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[anarchyintheuk]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Started Dragon Age II. It's early days yet, but the story seems very complicated.[&:]

Bought it yesterday, started it up... BUT, I need a new system. Without a dual core CPU whenever you reach an autosave point the game goes into a continuous loop trying to save. I guess sometimes in the next few weeks I'll have to put together a new machine...

Well, that's why I have an i7.[:D]

Does DA2 really need that much more processing power than the original? The original DA ran fine on my shite machine.

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay





Bought it yesterday, started it up... BUT, I need a new system. Without a dual core CPU whenever you reach an autosave point the game goes into a continuous loop trying to save. I guess sometimes in the next few weeks I'll have to put together a new machine...

Well, that's why I have an i7.[:D]

Does DA2 really need that much more processing power than the original? The original DA ran fine on my shite machine.

Worth getting?

[Nikademus]

no....you don't need an i7.

[Dixie]

[:'(]  Everyone's a comedian. [8|]




Anyway, I'm a man so I don't need shiny new gadgets but I damn well want them.

[Grollub]

My old rig is approaching retirement age (3 years) soon so I've started to skim the net for possible components for a new one. The old one is still competitive as it was top notch three years ago, but as a bachelor, I can afford to indulge in my vices and build a shiny new toy. "Competitive" isn't good enough [;)][:'(]

Will probably get an i7. Satisfied with yours, T? Which model do you have?

[Nikademus]

if i had a home and a job....i'd be with you as i am now 100% free of any entanglements and can also indulge in 'toys'

Before my current rig failed it was still 'competetive' after 3 years. (core2 quad 3Ghz with a nVidia GTX 8800 and 8Gigs of DDR3. I'd yet to run into a game it could not run well. Alas.....i've been eyeing a new i7 myself. Even priced out the components i would buy. Better....i already have the power source and RAM. Just need a MOB...the CPU, new video card and a case.

But that will have to wait for more stable times. Must make do in the meantime with a 17in MacBook Pro running Snow Lepoard and XP (Core 2 dual)

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Kwik E Mart

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

It's one of the better songs to have stuck in my head. Thanks.

i'm embarrassed to say that one of my favorites is the cover they did of "I Will Survive"...maybe it's the shameless use of the f-word that makes it so...[X(]

+1 - i just thought the whole thing was hilarious!! [:D]

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

if i had a home and a job....i'd be with you as i am now 100% free of any entanglements and can also indulge in 'toys'

Before my current rig failed it was still 'competetive' after 3 years. (core2 quad 3Ghz with a nVidia GTX 8800 and 8Gigs of DDR3. I'd yet to run into a game it could not run well. Alas.....i've been eyeing a new i7 myself. Even priced out the components i would buy. Better....i already have the power source and RAM. Just need a MOB...the CPU, new video card and a case.

But that will have to wait for more stable times. Must make do in the meantime with a 17in MacBook Pro running Snow Lepoard and XP (Core 2 dual)

Sorry if I hurt you Nik. It might have been a little insensitive of me to start talking about that given that I know of your current situation. My bad. [:(]

Your old rig sounds like mine. It's a Intel Quad 6850 Extreme running at 3.66 GHz. GTS 8800 Gfx card. Only went for 4GB RAM as I run 32 bits XP.

Hope that things will work out for you so you can build that new rig. In the meantime, however, a 17" MacBook is not a too shabby substitute in by books at least [:)]

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Zsssssssss time... [>:][>:][>:]


Leo "Apolo11"

[Grollub]

... and now I sank the Hibiki. Having a "feeling guilty" evening over here. [:(]

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Grollub
Sorry if I hurt you Nik. It might have been a little insensitive of me to start talking about that given that I know of your current situation. My bad. [:(]

Your old rig sounds like mine. It's a Intel Quad 6850 Extreme running at 3.66 GHz. GTS 8800 Gfx card. Only went for 4GB RAM as I run 32 bits XP.

Hope that things will work out for you so you can build that new rig. In the meantime, however, a 17" MacBook is not a too shabby substitute in by books at least [:)]

Not at all. I've accepted the situation and am trying to look forward to better things at this point, as well as keeping busy......for example, i've completed a Grand campaign scenario for may 1942 AE and i may even have a couple interviews lining up if things go well. (still waiting to see)

Yes....my system is almost exactly that only i went with a mid-line Core2 Quad (IIRC....a 3860 or something similar) vs. the extreme. Intel almost snared me into paying $700 more for it but after looking at the benchmarks at Tom's Hardware i figured i'd never notice the slight performance increase....certainly not enough to justify 1100$ vs. 400$ for the CPU!!!! (Intel is doing the same with the i7....their 'extreme' version is 1100.00 while a good midline i7 is only 300-400$) Originally it was 4GB running 32bit Vista but after upgrading to Win7 64 i added 4 more Gigs. She was a sweet rig......till the ASUS "CPU INIT" bug hit, leaving me with nothing but spare parts. [:@]

I'll never buy ASUS again. MSI from here on out.

