GEARS OF WAR dilemna

[MaadDaawg]

Gears of war 3 is scheduled to come out 3 days from now. My daughter took my xb0x 360 when she moved out and uses it for her DVD player. Since she doesn't have cable, I'm hesitant to take the console back. so, if I want to play gears of war 3 I have to buy something.

If I go with a new Xbox the most cost effective way is the Gears of War 3 limited edition. A cheaper way out would be to buy my daughter an inexpensive blu ray player and take back my old outdated system

Obviously, I'm leaning towards the new limited edition, but, it's a ton of money just to play gears of war, and for the most part, I really dislike the console controllers and prefer gaming on the PC.

What to do, what to do....

[Neuromancer]

EDIT: missed the bit about the BD player.. that seems like your best bet.

I have no idea how much Xboxs are though, if GOW is a FPS game then I would get it for PC.

[MaadDaawg]

I would get it for PC as well, except Microsoft will NEVER release it on anything other than the Xbox :thumbdown: It's THE game that made the xbox the success that it is. RatBastards :ohcrap:

yeah, the BD would have been the least expensive, but..... ummm.... ahhh....
just ordered the GOW Limited Edition package from Amazon. It will be delivered on the 20th which is the games release date. Sick looking box and special controllers... how could I not :laughing:

After all, it's not quite as expensive as a GTX 580 :Dizzy:

Thanks though Rich, I just couldn't wait :rofl:

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/3044/gocltd.jpg

[MaadDaawg]

I'm so excited I could pee :laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

[kikicoco1334]

dude can't wait!!!!!
Gears 3 me and my friend gonna do a all nighter gears party rofl it's gonna be fun as hell

[Witchdoctor]

Do no Daawg ............ Not sure the game is worth a whole new system, I would buy her the Blue Ray player

I am looking forward to the F1 2011 release this week personally .....

Crazy Sick Fast FTW ............... :thumbsup:

[MaadDaawg]

Too late Doc :laughing: Wife ordered it for me Sunday (she's paying too :D )

Besides, the limited Ed. will probably be worth at least it's new cost for awhile ;)

[Witchdoctor]

How kool is that .......... :thumbsup:

[ReverendMaynard]

man consoles suck the big one. After 7 dead units (4 360's/3 PS3's) I gave up on em. Good luck MD, make sure to blow it kisses every time you turn it on and it works lol.

[Witchdoctor]

Maybe throw it in a case for better cooling

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=261&cl_index=1&sc_index=35&ss_index=87

[kikicoco1334]

man consoles suck the big one. After 7 dead units (4 360's/3 PS3's) I gave up on em. Good luck MD, make sure to blow it kisses every time you turn it on and it works lol.

welcome to my world i have had 12 xbox360s and every single one of them have went back to MS already......

haven't had any ps3 gone bad yet

[MaadDaawg]

Kiki, I have an older model that I gave my daughter (above) that went into MS for RMA 2 or 3 times because of the red ring of death. These are "supposed" to be more stable lol

WD, I was actually thinking of setting up some fans, or, EK makes an xbox 360 water block. The Lian Li case looks cool, but there was no order button. Might put it inside my HAF full tower :laughing:

[kikicoco1334]

lol one of my just red ring again
i am not even gonna brother to send it in anymore it'll just break again
oh well...
but yeah i am not getting gears 3 till this weekend :( cuz the classes and schooling and all that rapping good'o stuff

i still remember back in the days when me and a friend of my just chill at my house having a large glass of redbull or vault and play gears all night

[Witchdoctor]

Kiki, I have an older model that I gave my daughter (above) that went into MS for RMA 2 or 3 times because of the red ring of death. These are "supposed" to be more stable lol

WD, I was actually thinking of setting up some fans, or, EK makes an xbox 360 water block. The Lian Li case looks cool, but there was no order button. Might put it inside my HAF full tower :laughing:


Put that bitch on the Rack ...................... :blink:

[MaadDaawg]

hey WD, F1 formula is out on Steam now Bro. Is that the one you were waiting for?

Where the eff is that UPS driver :keeporder:

[DrNip]

I would get it for PC as well, except Microsoft will NEVER release it on anything other than the Xbox :thumbdown: It's THE game that made the xbox the success that it is. RatBastards :ohcrap:




Hmmmm I thought they did release the original GoW on PC and many anticipate the 3rd one will be out next year on PC.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?rlz=1C1_____enUS438US438&q=gears+of+war+pc&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=3805966000446460736&sa=X&ei=ywR5TtGQG6P-sQL_gsjjDQ&ved=0CEkQ8wIwAg

None of this prolly helps you in the meantime though, lol.

welcome to my world i have had 12 xbox360s and every single one of them have went back to MS already......

haven't had any ps3 gone bad yet


???? Are you talking about the ring of death thingy? If so why don't you fix that yourself. Pretty sure it is just a over heating issue due to shitty CPU heatsink mount that is easily fixed.


On a different note I'm anxious to see if the XBOX games will work on Windows 8.

