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Exitialis

11:33 PM on 25 June, 2008

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"What can we say about Counter-Strike: Source that hasn't been said before? It is simply the benchmark for team-based online shooters and, four years after its release, it's still the most popular game in its genre."

I would argue against that one a quick look at www.xfire.com shows COD4 at about 9 mil, COD2 at 5 mil and CSS at 2 mil minutes played today.

Otherwise a very interesting article, the only thing it makes me sad about is the size of my wallet :)

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Ed

9:19 AM on 26 June, 2008

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Okay, it's obviously taken a hit in recent years. I'll amend that line. still doing damn well for such an old game, though.

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intex

2:20 AM on 27 June, 2008

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Well call of duty is a full production game. with single player mode and many different versions of multi player... Cs is A Mod it is not a stand alone game. And there is only one mode of play (i.e. there is no capture the flag or free for all modes)

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Ed

3:17 PM on 27 June, 2008

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Sorry, I'm not sure what your point is Intex?

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life

7:16 PM on 27 June, 2008

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I thought this was a fantastic review Ed, very in-depth and informative. Looking forward to a GTX260 review, as there is no way I'm shelling out 400 quid on a graphics card! The 260s seem to be going for £250-300 at the moment... which is still very high in my book, but tempting given the potential performance gains over my current 7900GT KO.

P.S. Ed - I think Intex was replying to Exitialis, justifying the currently lower usage stats of CS:S.

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VarisVitols

12:25 PM on 3 July, 2008

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life said on 27th June 2008

In that case, why don't You have a look at Radeon HD 4870? It outperforms GTX 260 in almost every case, particularly with AA enabled - by 20 percent. In many cases it stands very close to GTX 280, with AA enabled, but costs only 185-230 pounds at online stores, depending on manufacturer.

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Roman

7:43 PM on 3 July, 2008

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What are your comments on the explosive heat and noise that the GTX 280 generates?

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FlightInstructor

2:49 PM on 27 March, 2009

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I like your reviews, in particular when they refer to games hardware, but I only use flight simulator, is it possible to include this type of game when reviewing hardware.

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We can find absolutely no fault in the GTX280 when it comes to performance and it has all the features most gamers should care about. Unfortunately, nVidia has played hard ball with the pricing and we simply can't recommend buying one at the £400 - £450 asking price.

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Reviewed by Edward Chester

25 June 2008

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