PC Gaming Resource Thread

[Schadenfroh]

Hello and welcome to AnandTech's PC Gaming subforum. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with forum policy.

The AT PC Gaming subforum is NOT categorized as a social forum, so please strive to be on-topic, helpful and professional.

Piracy is a common topic in PC gaming. I quote forum policy:

No sharing or requesting pirated software. Discussions addressing piracy are allowed, but using the Forums as a hub or a school for pirates is not.

Here are some threads that might be of interest:

Upcoming game discussion

• Diablo 3 Thread
  
  Current popular game discussion
  • Fallout 3 Thread
  • World of Warcraft (WoW) Thread
  • Diablo 2 Thread
  • Guild Wars Thread
  • Dragon Age Thread
  • Aion

Hot Topics in PC Gaming

• SecuROM discussion thread
• The Return of StarForce

PC Gaming freebies, deals and fair trades

• Free PC games Thread[/b]
• Half-Life 2 Gifting Thread (have a spare HL2? give a HL2... need a HL2? get a HL2)
• Video game exchange thread: Showcase / Listing Thread and Discussion Thread
• Checkout AT Hot Deals for the latest PC Game deals

Multiplayer online meets

• UT3 Meeting Thread
• World of Warcraft: AT forum user / server listing Thread
• Diablo 2 Account Name / Realm Thread
• TF2 Gaming Night

Essential for best performance / compatibility

• WideScreen Gaming Setup Instruction Library (suggested by mem)
• Latest DirectX (suggested by mem)
• Latest OpenAL
• Latest drivers for ATI Graphics Cards
• Latest drivers for nVidia Graphics Cards
• Security Resource Thread (keep your system malware free)

Other

• Block advertisements and splash screens that appear in games with the freeware, opensource GNag

Please PM me information that you feel is valuable / relevant and should be added to the OP of this thread.