Hello

T-Bag · July 11, 2011, 12:42:49 AM

That seems to be the thing that puts people off most. A console crashes, you reboot it or take it back to the shops, a PC crashes it's likely to do the same thing again if you don't find the problem. I can't remember the last time I had a problem that wasn't solvable by putting the latest graphics drivers on (or verifying the steam game cash), but it's not as straight forward as a console.

It's going to be a little while till a sensible Xbox or the PS4 come out (they're working on it, but late 2012 looks like the earliest), until then people wanting good graphics will have to put up with these quirks of the PC, even the Wii U (although trouncing the PS3 and 360) will be on a graphics card worse than the one in your PC.

Gunnzie · July 11, 2011, 09:57:19 AM

It's just frustrating. I had hoped it would be easier as I need a reasonably beefy pc for my work anyway. So I thought just bunging in a half decent gfx card would be an ideal solution.

smilodon · July 11, 2011, 10:07:20 AM

As T-Bag says it's a trade off between speed and utility (you can do much more with a PC than play games, try accessing this forum on an Xbox

) against simplicity and games just working on the consoles.

From what you say I think you might have an issue with your PC rather than just be experiencing normal PC - gaming issues. I've not had an issue with a game for ages. But then over the weekend my PC started locking up hard every few hours. It was just after I upgraded to the lastest Nvidia drivers. A quick uninstall and installation of the official Windows drivers via Windows update and all is well.

So Windows game problems do happen but are very rare from my experience. It would be a shame if you missed out on dMw gaming goodness for the sake of a dodgy driver or bit of badly coded software that was messing with your system.

Gunnzie · July 11, 2011, 08:01:28 PM

Well I solved one mystery this evening. I've also started getting my Windows 7 locking up and stopping responding. A few times it will recover with an error stating that the display driver had stopped responding and has recovered. Other times it would just hang and require a hard reset. I've tried everything (without mentioning it on here because I was starting to sound like a broken record lol). Changing display drivers. I even considered reinstalling the OS. That was a last resort so before I did that I tried to really think when it started and what I had done to my PC. It occurred to me that it always happened when I was browsing the internet and then it hit me. I had recently installed Firefox 5 on my PC around the same time it started. Yes, Firefox 5 was causing my display driver to crash. I thought that was ridiculous so I Googled it and lo and behold there are many other people complaining of the same.

Uninstalled Firefox and everything seems fine again. So that's one down..........

I'm determined to get Battlefield 3 on PC just because I think BC2 is better on PC.

Also, sorry for joining Teamspeak tonight when I don't own a headset yet. I was just testing it out.

TheDvEight · July 11, 2011, 08:55:35 PM

glad it was nothing mayjor, jump on ts when ur playing bc2 and u can always listen to the banter

Gunnzie · July 15, 2011, 10:26:04 PM

It's time to pack my bags, wave goodbye and wish you all the best.

Another problem with BC2 and I've decide to concede defeat to PC gaming and give it up. Dealing with technical issues just isn't my thing and there are just too many of them. I've reached a point where I feel embarrassed to keep asking for help all the time and sounding like a broken record on here. I don't want to sound like a moaning old git all the time but I just seem to have had one issue after another. It just wasn't meant to be.

I'll disappear with this final thought. For anyone else interested in PC gaming I'd recommend dMw without question.

Thanks for making me welcome and trying to help my make a go of gaming on PC but it just wasn't to be unfortunately.

:byebye:

sulky_uk · July 15, 2011, 10:40:06 PM

we have all here had a pc issue at one stage or another i had at least 100 posts referance my cyberpower uk purchase that didnt go well, you dont need to leave pal, bear with it and we as a community we help you in any way we can to get it sorted, also look at my arma 2 oa issues thread as well, people are willing to give there time to help, so soldier dont quit on us yet we have the technology...heard that last bit somewhere

sulky_uk · July 16, 2011, 12:08:00 AM

forgot to add, get on teamspeak if you can and the issues will go a lot quicker as people can work with you real time

TeaLeaf · July 16, 2011, 10:47:37 AM

I'd recommend starting from scratch Gunzie. PCs just don't have the issues you are seeing when you install a game without having a pre-existing problem. Perhaps a total wipe, reinstall of the OS & patch it fully, update the drivers fully, then try installing the game.

It's worth the effort as you just can't get the same feeling of community & friendship on a console. Install it on a clean PC and you won't have any problems.

TheDvEight · July 16, 2011, 04:19:17 PM

I Would still try and get in contact with EA Games customer support they are pretty usefull IMO & As Sulky says we are here to help

Gunzie Make a post on here and tell us what problems your having, we will try and solve them for you.

Tutonic · July 19, 2011, 01:55:56 PM

There's no need to throw in the towel just yet mate.

Post up the exact problems you've been getting in the 'Technology Section' and we'll try and get it sorted for you.

Gunnzie · July 21, 2013, 08:45:21 PM

I thought it would be quite rude to start posting on here again after so long without a quick hello again.

After finally accepting that my finances are unlikely to allow me to get a next gen console and being fed up of below HD graphics, I have ordered a new gfx card (funded by selling current gen consoles) and getting back into PC stuff. I got a bit fed up of the constant tinkering with settings etc last time but my philosophy this time is if a game doesn't work nicely on my machine then move onto a game that does. No messing, no stressing.

So hello again.

BrotherTobious · July 21, 2013, 09:01:11 PM

Welcome back mate, I am in the process of ditching my current consoles and I wont be going next gen as they are both a joke IMHO

So hope to see you on the servers.

Blunt · July 21, 2013, 09:43:49 PM

Welcome back Gunnzie.
Try CS:GO for trouble free gaming:D

Tutonic · July 22, 2013, 02:36:31 PM

Welcome back Gunnzie

Give us a shout if you run into any problems, and we'll get you sorted.