BongoBob Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 In b4 zOMG DOUBLE POST! Today was my english final, which from what I knew was going to basically be short answer questions about what we've read since the midterm. Only problem is, I've been there so little since the midterm that I don't even remember what we've read. So I walk in expecting to bomb horribly, and he instead simply asks us to right a short essay about whether or not English classes should be manditory. In other words, instead of bombing, I passed with flying colors. Dodging bullets ftw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 i just got me one of these: my truck (the construction yellow, ford ranger) needed too much work (lead spring busted, catalytic converter was going, muffler was shot, brakes and rotors were shot, and the left wheel axle was a little bent), so i just decided to get a low mileage vehicle, and this only had a little over 41,000 miles on it. it drives nice, still getting used to switching to 4WD when i need to though... (note: vehicle pictured is not the exact one i have, but it's the same color and model) So tell me, did this bad boy come with the soccer ball and screaming children or are those extra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 So tell me, did this bad boy come with the soccer ball and screaming children or are those extra? If one too many beers at a bar is considered an extra cost, then yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 If one too many beers at a bar is considered an extra cost, then yes. All I need is a large paper bag, a few McDonald triple-stacked hamburgers, and a trip to a clinic for the morbidly obese. Oh, and the audacity of Hercules. I'd travel to depths no sane mortal would ever fathom to explore, let alone with his peeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie™ Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 Free gift from Nintendo... Manager's perk for attending the manager conference back in September! Hate to say it, but it makes playing Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles a lot more fun, and makes me thankful that I hung on to the Wii after all. I was tempted to trade the damn Wii in because I am fed up with the daily nonsense that customers put us through, and an overall lousy selection of games in the past year. Umbrella Chronicles, Resident Evil 4, and Super Mario Galaxy are the only things that make me hang on to this system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 And the Order of the Phoenix DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 [image of a medium quality power supply] 500w CoolMax ATX PSU $40 off NewEgg Now I can use my 7900GS KO on my main computer friggin' finally, thinking of getting a new $130-180 CPU within the next few weeks then a 8600 or maybe a 8800 - expecting a lot of Xmas money. $30 at Best Buy Oh yeah, you bet! I played SH3 a year or so ago and it was some of the best fun I've had. It really sucks you in, sure- it's incredibly complicated at the beginning even with more of the assistance turned on, it's still a boat submarine load of fun. Also, I played the Rock Band demo today (I already have the game, though) and tried the Strat controller... it's freaking horrible. Feels cheap and fragile. The buttons are a little too large, get accidentally hit all the time because they fall off the edges. The whammy bar is in a weird position. The tilt function didn't work for me. It just felt wrong, I'd rather use the SG than that piece of crap. *Edit* I finished my first mission of SH4... Well, I thought I did but was then told to patrol somewhere else so I decided to call it a night... at 1:45am... It took me from around 10:30pm to 1:45am... It was a lot of fun though. I sank a lot of Japanese fishing boats with my cannon. Destroyed a freighter with one torp, it took around 30 minutes for it to sink, though. And had to deliver a spy to a Japanese town by dropping him off in a life raft in 30 foot deep water... mere feet from the bottom with rocks. But anyway, a lot of fun, the water looks great, above and under. Hunting is a lot of fun, and I'm glad you can time compress all the way to 8192x, SH3 had a max of around 1024x I think, and it doesn't lag when changing the time. Only disappointment is that the explosions look a little bleh. They look big and all, but it's like the explosions are going through a sort of filter that make it look compressed and muddy. And game run at 30-35 fps at max settings @ 1024x1280. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Double post, sue me. But I'm poor now. But I did the math and I decided to get it last night because by New Years I predicted that with collected debts, paychecks, and gifts, I would get over $700. So I just took a cash dump of $420 and have plans to still make a gain. Hope my bank doesn't call all pissed off that I just emptied a good chunk of my bank account. AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Dual-Core Processor - Retail $160 + $10 for Thermal Paste and Shipping PNY XLR8 8800GT 512MB $240 + $7 3-Day Shipping Big upgrade from AMD 3800 Single Core and a 7900GSKO 256mb. I plan on selling my CPU to a friend for like $30. And I might sell my 7900GSKO on eBay of something. DX10 here I come... this **** will run Crysis and UT3 no problem... muwahahahaha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 But I'm poor now. But I did the math and I decided to get it last night because by New Years I predicted that with collected debts, paychecks, and gifts, I would get over $700. You know, Christmas is almost here. Wouldn't you feel much better about yourself if you bought gifts for other instead of for personal gain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie™ Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 You