quake 4 $15 @ bestbuy

[BadSweetums]

Overstock is OOS, out of stock.

 

[OCNewbie]

Yeah, said they had just 10 left when I placed my order.

 

[Stoneage]

Originally posted by: BadSweetums
Overstock is OOS, out of stock.

Back in stock, but dwindling. Also used the 12% coupon link from another site, and added some paper clips (non-media item) to get $1 shipping. I also tacked on Arrested Development Season 3 for good measure. Good deal!

 

[you2]

Dang I didn't nkow aobut the free coke and with the free coke it is cheaper than overstock. Btw I didn't waste gas - I walked Well ok so i wasted some gas but it was free...

Game was ok - a little short but not too bad for $15. I'm on the last battle of hte last section. I'm not esp fast but it took 15 or 18 hours of game time.

per original note I really dislike how the doom engine interacts with environment. Also don't like the artifical barries that block various paths.

 

[drwtsn32]

Originally posted by: apoppin
i guess there is always a first time .. . bad Disk #4

I had the exact same problem. Disk 4 was bad ... it could not copy the last file off the disk. I exchanged it and the replacement works perfectly.

 

[fallenangel99]

looks like its back in stock at overstock.

 

[SLEEPER5555]

what does the overstock version add? other than 1dvd to 4 cd's

 

[BuckNaked]

Originally posted by: fallenangel99
looks like its back in stock at overstock.

ordered, thanks!

 

[blacklit]

oos at overstock (again)

 

[deadken]

I picked up my copy from my local Best Buy. I'm gonna try it out now. Thanks OP!

EDIT: Wow... I think I got pretty far... I'd guess it was worth $15 if the gameplay keeps up like this (single player mode). I'd like a little more plot and story line like there was in Half-Life, but this is some good adrenaline pumping action.

I should mention that it is just a little bit more demanding (system wise) then I had expected. I needed to drop down to High Quality (not Ultra), down to 4x AA, and down to 12X7 (not 1600x1200) but I am running very smooth at these settings. I might need to increase my Overclock back to 2.4Ghz (I am @ 2.1 now) to allow me to increase my settings again. I certainly miss having 2GBs of ram when loading scenes (my new mobo won't boot with more then (1) one GB stick in it (the max. is supposed to be 2GBs)).

 

[NuKe9]

GD Overstock. They cancelled my order. This is the last time I order anything from them, again. Anyone's order still alive?

 

[Cougit]

This $14.99 deal is back at BestBuy (ground shipping is about $2.50)...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp...=quake+4&type=product&id=1118845328407

 

[AndrewR]

Awesome, thanks, OP! Going to use a $5 McDonald's ticket and get Q4 for $10 plus the two free Cokes that I'll use with my Jim Beam Black!

 

[flyboy84]

Originally posted by: SLEEPER5555
what does the overstock version add? other than 1dvd to 4 cd's

It's actually 2 DVDs vs 4cds. The second DVD contains alot of making-of type stuff and the original Quake II and both mission packs (Q4 continues the storyline of Q2)

 

[weirdichi]

Hmmm... should I bite on this?

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: weirdichi
Hmmm... should I bite on this?

Quake 4 is 'everything' Doom3 should have been

 

[blacklit]

i passed on this before because i had a 9800 pro then. on x800 xt pe now so i should be able to run it decently. i hope BB will clearance the DVD version sometime soon (i hate clutter and "insert disk" efforts). don't want to wait too long for this price again.

i dig quake... shooting accuracy isn't affected by movent... just like in the real world

 

[Cougit]

Well, there's lots of places that have the DVD edition for $18 - $25...

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: blacklit
i passed on this before because i had a 9800 pro then. on x800 xt pe now so i should be able to run it decently. i hope BB will clearance the DVD version sometime soon (i hate clutter and "insert disk" efforts). don't want to wait too long for this price again.

i dig quake... shooting accuracy isn't affected by movent... just like in the real world

My 9700 Pro ran Doom 3 decently, actually. I upgraded to an X850XT, which definitely helps, however.

 

[weirdichi]

YMMV, but Target had this on clearance for $7.48 (75% off). I think it's the CD version, but still not too shabby.

 

[blacklit]

Originally posted by: DonVito
My 9700 Pro ran Doom 3 decently, actually. I upgraded to an X850XT, which definitely helps, however.

ya, tell me about it... i can run farcry and call of duty 1&2 above the gpu poverty level. high res, high settings... changes the experience.

curious, you have pci-e or agp?

 

[blacklit]

Originally posted by: weirdichi
YMMV, but Target had this on clearance for $7.48 (75% off). I think it's the CD version, but still not too shabby.

thanks, i might check. for that price... i'll insert disks. then again, why risk getting that bad cd, as others have... waste of time.

 

[weirdichi]

Originally posted by: blacklit

Originally posted by: weirdichi
YMMV, but Target had this on clearance for $7.48 (75% off). I think it's the CD version, but still not too shabby.

thanks, i might check. for that price... i'll insert disks. then again, why risk getting that bad cd, as others have... waste of time.

What bad CD? I was actually loading it last night and it came up with an error that I didn't have a certain file on my C: drive.

 

[apoppin]

yep ... missing a file . . . some of the #2 install CDs are bad .. . . i got one at BB last time and had to return it

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: blacklit

Originally posted by: DonVito
My 9700 Pro ran Doom 3 decently, actually. I upgraded to an X850XT, which definitely helps, however.

ya, tell me about it... i can run farcry and call of duty 1&2 above the gpu poverty level. high res, high settings... changes the experience.

curious, you have pci-e or agp?

I have AGP. I have a decent CPU (I bought a Socket 754 CPU and mobo at the worst possible time, in the summer of 2004) and don't do a ton of PC gaming, so I didn't really want to do a whole system upgrade. I bought my X850XT when Microcenter was closing them out for $200 this past winter.

My 9700 Pro was really really good to me - I ran that thing for more than three years! That was one of the greatest quantum leaps in video-card technology, ever. I've had various nVidia and 3Dfx cards in the past, but the 9700 Pro was by far the best, in its era. I like my X850XT as well.