My computer sucks...

[Odm]

Ok so it doesn't suck, but all the games I want to buy require too many resources for my computer...

[SaintDL]

so do i dude. i find we have something in common after all. i understand you plight. gimme a hi fi!!!

[Odm]

idiot. I will not give you a stereo, or slap your hand. And it's either hi-fi or high-five...

[Yian]

I have a pretty decent computer, I think. I have a good motherboard using VIA chipset (some say that VIA's chipset isn;t very stable... I haven't meet any problems), and a P4 2.6 Ghz on it with a big copper core heatsink and a big fan...I have a 3D Prophet 9700 Pro with 128 mb, I have 512 DDR rams, two hard drives, 4 USB port, 2 firewire ports, Two monitors one goes to 1024x768 and another goes to 2048x1536. I have a DVD burner, too...

And what do I do with this rig most of the time...?

I surf internet a lot (with that onboard network on my mo-bo). I listen to CDs with that DVD burner, and I sometimes do some art works. I stuffed my harddrives with babe's pics. Occasiionally I play some games, like StarCraft, AOK, sometimes SOFII or CounterStrike. I play a lot of minesweeper and Battle Tetris, and Pinball...

So, do you guys think I deserve this machine?

[Odm]

No... I think we should switch computers

[Bluu]

Originally posted by Yian
I have a pretty decent computer, I think. I have a good motherboard using VIA chipset (some say that VIA's chipset isn;t very stable... I haven't meet any problems), and a P4 2.6 Ghz on it with a big copper core heatsink and a big fan...I have a 3D Prophet 9700 Pro with 128 mb, I have 512 DDR rams, two hard drives, 4 USB port, 2 firewire ports, Two monitors one goes to 1024x768 and another goes to 2048x1536. I have a DVD burner, too...

And what do I do with this rig most of the time...?

I surf internet a lot (with that onboard network on my mo-bo). I listen to CDs with that DVD burner, and I sometimes do some art works. I stuffed my harddrives with babe's pics. Occasiionally I play some games, like StarCraft, AOK, sometimes SOFII or CounterStrike. I play a lot of minesweeper and Battle Tetris, and Pinball...

So, do you guys think I deserve this machine?

show off!!!


my sys is also sucky...i got 3fps in 3Dmark2k3

[STDStud]

Yea right my comp blows, i got win 98, 64MB Ram, fucking is slow as shit, hopefully i can convince my parents to give me money to buy some more ram, anyone got any suggestions on what i should do to help my computer?, i wont be able to get a new comp anytime soon.

[Freakonaleash89]

My specs are:

Intel 3.06ghz P4
1.5gb 1066mhz RAM
ATI Radeon 9700 All-In-Wonder
Two (yes two) Western Digital 200gb Special Edition hard disks
DVD Burner
Sony 21" PREMIERPRO Series GDM-F520
Audigy 2 Platinum sound card
Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 speakers
Microsoft Explorer 3.0a mouse
HOTAS Cougar joystick
Microsoft Force Feedback Wheel
1.5MB ADSL
Windows XP Pro

[Yian]

What what do you do with your computer, Freak? If you play a lot of games, your computer makes sense... but look at me... The reason I posted my specs is because I want to let people see how I'm wasting all these stuff in my hand by not using them...

[Downfall]

ok..im going to sound like a newb here.....but where do i find the specs of my laptop?

[STDStud]

Originally posted by Downfall
ok..im going to sound like a newb here.....but where do i find the specs of my laptop?

Yea right i am the biggest newb here, hands down.

[JerraMaya]

OK me a gamer ,

I have
Pentium 4 3.06ghz
Intel Motherboard
60gb seagate Barracuda IV , and 40gb Maxter both 7200rpm
512mb RDram samsung
Cd Burner 48x/10x/52x
DVD Burner
Cd rom 56x
Creative Audilogy 2 with Hi Fi System attached SAMSUI 5.1 Digital
21inch Moniter Nokia 445Xiplus
Geforce 4 4400Ti MSI
Intel Pocket PC Camera ( comes handy sometime)
HP 3325 Deskjet printer
Windows Professional XP installed
Optical Mouse and Multimedia Keyboard
Sony DVD 16x rom
Pixel View TV Tuner for capturing
Saitek 6 botton gamepad with throttle

