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Zidane Koopa                   Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by Scatterheart If you want to own current games and play future games decently (maybe even own), then go with 2GBs of RAM. Besides, the standard will eventually raise. It always does... -.- As for a graphics card, the one I put down is a budget one. If you want to go all out and be sure that you'll be able to run something like UT2007 at or near max settings, I'd recommend (an affordable card) a Nvidia Geforce 7900GT or if you want to go overkill, the 512MB version. I've always preferred Nvidia over ATI. (edited by Zidane on 08-25-06 03:22 PM) |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| There is a slight, though noticeable difference. I'd pay eighty more dollars for your choice, though I'd probably clock it up to 2.4GGz - 2.8GHz. Then it's an even more noticeable difference. ^.^ It would help with future games.
Onboard sound is okay, but getting a good sound card will produce much better sound. No point in upgrading to a 7.1 sound card if you have a 5.1 system and don't plan to upgrade that. Make sure that you get (or have) a motherboard that has a PCI-E slot, a few PCI slots, DDR 400 RAM slots (I'm not sure what your RAM is, though) and a 939 CPU Socket Type. And also be sure that you have an adequate power supply (I recommend about 450 watts for high end PCs) and cooling system (lots of fans in your case). Not that I don't think you would never think of this, but that a lot of people I know don't even bother to check these things and cry when they get their parts. I have friends that don't even know their computer, so they assume they have the proper Socket Type or RAM slot. |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| No, no, the socket type on the CPU must match the socket type on the motherboard. I was thinking that you were just going to go with a standard CPU. I sure hope you haven't already bought a socket 939 board, as the CPU won't fit correctly. D: Dual core CPUs also require DDR2 memory.
Motherboard RAM You should never order until the full specs are in front of you (and with others) and don't ever take one person's word for it when it comes to computers.  (edited by Zidane on 08-28-06 11:24 AM) |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| If he's running a business, you're in good hands. Building and repairing computers, he's got more experience than most of us on this board. ^.^
You made a good choice in processor, a higher end and affordable one. Yes, you are right about the dual cores, the biggest gain I've heard coming from these is about 2%-5% faster processing with some programs/games. It also means having to buy a more expensive motherboard and memory. I probably would've done it if I had money to burn - just because I love having the best of the best. 
The choice in graphics card is pretty much the best you can get without spending an obscene amount of money for a graphics card like this. Believe or not, people run that thing in quad SLI, paying over a thousand bucks for their graphics. The motherboard you get will have to have the same socket type as your processor, the same speed and socket as your memory, some PCI slots (I assume your sound card is PCI?), and a PCI exp As for my computer, I completed it in Spring this year, which tells you that it is already obsolete.  I am using a 7800GT, a 2.4GHz CPU, and 2GBs of DDR400 memory. I've also got a case that has LEDs all over the place and a 19" monitor. Maybe not the best anymore, but it runs the newer games at max, so I'm happy.
