I'm done.

I don't care what you guys say, the release candidate is fine for me until June 01.

One week prior today my mother bought a laptop with Vista on it and threw out the upgrade coupon because she thought it was an advertisement.

I am an intellect among idiots.

wut

Tom customs

At 10/20/09 09:11 AM, deckheadtottie wrote: I just received my new, quiet case fans which now completes my build (at long last!)

That case doesn't look as appealing as it does on newegg :/ You're lucky you built your rig when you did though, I haven't seen DDR2 this expensive since I got into computers.

And Taco, it's always best to go with the most powerful single card solution you can afford. Get a 5850 and flash the bios so you can get clocks similar to the 5870.

What are some things I could do with an intel stock cooler?

Newgrounds isn't a competitive gaming site.

Buy him counterstrike and get him to play in some leagues.

At 10/19/09 06:30 AM, HeavyTank wrote: That's why l love UKCS servers...no lag, friendly people, lots of regulars, team voice chat, no n00bs, no fucking slot reservation and premium account bullshit, mild swearing is allowed and a reasonable ping limit.

Honestly, what servers would you guys suggest for 2 bitches romping around the US?

At 10/18/09 05:52 PM, Acid wrote: Brass and ThoseSneakyFrench, absolutely right. Amen.

Really the only thing apple has going for it is that their computers are very pretty.

I don't get it. Was this a test?

33K signatures in one day. God damn.

If I remember correctly, the petition for LAN in starcraft 2 topped out at around 60k. If Infinity Ward decides to acknowledging this, I'll laugh my ass off.

MW2 petition

I know I know, online petitions never do anything, but just to put things in perspective, this had only 10k signatures when I signed it this morning.

So I just got kicked for slot reservation during a kritz

Yet another developer who decides to give PC gaming the finger. I'm about two console releases away from selling my computer and buying a 360.

At 10/17/09 07:49 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: its a trick, no matter what the person types it comes out as something about peter, watch they're hands, they're actually typing the answer

God damnit those sneaky bastards.

Peter Answers.

I wish this was a trick, but I'm dumbfounded. My little cousins are asking specific questions about our family, and this website gives correct answers every time, even when naming people.

What.

At 10/17/09 03:49 PM, Acid wrote: I think I'm going to drop the PC laptop idea and get a Mac Book Pro. The battery life on them is supposedly way better.

The battery life isn't in the hardware as much as the OS. If you hackintosh a windows machine, you should get very similar battery life to a macbook pro. Putting OSX on a PC is against the Apple TOS, meaning you won't get support or security updates, but that's a very minor con compared to the money you save for not buying apple branding.

The case for the macbook pro is an aluminum shell carved out. I'm spending 2.25 grand for an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz, 4 MB ram, 500GB HD, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 256 dedicated, 15 inch macbook pro.

Overpriced, but go on.

Cool thing about them is that you can go into a power saving mode which switches it to an integrated GPU.

You can do that on any computer, it's called hybrid SLI.

And you can partition the HD for windows and run windows separately.

Again, Hackintosh.

(So the nasty windows viruses can't kill your computer).

Windows doesn't get viruses, idiots do.

The only thing I don't like about it is that the battery isn't replaceable. I understand why they did it though, for more space in the laptop. I was a little less irked when they said you could go to an apple store and have it replaced.

Except I'm willing to bet they charge profusely for that.

I only have a grand saved up right now, but I think it will be worth the wait.

Or you can buy a PC with similar hardware now and hackintosh it when you have the money for the OS. If you want to boot camp Windows on a macbook, you have to pay $200 for the extra operating system anyway, so why not dual-boot on a windows machine?

At 10/17/09 06:15 AM, steveo1259 wrote: And whether you have the most recent drivers for each system, and when you built it

This is where most of the Mac vs. PC ignorance comes into play.

"Macs run windows better than PC"

Ohlol. Obviously, a dual-core mac will run windows better than a P4 machine, the same way a quad core dell would hackintosh better than a Mac. When people compare the two, they always feel the need to pick a PC with terrible hardware. But it's really no surprise, because lately I've noticed that EVERYONE still owns computers from the Pentium 4 era.

But we've finally reached that sacred point where TV has become so bad, it's good.

I give to you, the Dino Squad.

Discuss.

At 10/16/09 09:28 PM, Tehpivot wrote:

At 10/16/09 05:44 PM, steveo1259 wrote: Well MACS are just a fashion accessory

How come I can run Crysis, TF2, KCR and L4D on it at higher detail modes than my $1900 custom build gaming pc?

We can't really tell you that until you tell us the specs and price of each.

Good god and I thought 1440x900 was tough to multi-task with.

Also, on the arguement of GPU-acceleration with photoshop, the difference is night and day. Even a 4770 lags a little bit when I'm applying filters to a big image. The point is though, would you rather have a Mac with a 4870, or a PC with a 5870?

People don't seem to understand that the worlds of Mac and PC are very quickly approaching an intersection. You get the same functionality in graphic arts under Windows that you do OSX, except on a mac you pay a 300% markup for white plastic curves.

"The new Apple machines will feature ATI Radeon HD 4850 as a more affordable BTO [Build-To-Order] option, complementing current ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB as a $399 option."

Nice job completely missing why I linked the article.

If someone is even going to TRY to merit macs over PCs, you compare the operating system not the fucking hardware.

Also.

One year anniversary

At 10/14/09 05:02 PM, Simple wrote: * Fixed a rare crash in particle system

Rare is an understatement, for me the fire would appear as lines every few maps.

Control panel => Security => Automatic updates.

Not only is a 280 possibly the worst card you can get for the money right now, but 3Dvision is a load of crap. Only a handful of games have proper support for it, and even so, all it does is make the image pop a tiny bit.

If you want to spend $1000 on a monitor, get this, and if you want to spend $300 on a 285 (you can't get a 280 anymore), get a fucking radeon 5850.

At 10/14/09 12:15 PM, deckheadtottie wrote: Just did a stress test on my new build... When the core hits 100°C, you know you've fucked up somewhere.

Intel stock cooler?

At 10/13/09 09:11 PM, Conspiracy3 wrote: You could be like me and take Latin.

Latin is a good option. Even though it's a dead language, learning it gives you a basic understanding of the other romance languages if you choose to study those later on. Spanish, French, and Italian are all based off latin and are very similar.

Oh hey guys.