St. Goodypants Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Starting this thread for any other techies out there.Puffing on hookah while screwing around with a new router and playing CSS is just about my favorite thing right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechAnt Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Yes! Call of Duty 4 is intense with hookah and everytime I find one while smoking, I get all excited It tends to be a little too intense to hit it very often. I smoke when I build people's computers too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Wing Gunner Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 lol CS, DoD, and AoE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppyrkr Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) COD4 has replaced CSSbut yeah i guess im a techie, going to college for IT-Computer Support Specialist , school is for the most part enjoyable , had a hardware class last semester where we just built computers all day, it was great. Edited January 29, 2008 by zeppyrkr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) I'm always playing TF2(Team Fortress Two) on the server JLM(Jimmy Likes Men)I just got Gary's MODwas a comp sci major, just switched outedit: its funny how I'm known on the server for my hookah smoking...I'm always askin what to smoke next and only noobs dont know whats goin on in there...love bein a reg and ex-admin Edited January 29, 2008 by r1v3th3ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Goodypants Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) I would play tf2 if steam would finish updating the game.Still not sure what is wrong. I've tried just about everything on my end so I need to e-mail them about it.EDIT:Got it working! Not sure what I did though. Steam can be difficult sometimes. Edited January 29, 2008 by St. Goodypants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 awesomecome play one JLM Jimmy Likes Men...great server, lots of funhalf the time we use the pluggin with jetpacks and shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voski Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I cant smoke inside =( maybe when I get my laptop I can join yee outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicayotte Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I play the following...COD4CSSStar Wars GalaxiesWarcraft 3 (DOTA)on this....Intel q6700 Core 2 Quad (Over clocked to 3.74 on stock cooling)EVGA 8800GTX (Overclocked to core 633/memory 1033)EVGA 680i Motherboard8 Gigs of A-DATA ram (overclocked to 1111mhz)Seagate 80gb SATA 2Seagate 40gb SATA 2 (game storage)I win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechAnt Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 8gigs is a moot point. Only 64bit can utilize more than 3GB of ram. Even then, 64bit hasn't been optimized enough to handle everything well. I win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryantos Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 QUOTE (nicayotte @ Jan 29 2008, 11:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>8 Gigs of A-DATA ram (overclocked to 1111mhz)Why would you even have to overclock 8 gigs in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheetz Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 QUOTE (nicayotte @ Jan 29 2008, 11:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Warcraft 3 (DOTA)Ooh, another DOTA player. Thats really the only thing I will play on the computer. Halo 3 for 360 and Forza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppyrkr Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 QUOTE (nicayotte @ Jan 29 2008, 10:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I play the following...COD4CSSStar Wars GalaxiesWarcraft 3 (DOTA)on this....Intel q6700 Core 2 Quad (Over clocked to 3.74 on stock cooling)EVGA 8800GTX (Overclocked to core 633/memory 1033)EVGA 680i Motherboard8 Gigs of A-DATA ram (overclocked to 1111mhz)Seagate 80gb SATA 2Seagate 40gb SATA 2 (game storage)I win?you win wasting the most money! sorry maybe im just jealous but your setup is over kill for most games out there, i'll save my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheetz Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 QUOTE (zeppyrkr @ Jan 30 2008, 07:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (nicayotte @ Jan 29 2008, 10:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I play the following...COD4CSSStar Wars GalaxiesWarcraft 3 (DOTA)on this....Intel q6700 Core 2 Quad (Over clocked to 3.74 on stock cooling)EVGA 8800GTX (Overclocked to core 633/memory 1033)EVGA 680i Motherboard8 Gigs of A-DATA ram (overclocked to 1111mhz)Seagate 80gb SATA 2Seagate 40gb SATA 2 (game storage)I win?you win wasting the most money! sorry maybe im just jealous but your setup is over kill for most games out there, i'll save my money.But the real question is: What settings can you run Crysis at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voski Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 oh man lets play a DOTA someday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechAnt Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) He can probably play Crysis with all high settings with just acceptable framerates. Crysis is not a very well optimized game at all. He's using the 8800GTX which is the older architecture which is now surpassed by the new 8800GT and 8800GTS builds. Soon there will be a newly structured 8800GTX unless they opt directly to the 9000 series which is fairly likely. Quad core is not optimized by any programs yet