I just got a kick*** new system...

[Benze 0]

Kick*** motherboard, 533.

Kick*** videocard, GeForce 4 Ti4400.

Kick*** slick black case with a florescent black light inside and a window, with a 120mm fan, another built in 60mm fan on the side, a perriprial(sp blah) fan next to the card and on it.

Kick*** 512 MBs of DDR RAM.

Kick*** processor, 2.53 Ghz for 250 bucks.

Kick*** new CD ROM drive.

Kick*** 17" flatscreen monitor.

HA! See if you can beat that, suckers!  

[Major Fubar 0]

I can beat it -

[Ex-RoNiN 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Major Fubar @ Aug. 24 2002,02:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I can beat it -

<span id='postcolor'>

Yeah, go ahead, less Intel CPU's on the world = happier and more productive world

AMD all the way

[ralphwiggum 6]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Major Fubar @ Aug. 24 2002,02:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I can beat it -

<span id='postcolor'>

LOL!

[SpaceAlex 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Benze @ Aug. 24 2002,02:39)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">HA! See if you can beat that, suckers!  <span id='postcolor'>

Well, my two systems can beat it. :

First:

P4 2.0 GhZ

Geforce 3

1Gb or RDRAM

Second:

AMD Athlon XP 2200+

Geforce 4 Ti 4600

ASUS A7V333

1 GB of RDRAm.

[SpaceAlex 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ Aug. 24 2002,02:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Major Fubar @ Aug. 24 2002,02:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I can beat it -

<span id='postcolor'>

Yeah, go ahead, less Intel CPU's on the world = happier and more productive world

AMD all the way <span id='postcolor'>

lol

[Aculaud 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ Aug. 23 2002,17:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">less Intel CPU's on the world = happier and more productive world

AMD all the way <span id='postcolor'>

I beg to differ. AMD systems are considerably less compatable with more and more things that are coming out *cough**cough* windows XP *cough* than more mainstream systems like intel. They die less, they crash less, they're a hell of a lot more compatable with anything you'll do. I know i'm going with intel when i upgrade.

[Ex-RoNiN 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Aculaud @ Aug. 24 2002,03:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ Aug. 23 2002,17:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">less Intel CPU's on the world = happier and more productive world

AMD all the way <span id='postcolor'>

I beg to differ. AMD systems are considerably less compatable with more and more things that are coming out *cough**cough* windows XP *cough* than more mainstream systems like intel. They die less, they crash less, they're a hell of a lot more compatable with anything you'll do. I know i'm going with intel when i upgrade.<span id='postcolor'>

Where did you get that from?

My AMD is working fine with Win XP, never had a serious crash, a few minor crashes were caused by buggy software, but thats it.

The only other problem AMD has is the extreme heat.

On the other hand, they are cheaper, faster and more efficient, plus, when the clawhammer comes out it will stomp Intel into the ground for good.

[Aculaud 0]

well, even an infant could stomp a CPU into the ground with a claw hammer

Thats good for you, but my AMD system is the buggiest thing since the ant hill. If i had a dollar for every time OFP quit on its own, or froze or crashed in any way, i'd be too rich to live with myself.

[Ex-RoNiN 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Aculaud @ Aug. 24 2002,03:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">well, even an infant could stomp a CPU into the ground with a claw hammer

Thats good for you, but my AMD system is the buggiest thing since the ant hill. If i had a dollar for every time OFP quit on its own, or froze or crashed in any way, i'd be too rich to live with myself.<span id='postcolor'>

You probably just have a VIA chipset mobo...;)

[Warin 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ Aug. 24 2002,03:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Aculaud @ Aug. 24 2002,03:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">well, even an infant could stomp a CPU into the ground with a claw hammer

Thats good for you, but my AMD system is the buggiest thing since the ant hill. If i had a dollar for every time OFP quit on its own, or froze or crashed in any way, i'd be too rich to live with myself.<span id='postcolor'>

You probably just have a VIA chipset mobo...;)<span id='postcolor'>

Or a VIA chipset mobo with improperly installed drivers. Or a piece of shit mobo. I've got a KT3-UltraARU and it's totally rock solid.

AMD kills intel in price vs performance. If Intel ever manages to top AMD in that department, I'll go back to Intel. I am not a zealot either way.

[SpaceAlex 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ Aug. 24 2002,03:22)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The only other problem AMD has is the extreme heat.<span id='postcolor'>

Well, i have a silenc cooler in my system and CPU temperature is always around 40°C or 104°F. That's normal. P4 temperature is about the same.

[Rob 1]

Whats wrong with you people? AMD Athlons are apparently the same as p4 or maybe better.. i read about that once.