MY 2nd Pc

Pentium 4 2.0Ghz
40gb Maxter 7200rpm
256mb DDR kingstein
52x Cdrom
Geforce4 4200Ti chaintech
Creative Live
Canon 2100 inkjet
Windows XP Pro and Win 2000
17inch Moniter HP
Multimedia keyboard and optical mouse

Now i play games and if some one think i am a showoff well i am not i just buy things when they r good with good price and sell my old things within 3 months and get good price 2, some i have kept as long as they can go along , have even show the pic of my pc in my thread 2 under off discussion topics , i am a gamer as i have told u and do LAN gaming alot , recently i won a tornament in MOHAA spearhead in my city :D the second pc i use as back up , use Autocad on it too as well as some web sites designing and anyone can play with me C&C generals on it nowadays open challenge ;)

[STDStud]

Whats the sweetest computer i could get for under $1,000?? Or should i just get upgrades for my piece of crap right now?

[Downfall]

ummm..so where can i find my specs?

[future man]

I hate all you bastards who want money from yer mommy and daddy, i had to work for money in my day, you know you worked a full day when your ass was too sore to sit down.

[STDStud]

Originally posted by future man
I hate all you bastards who want money from yer mommy and daddy, i had to work for money in my day, you know you worked a full day when your ass was too sore to sit down.

So how old are you?

[Hobbes874]

My comp's alright, i guess:
P4 2.0 Ghz
512 DDR2100 RAM
40 gig 7200 rpm HD
CD-RW 48x10x52
DVD drive
Geforce2 MX 400
17 inch Flat CRT KDS monitor
Creative Inspire 2.1 speakers
HP photoprinter (forget model)

[JerraMaya]

STD under $1000 from here u can get a pentium 4 2.6ghz porcessor with RD ram board of intel or anyother and about 256mb Rdram with geforce 4 4600Ti , 60Gb HD , 17inch flat moniter , multimedia keyboard and optical mouse , best creative 5.1 digital speaker system , printer , scanner , camera and etc eveything under u like , in othe words u can buy a dream PC in that money here :D

[JerraMaya]

Originally posted by future man
I hate all you bastards who want money from yer mommy and daddy, i had to work for money in my day, you know you worked a full day when your ass was too sore to sit down.


well i dont know about others i earn my money and keep my system update like playing tournaments , making projects and stuff , and i study all day to i cut my sleeping hours for gaming , with my sore ass i love to relax and kills people on LAN :D and sleep for not more than 6hours try it :D

[Shadow]

Originally posted by Yian
What what do you do with your computer, Freak? If you play a lot of games, your computer makes sense... but look at me... The reason I posted my specs is because I want to let people see how I'm wasting all these stuff in my hand by not using them...

No you simple fools! High end computers were not created for the gaming, but for the making of games. People like gamers don't need these high end computers. Sure, you get an extra fps or two, but 99% of the time you are wasting the full capacity of the computer. Having a great computer is ridiculous - Take my friend's uncle: He bought a $4,000 system. I asked him "why?" - for playing EA soccer games. I mean, c'mon some people actually need these computers to do their job, but the public does not.

Edit: Oh and by the way RAY16, that's a bit excessive. It makes me sick to think that you are selling stuff every few months so you can play games that only require 32 mb video cards and 700 mhz processor!

[JerraMaya]

well Shadow i said i earn my money to update my pc and if i sell something for $50 which i bought for $60 three months ago b4 it turns into a shit and i have nothing to do with it than to eat it or throw it , its a simple rule of business , and i have buyers for my stuff u dont so please this is a lame excuse u gave without thinking , and if they have bought a computer worth 4000 first of all they must have the power to afford it for a game and next it might come in handy afterwards 2 in good earning use ok :D

[Freakonaleash89]

Nah I was just kidding about my specs. Too lazy to post the real ones but thats the system I want. I have some of that stuff like the speakers and stuff but not all of it.

[Rhenna]

Shadow, you CAN'T be serious! We wouldn't have anything near the hardware available today if it wasn't for gaming, IMO. Gaming is driving the entire industry, and has been for years. Look at the box-art for ANY video card sold in the last 5 years, except, I guess, some of the Matrox products. They all have some game-related art.

Nobody is buying a 3GHz P4 to run Word or Excel. (I hope.) OK, running digital photo-related apps is another great reason to own a high-end rig, too. All these blood-red and ice-blue motherboards and video cards aren't aimed at the corporate PC user.

