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by Xentek
Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:11 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: best video card for SLI... building a new super comp
Replies: 37
Views: 45830

If 500-700 for the whole system (incl. PSU/case/drives/OS etc) it's going to be very tight and you'd probably be better off buying something used if you want max performance per dollar, or just save up a bit more. Crysis can't even be called demanding at all with current hardware. Even games like Ba...
by Xentek
Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:38 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: best video card for SLI... building a new super comp
Replies: 37
Views: 45830

It really depends on your budget and how much performance you really need/want. For media like music and HD movies you don't really need that much power. For motherboards just go over the features (and if it's ASUS or Intel you can't really lose anyway) and see what suits your needs (like how I went...
by Xentek
Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: best video card for SLI... building a new super comp
Replies: 37
Views: 45830

Nvidia GTX 660ti for an SLI setup. Or skip the middleman for a GTX 680 (ASUS DirectCU II) which is overkill for most games anyway and saves a few bucks. Less noise, less heat, less power consumption. But if you're hellbent on SLI, I'd go for the 660's for that extra bit of performance.
by Xentek
Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:46 pm
Forum: Mac
Topic: MAC PLAYERS TELL ME HOW I CAN PLAY!
Replies: 1
Views: 15179

Whilst I wish you all the best in getting help with the issue, it seems unlikely as there haven't really been Mac players on these boards for years. Not aimed to discourage you, but it seemed better to offer a fast reply than to possibly leave you waiting for nothing. I think your best bet would be ...
by Xentek
Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:24 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Giants 2 anyone?
Replies: 222
Views: 1514794

"Hey guys, let's make Giants 2" - several months of almost nothing happening - "Hey guys, I stopped work to play WoW" Anyone who comes here with some wild idea for a project has no idea what they're getting into, and is usually just seeking for attention. Let's not walk down that...
by Xentek
Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:00 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Where can I download single-player maps?
Replies: 3
Views: 6309

but I don't know where there's a step by step guide or any kind of tutorial for those who don't know how to use the editor. Here's a decent guide to using GiantsEdit: http://www.giantswd.org/?file=27 Also look around on the forums, there are threads on how to add those big birds, sonak patrols, cus...
by Xentek
Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:02 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: MMO's
Replies: 6
Views: 17212

I mainly play Battlefield 3, alternating with Shogun 2, Dungeon Defenders and Rusty Hearts with a friend of mine. Though there are a ton of other games I play, just on a very irregular basis (including Tribes Ascend).
by Xentek
Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Hello, new here.
Replies: 2
Views: 4553

Hello, welcome to GiantsWD and I'll gladly answer your questions: People still play the game, though this mostly consists of newer players who don't tend to play at regular times. Next to that Giants is also prone to have many ups and downs in player activity. In some months you start to wonder if a...
by Xentek
Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:01 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: Kabuto First Person?
Replies: 4
Views: 10283

Basically, the manual is wrong and you can't do that as far as I know.
by Xentek
Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:49 pm
Forum: Technical Issues
Topic: (re)install problem
Replies: 2
Views: 6814

If you manually (and completely) cleaned out your directory regarding Giants then I wouldn't know. I suppose you already tried different install locations/different partitions? It sounds strange to me that your entire PC would restart though, are you sure there's not some interfering application? Al...
by Xentek
Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:46 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: Kabuto First Person?
Replies: 4
Views: 10283

I didn't realize anyone wanted played this game in first person...
by Xentek
Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:24 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Help about patches!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 10276

Depends on which one you installed. If you installed the Mecc GeForce 3 patch I believe you have to reinstall the entire game. At least that's what it sounds like when you say 'the characters have changed a little'. Otherwise, can you be more specific?
by Xentek
Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:22 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New guy... don't know how to start playing multiplayer mode
Replies: 1
Views: 4273

All you need to do is install the 1.497 patch, start the game and hit 'Join Multiplayer Game' followed by 'Search Internet and Lan for Games'. Usually at least two different servers will come up which you can join by clicking on them. Alternatively, after installing the 1.497 patch you can run this ...
by Xentek
Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:43 pm
Forum: GiantsWD Dedicated
Topic: maps
Replies: 2
Views: 6689

Your internet browser is probably converting it to a .zip file when you download it because it doesn't recognize the .gck format. The best way around this is to change your settings to make your browser download it as the original format. Another option is to open the .zip map in GiantsEdit, and the...
by Xentek
Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:35 pm
Forum: Mods
Topic: Other Layout types like RvRvR RvMvM
Replies: 2
Views: 6561

There isn't any RvRvR or KvK support because Kabuto vs Kabuto is a one hit kill fest using full adrenaline. Reaper v Reaper already isn't much fun and thus not really played, let alone having a third team. Though under 1.4 there was 'Giants Enhanced' (found under patches in the download section) if ...