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Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by abuzar1, Jun 25, 2008.

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  1. sammorris

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    Wow, half price. Not bad, not bad, $1150, versus putting $600-800 in a 24". Maybe I'll treat myself for Christmas!! LOL (I'll still be limping along for a while with a 3850 lol)

    New build will add another $1200 sounds like - well, maybe more like $1500 with an x2 - sometime in the Spring.

    You got me with that "gorging on pixels" line :D
     
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    Nah, never got around to playing Half Life. No time :(

    Today was a busy day too. Had to take the SATs in the morning, had to go to a conference in the evening, while writing a college application essay in between.
     
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    Wow, a really busy day. What colleges are you going for?

    By the way, I'm getting ready for the new build - just downloaded sp1 for vista, and in 4 hours the torrent will deliver the main program. I'll set a 25 gig partition like our Mo said (shaff) on the new 640 gig seagate that's coming with the corsair. I don't really want vista but if that's the only way warhead will give up ultra high and allow x2 or crossfire support, then it looks like it's a must have type of thing. And some guys were talking about loving DX10 - is there a growing concensus that it's a good thing, or is everybody still grumbling?
    -Rich
     
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    Ultra high will work on XP. Crossfire on the other hand, won't. This also applies for GRiD.
     
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    @ rich

    I wasn't really into the scary games either, playing DOOM3 tensed me up to the point that I got a headache, I've yet to go back ;)

    But with dead space, I WILL FINISH IT.

    I'm just going to play it (prove I'm not a wuss :p)

    I'm getting it from a friend tomorrow at school, can't wait
     
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    I'm applying to University of Central Florida.

    Also Dead Space is not that scary once you get past the first parts.
     
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    Scary enough... :p
     
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    lol True

    I had my buddy come over and then we played it some more. I guess it gets exponentially less scary the more people you have around you.
     
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    That, plus 30 inches of dead space is more scary than 19 inches of it :) I dread to think what it looks like on a 65", especially with the volume turned up.
     
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    woo hoo! i'm back! for a while *sigh*

    Yeah Dead Space is a bloody good game and a bloddy scary game too. I tried playing the game at night with no lights and loud...and guess what it didn't last 2 mins...

    I realy can't imagine playing that game on a 30" monitor!!!

    man i miss a lot! Oh and Fallout 3...one of the best!!!
     
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    Too bad I'll be playing it alone :O
    At night without lights, no less :D

    Guess it won't be too bad on a 15.4"

    Good to see you (metaphorically :p)
    Why didn't you last, did your bladder pop??

    CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY IT
     
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    I'm guessing he went over his bandwidth limit for the internet and got cut off.
     
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    LOL WTH! Exams are pain in the a$$!!! and yeah 15: is not that bad...but still it's bad...

    Imagine playing horror games on a 40" full HD TV with surround sound in the middle of the night, lights off and no one around...spooky!
     
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    Well, if it was the middle of the night, the neighbours would have something to say about it... :p
     
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    I've ticked all those boxes before, except 30" not 40", and let me tell you, you have to try it.
     
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    Lol sam, not that loud...

    and yeah that would be sick...imagine you're concentrating so hard and your telephone suddenly rang...you're really going to s**t in your pants LOL!

    Damn i love giving me friend a fright when he is play FEAR...btw i deleted FEAR after like 6 hours of play...it sure shortend my life. I'm no good with horror games

    i'm out tonight!
     
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    I love FEAR, one of my favourite games. :)
     
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    Lucky ;)

    I have installed FEAR but I have yet to play it.

    Just can't seem to find time in my busy life :p, especially that A-Levels are going at a crazy pace, I'll leave old games for the summer and focus on Dead Space and other new games instead ;)
     
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