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: Grollub
Sorry if I hurt you Nik. It might have been a little insensitive of me to start talking about that given that I know of your current situation. My bad. [:(]

Your old rig sounds like mine. It's a Intel Quad 6850 Extreme running at 3.66 GHz. GTS 8800 Gfx card. Only went for 4GB RAM as I run 32 bits XP.

Hope that things will work out for you so you can build that new rig. In the meantime, however, a 17" MacBook is not a too shabby substitute in by books at least [:)]

Not at all. I've accepted the situation and am trying to look forward to better things at this point, as well as keeping busy......for example, i've completed a Grand campaign scenario for may 1942 AE and i may even have a couple interviews lining up if things go well. (still waiting to see)

Good, and fingers crossed for the last part.

Yes....my system is almost exactly that only i went with a mid-line Core2 Quad (IIRC....a 3860 or something similar) vs. the extreme. Intel almost snared me into paying $700 more for it but after looking at the benchmarks at Tom's Hardware i figured i'd never notice the slight performance increase....certainly not enough to justify 1100$ vs. 400$ for the CPU!!!! (Intel is doing the same with the i7....their 'extreme' version is 1100.00 while a good midline i7 is only 300-400$) Originally it was 4GB running 32bit Vista but after upgrading to Win7 64 i added 4 more Gigs. She was a sweet rig......till the ASUS "CPU INIT" bug hit, leaving me with nothing but spare parts. [:@]

I'll never buy ASUS again. MSI from here on out.

Yeah I know about that pricey CPU thing. I had some vision about starting to learn and do some serious overclocking so I went for the "Extreme" model. Hindsight says I shouldn't have bothered. Too much work with too little output. In the end, just went for upping the clock frequency multiplier with 20% in the bios. Runs fast and is stable at those settings. Will probably go for a mid-range model if I buy an i7.

Oh, you got the dreaded ASUS bug [X(]. I used to run ASUS MB's in my earlier rigs and never had any problems with them. (Luckily) switched to a Gigabyte MB for this one and is even more satisfied. Good quality for a pretty good price. Never tried MSI although they usually get good reviews.

[Mynok]

I'll never buy ASUS again. MSI from here on out.

I've always run MSI boards. Never had a problem. Of course, I don't do cussing-edge machines either, since gaming isn't my thing. I do just dandy with prior generation CPUs. I put my bucks where it counts for me: audio software. Saving up my dollars for DigiTools now that they've decided to support any audio interface.

[Mynok]

Man, prayers for the pacific.....that's a MASSIVE quake. Doesn't Richter only go to 9?

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Mynok


Man, prayers for the pacific.....that's a MASSIVE quake. Doesn't Richter only go to 9?

Agreed. And no, the Richter scale is a normal logaritmic scale so could (theoretically) go even higher. Highest magnitude earthquake that they've measured was a 9.5 in Chile 1960.

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Oh, you got the dreaded ASUS bug [X(]. I used to run ASUS MB's in my earlier rigs and never had any problems with them. (Luckily) switched to a Gigabyte MB for this one and is even more satisfied. Good quality for a pretty good price. Never tried MSI although they usually get good reviews.

My P4 was rebuilt back in the early 00's using an MSI high end board (Neo- series ....designed for overclocking etc). Great board and performed just as advertised on the boot up screen...."Fast...reliable...stable". Ran for eight years of heavy use without a hitch......till it caught fire. (and that was most likely due to a defective power source.) I purchased a used one of the same model off Ebay to replace it as i still use the P4 as my Win98 box (and along with the 486 i found...i still have it)

The core2 machine....yeah, serious pisser. I tried every fix i could find via research, including removing the CMOS battery to reset the BIOS completely. Nothing worked....even had it worked, there was no fix from ASUS so i'd litterally have had to leave the machine on for the rest of it's service life.....kind of hard when your living out of your car!

Scrapped the MOB....and the case and now i'm carrying around several hundred dollars worth of spare parts in the trunk of my car. I should probably sell the CPU.....might get a few bucks for it......still a spry CPU.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

... and now I sank the Hibiki. Having a "feeling guilty" evening over here. [:(]

Well, Per, if you felt that guilty about sinking the HIJMS Hibiki, you *could* always cleanse yourself the old fashioned way-through ritual atonement to the Emperor.

[Grollub]

I'm sorry, but my wakizashi is in the dishwasher. [:'(]

Edited. Language center malfunction.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

I'm sorry, but my wakizashi is in the dishwasher. [:'(]

Edited. Language center malfunction.

You could use a dull butter knife. [:D]

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

ORIGINAL: Mynok


Man, prayers for the pacific.....that's a MASSIVE quake. Doesn't Richter only go to 9?

Agreed. And no, the Richter scale is a normal logaritmic scale so could (theoretically) go even higher. Highest magnitude earthquake that they've measured was a 9.5 in Chile 1960.

Translated into non-geek: it's an open-ended scale.