Rofl I was thinking of getting it tomorrow... Lucky I didnt purchase it yet...

Update: Steam has fixed the problem.

Ok cool... Time to buy that game... But too bad it cant be played with other players together like diablo etc...

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Added on May 19, 2010, 11:35 amOh BTW how big is the file?

This post has been edited by tarvalslain87: May 19 2010, 11:35 AM

<600 MBs

Yes, a game that's not counted in gigabytes!

Rofl serious shit? Thats pretty small.... Cool 1 night should be able to finish downloading it... Btw how do you purchase the games through steam... I cant access team website in my company right now (blocked due to games website) Do they use Credit cards or by paypal?

They take credit cards. I paid using my RHB Debit Card (Mastercard).

Aha.... So even paypal they still accept eh.. Hmm then in that case we have to follow the currency exchange rate that our CC bank uses... Hmm... Im going to check to see which has the lowest exchange rate before buying...

hey guys whats the performance like on the new MBPs especially MBP 13 with 320M?

This post has been edited by nimrod323: May 19 2010, 02:48 PM

anyone know how to make steam launch in offline mode by default?

Uh, it's... fast, snappy and I've found a strange need to open 20 tabs in each of 10 Chrome windows, each tab running some silly Flash BS while watching a DVD via an external monitor. At which point I'll be wishing for more power.

In short, it's intoxicating. Obviously.

Rofl.... Seriously did you actually did so many tasks at one go or just want to explain how good the MBP is =P

too late, torchlight promo is over. its back up to $19.99 instead of $9.99. that is, unless you wan to buy it at full price.

dont bother with exchange rates, banks wont gut you too much, it'll be roughly the same everywhere. and its gonna fluctuate so you cant go looking for the lowest rate every time.

OMG yea I just went to their website!!! Damn... I thought its gonna be there for a while... Normally will there be another promo for a same game?

cant wait for TF2....

also cant wait for someone 2 teach me how to play

ah right, i knew that maybe the context of me posting in this thread would probably be, captain obvious? how is it with Steam lah aiyooo

I did some simple benchmarking on Portal comparing the 9600M GT and the 9400M.

GeForce 9600M GT

this is the recommended settings:



with recommended settings: 29 fps
all maximum except for texture detail on Medium: 29 fps
all maximum settings: 8 fps

the only issue for my system is texture, which is due to limited graphics RAM (256mb). those who have the 512mb ram should do better. the current MBP with geforce 330M should feel about the same lah. anything over 30fps isn't really noticeable, very smooth already

GeForce 9400M

recommended settings:



with recommended settings: 45 fps
configured to settings as recommended or 9600M GT (1st picture): 15 fps (50% decrease)

since MBW and MBP 13 only has a maximum resolution of 1280x800, this is what i would recommend for 9400M. can get 29 fps.



geforce 320M should do better, but not as good as the 9600M GT.

hopefully this is helpful

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: May 20 2010, 12:17 AM

Steam is a buggy beast. Not to say Valve hasn't been scrambling to solve the million and one bugs that pop up.

Unfortunately games perform better when you bootcamp into Windows and play there. I've been told the reason is that Windows' DirectX is far superior than the OpenGL OSX and Linux uses.


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New games for Mac Steam

The games that support multiplayer will allow PC and Mac users to play together, if they want to.

This post has been edited by Ojimaru: May 20 2010, 09:47 AM

Steam software is still a little buggy on Mac with all those update etc.. But so far it never hangs on me... All the bugs are minor issues as you still can play games without worrying about it hang or crash not for me so far...

New (early) stats from Valve:


My only issue would be with the third piece of statistic. The 11% can't be considered anything more than a spike due to a) people trying out Steam and b) the Steam indie bundle being so damn cheap.

Haha the first one is definitely true as most people would opt for Macbooks instead of iMac or MacPro... Its definitely because its a new launch of steam on Mac with people trying out games (Same goes to any newly launched gadgets/events)... Windows based users have already bought their games and Im sure they are more on a slow pace now since nothing really big comes out...