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    Colin McRae Dirt

    in Racing Games

    Posted

    If someone says "The physics are on par with Richard Burns Rally" ... I would get this for my new system. So far I don't see anyone stating that (here and other forums) so if its an eye candy pram race then I will settle for the free demo to mess about on to test my new rig when it comes.

    Once you are used to Richard Burns ... nothing comes close with the feel of a SIM, but im dying for something to come along with the same physics, but the eye candy of Dirt.

    Some simple upgrade Q's

    in Computer Discussions

    Posted

    Cheers fellas,

    Indeed its DDR2 Memory (the machine im getting) :rocky:

    I had a decent sniff around online and have all the step by steps to dual boot the unit. I agree, and will get Vista Bundled but not installed so I can then install XP Pro and Vista afterwards.

    It will be fun to see what I can (or cannot) do with Vista, I will be using that partition as my Playground and test center than anything work related thats for sure. One thing im not going to do right away is go online with Vista ... I want to find out all about what crap I can kill and any other "questionable" processes before I get out through the pipe via that OS. I will even wipe out all fancy rubbish and transparent windows ... I actually have XP right now with the classic 98 look with small fonts, I cant stand XP's official design ... will do the same on Vista if it's possible, I don't care how much better my new unit will be to switch on all the resource hungry eye candy cheese.

    Heres the spec's of the unit im looking at but a few things "might" change as Im not getting it untill next month, so price and changes by that time may dictate a few tweaks :

    - AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 3.00GHz Dual Core CPU

    - AMD approved cooler

    - Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

    - Award winning OCZ Revision2 2GB Ultra PC2-6400 CAS4 (2x1GB) Dual Channel Kit

    - 500GB Western Digital Enterprise 16MB Cache SATA-2 Hard Drive

    - NVIDIA 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) DirectX 10 Graphics Card

    - Samsung 18x DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black)

    - Black Sony Floppy Drive

    - Antec NINE HUNDRED Gamers ATX Case

    - Antec 650W Next Generation Power Supply

    The GPU is "GTS" I checked out some hardware sites ans even thought this is less in the range of 3 of the 8800 its stilll fast and fast enough for me thats for sure. I had Nvidia and moved to Radeon ... now I want to move back to Nvidia mainly because of old skool 3D stereo and things like that.

    The HD is Western Digital, Im a Seagate fan myself, I will use my own seagate as the boot drive and just have the Western as disc 2 me thinks. I have a firewire Maxtor One Touch and fortunately thats on the Mobo so thats sorted too.

    Beleive me from a 3 or so year old 333Mhz Athon 2600+ 1.7 Gig (333) machine with a Radeon 9800Pro (now with dodgy fan) ... its a decent jump into DX10 ville.

    Some simple upgrade Q's

    in Computer Discussions

    Posted

    Dual boot, of course, that does make allot of sense :thumbsup: ... now I haven't set a dual boot machine up since Partition Magic days a few years ago.

    Is there a resource that gives good advice of steps to take to have both OS's on a machine ... of course I can google but if you know some decent ones id be interested for a pre-readup before I get the unit.

    That way, if my OS gets hosed, I can format that partition without fearing loss of anything irreplaceable.

    Im with you on that, I get a 500 gig, I have my 300 gig, so I might swap them around. Either that or I will lay off real important things from the 500 (data what you really cannot replace if it all goes belly up).

    Whats the best tool to use for creating partition(s) ... fdisk (when setting back up XP) or use tools from Vista DVD (when I get it).

    PS - thanks for swift replies mate :thumbsup:

    Some simple upgrade Q's

    in Computer Discussions

    Posted

    Hi Ruin,

    I normally build, but i'm buying this time, mainly because what bundles are out actually fit exactly what I want to build, and separates would cost more (oh and im not paying for it either, someone else is :yes: ).... and, I cant be bothered to put it together this time :whistle:

    I think I will skip on bundling vista and just have the unit sent without an OS and then install my XP pro for now.

    Some simple upgrade Q's

    in Computer Discussions

    Posted

    Im getting a new rig next month and I have some questions.

    It can be shipped with Vista ... I don't really want Vista at the moment and I have XP Pro 32bit already. So my logic is, bundle it with no operating system and throw Vista in the pakage not installed & then install XP Pro 32 bit for now when I get it ... I "think" thats a good idea just passing it past people here for feedback. At least I have vista sat here to install as and when.

    The system is 2 gig ram so no 'above 3 gig' worries.

    It comes with SATA2 500GB drive .... and I like to Norton Ghost system drives. So, i'm thinking of partitioning say 60 GB for system and the rest for storage. BTW the 60 gig will only be system and apps, NOT games, they can be installed on the other larger partition.