Anyway, good luck with your computer and I hope you'll be joining me in max settings Oblivion soon. ^.~ |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| Hello, I'm Zidane. Some of you may know me, but I guess it takes more than a name to be granted posting rights to such I have been around the rom editing scene since 1999-2000, my screen name, PokéMaster (sorry, lol), and later, Zidane, being associated with a human starting in 2000 at PPN forums. I say "around," as I only rom edit from time to time; most of the time for data to share with friends. Unfortunately, I have no work to share with you. The last program I have released has long since dissapeared from history; and the last patch I cannot recall even releasing - it is all a blur before 2003. The only things that I have contributed that may have survived (I delete my own work after a while - that is, if a new hard drive format hasn't already erased it) are some old PoKéMoN Ruby/Sapphire documents I had written around the time of the US release of the games. I doubt any of my other documents, such as the ones I had written for Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, even made it past a year, as all anybody ever cares about is Mario and PoKéMoN. ¬.¬ I have little to contribute, except six to seven years of the history of rom editing. Though I doubt it, I may do something concerning Super Mario World or PoKéMoN rom editing in the future. Truth be told, I just don't like knowing that I'm being restricted from something I may be able to gain access to. |
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Zidane Koopa  Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by Yoronosuku Ah, yes, it was called "BlueMap." It was released a long while ago and was never completed (or so I believe). I remember having a copy of it, what...? Four years ago? Maybe more? It's really ancient. I think it has already dissapeared from any public threads or web sites. The only trace of this program I can remember is a thread from CheatAndWin, in a private archive located in the Staff Forum. I don't believe there were any attachments, as only the "elite rom hackers" got a copy of it, being PMed by CoolBoyMan (the one who made this GoldMap mod - I think, as it was so long ago). Besides, all attachments from the PPN UBB were lost when the bulletin board software had been changed to vBulletin. Seeing as this project was CooBoyMan's, he may still have a copy of it, as he loves to save old things like this, especially things he's worked on. Hey may have even completed it and used it when working on "Pokemon Brown." If not, it's not really worth looking for, as the mod was based off a very old version of GoldMap, which was full of bugs and loaded everything from external files. Seeing as Red/Blue maps did not differ greatly from those of Gold/Silver, your best bet for obtaining a decent editor for Red/Blue would be to ask Jigglypuff (I think he's BlueSonic, now?) or HyperHacker to include support for Red/Blue in their newer versions of their editors, which do load everything from the rom itself (I'm not sure if HH has gotten that far yet, though?). |
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Zidane Koopa  Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| I haven't used an Intel processor in a very long time, maybe not at all. I do recall having a 75MHz CPU when I was very young, but that may have been an IBM one. The only friends that I've ever heard promote an Intel processor are those who have always used Intel, but the ones who have switched to AMD from Intel say that their new AMD CPU runs considerably faster than their old Intel one, which was of the same clock speed (there are more factors than just clock speed, though). I can't really say anything about this, as the more up to date CPUs I have bought are all AMD. I am also a little biased and will just assume that AMD is always better. ^.~
Stupid? Nah. When I heard FX, I just assume you got a 939 single core without even thinking of the version number, lol. If he's surprised, then I guess what he's been working on are office computers, rather than gaming computers. I'm sur ehe'd read the manual, though, the extra things aren't that difficult. The extra power connector is no big deal. It's just simply plugging in one of the power connectors into the video card. If you buy the video card retail, it usually comes with a power splitter, so that you can use the same connector for something like a hard drive and the video card.
About the decent quality RAM... you will need 240-Pin DDR2 RAM. You cannot use 184-Pin DDR RAM with a dual core processor. You must have a motherboard with a socket type of AM2 for the Athlon X2. As for overclocking, the Athlon X2 4600+ overclocks fairly well, and you could quite possibly achieve 2.8GHz with stock cooling (if you've got a good case). Overclocking is simple if you've got a good motherboard - you simply change the overclock settings in BIOS. :p It depends on the motherboard you get. If he burns out your stuff, I don't see why you'd have to pay for his stupidity. XD |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by Cellar Dweller +Originally posted by Zidane Yes, I was talking about the socket AM2 CPU. If you're going to go dual core, then you should give yourself room for upgrades. Dual core 939 will be obsolete when DDR2 memory becomes the standard. It will be the same in 2008 when AM3 comes out and people move on to DDR3. Preparing for these sort of things saves those of us who like to have high end computers from spending too much money when we have to scrap our system to make it as good as it used to seem. (edited by Zidane on 08-31-06 01:40 AM) |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| I have and still play many games online. Some of them are Final Fantasy XI, Battlefield II, Ragnarok Online, WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, F.E.A.R., Guild Wars, Unreal Tournament 2004, StarCraft, Diablo II: LoD, Call of Duty 2, Quake III, Quake II, Quake, World of WarCraft, Age of Empires III: The Age of Kings, Gun Bound, and Command and Conquer Generals. There are many more that I have played, but those are the ones I can remember playing online for more than two hours at a time. I like to play lots of games, but surprisingly, it isn't my life. =P