[MaadDaawg]

hmm... you appear to be correct Dr.Nip on Gears of War1. However, a google search fails to turn up any trace of GOW2 for PC, so maybe that's the one you heard may be released next year?

I'm just hoping I can get connected to IGN through some miracle lol

Red Ring of Death I think is more a power issue more than just a heat issue. Second time I had to send my power supply in as well ??

[DrNip]

GoW II they never released. There is buz out there that the 3rd will come next year though.

Pretty sure about the heat issue. There are a plethora of ring of death fixes out there. Everyone I have seen deal with redoing the CPU and GPU heatsinks.

[MaadDaawg]

GoW II they never released. There is buz out there that the 3rd will come next year though.

Pretty sure about the heat issue. There are a plethora of ring of death fixes out there. Everyone I have seen deal with redoing the CPU and GPU heatsinks.

Well man, I gotta ask you.. how can you play GoW3 if you never had the chance to play GoW2??? huh??? After all, it's a trilogy :rofl:

You're prolly right about the RRoD thing, I didn't really have my original box ventilated very well :laughing:

UPS finally delivered it about half an hour ago, but I was busy watching Glenn Beck :P

[Witchdoctor]

New Stanton, PA, United States 09/20/2011 5:34 P.M. Arrival Scan

Due tommorow

[MaadDaawg]

Cool - let me know what you think of the packaging :D

Sorry about all the peanuts :ohcrap:

[kikicoco1334]

???? Are you talking about the ring of death thingy? If so why don't you fix that yourself. Pretty sure it is just a over heating issue due to shitty CPU heatsink mount that is easily fixed.

that's how i end up with 12 xbox lol most the white ones i just buy the broken ones and fix them up

it's just schooling got no time to crack that thing open lol



btw how many of you guys are on xbox live?

[MaadDaawg]

I think I am, but I haven't been on to check for at least a year :P

[Neuromancer]

On a different note I'm anxious to see if the XBOX games will work on Windows 8.

Have you tried the windows 8 preview?


IDLed it but need more HDDs before I go around install new stuff

I suspect it will be more like a cell phone than a traditional PC OS.

[ReverendMaynard]

I suspect it will be more like a cell phone than a traditional PC OS.

I couldn't describe it any better. Picture Win7 on a smartphone. Right now I'm working with it for mass imaging production, and so far it's just as lovely in that respect as Win 7 is.

Having a touch screen is obviously the way to go with it but it's nice with traditional input methods.

[Witchdoctor]

Where can I get it at ?

would like to play around with it, some dude on another site said it is better than XP for SPI and Prime....... :blink:

Would also like to see how it is for 3D

[ocgmj]

Where can I get it at ?

would like to play around with it, some dude on another site said it is better than XP for SPI and Prime....... :blink:

Would also like to see how it is for 3D

Windows 8 beta (http://windows8beta.com/2011/09/download-now-windows-8-developer-preview)

[kikicoco1334]

i think there is a windows 8 alpha/pre beta test on MS's site

[MaadDaawg]

umm... not to go back to the thread topic or anything .. but :taunt:
Gears of War 3 ROCKS :thumbsup:

[Neuromancer]

Having a touch screen is obviously the way to go with it but it's nice with traditional input methods.

Funny in 2004-5 I was running 5 monitors with one of them a touch screen. Honestly, I think it is a stupid idea for a desktop.
Why would I take my hands off KB/mouse to reach up to the screen. WTF?

Now for MS surface (or whatever that OS is called they use on TV) I can see the benfits of touchscreen. Problem is most interactions require a useful KB..

Windows 8 beta (http://windows8beta.com/2011/09/download-now-windows-8-developer-preview)

thanks for providing hte link ;) I dled it back when it was released I have not tried it yet. IIRC, no serial or activation is needed.

Couldn't rep you again. Think we need an overhaul on that Kal!!! I have repped a few other people.. either change it or get rid of it.

umm... not to go back to the thread topic or anything .. but :taunt:
Gears of War 3 ROCKS :thumbsup:

Little more info please :) Have not played any of them, looks like Halo. (Havent played that either LOL) Breakdown would be nice. So I know whether to explore it when its on PC.

[DrNip]

umm... not to go back to the thread topic or anything .. but :taunt:
Gears of War 3 ROCKS :thumbsup:

Haha sorry man!

[kikicoco1334]

umm... not to go back to the thread topic or anything .. but :taunt:
Gears of War 3 ROCKS :thumbsup:

lmao

[MaadDaawg]

Little more info please :) Have not played any of them, looks like Halo. (Havent played that either LOL) Breakdown would be nice. So I know whether to explore it when its on PC.

Mankind is attacked by a race referred to as "Locusts" that have lived underground and are now attacking the surface. IMO, a far more intense and interesting game to play than Halo. Graphics are awesome (the unreal engine) and very detailed. Main weapon is the Lancer which is a combat rifle with a chain saw in place of a knife - you run up to a locust and cut him in half :rofl:

hard to explain but an excellent game. GOW 1 is the only one out of PC, and prolly pretty cheap since it's been out for awhile.

Check it out