Yes! Say goodbye to my old 1.6GHz processor, my old 768 measly megs of RAM, my old 64-meg video card! My new Ultimate Gaming Machine is in the mail! YEEEHAW!
I will finally get to play Half-life 2, just like all the other kids ...
[ March 06, 2005, 03:29 AM: Message edited by: A Rat Named Dog ]
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Congratulations!
*Fights sudden urge to go out and by a new Motherboard and CPU, even though every game is already playable on my machine*
Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :
*Fights sudden urge to go out and torch his 233MHz comp with 64 Megs of RAM*
I thought you were a game designer? *squints eyes suspiciously*
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
Yes, so you can imagine the pain I've felt as other have played Half-life 2, whilst I was left with my tiny, tiny armies in Rome: Total War Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
I've been playing HL2 for months. I'm quite proud to say that I've been ranked as high as 20 out of 2500 on the IU E5 Counter Strike Source server. They reset the ranks every other sunday. And I only have access to my 2.8 ghz, 1024 megs of ram, 128 meg Radeon 9800 gaming PC every other week so I have to fight my way back up to a new rank every week Posted by urbanX (Member # 1450) on :
Well what does the new ULTIMATE MACHINE have?
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
a hamster?
i'm annoyed with my machine because it's a sony vaio and doesn't have the power to support any videocard beyond a 9200 due to it's limited power supply. Maybe i could get a 9600 in there but i really don't think it that would make much of a difference. i want to get a 9800 in there. that would be sweet. the thing is fine in other respects, 3 GHZ processor, 1Gig of ram. but that stupid power supply...
that is all...
[ March 06, 2005, 08:03 AM: Message edited by: Ben ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Specs, geoff, SPECS.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
So does anyone else have a fleeting urge to kill people who complain about having something much nicer than what you have? I guess this may be why I am more sensitive to violence than you, Geoff. Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Yeah, I want some specs, too man I need to be able to drool here.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: . I'm quite proud to say that I've been ranked as high as 20 out of 2500 on the IU E5 Counter Strike Source server. They reset the ranks every other sunday. And I only have access to my 2.8 ghz, 1024 megs of ram, 128 meg Radeon 9800 gaming PC every other week so I have to fight my way back up to a new rank every week
I don't know what's worse - the fact that you're bragging about this, or the fact that I'm legitimately impressed.
edit: Congrats, Geoff! Nothing better than getting a hot new ma-cheen.
[ March 06, 2005, 02:44 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
quote: Yes, so you can imagine the pain I've felt as other have played Half-life 2, whilst I was left with my tiny, tiny armies in Rome: Total War
Hey now, I'm the guy who still has to play Castle Bandits and Word Dojo on the touch screen computers in bars
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Uh, Geoff, don't suppose your old rig is for sale? I'm looking for something to dual boot linux and windows for dev purposes.
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
No, it's about time my wife had a decent machine, and the only thing my current one ISN'T good for is gaming. It can do everything else quite well, so I think she'll like it.
New machine specs: AMD Athlon 3800 2 Gigs of super-fast RAM 256-Meg NVidia GPU Two 74-Gig 10,000-RPM hard drives in a RAID array (speed over capacity)
The idea is for me to be able to go ANOTHER three years without upgrading
Yaaaaay!
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
And odouls, you hate video games made after 1985, so you get to shut your pie hole Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Oooo... *drools* Rockin machine!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
wooooow.
Posted by urbanX (Member # 1450) on :
Dog, you got me beat Nforce 4 or Via K8T890Pro
[ March 06, 2005, 04:27 PM: Message edited by: urbanX ]
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
You all have at least 3 years to surpass it, though Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I am happy with mine, and I bought it over a year ago. (yeah Staples)
I have a HP 3.0E g=Ghz, with 512 mb (pc3200 ddr sdram)
160 GB hard drive
NVVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 APG 8x graphics card with 128mb DDR, TV out and DVI support
7-in-1 card reader DVDR/CD-RW, and second CR-ROM
I know it isn't the best out there, but it has done everything I needed and wanted to do, and I got it all, along with a monitor and a scanner/fax/printer, for a really good price....the only thing I see different now is that for the ame price I could get a flat monitor and a dula DVD-R, but it is only a little bit cheaper now that what I paid.
