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from backboards, Simcity: I played through the tutorial and was only whelmed. It auto-set my graphics ridiculously low.

Posted by Qale (aka Qale) Jan 25 '13, 12:28

You only get an hour to build a city from scratch in the BETA allegedly, so I'm going to crank up the graphics and try that when I actually have a hour.

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Still haven't been able to get it to start. According to the readme my graphics card is good enough, but the installer doesn't think so. -- nm - Ender Jan 25, 12:54
Ugh! Do I really want to buy a computer just to play this? - spamlet Jan 25, 12:42 19
- Seems like with the price points they need to be at the "next-gen" consoles are just going to be good PCs from 2 years ago capability wise - SG3 Jan 25, 13:02
- use your server computer, just hook it to a tv or monitor or something -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:51
- My Core 2 Duo + GSO 9600 system still works fine for all the PC games I use. That's a 3 year old system I think -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:47 12
  - I think that the DVR would run it but 1. I have no monitor on it and 2. I don't want to tax it while it's doing other things. - spamlet Jan 25, 12:51 11
    - It shouldn't be any problem. 1) Your TV is a monitor :) 2) The hardware encoder that the HD recorder uses takes very little system resources - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:52 10
      - It's an old TV with no HDMI. Is there something I can do with a VGA output to get it on a TV? - spamlet Jan 25, 12:55 9
        
        if you get a cheap video card, it may have s-video out. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:57
        
        does it have DVI? -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 12:55 7
        
        I doubt it. It's a 19" tube tv. -- nm - spamlet Jan 25, 12:55 6
        
        You are now my sworn enemy. -- nm - David Jan 25, 13:07
        
        Isn't the coal to fuel it kind of expensive? -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 13:00 1
        
        Cranking it is a bitch. -- nm - spamlet Jan 25, 13:07
        
        A what? -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:59
        
        *blinks* -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:58
        
        time to buy a new tv then. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:57
- I sort of did. but I was due for an update this year anyway. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 12:45 2
  - *laughs and points* -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:45 1
    - I think I've wrestled Windows 8 to the ground now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 12:46
- I somewhat doubt it. I really was wondering that when I bought this PC last Spring would it end up my last desktop ever. - Qale Jan 25, 12:43
I'm gonna get this one... I think it will be a constantly evolving product and cutting consoles out is only going to make that easier -- nm - SG3 Jan 25, 12:36
Yes. It's 1 hour at a time. I'm going to give it a shot when I get home before Halo. SimCity though isn't one of those games where one hour is - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:30 3
- If it turns out to be something I'm not digging, I guess I can look at it like I only spent 20 bucks on it since I'll get 20 in promotional credit, - Qale Jan 25, 12:35 2
  - I've always enjoyed the SimCity games and never feel bad about supporting the franchise, much like Civ -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:36 1
    - A return to Maxis certainly can't be a bad thing. -- nm - Qale Jan 25, 12:40

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