When was the last time that anyone had a game that worked straight out of
the box, i.e. didn't require any downloads or fiddling with graphic or sound
options? Theoretically, if we all have the latest drivers for DX, then we
shouldn't have to change anything. Those with ludicrously high performance
PCs need not reply.
Chris
I do believe that if folks kept their system up to speed and kept a good
watch on it and did the basic things (defrag, run End It All, stay away from
anything related to Norton's or any other Virus program), then they'd have
no problem.
To tell you the truth, I can't remember the last time a game didn't work out
of the box. I might have to go back to Diablo II, which had a copy
protection problem which prevented the game from knowing that the CD was in
the drive, fixed finally by updating my sound-card drivers.
Not to say some games aren't crappy, system hogs that need some PC tinkering
to get them to work as you'd like them (FPS, mainly). But overall I've had
little if any problem. I consider Virus Programs to be one of the biggest
culprits in screwing up a game, right from the start. Why anyone in their
right mind would have a Virus Program running constantly in the background
has always escaped me. Why not turn the blasted thing off and when you want
to check a file before it comes in, turn it on. (Virus alerts are 90% bogus
and software virus companies just want to scare the public so that the
public spends more money on virus-prevention software.)
So keep your PC tuned, as you would your car or your body or mind, stop
running Virus Programs in the background (and everything else, too), and
your problems will go away.
Oh well...
Alanb
FWIW, I never run virus programs.. because I know who emails me, and I know
not to open attachments. I go to Windows Update occasionally, just to keep
things up to date, same with Vid card drivers. and I have nothing running in
my task bar... whenever a program puts something in my task bar (Winamp
Agent, ICQ whatever, etc..) I get rid of it.
Actually.. I had a problem with Max Payne crashing at a certain level midway
through the game. So I checked out the ATI site, and noticed there were new
drivers posted.. problem solved. That was the last time I've had problems.
Mike
http://mikebeauchamp.com
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
most games require this..as the settings are usually default for the lowest
common machine...16bit 640x480 or 800x600 - even those games that
have automatic settings based on your hardware need playing with sometimes
- in my case, every time
oh yeah, because all PC's have exactly the same hardware in them
and all games are programmed by the same small group of guys
in Japan somewhere
Those with ludicrously high performance
athlon 1.2ghz
512mb
leadtek gf3 ti200
crappy enough ?
Don Burnette
> I do believe that if folks kept their system up to speed and kept a good
> watch on it and did the basic things (defrag, run End It All, stay away
from
> anything related to Norton's or any other Virus program), then they'd have
> no problem.
> To tell you the truth, I can't remember the last time a game didn't work
out
> of the box. I might have to go back to Diablo II, which had a copy
> protection problem which prevented the game from knowing that the CD was
in
> the drive, fixed finally by updating my sound-card drivers.
> Not to say some games aren't crappy, system hogs that need some PC
tinkering
> to get them to work as you'd like them (FPS, mainly). But overall I've
had
> little if any problem. I consider Virus Programs to be one of the biggest
> culprits in screwing up a game, right from the start. Why anyone in their
> right mind would have a Virus Program running constantly in the background
> has always escaped me. Why not turn the blasted thing off and when you
want
> to check a file before it comes in, turn it on. (Virus alerts are 90%
bogus
> and software virus companies just want to scare the public so that the
> public spends more money on virus-prevention software.)
> So keep your PC tuned, as you would your car or your body or mind, stop
> running Virus Programs in the background (and everything else, too), and
> your problems will go away.
> Oh well...
> Alanb
> > OK. Interesting question time.
> > When was the last time that anyone had a game that worked straight out
of
> > the box, i.e. didn't require any downloads or fiddling with graphic or
> sound
> > options? Theoretically, if we all have the latest drivers for DX, then
we
> > shouldn't have to change anything. Those with ludicrously high
> performance
> > PCs need not reply.
> > Chris
Alanb
> Don Burnette
> > I hate to say this, but nearly every game I get I can play straight out
of
> > the box. F12002, N2002, Never Winter Nights, etc.
> > I do believe that if folks kept their system up to speed and kept a good
> > watch on it and did the basic things (defrag, run End It All, stay away
> from
> > anything related to Norton's or any other Virus program), then they'd
have
> > no problem.
> > To tell you the truth, I can't remember the last time a game didn't work
> out
> > of the box. I might have to go back to Diablo II, which had a copy
> > protection problem which prevented the game from knowing that the CD was
> in
> > the drive, fixed finally by updating my sound-card drivers.
> > Not to say some games aren't crappy, system hogs that need some PC
> tinkering
> > to get them to work as you'd like them (FPS, mainly). But overall I've
> had
> > little if any problem. I consider Virus Programs to be one of the
biggest
> > culprits in screwing up a game, right from the start. Why anyone in
their
> > right mind would have a Virus Program running constantly in the
background
> > has always escaped me. Why not turn the blasted thing off and when you
> want
> > to check a file before it comes in, turn it on. (Virus alerts are 90%
> bogus
> > and software virus companies just want to scare the public so that the
> > public spends more money on virus-prevention software.)
> > So keep your PC tuned, as you would your car or your body or mind, stop
> > running Virus Programs in the background (and everything else, too), and
> > your problems will go away.
> > Oh well...
> > Alanb
> > > OK. Interesting question time.
> > > When was the last time that anyone had a game that worked straight out
> of
> > > the box, i.e. didn't require any downloads or fiddling with graphic or
> > sound
> > > options? Theoretically, if we all have the latest drivers for DX,
then
> we
> > > shouldn't have to change anything. Those with ludicrously high
> > performance
> > > PCs need not reply.
> > > Chris
All my Xbox games worked straight out of the box. ;o)
I definitely do not have a ludicrously high performance PC.
Achim
Turning the question around makes it easier to answer. In my *** "memory"
those which didn't work "out of the box" were GP3, because of it's poor V2
support and F1 2001, because it didn't support the V3 card I was using at
the time (which wasn't mentioned on the packaging).
Jan./ still bitter.
=---
Gerry
> OK. Interesting question time.
> When was the last time that anyone had a game that worked straight out of
> the box, i.e. didn't require any downloads or fiddling with graphic or sound
> options? Theoretically, if we all have the latest drivers for DX, then we
> shouldn't have to change anything. Those with ludicrously high performance
> PCs need not reply.
> Chris
>When was the last time that anyone had a game that worked straight out of
>the box, i.e. didn't require any downloads or fiddling with graphic or sound
>options? Theoretically, if we all have the latest drivers for DX, then we
>shouldn't have to change anything. Those with ludicrously high performance
>PCs need not reply.
The only "modern" game I ever had that wouldn't run at all without a
patch was Flight Unlimited III. It had a problem with NVidia cards and
needed to be patched before it would run.
The three I've cited are all flight sims... how about that.
Maybe if you ask this question in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim
you'll get a better discussion.
I consider Virus Programs to be one of the biggest
>When was the last time that anyone had a game that worked straight out of
>the box, i.e. didn't require any downloads or fiddling with graphic or sound
>options? Theoretically, if we all have the latest drivers for DX, then we
>shouldn't have to change anything. Those with ludicrously high performance
>PCs need not reply.
Eldred
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