Hi!

[MrLaister]

Hi everyone,

Thanks to Galatoni's introduction at the meet up in March (the place, not the month.. I think it was in April).. I signed up to the forum and have been mostly in the Telegram chat so far. I thought it's about time I get on to actually post in the forums!

So, my PC is is now 10 years old and no longer switches on. No idea about why, but even if i got it working, the 8800 GTX likely wouldn't cut it these days and i'm pretty sure it's dead. I'm looking at a shiny new PC based on a Ryzen 1700 after spec'ing one for a friend and it running very nicely. I'm undecided on a gfx card at the moment; I got 6 decent years out of the 8800 GTX before it was noticeably starting to show the strain, I'd like to put in a decent card again and pay for it now so it's good for another long while. I'm looking at if the AMD Vega series has any guts to it, if not I'll be back with another nVidia. I might stick with the 22" 1080p monitor I've had since 2007 as well and instead get a Vive after testing out Galatoni's - that thing was freaking awesome. In case you're interested, the PC will also be spec'd for other sciency stuff (first project is making a beer alcohol level detecting belt for my homebrewing) as well as driving a 3d printer. Orders welcome once it's arrived! All I'm waiting on is a pile of cash now.

Until that magical happy day, I'm making do with a surface book. The SB does a fairly decent job at running the games I have now at OKish rates. It's definitely not a gaming beast, but the GeForce 960/970ish m chipset actually out-performs my now probably dead 8800 GTX by a clear margin. It runs Elite and HellDivers at 30fps consistently.

As for games, it feels like I've come out of a long long gaming hibernation. I'm currently alternating between Helldivers and Elite Dangerous. Helldivers is a fun game for 30 mins to an hour at a time. It seems to be dropping in popularity at the moment though. Elite is fun but needs much more of my time, so I find myself not bothering as often. I have no idea about what other games I should pick up to play and I'm open to suggestions. There's an XCOM save I really should get round to finishing..

Hope I'll see you around the forums!

MrLaister (Andy)

[Penfold]

Hey hey.

We met at the LAN. BIG welcome

[Sparko]

Welcome to the community MrLaister, I'm sure there are plenty of games we play where you are able to join us

[BrotherTobious]

Welcome mate hope to see you on the servers with your new rig soon!!!!

[Jewelz^]

Welcome dude! Took yer time signing up!

[Galatoni]

Finally posted. Welcome aboard. May God have mercy on your soul.

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[OldBloke]

Welcome :byebye:

[Whitey]

Welcome to the forum.

[DuVeL]

Hi there and welcome!
Some of us play Ark, a sort off open world with dino's you can tame or shoot/eat what ever you prefer.

GL with the homebrew! :cheers:

[TwoBad]

Welcome MrLaister, good to see you

[smilodon]

Welcome to the forums

[Milli]

Welcome bud

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[Blunt]

Welcome

[Seany]

Welcome MrLaister!