cyka blyat

£5.99 on the game will quickly turn to £599 on keys by the end of the year :smile:

But not a competitive Esport :smirk:

Note that during the summer sale, copies of CS:GO purchased cannot be given as a gift.

Info here: http://steamed.kotaku.com/you-cant-gift-counter-strike-during-valves-steam-summer-1782520185

worked out at £3.89 for me because I bought the CS bundle, which I already owned the CS & CS Source

Insurgency is better! Cheap too

I was hoping to get the valve pack for £17 like it usually is in steam sales but they want £27 .. Not impressed with the sale tbh, I've been buying more keys from other stores that do sales than steam direct, that shouldn't be how it is. Also this is the same price as last years sale. Isn't it about time for a bit more of a drop yet?

Tbh games that don't have esports is generally more fun, because there aren't little kids and rude obnoxious people that have bought it because it is famous.

Good, less abusive Russian kids and cheaters.

Exactly

cyka blyat

Good game thats rewarding the more hours you put into it when i first started couldnt hit a barn door and thought people were cheating but with a bit of practice and some new razer products im now on my way up! You do get some whiners but what multiplayer doesnt you can just mute them. The competitive mode is the way to go 5v5 tense, strategic, action. Plus you could unlock a skin worth so many pounds making the game pay for itself \o/

We've played it at work at lunchtime as a sort of private competitive type server... Great fun.

Literally stabbed my boss in the back! Lol

Only recently came out to play it causally online and boy are some of the players annoying. Too many awp sniper boys and whiny kids. Thank god for the block communication option, I'd have given up by now otherwise.

Insurgency way better and more fun.
I used to play CS 1.6 -> CS:GO for years. No more!
Insurgency is harder but more rewarding. Good community there too.
Best game for the buck IMO. Insurgency 2 coming next year BTW.

Surprised no ones has complained about a surge of cheaters due to the sale..

Excellent game, love how abusive everyone is would recommend.

Used to love this back in the day. Would this version run on a Linx 10?

Are Russian kids and cheaters still an issue down in the Gold ranks ?

Worse than ever before, and yet I cant stop playing it

Okay, so I'm pondering entering the world of pc gaming. I built my PC a couple of years ago but I'm not sure if it'll be up to gaming without a graphics card. I've had no need to overclock the Pentium G3258 cpu as yet, but read that it'll happily be cranked to 4.2-5.5GHz. 8gb of ram and Windows 10 Pro 64bit.

If the cpu will do the job with the aid of a graphics card, what do you guys recommend as a budget starter option? I'm happy to go used if it keeps the cost down.

After Prime matchmaking I haven't encountered any cheaters

Rosetta Stone: Russian Edition (added Cyka)

I stopped playing when the ranking system was changed. Still watch the E-sport though. Wembley was good fun.

You could pick up a 780ti or a 970 second hand for around £150.

It will not be up to gaming, unless what you wanna play is low res flash games and 5+ year old ones

That CPU isn't bad, but it is dual core and if you want even a budget PC, pick up a cheap i3 or i5 dude, your Pentium is 284th in the world for speed, which is pretty poor

You need a graphics card, simple as that, you can pick up an older, new 750ti or 780ti, which will allow mid-high gaming on medium settings mostly, or you can buy a 2nd hand gtx 900 series.

I would recommend buying something like a gtx 960 or 970 2nd hand, 4GB version of course, as since the gtx 1000 series coming out has made the prices plummet! (Paid £150 for my gtx 960 4GB black edition, its now £100-120 on eBay!) if you wanna build a budget PC, a 980 is a bit high imo, up to you tho.

So, yea, buy a cheap i3 or i5, and a 2nd hand graphics card, and please bear in mind that a 'budget gaming pc', if you want it to last more than a year and be useable, will still set you back by at least a few hundred. Its a PC, not a chocolate bar, I only have mid-high specs and mine cost me about 700 quid, all my savings ^^

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I don't think I got my point across too well, judging by the suggestions so far - I'm looking at the possibility of trying out gaming - I certainly don't want to drop £150 on a graphics card straight off, nor will I entertain the idea of changing the cpu. If it's not going to be viable, then fine. I intend on spending my money on my upcoming trip back to India and up to Nepal, not on my pc. If there's a cheap way of getting it up and running, then I'll give it a go. If not I'll give it a miss.

