Anightgirl

So it is Friday and I am at work watching...

THIS AWESOMENESS!

Posts are getting eaten!

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM.

TGIF!! w00t w00t

MMMMmmm... coffee......

Evil Text with her homemade breads and foods. :-(

I'M FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

/scurrieshome!

Same thing here.

Can't focus on anything today.

::THUMP::

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I like cases like this.

I hate cases with doors, I always break them off 'cause I end up leaving the door open all the time.

Apparently, everyone in the market thread.. you know... the people that flip stuff constantly and then resell it to rip the rest of us off!

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Just finished readin' 23 pages of the merit changes from test server. Just killin' time before lunch time.

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Don't forget to go to the market forum. There is a fun filled merit thread there too!

I think I made some of the marketers mad when I told them I hoard everything good that drops instead of selling it.

Hee hee... its fun.

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What other games besides CoX?



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This one.

And I have the redone enhanced version of this. which all of the info I'm finding says the enhanced version is great but is way way a resource hog on your machine.

That's just two of them.

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Okay! Poking around, you could easily get by with a midrange graphics card - 9800GT or GTX (~$130-180) if you're on a budget. If you want complete overkill, double the price and get a nForce 260 or 280.

On a budget, $80 for an AMD processor, $30-35 for a heat sink, $75 for a motherboard, $50-60 for 4GB of memory, $80-100 for a power supply, $30 for a DVDRW, $50-120 for hard drive (320GB-1TB), $50-60 for a case, and a $130 graphics card ($200 for a better one); total price: $600-700

Dell's version (2GB memory, ATI 4670 - an $80 graphics card, overclocked AMD 5600+ CPU, 500GB HD) is $999; so you save a chunk of money building it yourself, plus you know what went into it - as opposed to the cheapest available parts.

The price will fluctuate a bit more as you look at different cases, other options, and if you want to replace fans with silent, no-led fans in the case you pick (I did, at $8 for a 120mm 16dBa fan). But that should at least get you a starting point for a decent gaming system, and you can work up from there are your budget allows.

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Dell is the devil.

So what is everyone else up to?

I'm havin' fun 'cause silly dramaz in random forums... hee hee hee.

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What other games besides CoX?



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This one.

And I have the redone enhanced version of this. which all of the info I'm finding says the enhanced version is great but is way way a resource hog on your machine.

That's just two of them.

Hey all. Happy Hump day!

Text, did you get the pics of the fabric I sent ya?

Yeah Ex, could you please let us know if there is anything new going on or if this is the same rewards and missions from the last couple years?

THANKS!

I hope and pray they don't allow side flipping. Let hero-side be hero-side and villains be villains. Let's concentrate on adding new SFs to villain side and new content to both sides. Let's fix all the bugs and errors, lets get some new power sets, I want my MM's with beast control!

Of course... I wouldn't be surprised if he's just having fun and counting how many people ask for the side flipping now.

Those sneaky devs and their sneakiness.

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Ooooh. The ponies are totally cute! I like the turtle, too, but really its all about the ponies.

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Thanks :-)

I really am having fun crocheting all of this stuff for everyone :-)

Satisfies my crafting beast and lets me give the stuff away so I don't have to fill my house up with it all!