    My logic in smaller system partition is mainly because of Ghosting ... as 500GB image would be a joke to store :blink: .

    Do others think that with swap files and such, that 60 GB will be enough (swap file really)? I have my current PC and its 22GB so far for system and apps, and it will literally be less on the next machine.

    I have an external 300GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 drive in an Icy box via USB2 ... now im thinking to stick that into the PC internal and then my current/older system drive put in the icybox, then theres RAID ... I have that on the new mobo ... I guess I want to actually have 2 separate drives so is RAID pointless, or can I benefit?

    Any help appreciated.

    So, my kid saw a UFO today.

    in "Off Topic" Posts

    Posted

    SPP North American summit of leaders shrouded in UFO-style secrecy

    HERE

    18 August 2007 0900 HRS EDT

    15 MILE SECURITY PERIMETER FOR BUSH MEETING IN CANADA NEXT WEEK!

    WHATEVER IS GOING ON IS SO UNUSUAL AND SO IMPORTANT THE U.S. MILITARY IS HEADED INTO CANADA TO ESTABLISH THE DEAD ZONE AROUND THE EVENT!

    CANADIAN MILITARY AND POLICE DEEMED "INADEQUATE" FOR SECURING WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN

    The only possible reason to establish such a perimeter is to prevent citizens from SEEING something. What could possibly be so important, so secret, that we citizens have to be kept 15 miles away? First contact by aliens from space? I know it sounds ridiculous, but what else could it be?

    "interesting" :hmm: . Maybe 15 miles is needed in order to not be asked a question :P

    Blackfoot Studios Interview [Ground Branch]

    in Military Tactical Realism Titles

    Posted

    Soul switching will also be available

    this game is not a "hero character"� title

    we plan to have the entire single player campaign playable as a co-op experience

    more than just another sequel, port, MTV crowd, or short attention span flavor of the month type game.

    “Do not build your community around a game.... Build your game around a community”

    Music to my eyeballs :thumbsup: This all sounds right out the [GR] camp ... certainly is on my radar.

    I miss patrolling enemies

    in GR:AW 2 - Mission Modding

    Posted

    If i remember correctly in one of the [GR] patches they upped the AI so patrolling groups would split / strafe and hunt once they detected. Before that I do remember [GR] having similar issues with enemy simply laying down or just taking cover local to thier position only.

    I do not have any GRAW titles but from descriptions it sounds like a mission pack from [GR] with dug-in AI splashed around to hunt down from early scripters.

    Mind you, as said, modding should do the trick.

    One thing you cant take away from [GR] is the suprise attack from AI, to this day I still jump and get a panick on where I get cross fire and realy loose where its coming from. :unsure::o=

    Wikipedia

    in "Off Topic" Posts

    Posted

    Just because a CIA/BBC/Democratic Party employee edits an article doesn't mean they edit it to promote any official message from the CIA/BBC/Democratic Party

    True but that also comes into question depending on what they specifically go to edit and what they changed it "to" from what it "was".

    Granted that anyone wanting to lay low would not use such a direct way if they really wanted to go under the radar as it were. You could also see this as an exersize in "were here too" as regards being careless enough to be logged.

    It does make me laugh that its that open and editable, because there are allot that refer to it that ive seen, which surprises me (in more political areas *tries not to mention it*).

    Anyone who's ever had to thoroughly research anything knows that you can never completely trust any individual source of information

    Agreed.

    but at the same time you're not required to have any particular qualifications to write a book or be impartial and apolitical to write a newspaper article either.

    Hence the reason shop around and cross ref.

    :)

    women in graw2.......

    in GR:AW 2 (PC) - General Discussion

    Posted

    Hang on folks, I heard that in some of the bundled audio which is pretty large compared to audio used in-game has actualy been extracted with unpacking tools. There are spoken phrases in a mans voice that does state "sir, talk to me sir, you have such a lovely voice" and "Targets spotted sir, what do you want to do to me, sorry, where do you need me?". followed by "Sniping sir, my rifles realy big with this silencer".

    By all accounts sub comments audio can be found under the unpacked directory structure "cAMp_comms_01" with comms chatter you can here "ooh saucy" and "these shoes really chafe".

    So I think the team might have a, how do you say, undercover member to unlock :whistle:

    The Fine Line

    in "Off Topic" Posts

    Posted

    Another little but effective divide and rule tactic :pirate:

    Anyway im off out to "hug a hoodie" becuase I feel that touching base with my future home invader may in some way take the pressure off later on when I have to decide best how to not offend them in anyway as they enter through my window.

    This process may work, a tip off will help on what biscuits to pre-puchase and whether they prefer coffee or tea while working.

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