Considering how fast these machines lose value, I am very happy with it.
Although I may upgrade it a little bit, and go with 1G RAM....
Kwea
[ March 06, 2005, 06:11 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Mmmmm...Raptors Tasty.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
I bought this computer to be one of the cool kids for the first time in my life that could play all the super duper new games. And, while it's served me well in that regard, I also find I don't care as much for games as I used to. The next computer I buy will be a nice, light, functional laptop, although I don't imagine that'll be for years yet.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
quote: I bought this computer to be one of the cool kids for the first time in my life that could play all the super duper new games. And, while it's served me well in that regard, I also find I don't care as much for games as I used to.
That's about the same thing that happened to me. I still remember the old days, when you could be just shy of a game's requirements and still pull it off. Now, if you just have the game's requirements, forget it, it's not worth playing.
[ March 06, 2005, 09:51 PM: Message edited by: Boris ]
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
congrats...my parents just upgraded, since their old computer just died. I went over and helped them set it up today...my mom really couldn't care less about it, but my dad is glad that he can finally burn CDs.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
The really sad thing is that the computer that you're upgrading from is better than my current one...
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
That's not sad at all. My current computer's actually not that bad. It's just ... for me, having access to a cutting-edge computer is about as important as a doctor having access to the latest medical journals. Or something. Something that doesn't compare me to a person that saves lives for a living ...
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
HAH! My upgrade below.
900 mHz 128 mb SDRAM 40 gb Hard drive
I haven't bought a computer game since . . . um. . . Morrowind. And Morrowind won't play on the above computer.
I'm okay with that, right now. I've gotten a lot more writing done since I gave up PC gaming.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
You seem very happy with that, Dog, so Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
I just got a new machine at Christmas and I expect it to last us for at least 5 years.
[ March 07, 2005, 10:26 AM: Message edited by: msquared ]
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Maybe it's like a doctor needing that anatomically correct model of 5 lbs. of fat.
I mean, don't you have a decent machine at work, but this allows you to devote all your free time to your job as well?
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Bought in June 2003 for the price of US$850. Note that Israel is about 50% more expensive than the US.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
I just upgraded from an Athlon 1ghz to a 2500+. Now, for that new video card...
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote:2500+
So, TheTick, Athlon XP or Sempron?
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Athlon XP, got it from Newegg on one of their One Day sales, where it wasn't much more than the Sempron of a similar speed.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Remember: Athlon XP 2500+ is the speed of a Sempron 2600+, and has double the cache (as it's a Barton).
Posted by Lime (Member # 1707) on :
Currently, I have:
Athlon 2500+ (Barton) Abit NForce 2 2.0 MCP-T 1 Gig Corsair DDR400 TwinX RAM 20 Gig hard drive 80 gig hard drive (no idea what speed) ATi Radeon 9500 soft-modded to 9700 NP
Still runs everything that I need it to run. Most of my gaming has moved to consoles recently, so it works out to be cheaper for me. Thank goodness.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
AMD 3200+ (Okay, so I overclocked it a tad, it is normally a 3000+ barton). 1 Gig Geil Ram DFI Lanparty Nforce2 motherboard Sound Blaster Audigy ZS2 80 Gig Hitachi SATA primary, 80 Gig WD IDE for backup And my favorite part: XFX Nvidia GeForce 6800GT w/256 Megs RAM. (And a REALLY big non-standard Arctic Cooling venting fan )
Yeah. My monitor is what slows my computer down now. (Measly little 17" Sam's Club Special)
[ March 07, 2005, 05:55 PM: Message edited by: Boris ]
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
486 @ 33 MHz. 16 MB of RAM. Old, old graphics card (ISA) with 1024(!!!) KB of memory. 12" B&W monitor. Microsoft DOS 6.2.
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