If it wasn't for gamers pushing the envelope, always demanding more, then state of the art today MIGHT WELL BE a 700MHz processor and a 32Mb video card. But, would you want to run, say, Medal Of Honor, UT2003 or Raven Shield or such a rig? Might not matter, 'cause if that's the best we had, those games probably wouldn't exist.

[AVataRR]

Whell I think it was a bit of a cyclical thing. Hardware manufacturers pushed their hardware so us gamers could say we could run such and such a game at such and such a frame rate. The game would run perfectly fine on a lower end system, but there's no prestige. Eventually there'd be enough people that have the hardware and developers would dump the old platforms, forcing the laggers to catch up. And then we're back to where we started. :)

Certainly that was the case in the early 3d accelerator market. Now I see a lot more emphasis on image quality.

[JerraMaya]

it is due to high tech and better graphics v can play games like UT 2003 and Splinter Cell ,without it v would still be playing games like donkey kong all our lives , v have to stay with the tech as much as v can and change aur stuff according to that when v need it and when v can purchase it ,so gaming industry boosted so much in these years it has even left hollywood behind thats coz of graphics and processing speed the new tech gave us

[IkYiolul]

Originally posted by STDStud
Whats the sweetest computer i could get for under $1,000?? Or should i just get upgrades for my piece of crap right now?

I built my machine costing $870...and that was when it was brand new..heres the specs:
SOYO-133a/ replaced with biostar 266
T-bird 1ghz (upgraded to AthlonXP 1.43ghz
512 pc133
Radeon 7200 64ddr vivo
30gb 7200rpm maxtor (added 80gb IBM 7200rpm)
10x cd burner/ 16x dvd (burner replaced with 4x pioneer dvd burner)
DELL 17" (P780) monitor...these things are the best 17" u can get!
SB Live! (replaced with Audigy platinum)
WinME/ replaced with Windows XP Pro

All the origional specs were what I got for 800bux..Imagine what u could get now. If you want my help, just PM me. I'm excellent at getting the most bang for the buck.

[Shadow]

What I'm talking about is that people think that they need amazing computers to play games ... I'm mostly bitching about the people who have a 3 ghz P4 and just use it to write email and talk on MSN...

Though gamers have helped to spur the uprise in processor power, I think that they don't need to buy new $5000 copmuters just to get extra fps. I can understand if you need a fast computer for a long term investment, but for gamers who are constantly upgrading, it's a bit much.

[IkYiolul]

Originally posted by Shadow
I think that they don't need to buy new $5000 copmuters just to get extra fps.
Yeah my friend James does that alot..I think its the way to go, and I'm all into it, I just dont have the money to do it so I get jealous and pissed off at him some.
If I just had the money to get a new vid card...
do they make a AIW 9700?

[JerraMaya]

Originally posted by Shadow
...
I think that they don't need to buy new $5000 copmuters just to get extra fps.

$5000 a gamer can get a Dream Machine in that here , and yeah spending to much is bad if u cant sell it in time , best way is upgrade regularly ( according to ur need ) and keep up with the tech

[Yian]

Well, our game probably isn't good enough for game design or more hevy duty yet... just gaming machine. Anyone here using FireGL X1 or nVidia's Quadro? They are some nice ass commercial cards that is freaking expensive, too!!! But they are so much better!!!

I subscribed to an British grpahic design magazine recently, called Computer Arts, and it has many hardware reviews... things like Radeon 9700 isn't even in their consideration... I once saw a graphics card with like four fans on it.... wow that has to be heavy duty!!!

[JerraMaya]

yeah Yian Speacial edition cards are always coming in the market for people , i saw once a card it was from Asus and its was more in length than the motherboard and when place it on a slot it was way more than the main board limits and had two fans on it and the goodies with it were awesome , it was made for super graphics and animation work

[aphremen]

Yeesh, who buys computers? Ever heard of doing it yourself? Why in my day, you were lucky if the motherboard was in one piece, and only required 17 different switch settings to work right! And we liked it! Ya had to walk 15 miles uphill in the snow to buy a card that supported VGA, we didn't have no fancy newegg.com to deliver it to us, and we liked it!

Um...sorry...really though, it's fun, easy, and cheap to upgrade your pc instead of buying a new one. And commercial cards aren't really all that great at running games. They are excellent for accuracy, but will usually have about 1/2 the speed of a consumer card in games.