And I know you get what you pay for, before I get inundated with comments! :smirk:

In which case, keep your Pentium and play flash games xD sorry bro, no dice without a graphics card and perhaps a better processor

Don't listen to DatAlbino... You could probably play GO without buying anything... It will look rubbish though! I've got a q6600 and a radeon 7850 and I'm still able to enjoy todays games, so you're probably looking at dropping around £70 on a gcard to get you going with reasonable settings.

Just don't expect the earth and be content with keeping options on the low side.

Here's a video of CS:GO on your CPU with a Nvidia Gefore 750ti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb21rGSj5Mo

crabby

​prime says hello

​prime really has helped

£5.99 on the game will quickly turn to £599 on keys by the end of the year :smile:

Playing CSGO with graphics cranked up just makes it harder to see your target - drop everything low and get a better fps.

Cheers! Any suggestions on a cheap card then? I'm not expecting the moon on a stick - if I can run a few games then that's all good. Not specifically this or the most recent games, just something to kill a few hours will suffice! If the quality isn't great then I think I'll survive - I've not got much to compare it to anyway!

As I am sure you can tell by my current hardware... I'm not up with the most recent chipsets etc!

I have found this: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/best-gpus,review-33382.html

Which indicates you'd do well with a GeForce GT 730. When buying MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THE CORRECT LETTERS AND NUMBERS... If you move away from the GT 730 I have no idea where you'll end up.

No idea if it's good value, but you can get a 2GB version here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GV-N730-2GI-GT730-Graphic-Card/dp/B00LHLB1WC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1467041235&sr=8-2&keywords=gt+730

Don't go 1GB - you'll need at least 2GB for textures in more recent games.

crabby

Which is great. I have been accused of it still :smiley:. Still loads of abusive moany petulant children on there.

I suggested a cheap 750ti or 780ti in the first place....

wolf, you didn't specify you wanted to play this game specifically, just that you were looking to make your PC gaming compatible, altho I probs should have put 2 and 2 together and realised you meant CSGO. Apologies

CS: GO Minimum Requirements:


Intel CPU: Dual-Core Pentium D @ 2.4GHz
AMD CPU: Dual-Core AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.0GHz

RAM: 2 GB

NVidia GPU: NVidia GTX 200 or greater
AMD GPU: AMD HD4000 or greater

OS: Windows XP 32-bit (SP3)
DirectX: DirectX 9

HDD Space: 4GB

Those are some basic requirements, with which you should be able to hit 60fps on medium settings, its not a very demanding game and is very GPU light anyways as the graphics aren't off the chart good ^^

To run this, your CPU is fine but I would invest in a cheap, old gtx for £50-100 which will really make it possible to play proper games

I would look at the 750ti as a benchmark for a decent, cheap old graphics card, or like I said before, pick up a cheap 2nd hand gtx 960 4GB for about £100, the difference in performance is so much better

I have a 960 4GB and get 220+fps on CSGO, its worth the relatively small investment imo

Eww 960, Nvidia's Lower End Cards aren't worth it tbh :smiley:

I play on most things maxed out and get 200+ fps

but why would you want everything maxed out lol im using coldzeras monitor settings and yer sure my stattrak factory new karamibt fade looks like crap but playing the game is hell of alot better :smile::

(running an oc 970 btw)

I don't play to win much, I just play to have a good time w/ mates, plus gotta have my fade skins looking amazing :smiley: Can you link me coldzeras monitor setting, I wanna try em out.

I have probably opened 50 cases so far. All I get are well worn blues fml

​yer just youtube it mate

Wait how does stopping gifting at all hamper me smurfing? Wouldn't I just need to open a new steam account and buy the game, sounds even quicker than gifting it.. I must be missing something.

This is a great deal!

used 750ti will give you performance similar to ps4/xb1 performance for £70-80

Meanwhile i'm here on my awesome 60Hz monitor :disappointed:

Me too man :'( first thing I buy when I move out is a 144Hz, thinking about the budget ASUS one that sells for like £170 ish

silver 4 sorry for late reply :P

xD