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Old 01-28-08 | 08:57 PM
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Questions about some games

I have two questions that I would like to ask the posters here:

1. I am planning on buying F.E.A.R. and The Orange Box. Should I get them on PS3 (which I picked up two weeks ago after the Warner Bros. announcement) or on PC?

2. I want to get Silent Hill 3 and 4 on PC, but I read in an ebay auction description for Silent Hill 3 that if my computer is using a Geforce4 video card (I'm curently using a 128mb Geforce4 MX 4000), the game won't play properly. I believe the description said this also applied to Silent Hill 4. Is this true?

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Old 01-28-08 | 10:30 PM
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With your video card, I'd get FEAR and Orange Box on PS3. That card is pretty old, so I assume the rest of your system is on the old side as well. I doubt your system would run either game nearly as well as the PS3.

I don't know about Silent Hill compatibility though.
Old 01-28-08 | 11:37 PM
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Yeah, unless you can upgrade your video card, get it on the PS3.

As for Silent Hill, I don't know what the story is on that.
Old 01-29-08 | 02:37 AM
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Saying that the Geforce 4 is old is an understatement. Nvidia is currently on the Geforce 8 series with the 9 series coming out in the next few months.

For comparisons sake, the original Xbox used a Geforce 3 card. Your Geforce 4 MX is actually between the Geforce 3 and 4 in terms of performance (the MX series were low budget cards).

I seriously doubt FEAR would run on that card at all, and if it somehow does it won't be a pretty sight. The Orange Box stands a better chance of running, but it won't be pretty either. The original Xbox could barely handle Half-life 2 on minimum settings.

You could always download the demos on PC and see how well they run.
Old 01-29-08 | 10:19 AM
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You could always download the demos on PC and see how well they run.
Often overlooked answer, try that first OP. I'm not a PS3 owner yet, but I imagine you can do that as well.

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