PC Charts

[TaraJayne]

The Sims 3 has celebrated its eleventh week as the number one title in the PC weekly charts.

The usual suspects comprise the top three, with Football Manager 2009 clinging to second, and World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King remaining third.

This week's only title to penetrate the top ten comes at the bottom of the chart, with Spore: Galactic Adventures climbing two places to tenth.

The top ten in full:

1. (1) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
2. (2) Football Manager 2009 (SEGA)
3. (3) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King (Activision Blizzard)
4. (5) Warhammer 40,000 Dawn Of War II (THQ)
5. (6) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
6. (4) Empire: Total War (Sega)
7. (7) Grand Theft Auto IV (Take Two)
8. (9) Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)
9. ( ARMA II (505 Games)
10. (12) Spore: Galactic Adventures

[Failed]

The Sims, all those sad, sad people. All woman ofcourse, no way would a man find enjoyment from meddling in other lives.

[TaraJayne]

The Sims, all those sad, sad people. All woman ofcourse, no way would a man find enjoyment from meddling in other lives.

lol in front of me is The complete collection of The Sims and Sims Life stories......I love The sims

[NeuroticSarge]

Now,I've only got a laptop-fairly new and was wondering if I could play some PC games on it?
It has an Intel core duo processor,2Gb of ram etc. and was wondering if it was man enough to handle anything?
Any ideas? Would like to get CoD waw but not sure if it will handle it?

[GamerMan316]

Now,I've only got a laptop-fairly new and was wondering if I could play some PC games on it?
It has an Intel core duo processor,2Gb of ram etc. and was wondering if it was man enough to handle anything?
Any ideas? Would like to get CoD waw but not sure if it will handle it?

you should try some demos first, that'll give you an idea of what you're laptop can handle.

[nCogNeato]

Now,I've only got a laptop-fairly new and was wondering if I could play some PC games on it?
It has an Intel core duo processor,2Gb of ram etc. and was wondering if it was man enough to handle anything?
Any ideas? Would like to get CoD waw but not sure if it will handle it?

you should try some demos first, that'll give you an idea of what you're laptop can handle.

Most modern games allow you to adjust the graphics and performance of a game to compensate for lack of hardware.  I have a horribly outdated desktop, bought over 5 years ago.

1.8GHz AMD Processor
1GB RAM
128MB Nvidia Video Card

I rarely play PC games, but here are a few I know I've been able to successfully run after tweaking the game settings.

World of Warcraft
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
The Suffering

For COD:WaW, if you're running Vista you may experience more slowdown than XP.  But as long as your Intel Processor is at least 3GHz, you shouldn't have any problems.  Anything less, you'll probably still be able to play it after tweaking the game settings.

[NeuroticSarge]

Allrighty then,ta.
Will try some demo's first then-Rainbow six sounds good,then I'll let you know the outcome!

[TaraJayne]

Command And Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight has won the battle of the new releases to become the new PC number one.

Dragon Age: Origins - Awakenings must settle for second place in its first week on sale, with Battlefield: Bad Company 2 dropping from first to third.

Metro 2033 is this week's third highest new entry, charting at seven, above The Sims 3, which drops to eight, and Left 4 Dead 2, which re-enters at nine.

The top ten in full:

1. (-) Command And Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight (Electronic Arts)
2. (-) Dragon Age: Origins - Awakenings (Electronic Arts)
3. (1) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
4. (3) Football Manager 2010 (Sega)
5. (2) Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War II - Chaos (THQ)
6. (4) Napoleon: Total War (Sega)
7. (-) Metro 2033 (THQ)
8. (5) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
9. (13) Left 4 Dead 2 (Electronic Arts)
10. (9) The Sims 3: World Adventures (Electronic Arts)

[NeuroticSarge]

I actually bought Halo 2 for the pc.Just need time now to play it!

[TaraJayne]

I actually bought Halo 2 for the pc.Just need time now to play it!

I have this too. Its the best in the series I think

[NeuroticSarge]

I actually bought Halo 2 for the pc.Just need time now to play it!

I have this too. Its the best in the series I think

Played about first 10 minutes,but not too easy on a laptop with my big fingers! Might get an xbox/pc controller.Do you have one of those?Are they any good?

[GamerMan316]

I actually bought Halo 2 for the pc.Just need time now to play it!

I have this too. Its the best in the series I think

Played about first 10 minutes,but not too easy on a laptop with my big fingers! Might get an xbox/pc controller.Do you have one of those?Are they any good?

Very good indeed, works with Gears on the PC too 

Get one of these first, then you can use your existing 360 pad.

[TaraJayne]

I actually bought Halo 2 for the pc.Just need time now to play it!

I have this too. Its the best in the series I think

Played about first 10 minutes,but not too easy on a laptop with my big fingers! Might get an xbox/pc controller.Do you have one of those?Are they any good?

Yes I do. You should get one its so much easier. If you have a wired pad you can just use that I think

[nCogNeato]

I actually bought Halo 2 for the pc.Just need time now to play it!

I have this too. Its the best in the series I think

Played about first 10 minutes,but not too easy on a laptop with my big fingers! Might get an xbox/pc controller.Do you have one of those?Are they any good?

Yes I do. You should get one its so much easier. If you have a wired pad you can just use that I think

The wired Xbox 360 controller and Games for Windows (PC) controller are the exact same controller.  The only difference is the packaging (and optional installation disc).

[RedMaster11]

Can I ask, probably a dumb question. If you connect a wireless controller to the PC with the rechargable battery cable, will that work? Or is that cable purely for recharging?