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#1081 SmokeyPSD Posted 26 June 2015 - 10:28 AM

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Wow! Got curious and went onto Steam and sure enough the note is there of Batman being taken down. That's pretty unprecedented.

I do agree with Axe with consoles tending to be a bit better with stability as they're a known, fixed value when in development. Instead of the mess of variables that is the PC platform.
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#1082 spectre51 Posted 11 July 2015 - 02:11 AM

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Green Man Gaming has just announced the hottest sale of the summer packed with amazing blazing deals every day. As if those deals were not enough reason to get the games you've been waiting for, from Playfire we want to give you one more.

Every day there will be four of the hottest sale titles that we will add Playfire Rewards. If your Steam account is linked to Playfire, and you play any of the four chosen games for one hour, then you'll get 5p. We will be offering anyone who enters via the daily Special Rewards Sale page, the chance to win £100, with a further 10 prizes of £10 up for grabs. Entering is easy - just click the “add to wishlist” button on the page!

The four games chosen each day will be announced on the blog every day at 3pm UTC.

The daily Special Rewards winners will be announced on this forum thread.

Let’s recap...
  • Sign up to Playfire if you haven't already and link your Steam account
  • Play for one hour any of the 4 titles featured each day and you’ll get 5p
  • Head to the daily Special Playfire Rewards Sale page and click "Add to wish list" to be eligible for the daily Special Rewards.
FAQ

Will I get 5p per game on a same day?
Yes, if you play one of the featured games for an hour you will get 5p. If you play all four games, for an hour each, you’ll get 20p.

Do I need to play for an hour to be eligible for the Special Rewards?
Yes, you have to play any of the featured games for one hour and sign up for the Special Reward Sale Page clicking "Add to wish list" on the game page.

If I play all four games, do I get four chances to win a Special Reward?
Yes, the more you play, the more chances you have to win.


Playfire Rewards - Summer Sale Day 1: Day of the Undead

COMPETITION | Day of the Undead – 3 Bundles Up For Grabs


Wont be as great a quantity as the steam summer sale, but offering a chance to win credit and a competition to win several games each day is good.

GMG ANZ 30% off voucher: GMGAUS-30J9MF-MUINWW

VOUCHER CODE: GMGSUM-MERSAL-E20OFF
^That one is valid to the 13th but its not unheard of GMG extending the expiry date of vouchers, so it my get extended throughout the sale or could get changed.


Not sure how tempted I will be with the dollar dropping ever more but I will enter a few competitions if I'm interested in the games don't want to waste that luck on winning games I don't want ;)

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#1083 Axe99 Posted 11 July 2015 - 03:56 AM

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Thanks for the news Spec, and good luck :).
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#1084 GraphicX Posted 12 July 2015 - 11:38 PM

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dumb question spec, but i'm guessing the 30% off isn't in addition to already marked down prices ?
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#1085 GraphicX Posted 12 July 2015 - 11:45 PM

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this is where sites like gmg give me the sh!ts.

shadowrun titles 80% off, go to it as i want boston lockdown, that's got 50% off.

elder scrolls online (my cousin who account shares with me wants it), says it's 75% off, go to it & it's full price.

from what i understand GMG is regionalised, so not many of the sales apply to us (retards).
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#1086 GraphicX Posted 13 July 2015 - 12:06 AM

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triple posts are cool lol.

GMG, these are the idiots that stuffed up those watch_dogs keys.  reading around they're now copping flak over this.

great example, elder scrolls online, $15 if you use a VPN, but oh dear, it's conveniently out of stock.  turn the VPN off & wow, stocks returned but now it's $80.
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#1087 spectre51 Posted 13 July 2015 - 06:09 AM

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The 30% off voucher is for games that suffer region pricing especially for us as a way to try and lessen the impact from a few publishers.
Most publishers like on steam don't apply the "Aus tax" but 2k and a few others.

It must have (au) in the title for it to work but it will work always whether the game is on sale or not.

I don't know why our version doesn't get the 75% off they usually match discounts but seems we missed out this time.
Would've come down to with the voucher to $14US for us if it did.

If it doesn't have (au) in the title then most likely a 20%+ will be around some where and again it will work on most titles including ones on sale. You just can't use coupons and credit in conjunction with each other.

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#1088 GraphicX Posted 13 July 2015 - 06:14 AM

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who wrote that nonsense ?

those steam titles aren't regionalised, if they weren't conveniently listed as 'sold out' for the discount i could've bought them with the vpn.

don't trust gmg one bit, especially after the watch dogs stuff up.
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#1089 spectre51 Posted 21 July 2015 - 11:10 PM

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GMG 48 hour encore sale is on now, all the days sale are repeated.

20% Voucher: ENCORE-ENCORE-ENCORE

GMG ANZ 30% off voucher (au) games only: GMGAUS-30J9MF-MUINWW

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#1090 spectre51 Posted 24 July 2015 - 05:39 AM

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I grabbed Dirt Showdown from the gmg sale, thought about it during the steam sale but didnt go cheap enough for me. Got it just for something to muck around with.

Also got my second booster pack drop today Warhammer 40k: DOW1 which doubles my luck since I havent got all the cards for the badge yet and 2 out of the 3 were ones I didn't have yet.

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#1091 GraphicX Posted 31 July 2015 - 01:38 AM

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the two metro redux games are on sale this weekend, about $US5 each.
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#1092 GasClown Posted 31 July 2015 - 05:45 AM

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Impending doom at 78%...
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#1093 GasClown Posted 31 July 2015 - 06:51 AM

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Doom has arrived - Windows 10 activated.
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#1094 GraphicX Posted 31 July 2015 - 06:57 AM

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check your vram & report asap.
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#1095 GasClown Posted 31 July 2015 - 07:12 AM

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View PostGraphicX, on 31 July 2015 - 06:57 AM, said:

check your vram & report asap.

How the hell do I do that on a PC? Fucking thing.
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#1096 Aromaci Posted 31 July 2015 - 07:18 AM

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#1097 GraphicX Posted 31 July 2015 - 07:19 AM

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right click desktop
display settings
advanced display settings
scroll to bottom
display adaptor properties
total available graphics memory, dedicated etc.
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#1098 GasClown Posted 31 July 2015 - 07:28 AM

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Thanks...

Following is what it says:

Total Available Graphics Memory: 12254 MB
Dedicated Video Memory: 4096 MB
System Video Memory: 0 MB
Shared System Memory: 8158 MB

What does that tell you?
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#1099 GasClown Posted 31 July 2015 - 07:33 AM

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Trying to check whether SLI is on (just in case) but can't find it in the NVIDIA control panel? Might be blind though - long day and all.

EDIT - yeah, only one GPU showing up in NVIDIA GForce Experience as well... hmmm...
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#1100 GasClown Posted 31 July 2015 - 07:51 AM

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So a simple restart and back into the control panel to activate it. Unsure why it wasn't showing before - guess it could deactivate a few things. I had to adjust my screen res at first as well as it looked like a mess on an ultra-wide monitor... must have been 720P or something as the default.

New figures as follows:

Total Available Graphics Memory: 16350 MB
Dedicated Video Memory: 8192 MB
System Video Memory: 0 MB
Shared System Memory: 8158 MB
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