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Post by Waucod Meesman » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:51 am

GASP ACTIVITY IN THE GAT!!!
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Post by Kurke_Aumea » Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:20 am

Leviathen wrote:Finally built my new computers, specs are as follows:

CPU: Intel Core Duo 6400, 2.16GHz, 2MB cache, 1066FBS
Motherboard: Asus P5B
RAM: 2GB of dual channel RAM (two gig sticks), running at 667MHz
Video Card(bit ashamed of this one): XFX GeForce 7100GS. 256MB memory, PCI-E slot (i am upgradeding hopefully to an 8800 in the summer)

Hard Drives: one 250GB 7200RPM (with a SATA connector), another 160GB, older one still on an IDE controller.

Pretty happy with it so far.


Very nice. It's is similar to mine that I just built. I also went with the e6400 and so far it seems like the best bang for your buck. Make sure you don't heat yourself when you upgrade your graphics card. Whatever you do, DO NOT get the 8600 series of cards. Stick wth the 8800s. Calling the 8600 a stripped down version of the 8800 is inaccurate... A 7750 can outperform the 8600, except when it comes to DirectX 10 stuff. The 8600 supports it and the 7750 doesn't. So, do yourself a favor and shell out a little extra cash for at least the 8800GTS 320MB card. I highly recommend the 8800GTS 640MB card instead. The lack of memory in the 320MB card will hurt you in games that are texture heavy. Of course, if you have a shitload of cash to blow, by all means, get the 8800GTX card.

Before you make your card purchase, I suggest checking out some benchmarks for the 8800 series cards. The GTS 640MB card performs quite well compared to the GTX card, but the extras on the GTX definitely make it out perform everything else. Still, remember that you can SLI all of these, so two GTS 640MB cards should give you a nice performance boost in the long run (and subsequently cheaper than trying to SLI two GTX cards).
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Post by Waucod Meesman » Wed May 30, 2007 11:45 am

ok now that its been more than a month...
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Post by Kurke_Aumea » Wed May 30, 2007 4:26 pm

I <3 GAT!
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Post by Apium » Wed May 30, 2007 4:36 pm

Alright now Kurke stop your trolling before I have to start cracking down.....oh wait your not waucod.
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Post by Dragonus » Wed May 30, 2007 5:51 pm

hmm well..my swg account was running on a empty DC for 2 days. i was afraid something worse would happen so i hit cancel -_-'

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Post by Dragonus » Wed May 30, 2007 5:57 pm

the lotro download is fcking huge 0.0!..and wish me luck im presenting my paper tomorrow hopefully i will pass :D

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Post by Leviathen » Wed May 30, 2007 7:28 pm

/me jumps up and down on the GAT

man, so much has been going on in my life since i last posted here.

Going to University of Waterloo next year, wooo
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Post by Kurke_Aumea » Wed May 30, 2007 7:58 pm

I am taking summer classes so that I can graduate by December. My girlfriend is moving down here in August and I plan on proposing to her sometime around our 1 year anniversary on September 1. It will be a busy summer for me too.
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Post by Waucod Meesman » Wed May 30, 2007 8:06 pm

You mean you aren't gay Kurke?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??! Sorry Jaysont didn't mean to get your hopes up...

Also I am bored to death and need something to do...
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Post by Kurke_Aumea » Wed May 30, 2007 8:23 pm

LOTRO!!!
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Post by Dragonus » Wed May 30, 2007 9:25 pm

when are u moslty on in Lotro kurke?..download finished but i didnt get to installing it because i had to finish my powerpoint presentation . gonna finish it up tomorrow and acticvate the key

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Post by Kurke_Aumea » Thu May 31, 2007 12:24 am

Dragonus wrote:when are u moslty on in Lotro kurke?..download finished but i didnt get to installing it because i had to finish my powerpoint presentation . gonna finish it up tomorrow and acticvate the key


Usually weeknights after 6PM or so. Weekends are usually a no-go for me as that is the only time I get to see my gf, so I gotta set priorities.

By the way, I'm on Brandywine and my character's name is Aumway.
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Post by Dragonus » Thu May 31, 2007 5:00 pm

k i made my character name Dragonus lvl 3 :( on the same sever as urs

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Post by Waucod Meesman » Thu May 31, 2007 5:10 pm

So how about them cowboys...
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