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Mattman
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rogue>Youre going to spend all your money on the computer? Get a decent computer and spend the rest on software man!

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Cheater Cheater, Pumpkin FATTIE!!!
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Dave J
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Quote: "I'm acctualy pretty poor, note I have to save for two years all the money I make buying nothing. I am going to rely on comps to get anything, prizes and gifts to get anything new for the next two years."


And you're still going to piss away all your money on parts you don't even need. Bravo.


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The Real 87
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Posted: 11th Aug 2004 16:56 Edited at: 11th Aug 2004 16:59
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Did I mention all the things it's for or should I finish the list?

Gaming, programming (2 or 3 languages and all media creation), both a gaming server and a web site server, school, video editing, and finally order tracking.

If you look at it my way I am acctualy saving money.

I won't have to buy another computer for atleast 20 years, I normally buy a new computer every 6 months at about $600, so $1200 * 20 = $24000, which would only cost me $12000.

I would rather have a kick a$$ comp for 10 years, then a basic comp for the next 10 years then have a crappy new comp every six months.

And besided why wouldn't I do it, I get to write the WHOLE thing off come April! (it's for my business)

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Quote: "Gaming, programming (2 or 3 languages and all media creation), both a gaming server and a web site server, school, video editing, and finally order tracking.
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I run 2 game servers, program in 12 languages, make 3D renders, and all my school work (and some work for my job) using a $2500 computer which should last at the very least 5 years without an upgrade and when it does need one I'll just spend $300 and get the parts. There's no way you can keep a computer lasting 20 years without upgrades, we have a few computers at work that were supposed to do that (costing around $10,000 each), one's currently siting dismantled on a self in the lab the other's been upgraded twice and is used as a DOS machine for reading data off instruments.
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Pfft 20 years? My computer is five years old (thats why I'm getting a new one! I've got to pay £100 to the cost though (£380))! And its specs are:

733MHz P3
128 MB Ram
14GB Harddrvive
Windows 98 SE
1* Floppy disk drive (which has been replaced)
CD-ROM Has burnt it's self out.
Zip drive - hardly sed as no-one else has one.
And it's had a new mouse and keybaord.

In twenty years there will at least be new OS's to upgrade to.

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Ian T
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Bleeding edge computers are okay in two years, old in three years and junk in five years. This has remained true for decades and it will always be so.


Oh how perfect...
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Dazzag
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Quote: "I won't have to buy another computer for atleast 20 years"
You've got to laugh..... ZX spectrums were the norm 20 years ago. Come 2024 you will probably have watches more powerful and with more memory than what you are quoting. If not I'm damn sure a pocket PC will be.

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Posted: 12th Aug 2004 19:52
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Hopefully my copy will be with me tomorrow - complete with a free T-Shirt...


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Richard Davey
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Posted: 12th Aug 2004 21:23
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I finally got Doom3 working sweetly - I ended up buying a superb little program called UltraMon to handle my multi-display set-up. It let me build a "games" profile which de-activated the 2nd monitor and re-jigged all of that jaz and a "work" profile which had it set up the way I like.

Now Doom3 runs in High Mode at a good resolution and doesn't slow down much at all, very nice too. I'm still not that keen on the game, but at least I can play it properly now.

Painkiller is still better Much nicer fold-out colourful box too.

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Heh.. well, it makes a change from all of the dull DVD cases to actually have the nice box with panorama style artwork.

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pathfinder
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bought mine this morning, gah should have had the day off Be interesting to see how long the single player runs for. Heard someone did it in 23 hours on medium difficulty, well stuff that ill wack it on hard and really ruin my social life ^^ Got a real bad feeling ill be saving every bullet

so hows everyone enjoying it? Is the multiplayer any better? fixed spawn points suuuuucked.
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Got mine today too


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lol shame there isnt a coop mode on the single player version
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Quote: "lol shame there isnt a coop mode on the single player version "

I know that'd be the best thing ever...
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I ordered mine months ago on play.com for £17.99, the downside it i have to wait 3 days to get it delivered

Jas

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rogue:
"At minimum wage ($5.75/hour)"
"(it's for my business)"

umm, did anyone else notice this?

he's making minimum wage, but supposedly he has a business.

not only that but he thinks that he can buy a computer that will last him 20 years?

rogue, this is the second thread where you seem like nothing more than a grade A idiot.

