heftysmurf

I will be their. I have missed the last few. Dying to try Doom in a big multiplayer mosh pit. Also Far Cry would be fun again.

Seeing you dont play any graphics intensive games or if you do you turn them down to shit despite the fact that a LCD can only display 60 frames a second hardly qualifies you as an expert. A lot of the really new games look awesome & punish you. I mean the REALLY look good if you crank it up. I would say now that I have played with my Far Cry settings my framerate is lower now but it remains playable & looks so hook. PS 2.0 is the bomb but a backbreaker. Wish I did not feel foolish getting an x800 due to its crazy cost.

Now I need Ctalyst 5 which make your 9700 & 9800's into x800 PE's :-)

Riteks have dropped to 30 bones :-) Dual layer is dumb at this point.

Chicken

Just curious if we have a brewing X-Box scene

That controller is SLICK

Reading up a bit I found that integrated sound doesn't really bite you until you turn on 3d sound. The thing I have noticed as well with this chip is the sound is crystal clear which is better than any other integrated sound san Nforce.. I actually have been thinking of getting an old trusty live card to gain some frames back if I decide I must have 3d sound. I just hate those odd-ball soundblaster issues that crop up sometimes. That is my only regret with this upgrade is that though. Man I wish I had the loot for an x800 PE. Reading benches you need a good processor to really spread it's wings. My poor 9700 pro is now screaming MAMA

I wish we could steal a whole bunch of them :-)

I bet you I will school your frames in UT or maybe not you did spend 400 hours tweaking it :cheer: It really doesnt matter in that game only your low score matters as you are frame rate capped when you play online. Now if somebody could tell me exactly how to benchmark it correctly I will not need to post my 300 fps scores :-)

Hi all, This is a mini review of an Athlon 64 3000+ & Asus K8v. Other specs. Integrated sound. 1 gig BH-5 memory 9700 pro. It is faster would I say OMG no but it is faster than my 3200+ XP. Some basic benches from the distrusted 3dMark series- 2001se 3200XP - 16,300 2001se 3000-64 18,164 11% faster 2003 3200XP - 4400 2003 3000-64 - 5600 22% faster I have other benches however as this is informal I do not have them right now. I will also say far cry is definetly faster by a lot. Having two RAID controllers on the board is weird. I do not see the point even though you could always say the more the better. The one big negative is losing nforce2 sound. The CPU utilization of everything else except for the soundblaster is quit a bit higher so i figure I am losing more frames from sound than I was before. I forsee a SoundBlaster product in my future.

Just became the proud owner of an Athlon 64 3000 & an Asus k8v / still reinstalling all my stuff Things of note: 1) Much cooler than any other Athlon I have ever ran 2) Small difference in 3d Mark scores Makes me think it is useless 3) Far Cry & battlefied are substantially faster I would goues about 40% Will post detailed results soon. :-)

I sent you an email HEFTYSMURF & two victims :-)

I am a full blown addict on it. I see you on servers all the time Bob. You are as bad as me :-)

Hi all, I love playing games & a lot of great games have came out. Halo bf1942 etc. However it seems lately everything is a rehash of everything else. What would everybody like to see in a game or is their a game coming out soon that you think will truely be different & good at the same time? Interested in any & all opinions. Peace, Hef

Rammstein

Sodom

Sick of it All

W.A.S.P.

Atheist

Napalm Death

Ripping Corpse

Death

What are we on now????

Take sides :-)