Neocron's population has hit 40%. This is a great milestone for the game. It is making a comeback. If you want to try the game download here:

http://www.shacknews.com/file/7972/neocron-evolution-22-client

"Neocron is a 2002 post-apocalyptic^[18] cyberpunk^[19] massively multiplayer online role playing game(MMORPG) developed by Hannover, Germany-based^[20] software developer Reakktor Media GmbH and published by cdv Software Entertainment. It is considered the first cyberpunk-genre MMORPG,^[21] and is designed to integrate elements of first-person shooter games into an MMORPG.^[19] While it has been called aMMO first-person shooter (MMOFPS),^[22] most consider it a hybrid of MMORPG and first-person shooter" - Wiki

This game is perfect for those seeking a SCI-FI game. It has it all.

For those who have not heard, Neocron 2.2 has gone free to play. Account management is up and ready to accept new players. Today the server had 25% population and is making a strong comeback. Be sure to check it out at http://neocron.com. To download the game go to:

http://www.shacknews.com/file/7972/neocron-evolution-22-client

It says TRIAL version but is actually not updated. Enjoy the game!!! (currently down at time of posting for maintainence)

Originally posted by infeeect
Have fun on your own then.

This is the problem I'm having. Anytime I log on, there is no one to play with so I just log off.

Looks promising. I alpha tested the game. I had such high hopes. I'll give it one more shot at 2.0.

This looks promising. My only worries are customization and skill progression.

Sadly I quit playing. I just couldn't stay interested. The main reason I left WoW is because I was bored with the end game content. Dailys get old FAST. I was hoping SWTOR would be different, but once I hit 50, I found out it was exactly the same. "Oh, now you're 50! Time to grind a ton of quests, dailies, and (heroics)."

I wanted TOR to bring something new to the MMO world. What a let down.

Originally posted by Ridelynn

I would say "Just get a new video card and then see how it does" - except the whole "It's an HP" thing - and if you can't get a 260 to fit, you are going to have problems with most anything.

First off, don't get hung up on "Max Details" - SWTOR in particular looks about the same regardless of if you are playing on Low or Max - I do both frequently (lowest settings on nVidia 320M at 720p, versus highest on AMD6970 at 1920x1200), it's hard to tell the difference. It's a huge difference in horsepower to be able to do it, and just turning down an option or two makes a large difference without seriously impacting image quality.

The disheartening thing is that on a $700 budget, you aren't really going to get that much faster of a CPU - you'd need to go AMD FX, and those aren't really any faster than the C2Q you have (for gaming). But with your existing system being HP, it's going to be really hard to reuse anything.

After doing some research ---

You may be in luck. The GTS250 is a 9" long card. The new AMD 7700 series is 8.25" long stock - so you could probably upgrade to a 7770 or 7750, keep the rest of your computer, and come out ahead.

The GTS250 is a 150W TDP card, the 7770 is half that, so your power supply would hang with it too. The 7770 should be about 2x faster than your 250.

That being said - it's an option; it won't net you huge performance gains, but you'll get a noticable jump. To go any farther, realistically, your going to need to jump to an entire new computer. $700 is roughly the starting point, and $1600 gets you pretty top end everything, and it runs the gamut in between those two price points. If you got an 7700 series card now, you would be able to reuse that (and subtract the price of it out of your new rig budget); it is on the bottom end of the spectrum but still a serviceable and respectable gaming card (especially overclocked).

"The 7770 should be about 2x faster than your 250"

It's worth a shot, any chance I could get a link to it? I'm off to bed but will check it out in the morning. Thanks everyone! If you have more advice feel free to chime in. 

Originally posted by Quizzical

Originally posted by warbot7777

Power supply is a 550 watt

That doesn't answer the question.  Give the exact brand name and model.

BFG power or w/e bfgr550wgxpsu

Power supply is a 550 watt

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01357064&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3750363&lang=en

IPIBL-TX is what I see

Thanks for answering everyone! Couple of  questions, how can I find out if my comp can support SSD?

Also I have a problem with my video card slot. It has trouble fitting most video cards. Originally I tried to put a 275 gtx in there but it was too big. I ended up having to get the gts 250 due to my tower size. This is a HP computer LOL. I'm shocked that I was able to make the changes that I have. 

Another question, can I change the mobo in this thing?

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad  CPU   Q9300  @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz - intel core2 quad or w/e

Memory: 8192MB RAM

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 - 1 gig 

Speakers (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio)

power supply is upgraded and hdd is a crappy sata 1 :(

razer blackwidow ultimate and razer naga elite YEAH! lol :P

So, lately I've been having problems playing SWTOR and some other games. I can't run them on high settings. I'm looking to get a new rig under $700. Please help. I want to be able to play SWTOR and Diablo 3/Starcraft 2 on max settings with no lag. 

I've heard tigerdirect and newegg are good websites. Should I start with a barebone kit? or just a case? I've never done it myself before but I know enough to change out a video card and RAM(which isn't much I suppose lol). I have a monitor so I have that covered, I also have 8 gigs of ram. 

UO is no doubt one of the best games of all time. I remember when I started playing it at 13. They did ruin it a bit when they released Trammel. That's when I switched to emulated servers.

I miss SWG too but sadly he's dead Jim. 

Originally posted by SBFord

Several key facts about Star Wars: The Old Republic have emerged according to the latest information released to investors and stockholders by Electronic Arts in preparation for the Q3 2012 investor's conference call.

• Over 2 million SWTOR units were sold in just over a month
• SWTOR has 1.7 million active subscribers. "The majority of these subscribers are paying customers already." Eric Brown
• Metrics on engagement: 1 million users log in per day staying in game for 4 hours per day
• Server performance and stability exceeded expectation with 99.5% up time outside schedule maintenance.
• Grow subscribers with frequent content updates
• Another major update larger than the first coming in March
• Q3 2012 fiscal revenues are higher than Q3 2011 driven by the successful launch of SWTOR
• Net revenue for PC titles, including SWTOR, is up significantly over Q3 2011
• "Fastest growing subscription MMO in history," John Riccitiello
• EA shipped SWTOR units in December that were slated to ship in January, well ahead of schedule, and led to an increase in revenue in Q3 2012
• SWTOR drove most of the digital increase by Origin
• 40% of the sales of SWTOR came through Origin, numbers that were not shown in overall numbers of sales until now
• Increased marketing funds will be spent on SWTOR to take advantage of the momentum of the game's success to date. Ready to launch a major mass market television campaign and cross promotion with "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D" which comes out in February.
• "SWTOR will be an important factor in next year's results (fiscal 2013)." Eric Brown.
• PvP upgrades and expansion packs in the works
• Looking at the Asian market, Australian/New Zealand market sales expansion with more information to be released in the coming weeks and months.

You can check out these documents here and here.

 

Thank you very much for posting this. See guys?