Just about finished with PC Gaming...

[Kargathia]

Then it goes to thing where it says, I believe, CD. Boot... No Medium or something like that. It had said that before (the last part not the realtek part) but it always went on to load Windows. But then it just goes to a dark black screen then brightens up and then just does nothing. I let it sit once and eventually the PC started to reboot and nothing changed and it loaded up again and gave me the wierd lines and then back to the black screen.

Might want to check whether it's trying to boot from your CD or USB drive. To do so hit [Del] while it's starting up, and set the first boot device to your HD (name of exact path slips my mind, and I'm not restarting my pc just to check it).

 

[Phishfood]

So it's not PC gaming, just PCs you have a problem with.

If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming.

....ummmm..does that involve?

-adequte cooling
-virus checks
-not downloading seedy looking crap
-de-fragging now and again
-backing up your hardrive


did I miss anything? (because at some point Id wanna get back into PC gaming)

I'd throw in a half decent surge protector. Actually, I'd throw that in for a console too. The exact need depends on how crappy the electricity is in your area*, but I've seen first hand the difference dirty power actually makes to a computer. I swear at work the number of server crashes doubled while we had no UPS/surge protector (the old one blew up) then halved again when the replacement arrived. The home PC is less conclusive, since it was an entire new PC with surge protector but since I got the thing at home it crashes a lot less.

As for original kit, I'm sure I'm going to get flamed for this but I swear by dell stuff. at work its about 70% dell, 25% fujitsu and 5% hp. The fujitsus give us more trouble than the dells in terms of man hours per month and replaced parts. The HPs seem solid but in terms of performance/$ they are worse.

* EU > UK > US > other IIRC.

 

[DioWallachia]

No this isn't a hate thread against PC gamers.

I am just sick of it. Recently my computer was fixed for like the third or fourth time, and this time it was working all fine and dandy. I was being safe with it, not doing anything bad, or anything that could kill the computer. Last night I turn off my PC to go to bed, I go to turn it on today and no more. It turns on, begins to load, then after the first start up screen, it says something about Realtek networks and pressing Shift+F10 to configure.

Then it goes to thing where it says, I believe, CD. Boot... No Medium or something like that. It had said that before (the last part not the realtek part) but it always went on to load Windows. But then it just goes to a dark black screen then brightens up and then just does nothing. I let it sit once and eventually the PC started to reboot and nothing changed and it loaded up again and gave me the wierd lines and then back to the black screen.

I did fildle around with it and got it so that the first loading screen to finish but then it says: Windows files loading but as if I had loaded up in Safe mode and then it will give me an error with two options, continue or exit, both leading to the computer just restarting itself.

The error mentions something about USB or something unplugged or something failing, but it doesn't tell me any specific, it gives me a very vague answer.

And then when I try to game on my laptop, lately Steam has been acting buggy and even when I play games, lots of them have these sudden FPS drops to like 10 or lower frames per second and I can't find a fix for it because nothing works, updating drivers, nothing.

I think after GW2 comes out, I will be off PC gaming, at least when I turn on my PS3 or 360, they actually work and sure they aren't without their problems but my PC problems are far more common.

For disscussion value, has there actually been anyone else who has moved from PC Gaming to Console Gaming?

So your PC happens to suck and therefore all games for PC sucks?? Logic Everyone!!

How about not play anything newly released and try older games for PC or even use emulators for arcade and console games?? you know, games that you could have missed because those consoles are no longer in sale or simply could get back then??

You should be more patient, after all, what is the hurry?? maybe the best game in the world has already been created and no one tried to look for it.

 

[tthor]

As I've said in the past, this is one of the main differences between PC gaming and Console gaming; Console gamers just want to be able to turn on their games and play, with little problems or hassles. PC gamers tend to be willing to put up with issues, willing to take time out to set things up, or even to make things better with modding etc. Console gamers just want it to work; PC gamers wanna do more, and will put up with the troubles that arise.

 

[Rednog]

As I've said in the past, this is one of the main differences between PC gaming and Console gaming; Console gamers just want to be able to turn on their games and play, with little problems or hassles. PC gamers tend to be willing to put up with issues, willing to take time out to set things up, or even to make things better with modding etc. Console gamers just want it to work; PC gamers wanna do more, and will put up with the troubles that arise.

But consoles fail too...have people already forgotten the hysteria behind red rings and yellow lights?
And even then consoles still fail for other reasons, my ps3 died recently, stopped putting out video.
Had to send it back, took a month to return, all saves gone.
And even then you only have a freaking year of warranty with companies, after that you have to pay shipping and handling and like a $100 service fee.
Something breaks in my PC odds are I can fix it myself.

 

[Trololo Punk]

My last laptop which I played games on had its hard drive crash randomly, got if fixed. Stopped playing PC games for a couple months. Then got back into it again

But, I've always been a gamer of both consoles and PC so yea.

