[Blackpool] New PC build - it works!

[Arthur Garlick]

Well I didn't fully get what OpenRA is, but an 'inter LUG games night/hour' type thing might be a jolly good laugh.  I'm in.  Just as long as I can play with a non-Linux box?! 
 
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> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:06:38 +0000
> From: heed at bigmassiveheed.co.uk
> To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Blackpool] New PC build - it works!
> 
> Who's up for a OpenRA LUG league?
> 
> On 11 March 2015 at 09:50, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I didn't know about OpenRA, just looked at their site and it's a case of
> >
> > WELCOME BACK, COMMANDER vs RIGHT ON COMMANDER!
> >
> > Unity 5 has just come out and that would be my choice, but will look at
> > OpenRA and that Gideros stuff too.
> >
> >
> >
> > I noticed that the original 1984 Elite is there for PC and Mac as a free
> > download so I'll start with that to relive the old memories.
> >
> > I didn't have an external drive on my BBC B so I only had the cut down
> > version.  I totally played Elite to death in between A Levels and waiting
> > to go to Uni so the game is a big part of my gaming life.
> >
> > So far no problems or glitches, I did a few hours development work on it
> > and it behaved really nicely.  The screens started off feeling way too big
> > and I thought I'd made a mistake, but you soon adjust to it and here on my
> > works dual 1920x1080 setup it feels cramped up now.  We'll have A4 sized
> > phones before long.
> >
> >
> > A
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:34:15 +0000
> > > From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> > > CC: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > Subject: Re: [Blackpool] New PC build - it works!
> > >
> > > Sounds perfectly specced for OpenRA!
> > >
> > > :p
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > > James
> > >
> > > On 10 March 2015 at 14:46, Michael <heed at bigmassiveheed.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Elite Dangerous for the win....perhaps should get a LUG wing set up...
> > > >
> > > > On 10 March 2015 at 13:17, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > So I got the new main PC I mentioned on Saturday.  I hadn't built a
> > PC
> > > > for
> > > > > over 10 years, wow the kit is so much nicer to work with nowadays.
> > > > >
> > > > > In my recent spirit of trying new things that in the past I'd
> > discounted
> > > > > ('discounted' is putting it mildly), I water cooled it, I fretted
> > over
> > > > how
> > > > > that would go but it was very easy.  I went with a Corsair H105,
> > it's a
> > > > > sealed setup and very much a good beginners (or raving sceptics even)
> > > > entry
> > > > > point into water cooling.
> > > > >
> > > > > There was a bit of a learning curve with all the new fangled lingo, I
> > > > > think the hardware guys have been busy making new words up for
> > marketing
> > > > > purposes.
> > > > >
> > > > > 6 cores i7 Haswell E, 16Gb DDR4 memory, 1Tb SSD, AMD Firepro 7100,
> > Dual
> > > > > 28" 4K monitors.  Not a bad spec for writing code in Turbo Pascal -
> > it's
> > > > > pretty quick.  Having two 4K 28" monitors 2' from your face feels
> > like
> > > > > you're getting a suntan as part of the deal too.
> > > > >
> > > > > I haven't played games on it yet, the monitors are lower end gaming
> > ones
> > > > > and although the AMD graphics card is more workstation than full on
> > > > gaming
> > > > > I should be able to run Elite Dangerous comfortably in 4K and 60Hz.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > A
> > > > >
> > > > >
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