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#4111800 - 04/25/15 08:51 PM Bah!!  
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Between computer memory issues and hopefully nothing wrong with my Internet it will take all day
to download GTA5....after 7 hours so far.


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#4111802 - 04/25/15 08:54 PM Re: Bah!! [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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Give this a read while you wait; http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V

People are having some issues with memory leaks, trouble starting, stuttering etc. so might as well get a leg up in case you do run into problems.

#4111803 - 04/25/15 08:56 PM Re: Bah!! [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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Already having memory issues already lol...now i have to worry about more?

DaveSHQ is me
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=139872

#4111807 - 04/25/15 09:01 PM Re: Bah!! [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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Originally Posted By: Stormtrooper
Already having memory issues already lol...now i have to worry about more?

DaveSHQ is me
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=139872


Aw, that sucks.

Only thing I could recommend trying, which you might have already done, is updating your BIOS. Could be a memory incompatibility or a voltage issue that an update might fix.

#4112051 - 04/26/15 04:38 PM Re: Bah!! [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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Over the hills and far away.
I got the game on DVD, comes on 7 DVD's smile


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#4112070 - 04/26/15 05:48 PM Re: Bah!! [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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I don't like Steam.

So far I have only purchased one game from them and every time I want to play it, I need to run that Steam program to play it.

I paid for it fair and square and in full.

I should be able to have free copy of it standalone on my PC with full user's license without needing to connect to Steam to play it.

I even went as far as unplugging the modem and yes, when you have no internet connection, the game will not run because the Steam program can't connect to the internet.

Why does it need to connect to the internet to run a game that I have paid in full fair and square?

It makes me suspicious that it wants to spy on me and mine information from my PC and from my hard drive and send it to Steam which will then pass it on to Big Brother.

That is why I turned all the crap connected to Microsoft Auto Update completely off on my computer and that is also why I no longer use Internet Explorer or Windows Media Player for about 6 years now.

Windows Media Player would never play a file that is free standing in your hard drive without connecting to the internet first.

There is not one program made by Microsoft or made by another company like Google or Adobe, etc etc on my computer that will auto update itself and that also includes my Anti-Virus programs.

I decide when it connects to the internet to download the latest version, patches, definition, etc.

If anything tries to get on the internet without my pre-authorization besides normal internet browsing with Google Chrome, I will get a warning and it will be blocked.

#4112083 - 04/26/15 06:32 PM Re: Bah!! [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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Let me get you a tin foil hat...


Click to reveal..
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"What people like and what critics praise are rarely the same thing. 'Critic' is just another one of those unnecessary, overpaid, parasitic jobs that the human race has churned out so that clever slackers won't have to actually get a real job and possibly soil their hands."
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#4112119 - 04/26/15 08:55 PM Re: Bah!! [Re: CG2015]  
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Originally Posted By: CG2015
I don't like Steam.

So far I have only purchased one game from them and every time I want to play it, I need to run that Steam program to play it.

I paid for it fair and square and in full.

I should be able to have free copy of it standalone on my PC with full user's license without needing to connect to Steam to play it.

I even went as far as unplugging the modem and yes, when you have no internet connection, the game will not run because the Steam program can't connect to the internet.

Why does it need to connect to the internet to run a game that I have paid in full fair and square?

It makes me suspicious that it wants to spy on me and mine information from my PC and from my hard drive and send it to Steam which will then pass it on to Big Brother.

That is why I turned all the crap connected to Microsoft Auto Update completely off on my computer and that is also why I no longer use Internet Explorer or Windows Media Player for about 6 years now.

Windows Media Player would never play a file that is free standing in your hard drive without connecting to the internet first.

There is not one program made by Microsoft or made by another company like Google or Adobe, etc etc on my computer that will auto update itself and that also includes my Anti-Virus programs.

I decide when it connects to the internet to download the latest version, patches, definition, etc.

If anything tries to get on the internet without my pre-authorization besides normal internet browsing with Google Chrome, I will get a warning and it will be blocked.



https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3160-agcb-2555

#4112120 - 04/26/15 08:58 PM Re: Bah!! [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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I have already removed the game and the Steam application weeks ago.

It will not attempt to spy on my computer again.

I will never buy another game from Steam again.

If it's not on a physical CD, I will not buy any game, I don't care how popular or great or highly rated the game is.

#4112121 - 04/26/15 09:03 PM Re: Bah!! [Re: komemiute]  
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Originally Posted By: komemiute
Let me get you a tin foil hat...


Haha, indeed.

Imagine living with such paranoia. Should probably cancel the internet and throw away the computer to be safe.

#4112163 - 04/27/15 12:05 AM Re: Bah!! [Re: CG2015]  
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Originally Posted By: CG2015
I have already removed the game and the Steam application weeks ago.

It will not attempt to spy on my computer again.

I will never buy another game from Steam again.

If it's not on a physical CD, I will not buy any game, I don't care how popular or great or highly rated the game is.

My copy of Skyrim is a physical dvd. Still requires Steam to be installed.


Silent enim legēs inter arma.

Cave canem, te necet lingendo.
#4112168 - 04/27/15 12:25 AM Re: Bah!! [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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Steam offline can be a bit sketchy, insisting on reconnecting after a few weeks. A fix that worked for me is putting a firewall rule blocking Steam, even when disconnected.

I don't like it either, but not going to stop at 2005 gaming.

#4112174 - 04/27/15 12:51 AM Re: Bah!! [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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I still recall the kid games I paid for on my Xbox 360. Took the 360 up to the mountains, promised my friend's little kids we'd be playing video games.

No net connection. No games.

I'd just spent like 20 bucks on titles just for that weekend. I did get points from their mother for trying though, oh yeah...

So maybe it wasn't totally wasted money. Oh yeah, I did fire up those kid games a couple other times with a connection.

So I guess my "rental" worked out...

#4112322 - 04/27/15 02:08 PM Re: Bah!! [Re: CG2015]  
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Originally Posted By: CG2015
I have already removed the game and the Steam application weeks ago.

It will not attempt to spy on my computer again.

I will never buy another game from Steam again.

If it's not on a physical CD, I will not buy any game, I don't care how popular or great or highly rated the game is.



At least you'll be saving a lot of money now as you won't need to upgrade your PC ever again for games you are no longer buying!

Physical media is too easily pirated, and it costs money to create and distribute, so it's been abandoned for PC games. If you don't like it...well, there is literally nothing you can do about it unless you can afford to become EA's single largest shareholder and demand they change direction. Then you have to repeat for every other publisher.

Otherwise, this is the new normal.



The Jedi Master


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