 

[Fearzone]

I switched for a bit, playing JRPGs on the PS3 until it YLOD'd. While console games kind of have an advantage of ease of use and standardization, you pay for it with bad controls, worse graphics, and gaming experiences that don't tend to have the depth of what is available on the PC. Anyway, I'm glad I'm back to the PC.

So, I guess the only advice I can give is: give your little experiment a try and see how it works. Better advice would be: keep working on your PC. Bring it into the shop if you can't isolate a hardware problem, if a re-install of Windows doesn't fix things. A shop can switch out different parts to see what is failing, whereas you can't, unless you have a comparable second computer.

Think about handhelds too--I think the gameplay tends to be better on those than consoles.

 

[Bvenged]

As I've said many a times before, yes I have switch but only for a:

"I can't afford constant upgrades but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy the pleasures and challenges of PC gaming so I'm going to endlessly tweak and change my computer anyway until I know it inside out whilst in the mean time continue to play modern games on a console which works out cheaper overall even though it is much more limiting at a rig but it is the platform ALL of my friends play on sooo..."

Yes, I did it for financial and social reasons. Although secretly in the background I've still been working on my 8 year old Frankenstein PC tweaking performance and modding old school games. Now I'm 19, in Uni and frequently hunting for a job I can't wait to buy a new custom-build rig for GW2, PC Skyrim (mods) & SC2.

 

[Korten12]

So your PC happens to suck and therefore all games for PC sucks?? Logic Everyone!!

Never said PC Games suck.

Also we did find out the problem with my computer, the HDD they put in was faulty, luckly they're coming to fix it.

I can't fix it myself as no one in my family knows how to make or fix a computer.

 

[DioWallachia]

So your PC happens to suck and therefore all games for PC sucks?? Logic Everyone!!

Never said PC Games suck.

Also we did find out the problem with my computer, the HDD they put in was faulty, luckly they're coming to fix it.

I can't fix it myself as no one in my family knows how to make or fix a computer.

Then why you didnt ask for help in the first place instead of using a title like that??

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

So it's not PC gaming, just PCs you have a problem with.

If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming.

This ^
Ugh, i've never done that before and the cringe now makes me never want to type it again, but if you ask me it's really a good point. For me the fact that i don't know a great deal about computers or how to maintain them properly is a lot of the reason i stay away from PC gaming.

That, and i'm not a big fan of online gaming, but if you're into online games i'd recommend playing on an Xbox without any voice chat open. (I don't actually own a 360 myself, but from what i see/hear the XBLA has way better online gaming support/opportunities than PSN)

 

[Woodsey]

As I've said in the past, this is one of the main differences between PC gaming and Console gaming; Console gamers just want to be able to turn on their games and play, with little problems or hassles. PC gamers tend to be willing to put up with issues, willing to take time out to set things up, or even to make things better with modding etc. Console gamers just want it to work; PC gamers wanna do more, and will put up with the troubles that arise.

Which is pretty ironic, considering the popularity of the 360.

OT: Sometimes hardware (as in any hardware, not just PC's) is faulty. And sometimes trying to repair it over and over just won't work.

 

[zuro64]

The thing is that the computer was working fine, hell I never had this many problems with my computers until recently.

First time I had a problem was with my desktop back earlier this year. I had downloaded the Crysis 2 Multiplayer demo. Soon after I began playing it and then suddenly my computer screen went strangely fuzzy and then the computer completely crashed. That began all the problems.

Soon after my computer began to crash after, during the start up of the computer, when I tried to play any games. I got it fixed and the problemed seemed to be gone. Then suddenly the crashing began to come back slowly. Occasional crash here and there until it just stopped working and I had to reinstall windows to fix it.

Then it was seemgly fixed again, until the crashing started to happen again and again and then they came and replaced my motherboard, replaced the HDD, and reinstalled windows 7, and it was fixed. I wasn't having any crashed, then as I explained above happened...

These aren't a problem with me handling the computer wrong as it is just the computer not working as intended.

Do you know anything about what you have in your PC like specs or anything?
Also have you change any hardware in the PC, upgraded a CPU or grafics card?

Could help to find the solution if I know what you are working with here!
On a first guess on the info you have given I would guess that you have cooling problems or power shortage.

OT, I havent ported to Console from PC but I have expanded to Xbox aswell as my PC!

 

[madster11]

Buy a good case or underclock your graphics card.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

OT: Sometimes hardware (as in any hardware, not just PC's) is faulty.

Indeed it is, regardless of what shiftyfuck customer support pricks may say.

And sometimes trying to repair it over and over just won't work.

It sure as fuck won't. The problem is that when a hardware component goes tits up there's always going to be undetectable damage as well as the shit you repair and that accumulates with each repair job. Honestly, once you've pulled a major repair on a component it should only be used until a replacement is available then chucked in the 'emergency parts' draw.