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Ilya
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If you had a choice between Paint Shop Pro(or Photoshop) CS, Truespace 6.6 money saving offer thingy, or NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, which would you prefer?
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Eric T
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Change the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT to a x800 pro and thats got my vote.

DOWN WITH nVidia.

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I'd throw away the choices and get a Nintendo DS


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Truespace 6.6. I just got my copy 3 days ago and am loving it.

That being said you missed your best chance. I got mine for $169 plus two video courses. Although like you said, there's a chance to get 6.6 now for $299 with the animation bundle. Also, if you plan on getting Truespace, wait until their thanksgiving or Christmas offers, for that's when the prices really shoot down.



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Ilya
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That's what I was going to do.
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Jimmy
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Ask for money then give the money to someone who needs it.


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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 17:16 Edited at: 10th Oct 2004 17:17
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/me agrees with Jimmy

@Ilya

yes, spoilt brat

Some people don't get graphics cards or software for christmas. possibly due to their lack of religiousness


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Wiggett
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whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa, you telling me cause your family isnt religious they don't give presents to kids at christmas?????? dude thats harsh, i mean im not religious but i still celebrate christmas with relatives and give presents etc. or are you like jehova's witness where you don't even celebrate birthdays. knew a kid at school who had that, we used to pay out on him cause he was a d***, but i felt sorry that his parents didnt say happy birthday one day of the year.


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lol, no, we get presents and stuff, we just don't get graphics cards and stuff. We're not exactly rich or anything (I live in WA, the state is 90% desert, ho rich could we be?). I meant that I don't get really good things because i'm not religious enough, with a little emotie, as a joke towards people that believe that the gift giving has something to do with religion.


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Wiggett
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 21:29
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well that sjust cause when jesus died presents fell out of him, he was teh first recorded piniata


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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 21:35 Edited at: 10th Oct 2004 21:37
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I do hope the people realise that jesus was extremely left wing, and by modern standards would be called a communist

Quote: "If you had a choice between Paint Shop Pro(or Photoshop) CS, Truespace 6.6 money saving offer thingy, or NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, which would you prefer?"


I have the sollution. Get the 6800GT, and give it to me. Well you did ask what I wanted


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Photoshop CS is pretty nice, I'm not as familiar with it as I am with PSP, but I'd probably go for that.

It's always dodgy getting PC hardware for christmas, you'll end up getting rid of it and upgrading at some point, and you have to basically give it away to someone or just bin it - which never pleases the folk who bought it for you .


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Wiggett
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I was pretty big on photoshop, tried using psp a few times but didnt get the hang of it. photoshop is some hell of nice though. but maybe getting a ds is a much better idea


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Get this:

http://www.bbguns.co.uk/852_1_15390.html

Mmmmmm ... legal uzi.

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Ilya
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My parents won't leg me get a UZI, and if they did, what would I do with it?

I wouldn't get a DS because it's worse than a PSX(in my opinion), which I don't need. Hardware is unstable and will get old fast. So I will either buy Photoshop or Truespace. Since I already have Texture Maker and GIMP/Dogwaffle, I can already make textures. However, I only have 3D Canvas for 3D models, and 3DC has some problems, so I'll get Truespace.
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It's an uzi man! You don't even have to shoot it. You just own it. You stroke it sometimes, and sleep with it next to you in bed. Clean it, polish it, talk to it when it looks lonely. Every one needs a gun!

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Quote: "You stroke it sometimes, and sleep with it next to you in bed."


Well, maybe with Suzy, but not with Uzi

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Wiggett
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Quote: "Hardware is unstable and will get old fast"

uh, you know what the nintendo ds is yeah? the new handheld thing coming out with wireless networking and also one of those touch pads that uses a stylus an dalso a chat program that lets you write sheet with the stylus pen and send it to friends. thats something the ps couldnt do :/


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Peter H
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ya we only get about $50 gifts for christmas...

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Ilya
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Quote: " ya we only get about $50 gifts for christmas..."

That was last year for me. I still have to ask my parents though...
(Maybe I'll get it for my birthday)
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I'd go with the card out of the three.

As far as the Nintendo DS, I think PSP seems to be the superior one. I don't plan on getting either, but if I was getting one I'd go for the PSP.

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Wiggett
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the play station hand held? nah i'd definately go for the ds, nintendo got bit better knowledge of makin the hand held games systems. plus the play station 2 did suck.


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Ilya
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Quote: "play station 2 did suck."

I think it was made a long time(not necessary long) before the X-box and Gamecube.

Quote: "nintendo got bit better knowledge of makin the hand held games systems"

DS got bad reviews.
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Christmas is a pagan festival...... They celebrated the Winter Solstice. they brought in evergreens and decorated them. So even if you are not religious...... like my self....... there is no fear in celebrating christmas.
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Teh Go0rfmeister
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Quote: "ya we only get about $50 gifts for christmas..."


i got about 10 last yr, it gets less and less every yr... i seriusly predict ill get foock all this yr

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Ian T
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I might get a nice new video card if it's the only thing on my wish list ... then again, probably not. I'll just ask for books-- books are nice, books are good .


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It's the Sony Ericsson S700i I'm after

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Quote: "DS got bad reviews"

really? well i've yet to see em, all i have seen is the thing in action, and penny arcade's review, looks pretty neat for a hand held.


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I just haven't seen any games taking real advantage of the two screens and touch pad. Having a map for Mario Kart or shooting with a stylus in Metroid didn't sound all that innovative or enticing. If some interesting games come out then maybe I'd change my mind.

Also, the PS2 is still winning the console war this generation. Xbox has made significant progress (unlike the gamecube), but it is still a close second in my book.

However, that is just in terms of the 'legal' xbox. A modded xbox > PS2 (even a modded PS2).

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Quote: "DS got bad reviews"


lol - which were they? It isn't even out yet, don't know how it would have been reviewed.

Quote: "Xbox has made significant progress (unlike the gamecube)"


Gamecube sold over 4,000 units in one week in Japan. Xbox sold just under 200.

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Quote: " It isn't even out yet"


penny arcade got their hand son it at a demonstration nintendo held at an e3 style place, they had a big range of nintendo stuff but also showed the ds, with metroid game setc and the networking, PA playe da game with some other news guys there, and apparently shooting with the stylus is awesome. I really like the ideas in teh ds but im a nintendo fan thru and thru.


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Quote: "which were they?"

Electronic Gamer(or whatever) reviewed it and said it was poor.

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Quote: "Electronic Gamer(or whatever) reviewed it and said it was poor."


I don't think you get this. They can't have reviewed it. It's not out. The best they could have done is played it for a few mins at e3, and even then they're changed the design since then.

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Nintendo could have sent it to them.
(Electronic Gamer is a magazine)
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I don't think they have sent any out yet - the product isn't finished

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They could send out a beta.
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Nobody's reviewed it yet...


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You don't get betas in hardware.

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You can.
Why wouldn't Nentendo send a beta one for Electronic Gaming to test?
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Because betas are usually software.

Plus - they won't have sent anybody a version because

a) It's not finished
b) There are still rumours on the net about how things will be done - these would have otherwise been answered.

Your mag may have previewed it - but nobody has reviewed it.

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