Doom 3 ready!!!

[Jeff_Favelle]

Almost. Everything except the video card. Time to update the old Athlon 1.4 GHz to a new system in time for the new game!!

Entire setup for under a $grand!! Including shipping and insurance! All that's left is the video card, which I'm sad to say Ian convinced me to get the geforce 6800-Ultra (for a paltry $800). My video card is going to be the same price as my entire system? Holy crap! :(

See you guys on Tuesday, provided my video card gets here in time!!

http://members.shaw.ca/gallerya/new%20rig.jpg

[Jeff_Favelle]

Oh yeah, and the game is out NOW! Many people have already bought it and are playing it.

Crazy.


http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07/30/screens_6103854.html?page=1

[Jeff_Favelle]

New screens from someone who GOT THE GAME ALREADY!

Ignore the "midget porn" in the URL. Its just the guy's username.


http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robbiekhan/hosted/midget_porn/

[marisa]

Shoulda splurged on the Athlon64 xp 3500+ or Athlon64 fx-51! What's a few hundred more bucks? :P;)

Marisa

[Jeff_Favelle]

A64 has proven to have NO benefit in the world of the Doom 3 engine, plus, there are 3 different sockets for 64-bit processors, none of which are going to be the industry standard. AND, there isn't even a 64-bit operating system (Windows) out yet. Can't justify get a 64-bit system for another 8-14 months. :D

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

JEFF:

Video games?

You got no time for games, think of the collection, lol.

Or send it to me I can care for it if you wish.

Cya...

Tony

[Jeff_Favelle]

Ha ha, gotta make time for everything bro! Vid-games. Beach Volleyball. Girlies. Etc etc. Too much life to get bogged down my man! ;)

[Duggan18]

hey jeff, EB games in eatons center downtown said it will be ready for me to pick up on tuesday :) sucks though im working from 4-8 tueday :(. is that just the mobile 2500+? you shouldn't be going around saying you got a 3200+ for $150 haha, that would be insane. im gonna get a 2800+ tomorrow.

actually ill ask my brother tomorrow about the mobile 2500+, and see if he would overclock it and everything. my 9800pro is running danm hot im getting 2 more fans tomorrow. i think i only have 1-2 now.

you gonna be ready for a game sometime next week? it would be fun to whup your little *** all over mars!

[Jeff_Favelle]

Awesome brother! Maybe I'll go and pick it up for you on Tuesday? heh heh......

Get Powerstrip and overclock that 9800pro to XT levels man! For sure!

If your motherboard can support an AMD Athlon 2800XP, it can support a mobile 2500XP. All a mobile CPU is is an unlocked barton. Meaning its at a very very low voltage and runs cooler than the desktop equivalent. So when you set the voltage to normal, you get a 3200XP, WITHOUT fail. Its really the only way to go.

Next week for sure man. As soon as we get our geforce 6800 ultra's, I'm there. I'm hoping it comes bundled with Far Cry as well.

[hhw]

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
A64 has proven to have NO benefit in the world of the Doom 3 engine, plus, there are 3 different sockets for 64-bit processors, none of which are going to be the industry standard. AND, there isn't even a 64-bit operating system (Windows) out yet. Can't justify get a 64-bit system for another 8-14 months. :D

Boo, just because there's no 64 bit version of Windows out doesn't mean there's no 64 bit operating systems around. There's been 64 bit operating systems since the 90's, and operating systems for amd64 since 2002. Although, you sure wouldn't want to be gaming on any of them. It's a damn shame that we're extending a crappy architecture from the 80's into the 21st century just because too many commericial developers can't be bothered to write portable code, while much better ones like MIPS and Alpha have fallen by the wayside. If it weren't for the monopolistic behaviour of companies like Microsoft and Intel, we could probably be running computers with twice the performance that we do today.

[marisa]

"there isn't even a 64-bit operating system (Windows) out yet."

True true that Jeff. I still forget most people use Windows. :P

Marisa

[hhw]

What's your operating system of choice marisa?

Personally, my favourite overall operating system is FreeBSD, which I have been using since 4.0, extensively for server purposes since 4.2, and extensively as a desktop the last year. If it weren't for games, I would have stopped using Windows completely by now.

[Duggan18]

http://home.comcast.net/~tdwitzke/Playing_Doom_3.rar

http://139.78.10.178/doom3videos/crazy.avi

http://139.78.10.178/doom3videos/notnice.avi

theres some new gameplay footages of doom 3 recorded by people who have the game. the graphics are crazy. noone of them really have any monsters though :(

[marisa]

Yes HHW the only reason it has taken us this long to completly eliminate windows is because of games.

Right now I am using Linux but my boyfriend is a fan of BSD and anything not WIndows. ;)

Marisa