Recent content by Steve2000

But, what people are saying is that those 300M series and earlier cards can run 11, but were designed pre-DirectX 11, so they aren't true "DirectX 11 cards". I agree that it is lame, but there it is.

Oh, I am on board with you 100% and would have already bought a new card months ago, if it wasn't for the fact that I have a laptop. I will definitely be going back to purchasing a desktop PC for my next computer, but realistically I need to ride things out another year or two before I can drop...

The game definitely works if you roll back the version to the legacy version on Steam. Open the Properties for Beyond Earth Click on the Betas tab type in: legacyplease into the code section Select the legacy mode from the drop down menu right above where you typed in the code This will...

Any word on when a new patch will come out? Being stuck running the legacy version of the game kind of stinks. I would love to patch to the newer version for the gameplay improvments. EDIT: So it looks like this was an intentional thing and not a coincidence. Guess I will be looking to upgrade...

Relevant Oatmeal Comic But to be more helpful, if you have Windows 7 or 8 you could try this: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02691615&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=3374277

Non-intrusive DRM is fine with me. My only issue with DRM is the software that limits the number of installs, but has no clear/easy way of determining what I have already installed it on. For example for years iTunes has let you authorize your entire music library of purchased music on up to 5...

Great overview - thanks a lot. One minor thing that threw me: Shouldn't it be "in addition to the current Maritime, Militaristic, and Cultural"?

I am 32 and like Civ 5 so far. However, my comment is that I think that the only thing this poll is going to show is: like Civ 5 or don't like Civ 5, most Civ 5 players who have accounts on CivFanatics are between 18-30. I agree that if we could really poll a true random sample of Civ...

Oh good, I am happy to be wrong then. It seemed a bit excessive, but I have seen other 10+ pound laptops. 7.3lbs is probably manageable as long as you aren't carrying it to work/school every day.

Here is another vote for a Core i3, i5, or i7. The performance jump combined with the lower power use (especially important for a laptop) just blows the Core2Duos out of the water. I guess it probably isn't that noticeable with a Core i3, but the i5 I have smokes a similarly equipped computer...

That is exactly my argument for the ASUS computer I recommended (and own). I don't see the point of buying a laptop that weighs 11.9 pounds like the Republic of Gamers one. You can't really comfortably carry that around on your shoulder, thus negating the main benefit of a laptop. And, IMO if...

I have this ASUS laptop. It has the new Nvidia "optimus" switching graphics. So it can actually switch on the fly between the integrated graphics and a Nvidia GT325M gpu. You don't have to reboot it, or tell it when to switch, it pretty much automatically switches to the higher graphics card...

This sort of thing is definitely a game-by-game issue. But for Dawn of Discovery here you go: That is from this review I found when I googled your issue. Sounds like you are running the game's default shortcut to run the game. Just edit the shortcut, or make a new one that points to...

If you go to your CivilizationIV config file you can hide this warning. If you don't know, this can be found in your "Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization IV\" folder. Find the line that says: And, change the 0 to a 1, save the file and close it, and you will not get that warning...

Just like with desktops, they key to Civ IV is RAM and your graphics card. Look for a laptop with a discrete graphics card, and the more RAM the better. Asus makes some nice budget gaming laptops that you can find on sites like Newegg.com