The monitor is LG L1750SQ (17″ LCD 1280×1024, with 8 ms response time). The Intel CPU is complemented with a Gigabyte GA-8I945P-G-RH motherboard (based on the Intel i945P chipset), with 1 GB DDR-II 667MHz memory installed ( V-Data 2 x 512 MB, running in dual channel mode), Gigabyte GV-NX66L 128DP nVidia GeForce 6600LE PCI-E video adapter, harddisk Seagate 250 GB SATA (7’200 rpm/16 MB L2 cache), and LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10A DVD+/-R/RW DL writer, all of this in sturdy and functional Chieftec BG-02B-B-SL case with 350W Chieftec power supply. To imagine that this cooling solution could not be suffient to remove the heat from the rather cold Pentium-D processor would be absurd, and I never thought of that, when pondering upon the slowness issue I was faced lately with. The Zalman fan can be automatically controlled via the BIOS (based on current CPU load and temperature), or manually, using the provided Fan Mate 2 controller.
Inside the case is running a fast and cold dual-core Intel Pentium-D processor (D-820), clocked at 2.8 GHz (14 x 200 MHz, 2 x 1 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB), kept cool by the Zalman CNPS9500 LED cooler (all 100% copper heatsink with optimised design, special heatpipes, 0.2mm ultra-slim copper fins, ultra quiet CNPS 92mm opaque fan with blue LEDs, and adjustable fan speed controller ( Fan Mate 2) for the control of the fan speed).
#Lost planet 2 review Pc
You should know that this is rather powerful configuration I am using at my workplace, and the PC is not more than half a year old (it was assembled in May 2006, as far as I remember).
#Lost planet 2 review install
Lately I noticed, that my computer is acting strange from time to time – slows down, opens applications with much more delay than usual the whole Windows was feeling somehow slowish, but not in the way it slows down after too much work performed since first install (besides, I installed this Windows XP Professional SP2 myself not a long ago, and that wasn’t an option). …So here I am, sitting in the office yesterday, sipping at my coffee peacefully and thinking about doing some boring PC optimisation work – defragmentation, disk cleanup, etc. Why? These minor issues aside, a worthy addition to anyone's collection, whether you're a lost planet fan or not.Or A Story about How my Intel Pentium-D Computer Became Ultra-Fast… again* :-) There are a couple of upgrades for it which, while inexpensive, are almost pointless, like a cutting/welding torch that you use once. It has such potential, but other than a few akrid battles, a rig on rig battle and wandering around doing odd jobs, it feels really underdeveloped. The rig is Peytons personal 30 foot tall mech, as opposed to scavenging VS's in the previous games. The only real let downs with this game were with the utility rig.
#Lost planet 2 review 1080p
Visually the game is stunning (for best results use a full 1080p display) with nice little touches added here and there to add atmosphere. The characters are superbly well developed (except Laroche, who seems to switch teams in a whim), and the cast are simply stellar in their performances, especially Bill Watterson as Jim Peyton. It also works as a prequel, setting a scene for the first game and introducing the father first game's protagonist in his youth, before being hardened by war. To that end, the story is quite rich and full of surprises. Lost planet 3 delivers a much more cinematic and story driven experience than prior instalments.
What story there was tended to be thin and a little convoluted in places. While lost planet 2 was clearly geared towards multiplayer formatting and did a reasonable job of it, it lacked in the story department. Lost planet 3 gives a much needed burst of life to the series.
This review is purely for the main campaign content, not multiplayer.