Help me :(

[Anticrombie0909]

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Yeah, at the time Squeek bought his computer, that was an amazing deal- keep in mind also, PCI-E was hot off the assembly line. Bout time you upgraded your video card, though. I kind of have to refuse to believe that you managed to max out Doom III with an X300, which is essentially a PCI-E version of the 9200.

And uh, 2k4 actually does take quite a bit of GPU punch to run well. Epic has always been known to push the limits of technology- the original Unreal was the first true system killer, and when 2k3 came out, PCG claimed that you wouldn't be able to run it maxed out if you were running "a P4 3.0 housed in an igloo of liquid nitrogen, running a non-existant GeForce 5." 2k4 wasn't quite as taxing, since it was essentially the same engine, but it was close.

Tny, your comp is nice for $600. I've spent no more than $900 on my rig, and I have an Athlon 3000, 512 mb of PC3200 and a Radeon 9800 Pro. I'll be getting a gig of ram soon, as soon as I get my ass out to Microcenter.

[Squeek]

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Ugh, Micro Center...

I've boycotted Micro Center.

I'm not going to request you do the same, but I'll tell you why I've done it.

You see, I actually managed to get hired by a Micro Center store. You know what they did? They lied to me, they cheated me, and they used me. I figured it out within 2 days of working there and quit. Had I not quit, I would've been out of a job about 3 weeks ago with no explanation; since they never told me I was only a seasonal worker...even though I asked several times.

You know, $4/hr + sales commission would have been amazing pay (like, $1,000 a paycheck), had I been able to actually, you know, have the time to sell things. But no, stick all the stocking of the shelves to the new guy and don't let him make any sales. While you're at it, make him work until Midnight and beyond while he has AM classes everyday. Oh, and while he's carrying around loads of heavy boxes, you have to make sure he's dressed nice.

Ugh. I hate Micro Center. I'm ordering all components off the 'net forevermore.

So anyway, back on topic... (which is actually off-topic).

I got Doom 3 (just the demo, I didn't actually buy the game) to Ultra Quality and 4x Antialiasing with most, if not all, settings pumped to max or close to it. I played on 1024x768 and I saved screenshots of this, but screenshots won't really prove if something lags or not.

Garry's Mod is managing to completely destroy my processor after I litter the ground with dozens of health paks with manhacks attached to each.

~Squeek

[tnyhwk900]

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If you'll link me to the demo, I'll test it.

[Squeek]

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http://www.doom3.com/

We really need to un-thread hijack this thing.

~Squeek

[tnyhwk900]

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OH GOD. 472 mb? Screw that. I was only getting 112 kbps, too.

[jewpinthethird]

RE: Re: RE: Help me

Okay ladies, get back on track.

[Anticrombie0909]

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OH GOD. 472 mb? Screw that. I was only getting 112 kbps, too.

That's not that big. You need a second hard drive, my friend.

<3 160 Gb

[Mindfields]

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Like if it has a DVD Burner, but not a CD burner, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?!?

HAHAHA OH GOOD LORD. Mindfields, quit acting like you know what you're talking about. You're only making yourself look stupider.

Stop ragging on Dell.

I have either the best or one of the best computers here and I bet it cost less than all of yours.

So seriously, shut your mouths about Dell because you have no idea what you're talking about.

What does that have to do with anything? All that means is that you know where to find cheaply priced parts.

And tell me this: How is getting a computer with a 3.2 GHz P4, 512 MB PC3200, and an 80 gig HDD and paying $3000 not getting ripped off? Answer me that.

And if you don't think I know what I'm talking about, think again. I'm running on a comp I built myself. It cost around $600 and can get 50-70 fps in UT2K4 on max or high settings on everything. Not bad, if I should say so myself. :>

I don't even feel like defending myself for the fact that you can't realize that that was a failed attempt at a joke.

[tsutter]

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Memory might be corrupted, try exchanging it for a new stick if you can.

And BTW for the thread hijackers, HL2 could run on my old P2 386 with 96 megs of RAM, you can force DirectX 5-9 textures.....so virtually any computer can run it, albeit ugly.