Online gamers?

[John Beere]

Here is what I am thinking of so far . . .
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813188009
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116247
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130072

That's exactly what I just upgraded to, except I got the Conroe e6600... had no trouble overstocking it to 3.6 Ghz. So far its been a great PC.

I have a 360 and play it quite a bit but really only play online on my PC. Battlefield 2 is my game... "Liepo" is the name. I play a lot on GeezerGaming's servers - seem to be a fair bunch of guys.

 

[kdf]

I used to be a WOW addict.But after I moved into the house I built, away from most civilization, the only internet I can get is satellite.
Its sucks for online gaming. So I no longer play it.

 

[Desert_Sky]

.I started playing MMORPG's with Ultima Online

I played UO also. I had a thief on Siege perilous. That game kept me out of so much trouble while I was in college.

 

[Reverend JC]

I played UO also. I had a thief on Siege perilous. That game kept me out of so much trouble while I was in college.

Agreed. Except for the girlfriends, the booze, and my friends! All of those seemed to get me in some form of trouble.

I sold my account that was on Atlantic for 450 bucks.

 

[sAvAgE]

I used to be a HUGE Quake 3 arena addict also Team Arena, Played UT2003, UT2004, Played a lot of Doom3 & Resurection of Evil and Quake4.

Dont really have that much time any more. However When the new enemy territory comes out I am going to have to buy it,

Gotta support Linux Gaming. :rockin:

 

[JnJ]

I enjoy the Delta Force games. Currently Blackhawk down.

 

[McKBrew]

I'm not a gamer in the least bit. No offense to you who are, but it drives me nuts when I am walking around at work and every other conversation is about WOW or some other game. Used to be that all of the Navy gamers were Nuclear Trained (Nukes), but now everyone seems to be doing it.

I am stationed in Hawaii and find it sad that people hole up in their barracks rooms/houses for the entire weekend and never do anything.

I guess it's just a matter of knowing when to stop, but some gamers will stay up till 3 in the morning, then come into work tired and unable to function.

 

[knipknup]

Our work group works nights for 4 month rotations. A bunch of us bought xbox's and would hook up online. I was pressuring one of the dudes to get one and he said; "when I get home, I go outside". What a lame-o! I bet he exercises and walks his dog, skis and other dumb stuff like that...

Oops, late for my marathon training...

 

[Markusface]

If anyone plays flash games, try this one out:

http://fizzlebot.com/sinthai/room.htm

Turn the lights off and your sound up.

 

[Pumbaa]

I guess it's just a matter of knowing when to stop, but some gamers will stay up till 3 in the morning, then come into work tired and unable to function.

Thats the key to anything. Would you prefer it if they were out drinking until 3AM then coming in hungover?

 

[McKBrew]

Thats the key to anything. Would you prefer it if they were out drinking until 3AM then coming in hungover?

I've seen that happen as well. Those guys get in a bit more trouble though.

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Gaming helps me not spend so much money at the bar. Plus, my wife enjoys it too, so its something we can do together that's pretty cheap. One night at the bar buys a game or two that can be played for many nights. We go out, don't get me wrong, but we can't afford to every weekend, and what to do on these boring old weeknights (when I'm not brewing)?

 

[zoebisch01]

Lol, I step away from the thread and look what happens

Well, when we were competetively playing UT2k4, we would practice until 12 am or 1 but usually not longer. It all depended. Matches were usually about 1 1/2 hours (3 20 minute rounds plus breaks etc). And it was the only game I really played then.

I tend to lean towards the post py Pumbaa that consoles are the BMC of gaming...however the console developers have the single advantage of being able to optimize the code to the hardware. Due to the lack of standardization in the PC world, we have these beefed up machines that do not really realize their potential. I am amazed by what they are doing these days in the console realm. In the PC world, it is like having a monster hot rod and a road full of potholes....but in the console world, the car and road are in complete harmony. I am amazed by how good the Gamecube (pretty much dated already) looks on my tv. That plus limited time and considering the cost of the 360 is about half what it will cost me to (re)build a dx10 system....I dunno it is an awful temptation. :cross:

 

[Pumbaa]

I dont really have anything against consule game or gamers it's just I dont get into FPS games and thats most of their content. I also dont get into games I can (and will) beat. I have yet to find a consule game that I have played that given enuff time I cant win. Consule games are for the mass markets that cater to the kids, there just isnt enuff chalange to that for me.

The reason I like PC games like EQ and now Silent Hunter II (GWX mod) is the object isnt to win or beat anything, the object is to just kick ass and be the best you can. Games like that you get what you put into it. The reason my rogue was so great was because I put on average 40+ hours per week into him and raided high end content 5-6 days a week, and it only cost me about $15 a month. Sure 40 hours a week sounds like alot but look at my work schedual and then figure I dont watch TV and wasnt brewing at that time. If I played 4 hours in the morning and then raided at night it still left me plenty of time to take care of my obligations. It was also pretty nice that my wife played as well (played to a much lesser extent).

There were times I played until 6AM just to go to work at 7AM the next morning and pull a 24 hour shift but then again it's not uncommon for me to work 48 hours and end up with a total of 4 hours of sleep in that 48 hour shift

The other great thing about games like EQ (and WoW/EQ2 if your into Care Bear type games) is I now have friends I still keep in contact with all over the world. It's not uncommon for my skype to pop up with a freind from Estonia or India, or for me to pop into my IM and talk to people I gamed with all over the country. (when my skype popped up after the tidal wave I was VERY releived)

McKBrew I wasnt trying to be a dick before but all forms of entertainment can (and will) be abused. I've seen married couples break up over games like EQ and WoW but when people get their priorities FUBAR'ed thats going to happen. I see many more people get ruined by working too much, drinking too much, or chasing women too much.

