It got better
16:43 Saturday 1 Sep 07
.. and I have no idea why. Steve suggested the sata driver floppy and while enabling the legacy USB which was the only change I made, I saw the drives as being recognised. So I’m installed and running. Very very odd. I’m happy of course.
Went to install Neverwinter Nights 2 and Jade Empire. I didn’t exactly read the boxes… my system should just run NWN2 but Jade might be tougher. So I could upgrade but I figure I’ll wait a bit. The desire to get my fingers in the machine’s innards is pretty low right now. And waiting will always see prices drop, though it’s probably not that much anyway.
We had Sky installed earlier – concession to the girls – and the guy doing it got chatting about his overclocked machine, the gfx card he had, ram etc. I said – as I have many times – that pc developers are lazy in that they will have hardware created for them, they use all available memory and then some more, that they force upgrades. I indicated the consoles by the TV and said that at least with them everyone knew what they were getting. His reply – “Yes, but consoles only have the gameplay”.
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You shouldnt have any trouble running either of those games. Might have to turn some of the more flashy graphics options down a bit, but theyll run, and youll still get the gameplay, which we all know is the most important bit.
17:22 Saturday 1 Sep 07
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Thanks – I’d been reading the bioware forums and some people there must have insanely expensive bits of kit given what they say about the effects etc.
I’ll give them a whirl :)
21:36 Saturday 1 Sep 07