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 From:  Ixion   2 Feb 2006 07:55 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       4 of 126 
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Don't forget 2Gb of RAM I highly recommend that.

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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    2 Feb 2006 13:03 
 To:  Mr (M00RL0CK)      5 of 126 
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I assume you mean with Teh Amazon referral link included.
Which is a good idea. I'll go search for links this evening.


Dave!!: You didn't provide links! :@
Updated anyway.


Ixion: Was very tempted to, but decided against.

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 From:  Dave!!   2 Feb 2006 13:13 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       6 of 126 
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Sorry.

Athlon X2 from eBuyer
Gigabyte Mobo from eBuyer
Abit Mobo from eBuyer
Zalman CNPS9500 from QuietPC.com

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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    2 Feb 2006 13:25 
 To:  Dave!!      7 of 126 
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No matter - I went and found the ebuyer ones myself.

Will add the Zalman one though.

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 From:  Ixion   2 Feb 2006 18:56 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       8 of 126 
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AGP Graphics card Geforce 7800GS http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=338481

 

PCI-Express G/C Geforce 7800 GT
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=250971

 

The 7800Gt in particular is excellent value for money shame it's only for those with PCI-e
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   2 Feb 2006 18:57 
 To:  Ixion      9 of 126 
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You've used the same link for both

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 From:  Ixion   2 Feb 2006 19:05 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS      10 of 126 
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Doh toss, so I have <curses scan's URL system>

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 From:  milko   2 Feb 2006 19:07 
 To:  Ixion      11 of 126 
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They're 200 quid! Is there any actual games worth spending this sort of money on nowadays?

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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    2 Feb 2006 19:09 
 To:  Ixion      12 of 126 
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I think I found the correct link for the other one?

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 From:  Ixion   2 Feb 2006 19:12 
 To:  milko      13 of 126 
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Well, I've got the 7800GT and it's very lovely indeed, whether it's worth the money or not I'm not sure but there's nothing I can't run without AA turned on, AOE III, Black and White 2, COD2, Quake 4, Anything with HDR all look lots better than they used to on my R9700 Pro, what's really missing at the moment is a supply of must have games on the PC :(

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 From:  Ixion   2 Feb 2006 19:13 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       14 of 126 
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I was recommending the cheaper 7800GT, the GTX is about £120 more for about 10% more performance so really not worth it! I updated the original link.

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 From:  milko   2 Feb 2006 19:18 
 To:  Ixion      15 of 126 
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I need to start a thread or something, because I'm not sure it's just me being lured away by joyous console things and busybusyworkwork or what, but there's very little exciting on PC lately. I can run Half Life 2 pretty damn well on a 9800 Pro and haven't really seen much need to do anything bigger so far.

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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    2 Feb 2006 19:24 
 To:  Ixion      16 of 126 
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Ok, updated.

Also put in the Amazon links - all one of them. :|

(Can someone check I've done the referral bit right.)

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 From:  Ixion   2 Feb 2006 19:28 
 To:  milko      17 of 126 
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There are some very good PC games out there, Civ IV, AOE III, NFSMW, COD2 Quake 4 but nothing coming up in the near future that I'm all excited about at the moment.

 

I was looking at the XBox 360 and nothing on that really looks inspiring either. The last game I got really really excited about was GT4 on the PS2, but I've finished that and it looks unpolished and a bit shit compared to modern PC graphics.

 

Maybe the PS3 will bring with it a new Gran Turismo game that will get me into gaming again!
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    2 Feb 2006 19:32 
 To:  milko      18 of 126 
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

It's currently in Beta and should be out by the summer. \o/

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 From:  Dave!!   2 Feb 2006 19:43 
 To:  Ixion      19 of 126 
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I'm enjoying Quake IV at the moment. Which is nice as I never got into FEAR, AOE III or owt like that. The graphics in it are lovely too!

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 From:  Ixion   2 Feb 2006 20:21 
 To:  Dave!!      20 of 126 
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They are indeed, it's the first PC game in a long while I've finished and it looked lovely especially with 4X AA all the way through!

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 From:  Dave!!   2 Feb 2006 20:46 
 To:  Ixion      21 of 126 
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I might have to give 4x AA a try. It's running with 2x AA at the moment and it's very nice. And it doesn't chug like a chuggy chugger such as FEAR. Although Q4 is based on the Doom 3 engine isn't it and Doom3 always looked and ran nice, even if it was as boring as pigshit.

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"Everyone is entitled to an opinion, just as everyone is entitled to disagree with someone's opinion. The other important skill is the ability to distinguish between someone attacking your opinion because they don't agree with it, and someone just attacking you personally because you're a fool." - Me, 2005.
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 From:  milko   2 Feb 2006 20:58 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       22 of 126 
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Hahaha, rumours are abounding that it's not ever gonna get released. Still, summer is a long time away.

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 From:  milko   2 Feb 2006 21:02 
 To:  Ixion      23 of 126 
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Civ IV and AOE III are hardly showcases of PC POWER though, as nice as they look for what they are. And what they are is not offering anything we haven't seen ten years ago with a few tweaks, sadly. I enjoy Civ 4 lots but it isn't making me go "Wow! See what PC can do!"

 

As for NFS MW, that's a console game so again not really all that exciting. I can't seem to get into it anyway. And the other two are probably superfine examples of the FPS genre but again do they do much that's not been done before? I'm just not excited much by them. 360 has exactly the same trouble at the moment, and given that the xbox turned out pretty unimaginative for games I don't hold vast hopes yet. Vive la Revolution.


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