For a while now, online MMORPGs have been my thing. I just love them! I play Final Fantasy XI most of the time, but if I'm bored, I'll play Battlefield II and Ragnarok Online (I play on a private server, so I don't have to worry about losing money by not playing. XD). I just love Final Fantasy XI so much because it's the only MMORPG that seems to require some degree of skill. I'll probably say something different when I reach max level and get the gear I'm looking for, though. I'm really good at these sort of games, so I'm usually the focus of the party. My Life Bonder or Warrior in Guild Wars was, as well as my Warlock on World of WarCraft. I haven't tried the PVP in FFXI yet, but I pretty much win most of my fair 1vs1 or 1vs2 battles in Guild Wars or World of WarCraft. Whenever I play an MMORPG, I'm always playing as a female character, so I'm not running around with the Zidane screen name. Most people are just quick to assume that I am a female, but occasionally I'd get the guy who asks what sex I am. I don't answer, and they, just like the others, just assume I'm a girl, lol. My reasoning was that if I play as a female and I keep my sex in question, I could avoid stupid conversation or people who would hit on me. I'm not sure if it works, though, because I still get stupid conversations and guys still hit on me (ewww)! =/ Really, I just think I like being a girl, lol. I see that some of you play Final Fantasy XI. Which server do you play on? I play on the Pandemonium server as Celira. Maybe we could all play some time (It doesn't even have to be Final Fantasy XI). (edited by Zidane on 09-05-06 12:46 PM) |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| For the first game, it sounds like it's either Wizardry or Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds. If it's either of those games, it's probably Wizardry II. They're both DnD styled, have a first person battle system, and made to make you game over. No, really, as it's based off of DnD, things are completely random and there is spell failure. Fail a ressurection spell and one of your characters are permanently dead. If you play this game, you will die. A lot.You'll be spending hundreds of hours trying to beat this thing. | |||
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| You bought another PS2? You might as well have waited for a couple months and bought a PS3, as that will be region free. | |||
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| It's not fixed if there was never anything wrong with it. I'm not telling anyone to buy a PS3 - I'm not even buying one. It was just a suggestion for any Playstation gamer who would be interested in playing not only next generation titles, but also older ones, without the region barriers.
The price is a little high. I just thought that one who would buy a new Playstation to ensure that a game would work would have a little extra money to throw around. Really, if you think about it, the PS3 launch price is pretty good. High end computers cost about $1,000-$2,000 (Mine was around $1,400) and are already able to outperform the X360 and the Wii (as the Wii has slightly lower specifications than the X360). However, I don't believe any PCs outperform the PS3 yet; and if they do, they would barely come close and cost a fortune compared to the $499 PS3. |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| Circular D-Pads make things easier, if you have the coordination. Lack of precision results in a diagonal when going for a cross direction. I like the circular ones because they're easy on the hands when rotation in necessary (more for fighting games - otherwise I'd use the analog stick). | |||
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by HyperHacker Are you not a programmer yourself? Removing a button shouldn't be harder than removing (or commenting out) a line of code or subroutine. I cannot see a major corporation like Nintendo using such horrible programming practice. It is true that sometimes companies will not bother to remove unused code, but they do not have the software run it. My best guess is that someone was lazy and/or screwed up and they forgot all about it. |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by Sukasa + ...? I don't follow what you're saying. I don't see any practical way of coding a button that would make it faster by more than a few seconds to move and resize it rather than cut/comment it out. loadButton --> // loadButton Oh my god, it's gone! Lol. |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| Even if the button was in an array, it would still take only a minute to remove/disable it. Large programming projects by pretty much any company are usually very well planned. Programmers are given a module, subroutine, sometimes even part of a subroutine and are told which global variables to use. Even if the translators were not programmers themselves (which is unlikely) and had to use a tool to edit the interface, it would make sense that the division that programmed the interface would compile a version without the button. So, we could either say that they screwed up, have bad programming practice, do not know how to organize a project properly, or have some mysterious reason for leaving the button there. |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| That thing called email is also called that thing that gets filtered into the spam folder and deleted shortly after. I'm not sure how they plan to go about the users giving developers feedback thing. It's probably something like a survey that could be taken through the PS3. Can't be much different from the Gamer Advisory Panel.
