patch your system, get the latest drivers, and update windows. It sounds hard to believe but many people overlook these 3 items. I got a few buddies who want to get into pc gaming because I'm into pc gaming and a few other in the clan are into pc gaming. A lot of em feel like a pc can run any game a 360 or ps3 can run simply because it's a pc.

one of em bought mass effect for the pc since he doesn't have a 360. well when the game didn't run he wanted to know why. he was bashing msft, dell, bioware, etc,. When I asked him what were his system specs his reply was whatever Dell gave me :/

needless to say his cpu and ram were up to par but his gpu was the onboard intel chip i.e he could not run the game.

a lot of console gamers simply don't have the basic knowledge to set up a gaming pc or maintain one.

You would probably be very surprised how many people who want to play PC games have no idea what their computer specs are, or even what they mean.

The BEST way to learn is to build your own. If you need help, there's plenty of help to be found out in the internets or if you live near one of those computer "boutique" stores, they would be more than happy to help and some even specialize in gaming. Even some Best Buy employees would take a few minuets to explain something to you.

Frustration is unfortunately what drives alot of people away from PC gaming, but PC has the most knowledgeable community. People need to take advantage of that.

to run the game...

sometimes it doesn't matter what you do. DRM/Securom will bite you in the a$$. And the game just won't play.

bullsh!t it runs smoother on you playstation....i have a one gig card a c2q, which makes no difference in most fps' over a c2d and i run 1680*1050, everything maxed, 8*aa and v-sync, and it runs at 45-55 frames at all times...

Far Cry 2 might be one of the better looking console games, but the difference between the pc version and the console version is even greater than most mustiplats, anyone care for dx9 lighting in far cry 2, then playstation is for you!!

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau