Commander 598 Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 Can any of you beat this?: Pentium 4 2.40Ghz with 533Mhz system bus/ 512k L2 Cache 512MB PC1066 RDRAM (2x256 Modules) 120GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive 128MB DDR ATI Radeon 9700 TX with TV-Out and DVI 48x Max Variable CD-ROM Secondary CD Drive; 40x/10x/40x Max CD-RW Drive Sound Blaster Audigy 2 with DVD Audio Its a notable improvement over my: Pentium 3 500Mhz 128MBs SDRAM 12.7GB Hard Drive 16MB TNT2 M64/64 Pro Busted Pioneer DVD-14 DVD-ROM Sound Blaster Live! Value I think this may spark a power trip...
Jem Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 I actually have better, especially my sound system. But I won't post anything about my computer because braging about it is simply dumb. Cheers.
Commander 598 Posted December 13, 2002 Author Posted December 13, 2002 BTW, does XP support the .lnk/.url shortcuts like 98?
Rogue Nine Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 I can beat it, sure. Gimme a Louisville Slugger and everything will be peachy. Or piecey.
Nitro Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 I can beat that quite easily... WITH PETER NORTH!!! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
Rogue Nine Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 I knew that was coming as soon as I saw your name pop up at the top of the forum, Nitro.
Nitro Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 I supposed you all deserve an explanation for all this. Well, see, a few nights ago, I had this weird dream where I would be in darkness, then a phosphorus flare would go up and I'd find myself standing next to Santa's sleigh and a barber-pole-looking thing sticking up from the ground. So I called Cleo... You know, the chick on TV late at night! Well, Cleo told me that the flare, white phosphorus, or "Willy Pete" as army types call it, represented me being shown the light. The barber pole thing represented the North Pole, which when combined with the first part, gave me Pete's Willy: North Pole. So she told me that Peter North was going to be an important figure soon. Second, she explained that santa's sleigh represented world domination. She never explained that one, but she told me that my dream was telling me that Peter North is going to take over the world. So, in all my infinate wisdom, I decided to get with the winning team early on, and maybe get a nice cushy senior official's job under the Northern Rule while you are all forced to shovel sidewalks naked.
Rogue Nine Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 Ah...I understand. You're high. He's high, people. False alarm, go back to your lives. Miss Cleo. Geez, man.
Nitro Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 High? Been there, done that, quit two years ago for flight school. Just really drunk. Took me forever to type that last one, and my mytyping is the last thing to go when I'm drunk.
Keyan Farlander Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 Here's some helpful advice - don't get drunk.
Nitro Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 What is the trechery? AVAST ME HEARTIES! SWAP THE DECKS AND BATTON DOWN THE HACTES!!!! PRERPEARE TO BE BORREDDD! I'm giigggling cuse my poooodel smeels like a dog.!
Kylilin Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 pfft...thats nothing, I got this: - Pentium 4 5.0 ghz - 2 gb RAM - 240 gb hard drive I made it myself from banana peels, popsicle sticks, sawdust and peanut butter.
Gold leader Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 Originally posted by Commander 598 Can any of you beat this?: Pentium 4 2.40Ghz with 533Mhz system bus/ 512k L2 Cache Can't beat it, but why not a 3.06 GHz? Don't tell me you can't afford $ 800 for a proc. 512MB PC1066 RDRAM (2x256 Modules) Not even 2x512 modules? You disappoint me. I mean, come on, you gotta be prepared for Longhorn, the much awaited WinXP follow-up. 120GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive Ever heard of S-ATA? ATA/100 128MB DDR ATI Radeon 9700 TX with TV-Out and DVI 9700Pro. Nuff said. 48x Max Variable CD-ROM Not 52x? And what about a DVD player? Secondary CD Drive; 40x/10x/40x Max CD-RW Drive See above. Substitute "recorder" for "player". Sound Blaster Audigy 2 with DVD Audio 5.1 I guess? Your inferior speaker system can't handle 7.1? I think this may spark a power trip... Well, I guess not.
edlib Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 Well, my new comp at work came with a DVD-RW, and a 17" widescreen LCD screen. The downside is that it's an iMac. Actually, it's kinda slick, for a machine where all I do is check my email, calendar, and surf the net. But it's still an iMac.
Nute Gunray Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 Maybe he didn't get a 52x because he feared shattered supersonic CD fragments? but why not a DVD-ROM. i mean really. plus those specs don't impress me much even though it rapes my machine prison-style.
Zargon Posted December 13, 2002 Posted December 13, 2002 you shoulda just bought a gf3 ti 128 MB and help out for the new badass nVidia card coming out in early February, not only will it be fast, but unlike ATI, it has drivers forit but yeah thats pretty fast, but you shoulda gotten a 250 MB HD
Commander 598 Posted December 14, 2002 Author Posted December 14, 2002 Nute: I didn't get a DVD-ROM because I have a DVD on my current crap machine, and it started ****ing up two years ago. Zarg: Dell didn't have any selectable Nvidia 128MB cards.(The bastards...) BTW, did I mention that it only costs $1,500. Cheaper than anything else with the same specs.
Nute Gunray Posted December 15, 2002 Posted December 15, 2002 Originally posted by Commander 598 I have a DVD on my current crap machine, and it started ****ing up two years ago. Does not compute. So an old dvd-rom on a different computer broke two years ago and you decided that ALL dvd-roms, including new ones in a new (different) machine, are crap?
Mex Posted December 15, 2002 Posted December 15, 2002 Do I even have a computer? OH yes I do, its madeout of dog hair and brains... Hmm..
Commander 598 Posted December 15, 2002 Author Posted December 15, 2002 Originally posted by Nute Gunray Does not compute. So an old dvd-rom on a different computer broke two years ago and you decided that ALL dvd-roms, including new ones in a new (different) machine, are crap? They cost more to. And I don't think i'll be watching DVDs on a computer anyway.
Nute Gunray Posted December 16, 2002 Posted December 16, 2002 Originally posted by Commander 598 They cost more to. And I don't think i'll be watching DVDs on a computer anyway. You bought a new machine (particularly a high end one) and the apparently non-cost (doesn't dell do a free dvd upgrade?) and the price stopped you. Also, i am a firm believer that in the next couple years we'll see more dvd games.
Jem Posted December 16, 2002 Posted December 16, 2002 I bought an awesome Digital ez LG flatscreen monitor because I knew I'd be watching DVD movies on my computer. That is also one of the reasons I bought a THX surround system.
Commander 598 Posted December 17, 2002 Author Posted December 17, 2002 doesn't dell do a free dvd upgrade Not when I got this machine. I got it up and running. Everythings runs smoothly. From Allied Assault to Flashpoint.
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