Author Topic: News Update: MAF's Wallet Ambushed Inside Computer Stop (Read 3078 times)

MrAngryFace · « **on:** September 17, 2007, 09:47:41 PM »

I hadnt even planned to go there today!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1 on:** September 17, 2007, 09:48:41 PM »

I'm getting an 8600, although Smooth Groove said it would be wise to just wait for the 8800's price to lower.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #2 on:** September 17, 2007, 09:49:52 PM »

Id ask TVC or Drinky or Frag too. Smooth may be right but a second opinion from either of those guys is worth it.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3 on:** September 17, 2007, 09:52:32 PM »

K I'll ask. What do you guys think? Get the 8600, or wait for the 8800's price to lower since it'll offer way more speed?

Quote from: Gospel According to Dr. Smooth Groove

You should just wait a little while and get the 320mb 8800 GTS. It's about $270 right now but it should drop quite a bit pretty soon. The 8600GTX is at your budget right now but it's significantly slower than the 8800 GTS.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #4 on:** September 17, 2007, 09:53:53 PM »

is the 8600 dx10 compat? not that means a whole lot right now

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5 on:** September 17, 2007, 09:59:40 PM »

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Application support: This card ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for games with full OpenGL 2.0 support and full Microsoft® DirectX 10 support, including full support for Shader Model 4.0.

yup

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #6 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:04:24 PM »

Well that removes that qualifier.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #7 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:26:25 PM »

How much did you pay? I know that the 640mb 8800 GTS is usually much cheaper online.

Aren't you running Vista? It's worthwhile to pay a little extra for the GTX if you're planning to play DX10 games.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #8 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:28:13 PM »

GTX is quite a bit more extra, and I got a decent price. Course anyone could argue you can get stuff online cheaper, but I got my stuff right away. Thats important.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #9 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:32:05 PM »

I see you pt since I picked up my GTX at Fry's , but that was at launch. Prices are usually the same everywhere during launch. However, the Geforce 8 cards are significantly cheaper online now. Why do you need a new GPU so badly? For TF2?

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #10 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:33:05 PM »

Cuz I wanted it.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #11 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:38:27 PM »

Welcome to THE CLUB MAF.

I'd definitely wait out on the 8800s over the 8600 cards. 8600 = replace in a year and be disappointed in performance right out of the box, 8800 = happy for at least two years.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #12 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:40:59 PM »

Why is the Geforce 8's SLI performance so terrible? The GTS in SLI is still outperformed in many situations by a single GTX. I'm an extreme hardware enthusiast but there's no way I'll buy another GTX just to get another 5-10 FPS at 1920x1200.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #13 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:42:33 PM »

8800 CLUB

true nikkaz only

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:43:07 PM »

I dont have the $$$ to SLI 8800

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #15 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:50:15 PM »

the 8800 club is like the 700 club, only with real talk instead of fake prayer

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #16 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:50:55 PM »

we only bugger our wallets, not altar boys

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #17 on:** September 17, 2007, 10:51:08 PM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on September 17, 2007, 10:43:07 PM

I dont have the $$$ to SLI 8800

I would if I hadn't bought a PS3.

Extra 5-10 FPS in PC games > Heavenly Sword

:'(

Mupepe · « **Reply #18 on:** September 17, 2007, 11:02:48 PM »

i have an 8800 too bad i don't play many games on my pc

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #19 on:** September 18, 2007, 11:01:45 AM »

Haha dont install videocards drunk. The mobo gave me the one long LOL POWER SUPPLY ISSUE and I assumed that I needed a bigger one. This morning when I was sober I remembered that the 8800 takes an additional power feed lol lol drunk

bagofeyes · « **Reply #20 on:** September 18, 2007, 11:02:45 AM »

i like when maf is drunk

Tauntaun · « **Reply #21 on:** September 18, 2007, 11:05:33 AM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on September 18, 2007, 11:01:45 AM

Haha dont install videocards drunk. The mobo gave me the one long LOL POWER SUPPLY ISSUE and I assumed that I needed a bigger one. This morning when I was sober I remembered that the 8800 takes an additional power feed lol lol drunk

mmmmm, 8800 makes me want to come over and saf on your keyboard. hopefully i'll be building a new comp by the end of year.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #22 on:** September 18, 2007, 11:50:58 AM »

You've convinced me. I'll wait for the 8800. If TF2 works on Cajole's labtop I should have no problems with it

abrader · « **Reply #23 on:** September 18, 2007, 12:19:51 PM »

nice

you guys are amking me want to buy a PC just to try pc gaming.

T234 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 18, 2007, 01:26:22 PM »

God, I wish my job paid more. I got up this morning and wanted to jerk it to the E3 2006 trailer of Supreme Commander.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #25 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:06:30 PM »

MAF, did you consider my offer? I'll just have my friend put it on EBAY if you don't want it.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #26 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:08:35 PM »

No thanks, I need to upgrade my proc next.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #27 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:14:24 PM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on September 18, 2007, 07:08:35 PM

No thanks, I need to upgrade my proc next.

Ok, it's going on ebay when Geforce 9 comes out.

What CPU are you using now? I want a quad core upgrade but I'm waiting for the new 45 nm. This summer's temp was killer even for water cooling. I hope the 45nms will be much cooler.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #28 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:22:26 PM »

some 3200+ Athlon64 or some shit

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #29 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:25:07 PM »

That Althon64 was great for its time but yeah, you''ll probably need a newer one for games like World of Conflict and Crysis. I guess you'll be upgrading your motherboard and ram too. I don't think they're making any more processors for socket 939 any more.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #30 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:35:08 PM »

i found him a 4200+ X2 939 for $70, i rokk like a hard cokk at eleven o' klokk with shiner bokk

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #31 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:43:13 PM »

World in Conflict ran fine on my 7800 rig.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #32 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:51:30 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on September 18, 2007, 07:35:08 PM

i found him a 4200+ X2 939 for $70, i rokk like a hard cokk at eleven o' klokk with shiner bokk

You're a good friend. That's a great upgrade from a 3200. MAF, try Oblivion again. I noticed a big performance jump in Oblivion when I went from single to dual core.

Quote from: MrAngryFace on September 18, 2007, 07:43:13 PM

World in Conflict ran fine on my 7800 rig.

What do you mean by fine? I can't seem to get the minimum framerate to be higher than 20. It seems to be a CPU-bound issue since the min framerate didn't increse much even when I went from "very high" to just "high". I like my games to stay around 60fps as much as possible and drop to 40fps at most.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #33 on:** September 18, 2007, 07:58:34 PM »

Fine in that I dont count framerates and there weren't any significant chops and it looked ok.

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Author Topic: News Update: MAF's Wallet Ambushed Inside Computer Stop (Read 3078 times)