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Offline Fineus

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Reply #60 on: March 07, 2004, 07:10:57 pm
These guys have a point - they aren't calling them GPUs for no reason... most games offload all the graphical workload to the graphics card, leaving the CPU to load stuff, run AI and what have you. Unfortunately the greatest of the graphics cards are still kinda expensive for college students ;)
 

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Reply #61 on: March 07, 2004, 07:14:04 pm
My Mobo, processor and RAM together cost less than a Radeon 9800 Pro.....
 

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Reply #62 on: March 07, 2004, 07:32:13 pm
Anyway........................

StarCraft & Brood War
Age of Empires (the original)
FreeSpace 2 (not really that old but...)
Rogue Squadron
Call to Power 2
Madden 98 ;)
Flight Unlimited (before they went under to MSFlight Simulator)

couple others that I can't remember right now...
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Reply #63 on: March 07, 2004, 10:30:41 pm
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StarCraft & Brood War


shooooot yeah!
 

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Reply #64 on: March 08, 2004, 12:11:03 am
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These days your CPU isn't limiting you, its the video card.


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Reply #65 on: March 08, 2004, 12:25:53 am
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An Athlon 1800 isn't pathetic. I still use an Athlon 1gHz. These days your CPU isn't limiting you, its the video card.


*glances at Geforce 4 MX 420*
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Offline kasperl

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Reply #66 on: March 08, 2004, 02:33:55 am
the mobo is a major factor too.

*glances at POS ?Mobo that can't run anything better then a Radeon 7000 *
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

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Reply #67 on: March 08, 2004, 05:19:58 am
KHARAAAAKKKK!!!!!!!!
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Reply #68 on: March 08, 2004, 06:43:02 am
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KHARAAAAKKKK!!!!!!!!


Temptation finally got to you eh? :)
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Offline Martinus

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Reply #69 on: March 08, 2004, 12:42:29 pm
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*glances at Geforce 4 MX 420*
*laughs hollowly*
*slinks off to cry*
:shaking:

[color=66ff00]I got a radeon 9800 pro 128... sorry. :nervous:
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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #70 on: March 08, 2004, 12:43:14 pm
Bet you paid for it, as well.

*gloats*
 

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Reply #71 on: March 08, 2004, 01:09:39 pm
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[color=66ff00]I got a radeon 9800 pro 128... sorry. :nervous:
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Yes, and we all know about the Athlon 64 too.
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Offline diamondgeezer

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Reply #72 on: March 08, 2004, 03:48:38 pm
This week, I are been mostly buying Terry Pratchett's Discworld Noir, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, and something calling itself Mist, in a three for ten squids offer :nod:
 

Offline Martinus

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Reply #73 on: March 08, 2004, 04:36:01 pm
[color=66ff00]Actually I've only got a 2500XP Liberator. *shrugs*
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Reply #74 on: March 08, 2004, 04:42:22 pm
actually it's the cores that make a difference, so don't feel bad :D
 

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Reply #75 on: March 08, 2004, 04:51:03 pm
Clive Barker's Undying, Gunman Chronicles and Soldier of Fortune.
Not sure about the required specs on them though.
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Reply #76 on: March 08, 2004, 05:15:02 pm
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[color=66ff00]Actually I've only got a 2500XP Liberator. *shrugs*
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Could've sworn someone said you had an A64

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Reply #77 on: March 08, 2004, 05:17:49 pm
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Could've sworn someone said you had an A64

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[color=66ff00]I don't think they're a prudent purchase at the moment, especially considering that I only really want a rig for games, movies and the web.

Greywolf knows a lot about A64's maybe it is he that has one?
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Reply #78 on: March 08, 2004, 05:26:31 pm
Actually, if you're willing to shell out for any processor above P4 2.8C (which is the highest I'd go atm if I had money, until the 939 pin A64 comes out that is), then the A64's start to look pretty good.  Especially the A64 3000+ which is pretty much a steal considering it's cost.
 

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Reply #79 on: March 08, 2004, 05:34:35 pm
I'd wait for a dedicated 64-bit O/S - and enough market penetration to guarentee complete support (a question of 'when' rather than 'if)
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