OK enough of that damn DBP fanboy banner. i'm NOT a DBP fanboy in any way. i haven't used DBP in over a year, and i don't really plan on using it again.
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Not if I get there first


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Ian T
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Posted: 14th Aug 2004 02:20
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The screenshots will show whose computer is really 1337er .


Oh how perfect...
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Posted: 14th Aug 2004 03:39 Edited at: 14th Aug 2004 03:43
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What a great game - I've got it on high qualtity, and its nice and smooth... And i'm on 1024x768 resolution too.

And here's me with my T-Shirt :


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argh! ^^

lol, well the graphics are good but um veteran seems a tad easy
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Quote: "lol shame there isnt a coop mode on the single player version"
Really? Even the original registered version had coop. Y'know, the first version that everybody carried around on like 12 floppies or so that they got off their mate.

Cheers

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Quote: "lol, well the graphics are good but um veteran seems a tad easy "

The game gets harder as you progress as well as getting scarier.
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TCA - you are one scary looking guy.

OK enough of that damn DBP fanboy banner. i'm NOT a DBP fanboy in any way. i haven't used DBP in over a year, and i don't really plan on using it again.
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I keep nearly running out of ammo - I'm on Marine skill level



I see spam e-mail is alive and well in the 22nd century...


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Hahaa yeah i had a good laugh from that, there is a PDA a lil later on that speaks of an aweful smell comming from one of the rooms and if the technitions did something about it.


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Quote: "TCA - you are one scary looking guy."

Thanks!


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The Problem is in new DirectX 9.0c...

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0 0 dont know what to do now!
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"generally speaking as no games take advantage of Multi-Monitor"

Nascar 2003 and 2002 did. Racing around with 3 screens (left and right for periferal vision with a 5.1 sound system and proper steering wheel and pedals was fantastic


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lol be more scary if a mob dosent jump out at every hole .. You kind of expect it. ie oh theres a bend / door / dark hole.. yup mob *bang* *bang*. perhaps its veteran mode or something, i mean every bend ^^

lol that shotgun can go take a hike
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The game gets harder as you progress as well as getting scarier
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Yeah, I know what you mean




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Very good - although I'm not that fat...


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The amount that game rips off System Shock 2 is truly obscene.


Oh how perfect...
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Never played it, so I dont mind...


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Tut tut...

What have you been up to, TCA?



[ps] Sorry about the fat face, but I've already copied and pasted it onto the image now (MS paint), so I can't really change it now.


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lmao, lol now that is scary ^^ had a break from coding now at administration lvl. Actually starting to enjoy it a bit, apart from magically appearing mobs due to triggers ... humbug (ed and still to easy) Think on the ammo front veteran mode provides loads mostly as mobs are throwing tons at your head. Cause on the minus side you have to seriously watch that health bar!

lol just before administration lvl, 3 fire demon thingys, come on if yah think ya ard enough. Okay i had to reload that bit but come on 3
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I'm at the communication transfer place at the moment, just about to go outside and battle some spiders...


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I'm in Delta Labs 2 I think and not sure what to do next.
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Mouse is the Doom3 anti-fanboy, apparently.


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lol,

"And this was the scene earlier caught by reporters at the press conference held by The Game Creators about Update 6. It seems a currently unidentified member of the community was slightly unhappy about yet another report of delay!"




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nah, i doubt TCA would do that to TGC. but me, on the other hand...



weee!

OK enough of that damn DBP fanboy banner. i'm NOT a DBP fanboy in any way. i haven't used DBP in over a year, and i don't really plan on using it again.
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Dammit! Now there won't EVER be an update 6 you fools!
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Huh, if anyones in Delta Labs, the key code for the BFG-9000 is 931, it took me an hour standing infront of that office looking back and forth between my PDA and the numpad since the PDA said 901 and theres no friken 0.

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Now you tell me Oh well, I'm past that now...


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Quote: "ah, i doubt TCA would do that to TGC. but me, on the other hand..."

