02/02/2007 - "Where the bloody Hell have you been?"

TheDarkArchon · Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:35

Yes, I am still active, though those on the various Doom forums, as well as the Court Records froums, will already know this. Anyway, I just ordered myself a new PC. Costing me just over Â£1250 including delivery, it has a Core 2 Duo E6600, 2Gb of 533MHz DDR2 RAM, a 320 Gb Hard Disk and a GeForce 8800 GTS with 640Mb of RAM.

Post by **wildweasel** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:51

Damn...you officially outclass my system. Mine's a Pentium D 3.0 GHz with 2 GB of RAM (unknown speed and interface), 160 GB hard drive and two GeForce 7900 GT's with a total of 512 MB of memory.

Post by **grubber** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:51

You both officially outclass all of my computers

I've got:

My PC - Celeron 900 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 250+20 GB HDD, Radeon 9200 with 128 MB RAM
Gateway/server - Pentium 166 MHz, 32 MB RAM, 1.5 GB HDD
Multimedia player - AMD K6-2 450 MHz, 64 MB RAM, 1 GB HDD
"Studio" PC - Pentium 150 MHz, 32 MB RAM, 5 GB HDD

All of these are running Linux and serve their purpose just fine.

Snarboo · Post by **Snarboo** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:39

Yeah, OSs based on Linux are usually less system intensive than Windows. Which is a good thing, IMO.

TheDarkArchon · Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 0:18

About OS-itude, it's coming with Vista, though I'll probabally end up dual-booting with Linux like I do with my laptop (May not use SuSE this time round, though *eyes up Kubuntu*)

Anyway, I haven't actually received it yet: I've just ordered it, due the 2nd of March (20 days at time of posting)

Bouncy · Post by **Bouncy** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:48

Pentium 4 3.2 ghz
4 GB ram
2 400 GB hard drives
Radeon X1900 XTX 512 MB.

hoorah.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 14:35

Grubber wrote:You both officially outclass all of my computers I've got:
My PC - Celeron 900 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 250+20 GB HDD, Radeon 9200 with 128 MB RAM

Ugh... That'd be too slow for me - even when playing Doom.

TheDarkArchon · Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 17:53

Bouncy wrote:Pentium 4 3.2 ghz
4 GB ram
2 400 GB hard drives
Radeon X1900 XTX 512 MB.

hoorah.

Hoorah for one of the most power inefficent processors ever made?

(Is it the current gen numbered ones or the old speed named ones?)

Bouncy · Post by **Bouncy** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:34

TheDarkArchon wrote:
Bouncy wrote:Pentium 4 3.2 ghz
4 GB ram
2 400 GB hard drives
Radeon X1900 XTX 512 MB.

hoorah.
Hoorah for one of the most power inefficent processors ever made? (Is it the current gen numbered ones or the old speed named ones?)

absolutely no idea.

TheDarkArchon · Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 18:27

Update: I'm having to wait another week since the system builders screwed up, which essentially sways me towards building my own next time.

TheDarkArchon · Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 23:44

Update 2: It's here and it's even faster than I was expecting. Oblivion + all details set to max or on (bar HDR because it means losing AA and I'm sensitive to jagged edges) + 1280x1024 + a smooth 60hz framerate is awesome.

Post by **wildweasel** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:35

GAAAAH DAMN YOU! I can't even run it at a sane framerate at 1280x1024 with no HDR, AA, or ansitropic(sp?) filtering. I can maintain a steady 30 FPS running 1280x800 on my widescreen TV, though.

Post by **grubber** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 19:39

Anisotropic. Opposite of isotropic.

TheDarkArchon · Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 13:29

Minor update: This post is coming to you courtesy of my new computer