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Dual Core vs Quad Core:<ul type="square">[*]For most people's computer usage, they don't even need dual core. You never need quad core, although if you're a heavy multitasker you won't notice as much slowdown.[*]Many games (including CoX) don't perform any better on a multicore system than a single core system.[*]What price are you looking for? Dual core processors are cheaper and perform just as well for almost all computer users; quad cores will have increased performance but only in niche situations.[/list]
AMD vs Intel:<ul type="square">[*]When the choices were Pentium 4 vs AMD64, AMD had the clear advantage - they were not only faster, but ran cooler and cost less as well.[*]Intel processors from Core 2 Duo and newer are generally faster at the same clock speed compared to AMD processors, but AMD will top Intel in certain tasks.[*]AMD processors are less expensive than Intel processors for approximately the same level of performance.[*]At the top end, Intel is outperforming AMD. Ever since they abandoned the Pentium 4 architecture they've been more innovative as well.[/list]
Prebuilt vs Do-it-yourself:<ul type="square">[*]At the low end, prebuilt is much less expensive, but you don't know how upgradeable the system will be.[*]Building it yourself lets you control what parts go in it, but provides some concerns with customer service and support (as in, there is often little to none).[*]At the high end of performance, building it yourself is cheaper than a prebuilt system.[/list]
Vista vs XP:<ul type="square">[*]I personally don't like Vista, but yes, it will perform "fine".[*]Vista has a much larger "footprint" in memory, which means that you have less resources available for the programs you want the OS to run.[*]Many people have gotten used to where things are in XP; things have been moved quite a bit in Vista. It's like going from XP to KDE Linux - things seem familiar, but not everything is where you think it should be.[*]Micro$oft is actively trying to push XP out so that people buy the new OS. This means less support for newer hardware in XP and many times prebuilt systems don't even supply drivers for XP at all.[/list]
Graphics cards:<ul type="square">[*]nVidia is supported better than ATI currently in CoX (there's a whole thread on ATI issues).[*]Depending on the resolution you run the game at and what settings you're running on, a mid-grade card will likely perform just fine.[*]I personally use an nVidia 8800 GTX w/768MB of memory and it's pure overkill, but I get (vertical sync-capped) 60 fps in almost every situation in the game, while running with advanced graphics settings which are set higher than the "very high" settings default to at 1920x1200 resolution.[*]If you spend more than $200 on a graphics card, you're paying for "new and shiny" instead of performance.[*]Video processor speed and memory bandwidth is more important than amount of memory. A high end, newer generation 256MB card will outperform an older, slower 1GB card.[/list]
As an afterthough don't skimp and get one of those $20-30 power supplies. A failing power supply can show up as a lot of seemingly unrelated problems, and a friend ordered one online because it was cheap and it exploded (literally - flame shooting out the back of the case) on the first day, taking the motherboard with it.

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This is going to be a purely gaming rig.

I will have my current computer to do all of my coursework etc. on.

I usually run at least one window open with gmail chat, facebook, streaming radio or a podcast for class, and AIM all in the background.

I play in windowed mode.

I just got this monitor so I can run at high res settings etc.

I'm currently only on a single core processor.

I was looking at this video card.

In regards to everything else I have no clue what to get/do.

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Mmm, fabric.

Are you working on anything atm?

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Well I finished this little guy for my BF's daughter.

Pony 1
Pony 2

Started another one for my boss' grandson. Gonna be a baby blue body with green accents.

Also started this guy for my Nephew.

Turtle

I have a scarf I'm half done with and then I have some Angel Bell ornaments I need to work on for my BF and then a giraffe I am making for the daughter of a friend at work.

I will also be making Mrs. OSHA a unicorn version of the horsey in Pink and white.

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Am I the only person who likes their job? :O

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Nah, I like mine, and I'm deeply grateful to have it. That does not mean, however, that I wouldn't have rather continued with Plan A of "stealing Mr. Sins warm spot in bed and drifting back to sleep for a couple of hours, to be followed by coffee and a day of sewing."

Speaking of, Anightgirl, check out the canvas I bought to make groccery bags from:

- First one
- Second one

Also got some neat buttons and Mr. Sins picked out some fabric for custom bowling shirts. We will not speak of that. Had a nice chat with the lady at the shop, all about sewing for other people and what we were both working on at the time. If you're wondering, I went to this shop here .

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Oooohhh I like the first one a lot. Very nice.

I am currently looking for the darn cable to link my camera to my computer. When I find it I will be forwarding you the fabric pics I promised.

All sorts of craziness.

You only need dual core... no you need quad core... this brand sucks... no wait it rocks...

Don't build prebought they use cheap stuff.

No buy prebuilt prices are dropping due to crappy economy and they are cheap as hell.

Don't use Vista, vista is fine.

Use this brand vid card NO this one, get 1 G vid card mem... shut up fool 1 G is ridiculous and over priced... she only needs 500K MB vid card memory is fine.

AMD processors are fine. NO they BLOW and it is worthwhile to pay for Intel.

Syn's head usually explodes about here.

/jealous

I have to get a new computer. I have the money, but know nothing about building them and everyone I'm asking is telling me something different and it is making my poor wittle brain explode!

Probably.

Another Monday??? Nuuuuuuu!

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Round and round and round she goes...

Edit: and while we're at it, (repost) obnoxiously cute.

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Pwnd &gt;.&gt;

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Bad Raiden! BAD!

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Meow meow instead?

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heeeee!

/claps


Much!

Good Raiden