know, Christmas is almost here. Wouldn't you feel much better about yourself if you bought gifts for other instead of for personal gain? He'd need to have friends or loved ones first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 ^daft punk pwns all ^lol wtf? <3 ^ Recommended by devon so it has to be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 This **** will run Crysis and UT3 no problem... muwahahahaha... I run UT3 on my 7900GS/Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 on highest no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 He'd need to have friends or loved ones first. *Crosses Pie off of gift list* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd_Annhilator Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 UT3 actually runs incredibly well on any system that can play most games. They did a good job with it. It runs great with an ATI X800XL and a Athlon 64 3500 with 1GB of cheap ram It runs perfect with an ATI X850XT and an Athlon X2 4400, with 1gb of good RAM and then it just cannot be slowed down with a Q6600 and an 8800GTX Crysis on the other hand...only ran well for the last option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I sure love my Q6600. I was thinking about getting an 8XXX series card for my new computer, but I found a deal for the 7900GS for about $120 at TD about 4 or 5 months ago and I haven't really regretted my decision. I decided that the only reason I'd want an 8XXX generation card would be for DirectX 10 capabilities, but in all honesty, I don't see a reason to upgrade until they release the 9XXX series. It will probably be much more efficient than what appear to be simply over clocked 7XXX cards with a few goodies attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 *Crosses Pie off of gift list* TiE's Gift List TiE TiE TiE TiE TiE PTiE TiE TiE Robot Santa: "I'm going to shove coal so far up your ass you'll cough up diamonds!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 You stole that from his personal voice recorder, didn't you? In which case, you wrote it down slightly wrong: TiE's Gift List Ty Ty Ty Ty Ty Ty PTy Ty Ty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd_Annhilator Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I sure love my Q6600. I was thinking about getting an 8XXX series card for my new computer, but I found a deal for the 7900GS for about $120 at TD about 4 or 5 months ago and I haven't really regretted my decision. I decided that the only reason I'd want an 8XXX generation card would be for DirectX 10 capabilities, but in all honesty, I don't see a reason to upgrade until they release the 9XXX series. It will probably be much more efficient than what appear to be simply over clocked 7XXX cards with a few goodies attached. Personally I've only REALLY seen the benefits of a quad core processor in two games..supreme commander and crysis. I remember I was stuttering like hell on the 81x81km maps in supreme commande r with a dual core processor and now its completely smooth. Huge performance increase with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Well I wasn't even talking about gaming. Just regular daily computer use is so much nicer. I'm the type of person that has pidgin, firefox, zone alarm, music, word, steam, skype/vent, and any other programs I may be using up all at the same time and I rarely encounter stutters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Who just five starred Psychobilly Freakout on Expert? This Guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 My XLR8 8800GT 512mb arrived early yesterday. But I'll need my CPU before my computer starts to purr. But I'm like super sick, I'm having trouble walking and anything else I do. I sure love my Q6600. I was thinking about getting an 8XXX series card for my new computer, but I found a deal for the 7900GS for about $120 at TD about 4 or 5 months ago and I haven't really regretted my decision. I decided that the only reason I'd want an 8XXX generation card would be for DirectX 10 capabilities, but in all honesty, I don't see a reason to upgrade until they release the 9XXX series. It will probably be much more efficient than what appear to be simply over clocked 7XXX cards with a few goodies attached. Frame rate in Crysis on minimum settings with a 7900GS was only in the 20's. But with my 8800GT it runs high settings at around 20-30 fps. I plan to adjust though once I get my new CPU, my 3800 was clearly killing my frame rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 I was commenting more on UT3, though. Since you said "This **** will run Crysis and UT3 no problem" But you're right about it having issues with Crysis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Anyway, got the CPU and after spending 20 minutes trying to apply the right amount of thermal paste I've got it running.... and holy sheeeet, Crysis... mostly high and a few medium settings @ 1280x1024, no AA... Getting 30-40 fps and only dips down a little in heated situations (25-30 fps). I'm so freakin' happy. And to top it off, it got rid of my sound bug problem in Crysis, so I know what I'm getting for Christmas! : D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 22, 2007 Author Share Posted December 22, 2007 This made my day so great! Finally got my free copy from Ubisoft! Reason I got this game for free? My store outsold the entire district in one single day. My entire staff got free copies of Assassin's Creed! So far I LOVE this game. I was kind of doubting it at first thinking it would be another Splinter Cell/Prince of Persia clone...but it is soooo different than that. My only problem with this game is finding places to stop, because I have to work in the morning...etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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