New to gaming on my 7811, bought my first game,(call of duty), can I hook up a joystick>?

Hi,

Obviously we all know I am new to gaming and I was wondering what type of controller or joystick is the best for laptop gaming, I have a XBOX 360 etc and am used to that style.

Recommendations anyone<?

When I installed the game the graphics are was better than ever would have imagined, blows my Xbox away.

 

From what I've read you should be able to use that XBOX 360 controller.

 

you can use the 360 controller, but I strongly recommend keyboard + mouse setup for cod. you will be pwned if you use a controller to play online.

 

I 2nd getting used to KB/mouse. For FPS games there is no equal. Play for a while you'll get the hang of it.

 

Get a decent gaming mouse and hard mat, honestly its the best way to PC game

 

KB/mouse for online, but if you want to use a controller I recomment the XBOX 360 controller.

 

I went from ps2 controller
to pc keyboard/mouse (counterstrike, starcraft)
to xbox 360 (gears of war*, bioshock, call of duty 4)
and right back to laptop keyboard/mouse (call of duty 4 MAJOR, and any fps xbox/pc games)

*gears of war on xbox 360 controller is the best. on the pc keyboard/mouse combo, it felt awkward cuz of the sprint n cover system. just could get used to the control
*My COD 4 performance is a little bit lower on the pc than xbox, cuz i got used to the controller.

IN CONCLUSION: YOU WILL LOVE KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (10 years of personal experience) Millions will agree!

 

The use of an analog control is pretty much awful. It's a horrid idea. very bad.

 

yeah get yourself aquainted to the keyboared and mouse. gaming mice with lots of buttons are nice for games with lots of abilities b/c then you don't have to move your keyboard hand from it's AWSD position as much... IMO
I use the logitech G9 some don't like that it's lazer and expensive but i got it from tigerdirect.com and it was $60 NOT refurb, same price as the G5 at BB. I love it for wow and warhammer but crysis the extra buttons weren't near as handy...

 

I agree that keyboard/mouse is best for FPS but for those games that need/work better with a game controller, you can get a device that allows wireless Xbox controllers to work with a PC. It cost about $20 and is a little white wireless receiver with an attached USB cable. It works pretty slick; I use it for the Lego Star Wars and Indy games.

Google "Xbox Wireless Gaming Receiver" to find it. Looks like Amazon has it for about $17.

 

I thought you could plug in a WIRED XBOX 360 CONTROLLER into the USB port and download the driver from microsoft (via windows update or google search XBOX 360 controller PC driver)?????????

 

you can, but if you want to use a wireless xbox controller, you'll need to use the above mentioned wireless receiver

 

EXPLAIINS WHY MY ELITE CONTROLLER ONLY CHARGED!!!! ggrrrrrr.

He's better of getting the wired controller. save him some CASH! to pay for the gas on that MUSTANG

 

mpg is all that bad, as it just sits in the garage in a bubble until summer.

 

Welcome to PC gaming. Hope you like how rough and lonely it is lol...jking.

PLS do not use a joystick as you will get owned.