I used to have a p and it was complete bollocks till i got my amd

[Tex -USMC- 0]

GEEK FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Col. Kurtz 0]

AMD have better names for their procersors like Athlon and Opteron+Clawhammer, P4 have 'NorthWoods' and other crap. AMD have cooler more violent names, they are better M'kay?

[Major Fubar 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Benze @ Aug. 24 2002,02:39)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Kick*** slick black case with a florescent black light inside and a window, with a 120mm fan, another built in 60mm fan on the side, a perriprial(sp blah) fan next to the card and on it.<span id='postcolor'>

Two questions:

1.) Black light? Like as in UV light?

2.) Does this mysterious black light make your PC run faster?

[STS_SolidSnake 0]

I am not impressed

you need Geforce 4 Ti4600

this KICKASS www.alienware.com

[dayglow 2]

You don't even need a clawhammer anymore. AMD has found a way to ramp the clock on the Barton core. Look at Toms Harware and see the new procs. They are able to o/c them up to around 2.7ghz right now and a FSB of 166mhz seems to run stable with these procs as well.

COLINMAN

[Warin 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DayGlow @ Aug. 24 2002,18:20)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You don't even need a clawhammer anymore. AMD has found a way to ramp the clock on the Barton core. Look at Toms Harware and see the new procs. They are able to o/c them up to around 2.7ghz right now and a FSB of 166mhz seems to run stable with these procs as well.

COLINMAN<span id='postcolor'>

Dude, I so want a Clawhammer still.

Remember how the Athlon blew the P3 away when it came out, because of its superior architecture? Well, here is the next incarnation that engineering concept

Here is a rather interesting read about how BAPCo (They make a widely used benchmarking program) has skewed it's new benchmark suite to favour Intel processors. The bastards

[bn880 5]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Major Fubar @ Aug. 24 2002,10:16)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1.) Black light? Like as in UV light?

2.) Does this mysterious black light make your PC run faster? <span id='postcolor'>

I really hope it's not a UV light, or black light as you strip joint people call it.

Bright UV light and IR light is terrible on your eyes, especially under dark conditions. Ultra Violet means it is above the violet wavelength in the spectrum of light visible to human eyes, you can't clearly see the light source with your eyes, but the waves are still hitting the retina and cornea. However your eyes do not know this and do not close the pupil sufficiently... thus you are blinding yourself without knowing it.

Furthermore, in terms of thermodynamics UV light bulbs are the same as any other light bulb, generating wavelengths which eventually are absorbed and turned into heat energy. I would be a little surprized if adding a light bulb helps cool the computer case.

[Benze 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Two questions:

1.) Black light? Like as in UV light?

2.) Does this mysterious black light make your PC run faster? <span id='postcolor'>

Black light. Kinda looks purple. You know. It's to show off my madly skilled new computer, it looks sweet in the dark...

[nolips71 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ Aug. 24 2002,03:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Aculaud @ Aug. 24 2002,03:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">well, even an infant could stomp a CPU into the ground with a claw hammer

Thats good for you, but my AMD system is the buggiest thing since the ant hill. If i had a dollar for every time OFP quit on its own, or froze or crashed in any way, i'd be too rich to live with myself.<span id='postcolor'>

You probably just have a VIA chipset mobo...;)<span id='postcolor'>

yep got 2 agree there

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Benze @ Aug. 24 2002,19:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Two questions:

1.) Black light? Like as in UV light?

2.) Does this mysterious black light make your PC run faster?   <span id='postcolor'>

Black light. Kinda looks purple. You know. It's to show off my madly skilled new computer, it looks sweet in the dark...<span id='postcolor'>

No it is a UV-solarium. I mean you must have noticed that all computer-freaks are kind of pale. They can compensate this with a little UV-lamp that gives them a tan while doing poetry on bits and bytes!

[Major Fubar 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ Aug. 24 2002,20:13)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">No it is a UV-solarium. I mean you must have noticed that all computer-freaks are kind of pale. They can compensate this with a little UV-lamp that gives them a tan while doing poetry on bits and bytes!  <span id='postcolor'>

LOL

[R. Gerschwarzenge 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Benze @ Aug. 24 2002,03:39)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Kick*** motherboard, 533.

Kick*** videocard, GeForce 4 Ti4400.

Kick*** slick black case with a florescent black light inside and a window, with a 120mm fan, another built in 60mm fan on the side, a perriprial(sp blah) fan next to the card and on it.

Kick*** 512 MBs of DDR RAM.

Kick*** processor, 2.53 Ghz for 250 bucks.

Kick*** new CD ROM drive.

Kick*** 17" flatscreen monitor.

HA! See if you can beat that, suckers!  <span id='postcolor'>

[bad joke][envious]Only a 17" monitor? Pfft. I have 19" and my monitor is big too. [/envious][/bad joke]

Why didn't you get a DVD drive? They're quite fun and cheap these days.