I'll add that to my site...


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rofl, if you read the message from security, they say you can`t have a zero in the code so they took it on themselves to change the zero to a three, read your mail (btw, runs fine on both PC`s here, repeat after me...Update Upgrade and Patch...Update Upgrade and Patch...Update Upgrade and Patch, repeat until PC works correctly.

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Friend of mine mailed me this email

heres 2 links and explanation

www.forumplanet.com/plane...438663&p=1
www.gamingforums.com/show...ance+boost

here are some more tweaks, but heres the best post so ya dont gotta read through it all:

"Re: Doom 3 Ultra performance boost

ok i know how to make this work... read on people, youll be happy you did

In your DOOM 3 directory, find "DoomConfig.cfg" (x Program Files\Doom 3\base).
Open DoomConfig.cfg in Notepad.

Find the lines:

seta image_cacheMegs "32" (May be "20" on some computers)
seta image_cacheMinK "(Not sure which number thats supposed to be here"
seta image_useCache "0"

anyway, change the settings to the following:

seta image_cacheMegs "xxx" (xxx - Half the number of you RAM, so if you have 512 mb RAM, you should put 256 here, 1024 - 512 etc..)
seta image_cacheMinK "20480"
seta image_useCache "1"

seta image_useCache "1" - This enables the memory cache tweak, if this is set to 0, it would be disabled, logically..

seta image_cacheMink "20480" - Im not 100% sure what this does, i think it has something to do with the minimum use of cache in Kilobytes... Anyway, i heard this is the number it should be on..

seta image_cacheMegs "xxx" - The amount of ram the program should use (In this case, Doom 3). I advise you only to set this number to the half of the total RAM you have, or it may take alot of CPU power and that will result in the occational 3 - 5 second lag when you open doors and stuff.

Now bow down to the master lol just kidding Enjoy

Oh and i advise you to make a backup of the .cfg file, im not sure which sideeffects may occure, but i havent seen anyone that is not pleased yet.
So i say again: Enjoy"

really works good too, im at 90fps up from 60

Wolvie__________________

heres 1 more i just found
Read bottom tweak about the Paks. Made my game 10x better. Take up an extra 4 gig though, lol.
www.sysopt.com/articles/Doom3Tweak/

For some of the people who are getting non playable frame rates this might help.
ps - haven't tried these yet myself but i probably will tonite just to see if theres any difference
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I think for the sake of other users who haven't yet played it, please keep game related things such as keys, hints and gameplay stuff out of the post.

Last thing I'd personally want is someone spoiling things for me, I've been plodding through the game and I know I've missed alot of stuff... probably end up checking it when i replay but i would hate it if someone took away the point in finding the PDAs.

if you give out the codes some people will just not read the pda's and unfortunately without them you have no clue what is going on past your mission from your commander. That'll quite unfortunately ruin people experiences.

Would further like to add I'm surprised at how much better this engine is now. Been running this on below bottom curve system
(1GHz Celeron/512MB/FX5200) and the game is running at a fair old pace. Will see what these tweaks will do to the FPS, if it raises it well then will be helpful.


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Its been very smooth on my FX5600 machine, and also on my Radeon 6800 laptop. The only difference between the two is the laptop has a very long loading time unfortunately.

I would like to know how backup power can run all those computers - you would have thought that any problems would automatically activate the lighting system and things like that.


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Will I be able to run doom3?

P3 3.0Ghz HT(Processor)
GeForce FX 5200(Vider Card)
Creative! SB Live Series(Sound Card)
1024MB Ram(Ram)

Downloading 3DMark 03...

And I disable Norton Internet Security and Antivirus(They don't seem to do anything anymore and when antivirus catches a virus, it sais it can't delete it. The least it could do is find it in the ram and shut it down. And antivirus doesn't scan ram and takes about a couple hours to finish scanning.) I also don't use findfast.

More about Norton Antivirus:
There's no skip folder option(same with many antiviruses).
They should make it so that if you click on a folder name it's scanning, it prompts you to skip it.

It doesn't scan in alphabetical order(like XP's search)!
I never know when it's about to be done or how much it has scanned!

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