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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Assassin on June 18, 2003, 02:38:16 am
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Hey, well firstly...
School is out for summer! I had my last exam yesterday morning
and secondly, when I got home from my exam, my dad said "I know you really tried hard at your exams, so me and mum decided to get you something.."
That somethings turns out to be a P4 2.4Ghz beast, with a gig of DDDR RAM (Yes, 3 Ds!), ATI Radion 9500 graphics card, 180 GB hard drive.. and a damn smooth, shiny black case with a blue LED for power. :D
This is a step up from my last computer, which was a Celeron 400 with 256MB DDR RAM and a Gmax 400 card. I just made a mission to test this thing out, with about a dozen capital ships and a good forty+ fighters in mission... it ran completely smoothly... faster than a much smaller mission on my old computer would have run infact.... :D
I just can't wait to try out Half-life 2 on this thing. :D
Did anyone else get any rewards for finishing exams? And what sort of computer specs does everyone have?
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I got 2 grape jolley ranchers and a fudge-cicle :blah:
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I won't be doing exams for a few years, but I did get a "oh, you graduated from the making-mindless-workers institution" certificate sort of thing for graduation from my level of school.
And both my comps are sucking, my main comp's a p3 450 mhz with 352 ram + Geforce 2 GTS and the other's an older laptop. There're 3 computers in the house that perform better and they're nice (1.7g p4, 2 g p4 laptop and a 2.53g p4).
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Don't have it yet but it should arrive in the next week or two
AMD AthlonT XP Processor 3000+
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe - NVIDIA® nForce2T SPP Motherboard DDR
1GB DDR SDRAM PC-3200
120GB Western Digital Caviar SE ATA-100
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB 8x AGP w/DVI & S-Video
Sound Blaster® Audigy 2 Platinum - 6.1 w/Black Audigy 2 Drive
CanoScan D1250U2F USB Scanner
Iomega Zip® 250MB USB Zip Drive
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Total: $2,457.05
I'm hooking it into my 400W surround sound stereo and 19'' TV
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Originally posted by Bobboau
Don't have it yet but it should arrive in the next week or two
AMD AthlonT XP Processor 3000+
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe - NVIDIA® nForce2T SPP Motherboard DDR
1GB DDR SDRAM PC-3200
120GB Western Digital Caviar SE ATA-100
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB 8x AGP w/DVI & S-Video
Sound Blaster® Audigy 2 Platinum - 6.1 w/Black Audigy 2 Drive
CanoScan D1250U2F USB Scanner
Iomega Zip® 250MB USB Zip Drive
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Total: $2,457.05
I'm hooking it into my 400W surround sound stereo and 19'' TV
:eek2:
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yes bob, you do suck.
:p
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I waited 3 years for it, you can have one too if you are so dedicated
and it is quite the upgrade from my current p3 450mhz, 8mb video card, 224mb 133 ram
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Damn rich kids
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Originally posted by Bobboau
I'm hooking it into my 400W surround sound stereo
Would that be the Z560's? :)
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people have too much money:doubt:
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are you kidding, I make, maybe, $12,000 a year, my parents are devorceing and the famly is about $100,000 in debt, I worked hard and saved up for three years to get this, the only thing I spent anything on was the stereo wich is a sony str-DE675 (wich now that I look at it is actualy 500W, though I only get 200 (100 X 2) @ 8ohm the way I have it set up, wich is equivelent to 400 @ 4ohm), useing a speaker system that I put together by hand (well half of it), and a TV that I have had for about seven years (a daewoo and now that I look at it it's only 17", but I might swich it for the one in my little brother's room becase he never uses it and it's bigger, and there is a long sad story about why that tv is in his room), you will note that in those specs there is no dvd or cd drive, I had to cut back somewere and the current computer has one too many
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Originally posted by Ashrak
people have too much money:doubt:
some people work hard, too, you know :doubt:
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I got sod all when I finished my exams last Friday morning, and I had to go to work in the afternoon.
I'd better get something when my results come in, or they will rue the day!
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Originally posted by Bobboau
are you kidding, I make, maybe, $12,000 a year, my parents are devorceing and the famly is about $100,000 in debt, I worked hard and saved up for three years to get this, the only thing I spent anything on was the stereo wich is a sony str-DE675 (wich now that I look at it is actualy 500W, though I only get 200 (100 X 2) @ 8ohm the way I have it set up, wich is equivelent to 400 @ 4ohm), useing a speaker system that I put together by hand (well half of it), and a TV that I have had for about seven years (a daewoo and now that I look at it it's only 17", but I might swich it for the one in my little brother's room becase he never uses it and it's bigger, and there is a long sad story about why that tv is in his room), you will note that in those specs there is no dvd or cd drive, I had to cut back somewere and the current computer has one too many
Hey man I admire that, you're really doing it rough over there. Hope everything works out with your parents.
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A handshake. :p And the feeling that I graduated (well, not exactly yet) the second best school in estonia.
I did get a 2ghz 512meg DDR, 128 GeforceTi beast for christmas.
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Thanks for the thought :),
But in all honesty they had better not, specifically my mom had better not let my narcissistic bustard of a dad back, he cheated on her twice in one year (second time was while they were in counseling from the first), though considering he was doing it for five years before that (and making everyone else's lives a living hell due to his constant accusations, and tantrums every time she went on a business trip) and it was the same woman it really should be just considered one continuous cheat.
BTW, this reminds me, if ever something weird should happen to me and/or my family let me just state for future reference that my dad seems to be going psycho.
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Originally posted by Bobboau
BTW, this reminds me, if ever something weird should happen to me and/or my family let me just state for future reference that my dad seems to be going psycho.
uhm, how worried should we be if you dissappear for a week without notice?
and i'm sorry to hear all of that, i hope things get better for you and your family soon!
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damn those are some beasts...
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My pc.
Mobo: Asus Av7-133
Vid: Geforce2 MX100/200 32MB
HDD1: 40GB Maxtor 5400RPM ATA100
HDD2: 80GB Maxtor 5400RPM ATA133
CDRom: Aopen 52x
Burner: Plextor 48/24/48A
RAM: 2x 256MB SDRAM PC-133
CPU: AMD Athlon 1.2ghz
NIC: 3com 10/100MBPS
Audio: Sounblaster 128PCI (Cable go's to my stereo)
FDD: FDD thing
PSU: 350 Watt
Coolers: Coolermaster CPU Cooler, Chipset cooler, Case fan.
15" Highscreen monitor.
Drivemappings from server: 5
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Originally posted by Darkage
My pc.
Vid: Geforce2 MX100/200 32MB
That's a crap gfx card, bytheway. I've got the same one, and it's the bane of my existence.
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Originally posted by aldo_14
That's a crap gfx card, bytheway. I've got the same one, and it's the bane of my existence.
Indeed it's crap, i want to upgrade if i ever get enough cash.
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i only have a ge2 mx420 so mine can't be much less crap than yours'