That card SLI'd will run it on high. Two of them in tandem :)

Really - the 16 gigs is over kill on ram. 8 gigs would be more than enough. But I figure if something is worth doing it is worth overdoing.

Bill86 11-11-2011 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Apoco (Post 1471081)
That card SLI'd will run it on high. Two of them in tandem :)

Really - the 16 gigs is over kill on ram. 8 gigs would be more than enough. But I figure if something is worth doing it is worth overdoing.

Thanks Alex. I figured that much :r

Interesting, I was told (by some stupid site I will no longer trust) that I couldn't play it.

I installed it, it told me I could indeed play it on medium quality. Fine by me for now.

WOW are the graphics stunning. I might have problems later in the game, who knows but I'll look into snagging a pair of those video cards or maybe some other one(s) sometime soon.

Thanks though :tu

madwilliamflint 11-13-2011 08:46 AM

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DAMMIT! I did what I always do and outsmarted myself yet again.

I trained up sneak early and gimped myself. I think I can recover if I can figure out how to train up archery and 1h just a little more, to hit a couple of those perks.

quick question though: Any of you guys have trouble with the "Find the redguard woman" quest line? Without spoiling anything: The pickpocketed jail cell key won't open the cell. I'm stumped.

Bill86 11-13-2011 07:36 PM

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Hmmm didn't do that side quest yet. I'm level 9 right now. So far it seems my build is going great.

4WheelVFR 11-13-2011 07:57 PM

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I've been playing it a bit on the PS3 and I will probably not have time for MW3 (which I also have) for a long time. I'm up to a level 15 now and have not even scratched the surface.

madwilliamflint 11-13-2011 09:31 PM

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*twitch*

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...int/skyrim.png

Bill86 11-13-2011 09:32 PM

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:lr

Damn man, that's awesome!

madwilliamflint 11-13-2011 09:36 PM

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I was just noodling around after the first couple main quests (got to High Hrothgar and that's about it.) I did the Companions line up to... a point, then stopped. Then I started "Walkin da erf" (in the immortal words of Jules Winfield) and came across the mage's guild. Their quest line is just awesome. So I sorta got sucked in to that.

I... I don't think I have any depth perception left.

#nerd

Lanks85 11-13-2011 10:30 PM

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must.....get.....Skyrim


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