Must head to class. -.- |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by Yoronosuku Hahaha, I know I've been thinking of games from any and all older consoles being emulated on newer ones long before the Game Cube, PS2, or XBox came out. Maybe Nintendo should pay me for ripping my idea. Seriously, I doubt that anyone who has used a console emulator hasn't already had this idea come to them. It is usually the biased type of people who can't really come up with anything wrong with a system that try to use an argument like this. It reminds me of people on this board who say the PS2 sucked because it broke so often. Truthfully, I haven't heard of anything from any of my friends about their PS2 breaking so often. In fact, I'm always hearing how Game Cube accessories (like controllers - made by Nintendo) are always breaking. And pretty much everyone I've talked to (I've had this problem countless times, also) has had the problem of starting up their Game Cube and their analog stick is going crazy - the game has just begun, and already the cursor is scrolling up at lightning speed. The most believable reason why these people say PS2s break so much is because so many damn people own them. Obviously, if more people own them, more people are going to have them break on them. Mine's perfectly fine; really, it's usually due to the owner's stupidity that their console is broken. I'm not on either side. I'm probably even going to buy a Wii. I'm just tired of seeing people come up with the weakest of arguments. (edited by Zidane on 09-22-06 10:09 PM) |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| Sounds like the motherboard is the problem. Does the power supply make this noise when disconnected from anything but an outlet? | |||
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by Yoronosuku Argument, as in a process of reasoning. I never said anyone was arguing. Originally posted by Yoronosuku It's funny how some of the emulators I have do exactly that. What likely happened is that they both did a statistical analysis and found that emulating specific systems would result in more money. It's simply how the economy works - no one's ripping anyone. An idea is stolen if it's original. If it's an idea that many people share, such as the emulation of games from these systems, then few care. It would be another thing if the methods or code for emulation were copied, but that's unlikely. A good way to look at it is if it won't hold up in court, it's a weak argument. Originally posted by Yoronosuku I don't touch it and it still does this. My friends don't touch it and it still does this. Other people don't touch it and it still does this. The controllers themselves have a reputation for falling apart, which I am sure you have heard of, if not experienced yourself. Originally posted by Yoronosuku I was saying that it didn't break on them, actually; and I never said that it didn't break for others. I use "friend" pretty freely. Most everyone I've met is my friend. I would think of you as my friend, but you insulted them. Why did you do that? By doing something like that, you contribute to the thread's potential of really becoming an argument. Originally posted by Yoronosuku Where do you get all this from!? I never said anything like this! I was only sharing the experiences of both me and my friends for a minimal amount of support. Originally posted by Yoronosuku I don't see what's so hard to follow. The more people that own PS2s, the greater the chance of there being more broken PS2s. It's like a room full of chairs and people. The more people in the room, the greater the chance that someone will be sitting in a chair. If you take a look at the ratio of broken PS2s to bought PS2s, it's really not that bad. Fewer people buy Game Cubes, so there is naturally going to be less of a chance for more broken Game Cubes. Originally posted by Yoronosuku Damn right it is. What did I do to you to have you insult my friends? It's almost as if you were looking to start an argument. I'm sorry if you took offense to my previous post. I never said you were one of the "biased type," but you seem to be either one of those, in a bad mood, or just plain looking for a fight. Originally posted by PrincessPeach I also used to work at a GameStop. Where I live, there are about three EB Games and a GameStop within ten miles. Our game stores usually kept in contact with each other and sometimes would have employees cover for someone in another store; and we never had this big a problem. There were just as many returned PS2s as Game Cubes and XBoxes around here. I guess it could vary (such as a bad shipment to a certain region), but there's the whole "the more PS2s than Game Cubes or XBoxes sold, the greater the chance of more broken PS2s than broken Game Cubes or XBoxes" argument. Originally posted by Sukasa A friend of mine has had the laser on her Game Cube break. :P My experience (and that of other people I know) has been that PS2 controllers tend to break at the wire, and Game Cube controllers tend to break at the control stick. The Game Cube memory cards were also often read as unformatted by the Game Cube when first accessing them (this happens to me all the time with both a Nintendo and a third party memory card). I never meant to go this off topic. I wasn't trying to start a Game Cube vs. PS2 argument. I play and like them both. I would recommend buying either of them. I was only trying to say that I thought the emulation argument seemed like a weak one a biased person would use. |
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