kojo87

@zero2dash
its an ASUS M4A79 Deluxe (AM2+) with a Phenom II 940 at 3.5GHz, 8GB RAM and a pair of ASUS 4870s is Crossfire. so its no slouch. i just have the itch to upgrade since i haven't done anything to it in almost 3 years and my GPUs are 2 generations old. but you're right for all practical purposes its more than adequate.

NFS Shift 2 started to stutter on my last night but i know NFS games have a history of not playing nice with AMD/ATi GPUs. Hot Pursuit has weird artifacting and stutters with a lot of cars on screen but my GPU history shows it never went over 60%. weirdness. i'll try Dirt 3 soon to see how well a non-NFS racer performs.

i can't seem to find official spec requirements for BF3. all i can find is speculation.

@zero2dash
i have 8GB of Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 (4x2GB dual channel) but it under clocked due to the AMD limitation stuff i was not aware of. hopefully it runs well enough. i'll probably end up building a new system when those AMD FX chips and 7000 series GPUs hit a reasonable price in a year or two. now would be a stupid time to upgrade.

i might have to finally put my HD4870s to rest and get a DX11 card. but then i should get DDR3. but that means i have to get a new motherboard. goddammit i'm going to end up spending like $600 just because of this game.

every time i see something on SSX i get the urge to go play Tricky.

but... Peggle. where is Peggle? i need Peggle. DAMN YOU POPCAP GIVE ME PEGGLE!!

the girl freaks me out. is she capable of blinking?

@PoisonedAl
i still don't really see how people are directly comparing these two games

so this is why they didn't release a demo i suppose. bummer. i really wanted to like this game but it will be a pass.

@End User
i don't know how anyone can claim Brink is a clone of anything. it definitively takes some inspirations from other games but thats to be expected for any game of any genre. looks like one of the more original games i've seen in a while. i'll probably rent it first but if its as good as it looks i will probably buy it.

$10 credit for Brink also