either so that's moot as well. A-Data memory is par quality. I'd go Corsair, Crucial, Geil, or OCZ.Yes, Nic, I'm jealous Edited January 31, 2008 by MechAnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Goodypants Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 Memory clock isn't so much of an advantage on LGA775 as it would be with an integrated memory controller. Like AMD's. You'd do better with a lower CAS latency. An Undeniably powerful system, very future-proof. I've gotta agree on the video card though, money would have been better spent on a pair of 8800GTs or G92 8800GTSs for SLi than on 8 gigs of RAM and a GTX.Kudos on those OC's by the way.Here's my specs:AMD Athlon64 3200+ (939) oc'd to 2.5ghz1gb Gskill DDR400 running at DDR333 (But it scales with the processor thank you very much)2x 7200rpm SATA2 80GB HDD 8mb cache each2x Geforce 7600GTs oc'd to 610 core/1440 RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude3516 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 AMD 64 X-2 BLACK Edition 3.2 GHz no OC, 6 Gig of RAM, SLI 8800GTS (just becuz I can ) AND a Projector....fuck monitors 64-bit XP Media Center...becuz I wouldn't give vista to someone I hated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoalition Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 QUOTE (nicayotte @ Jan 29 2008, 11:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I play the following...COD4CSSStar Wars GalaxiesWarcraft 3 (DOTA)on this....Intel q6700 Core 2 Quad (Over clocked to 3.74 on stock cooling)EVGA 8800GTX (Overclocked to core 633/memory 1033)EVGA 680i Motherboard8 Gigs of A-DATA ram (overclocked to 1111mhz)Seagate 80gb SATA 2Seagate 40gb SATA 2 (game storage)I win?8gb of ram = super overkill and pointless. that is you would know that if you actually understood how computer components work.you could of used 2 (or 4 at the most) of 1066mhz and saved urself about 500 bucks give or take a hundred.still love the build though because its very similar to mine minus the ram overload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude3516 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 you can run more than 4gig on a 64bit OS......of course you almost never need more than 4...but then again I tend to run 3 instances apiece of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Goodypants Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 I'm planning to upgrade soon once I get the money.8800 GT/8800GTS G92 (9xxx series if I don't get the money for a while)Opteron 185another stick of the same RAM500gb Hdd (so that it's not as much hassle to run a RAID-0 in XP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralleac Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 (edited) Eh, I'm a hookah smoking CS major. Does that count? I'm slowly putting together the first decent PC I'll have ever owned. I've never had the funds before, and I barely do now, so I've been making some hard choices to keep costs down.So far I have:-EVGA Geforce 8800 GTS Superclocked (old architecture, sadly. I bought this thing like three months too early. Either way it should last me for a year or until I feel like buying another new card.)-EVGA 780i mobo-q6600 2.4 GHz Core 2 Quad processor-2gb Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066 RAM-3 y/o Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 card that's seen the inside of 3 PC's.The mobo, processor, and RAM were just ordered recently. I've been running the card on my current PC w/ a power supply I swapped in to keep up with it, but I'll be butchering that one down to almost nothing so I can put everything into a new case next week. After that I'm going to upgrade HDD and maybe think about SLIing another card in, or maybe putting another $100 on 2gb of extra RAM. That may wind up being too expensive, though. Edited February 6, 2008 by Ralleac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I'm still trying to find out what I need to update...since I got TF2 back in october, I've been getting a warning while I play up in the right screen. It reads, "Warning:OS Paged Pool Memory Low" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralleac Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (r1v3th3ad @ Feb 6 2008, 04:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'm still trying to find out what I need to update...since I got TF2 back in october, I've been getting a warning while I play up in the right screen. It reads, "Warning:OS Paged Pool Memory Low"You can go to My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Performance > Advanced > Virtual Memory > Change and try setting the initial to 1.5x your RAM, and the Max to 3x. That's straight from the Steam forums, so you may have already tried it. Edited February 6, 2008 by Ralleac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 QUOTE (Ralleac @ Feb 6 2008, 02:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (r1v3th3ad @ Feb 6 2008, 04:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'm still trying to find out what I need to update...since I got TF2 back in october, I've been getting a warning while I play up in the right screen. It reads, "Warning:OS Paged Pool Memory Low"You can go to My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Performance > Advanced > Virtual Memory > Change and try setting the initial to 1.5x your RAM, and the Max to 3x. That's straight from the Steam forums, so you may have already tried it....having trouble finding this in my computer, lil help plz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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