Video & PC Game Discussion

So I finally got around to getting Mass Effect 2 (the PS3 port) and I'm loving it, but for some reason, the audio is buggy as hell.

If I run it in surround, the cutscene voice acting is either so quiet I can't hear anything or sounds like they're speaking into a tin can. This is fixed if I run it in stereo, but obviously that's not as fun, especially since the rest of the in-game sound is absolutely fantastic.

Anyone else had a similar problem/found a fix?

Alitare wrote: I've been playing Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends a lot, lately. I plan on getting Skyrim, and as soon as I get another copy of Mass Effect 1, I'll be playing both those and Mass Effect 2 from start to finish. Amnesia Dark Descent is creepy and entertaining. Anybody got good recommendations for PC games for a decent laptop? For example: I'll never in a million years be able to play the newest games on high settings, but most things from around 2006 or before play excellently. Rise of Legends handles excellently, as do Warcraft III, Amnesia, and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. PC gaming is too frustrating for me. I should probably stick to my Xbox 360.

I don't think that Skyrim is possibility for you. I have Intel i5 with 2x2500 Ghz + 4GB RAM + classic graphic card of 2010 onwards, 5650 (1GB, but it doesn't matter, it heats up so fast that you can't use full speed without good cooling). It didn't cost much, about $900, but it was worth it (I wanted 17'' screen).

I suppose I will be able to play Skyrim, but only barely.

But as was mentioned, you can play almost every SOURCE engine game, most importantly games from Half Life 2 series and Portal 1 & 2. There are other though and they all will be open for you because of great optimalization of that engine. Even low end hardware can run it.

As for other games, here is a list of "the best" games:

GAMERANKINGS

There is one page I found helpful about what can I run on my graphic card. If your GC is the weakest link, then all games you want to play have to be evaluated through it. On top, there is some brief generic info, then some stats, but the important thing is the bottom of the page, with GAME BENCHMARKS. There is also Crysis 1 you mentioned.

You know, there is a big problem I found during playing new games this year. But it can be applied to older ones as well. You see, when the benchmark states that you will get average of 22 FPS on medium settings of Crysis, it means that sometimes it will be more, sometimes less. If it's more, it doesn't matter, but when you are about to shot on bunch of enemy soldiers and the computer suddenly lags for a second, or drops FPS from 20 to 10, or even 5, 3, 1, it can harm you.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-3650.8839.0.html

You're right. What was possible in desktops - replace graphic card, is now impossible in laptops. But if you will ever think about new laptop, check with this page again to check which card is how good.