Sunday, September 1, 2013

Call of Duty contract with Microsoft ending?

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Bryce


So for black ops 2, the new revolution map pack comes out Jan. 29th. I saw it said on Xbox live first but I thought the contract with Microsoft ended at the end of 2012. I thought that's why ps3 hasn't gotten nuketown zombies yet and Xbox has. But since this is coming in 2013 shouldn't ps3, Xbox, and pc come out at the same time? Did Microsoft renew the contract?


Answer
since this game was released in 2012 even if the contract for time limited exclusives ended Microsoft will sill have exclusives for all dlc the game gets , and microsoft is in talks to extend their exclusivity so nothing will change while the lawyers are still negotiating anyway .
They have not renewed the contract for time limited exclusivity yet but it will not matter for a game that was included in the old contract anyway , the terms I understood included the games release date not the dlc release dates .

The only way that activison won't renew is if they can't get their asking price from Microsoft or if another company like Sony or Nintendo steps up and offers a better deal so I doubt it will not be renewed , but there is actually a good thing about having a 30 day wait , if there is any glitches in the dlc that are game breaking they get patched before the ps3 release so only xbox360 players get bad dlc .

Are these computer specs good for games from minecraft to crysis 3?




Austin


I am building a gaming PC and I am not sure if these are good for games all the way from minecraft to crysis 3.

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147170

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157335R

GPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150642

Power Supply:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233180

Hard Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

Optical Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136259

My OS is Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.



Answer
It's great for most games up to the Skyrim/Arma II level. Your performance comes down to the graphics card, since everything else is top notch.

The Radeon HD 7850 can play Battlefield 3 on high settings smoothly, or ultra with a few details turned down (like FXAA instead of MSAA). But to play BF3 on ultra at 1080p without having to reduce any details, the 7850 isn't enough. You need to go a step higher, to the Radeon HD 7870 or GeForce GTX 660. With either of those you could run anything on ultra/max settings except Crysis 3, which would run fine on high settings.

If you can spend $250 on your GPU, the best deal currently is the Radeon HD 7870 LE (otherwise known as the PCS+ Myst Edition or Jokercard), which is a really a 7900 series card in 7800 series clothing. It performs on-par with $300 models like the GeForce GTX 660 Ti and Radeon HD 7950.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131484

Performance:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/tahiti-le-7870-7930-benchmark,3401-3.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Club_3D/HD_7870_jokerCard_Tahiti_LE/8.html

But even $300 cards aren't enough to max out Crysis 3. The recommended level cards to play Crysis 3 on ultra are the GTX 680 and Radeon HD 7970. So Crysis 3 is fundamentally in a different class from any other game in existence.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Crytek-Crysis-3-Keplar-FPS-Melting-PC,16928.html
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/03/crysis-3s-system-specs/

So with a $220-$250 graphics card your computer would be good for anything up to Crysis 3, although that specific title wouldn't be running anywhere near maxed.




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