Whitefox789

Checked it out, it was awesome!

I can't really think of any suggestions other then trying it with another SSD to see if it was a hardware issue.

Wasn't really asking about drivers, I myself have a Samsung 840 Evo Series SSD where Samsung packs it in with some of their own proprietary software called Samsung Magician where I can change settings on the SSD along with running performance tests on it.

I'd say at this point if you haven't made a refund or replacement claim yet. If PNY has given you any software to manage your SSD try running a performance test and post the results on here.

I would just run an OS off of an SSD, and let the game data be read/write off of a platter drive. Flash Storage is still very experimental versus Magnetic Platters from the reports and studies I've read on SSD's they should only really be used for battery operated devices or something that can die (turn off) quietly. If you are running something from the drive and theirs a power surge that goes through your computer you have to pray it didn't corrupt a block during a write operation. Either way that's my setup and I have been able to run all Stalker Games smoothly on max settings + V sync and some anti aliasing. Also, have you install any mods to your copy of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Hype level rising through the roof! Can't wait for August 18th

Mental preparation for the start day of my job for on this coming Monday as a Software Engineer Other then that trying to get back to studying my Japanese (I've pretty much forgotten all of the Hiragana characters) Other then that extended, experimenting with some things in Blender.

Check out his interviews with Scott Miller too, that man made a lot of strides for early PC gaming marketing including having the shareware system. Other ones of interest are any interviews he has with Josh Sawyer, Tim Cain and his one interview with Ralph Baer (its especially interesting if you are an Electrical Engineer).

Chris: "This concept makes the bloom sound so horrifying of a place" Well of course it is, the freaking area is designed by George Ziets! I would expect nothing less from him.

You can't even say threats of violence against the President (class D felony). I remember a story where a 70 year oldish Vietnam Vet. said he was going to kill Barack Obama, as soon as the nurse reported what he said Secret Services came and hauled him away.

There's always a factor missing from the whole truth of the story because if the media can make a story cause a riot or panic then they will do it.

No, no, no that's completely wrong. I believe in freedom absolutely but not if that freedom means it offends or hurts someone else Sorry to say but there can be no freedom like that, you give people too much freedom you'll see peoples true colors. It goes a little something like this in my mind, Law - Limited Freedom, Standard Protection from Others Chaos - Absolute Freedom, No Protection from Others; Survival of the Fittest

Hate to be a pessimist but I don't believe there is a middleground solution for this problem. At least if we are to keep things the way they are now without having a group keeping a constant monitor for this kind of harassment and severely punishing those who do, I'm not talking banning accounts or anything like that, I'm referring to legal actions being done against the user. Though if we were to do this we would surely get a group that comes out saying, "Whats the big deal? It's just pictures and words." With these people having the narrow mindset of not being able to place themselves in another persons perspective or at the very least try to have some form of empathy.

But the modded versions by the users are sooo much better than Beamdog's enhanced edition :D Regarding to the topic at hand there has to be a balance game development wise, it can't be just something the developers would play; and it can't just be something the developers will cater towards their audience, seeing as how trying to cater to that audience will ultimately bring down the quality in the product. Since it is something the developers will try to develop based on a template versus making something that is truly unique and something that can stand on its own. From the way Josh and his team have been handling PoE I believe they have struck that creative balance between developer and user fanbase. *Edit* Regarding the whole female breast thing in plated and scaled armor. Really? We have to get into that topic?

Love the armor design however, I love the fact you guys allow us to change the cloth color as we were able to do in the BG series and the IWD series that alone just really shows how you want this to resemble an IE game and for that I say kudos to you guys. I really want to get my hands on this game even more.