IMHO I'd rather be a geek at my computer then someone in divorce court because I was out all the time.

BTW as much as I hate to admitt it I honestly developed an attachment to my toon in EQ, and I only quit EQ when it became a chore to log in and play because they ad changed the game to a point it wasnt worth playing (IMHO). I was so attached t my toon I brough this character back when I played EQ2 and am currently debating if I am going to bring him back for Vanguard. Part of me thinks it would be a good thing because thats how my online friends know who I am and can get ahold of me but another part of me thinks maybe I should let him die, start over and make a new batch of friends. Either way I can almost guarentee when I play Vanguard I'll probably be a dwarf and probably be a rogue and I'll probably play right on the border of too much . . .

 

[Reverend JC]

Pumbaa, look me up in vanguard when you get it. I am currently on the all PVP server. Not because i like to gank people for no reason, but i think it is fun to be out doing what ever it is i am doing always looking over my shoulder to see if some tool is going to try to kill me. happened 3 times last night by the same guy, he was invisible. Damn it all

 

[Pumbaa]

I have to build my new system first which TBH scares the hell out of me right now. I have never built a system befor and having $2500 tied up in parts soon just waiting for me to "F" them up has me worried. Soon as I get the check for the IRS I'll be ordering them. It's times like this I wish I knew WTF I was doing when it came to computers

 

[McKBrew]

McKBrew I wasnt trying to be a dick before but all forms of entertainment can (and will) be abused. I've seen married couples break up over games like EQ and WoW but when people get their priorities FUBAR'ed thats going to happen. I see many more people get ruined by working too much, drinking too much, or chasing women too much.QUOTE]


I agree totally and by no means think you are a dick. I tend to give the gamers at work a bunch of crap, all in good fun just for the entertainment value of it. Just like anything else, if you knock a guy's hobby he will get defensive, and sometimes his responses make others laugh. But, I don't really know you guys well enough to give you sh#t, so if I have irked any gamers I apologize.

I've seen all extremes in gamers like the guy who walked around depressed for 3 days because someone hacked his WOW account and stole all of his stuff. But do I really care what they do in their off-time, no- as long as it doesn't affect their performance at work.

I would rather take the gamer over the drunk any day of the week.

 

[Pumbaa]

I've seen all extremes in gamers like the guy who walked around depressed for 3 days because someone hacked his WOW account and stole all of his stuff.

Depressed? Hell I would have been homicidal if that happened to my EQ account. Imgaine if someone you get into your homebrew supplys and took all your homebrew, ingredients and everything you used over the last 5 years. Believe it or not at EQ's peak I could have sold my account for close to $2500

 

[Lord Sterrock Hammerson 8]

The only online game i play is AA and its not that great. I got out of video games after the SNES.

 

[zoebisch01]

I have to build my new system first which TBH scares the hell out of me right now. I have never built a system befor and having $2500 tied up in parts soon just waiting for me to "F" them up has me worried. Soon as I get the check for the IRS I'll be ordering them. It's times like this I wish I knew WTF I was doing when it came to computers

If you ever want guidance on a build just pm me. I have done it for friends before.

 

[Pumbaa]

If you ever want guidance on a build just pm me. I have done it for friends before.

Isnt everything basicly plug and play anymore? My concern is after I get it together and there is a problem like a DOA motherboard and then I wont know how to diagnose (sp?) of fix it.

And now SWMBO is being a pita about the whole situation. I may have to just put my foot down and order the parts and take her wrath on this one. I've been saying I need a new system for 2+ years . . . Now she's trying to jockey the numbers. For some reason she thinks just because she takes care of the bills and bank accounts I dont know WTF she is doing

 

[rdwj]

Isnt everything basicly plug and play anymore? My concern is after I get it together and there is a problem like a DOA motherboard and then I wont know how to diagnose (sp?) of fix it.

That happened to my brother - and it was a huge PITA

 

[Reverend JC]

Isnt everything basicly plug and play anymore? My concern is after I get it together and there is a problem like a DOA motherboard and then I wont know how to diagnose (sp?) of fix it.

And now SWMBO is being a pita about the whole situation. I may have to just put my foot down and order the parts and take her wrath on this one. I've been saying I need a new system for 2+ years . . . Now she's trying to jockey the numbers. For some reason she thinks just because she takes care of the bills and bank accounts I dont know WTF she is doing

I am with you brother. I make the money (she contributes a bit) and just put it in there. When i want something i say "hey, i am going to go buy this" she either says yea or nay, and very rarely she says nay, unless it has to do with video games. My 360 she said no, so i went out and bought it. The same is about to happen to a comp, although i intend on only spending 800 bucks.

When you add up the sh!t she spends money on to "decorate our home" it is way less than the price of a nice shiny new comp

Like decorating our home is something i enjoy

3 weeks and i will have a new comp, just watch!

 

[Wolf]

That happened to my brother - and it was a huge PITA

Happened to me too. I had to call Asus Tech support before they would let me return it, the guy was a real tool. I told him that I had two different types of memory, both were approved brands, and both tested okay in another computer with the same exact motherboard.
His snotty reply, "Well did you try to simplify the situation?'
"Excuse me?"
"Did you simplify the situation?'
"If you mean did I try booting it up with just one or the other of the memory sticks, yes, I did that. It doesn't work. Just give me my return ticket."
He did. If they talked like normal people maybe some people wouldn't hate tech support so much. But at least he was with the actual company in CA and didn't have such a thick accent that I couldn't understand him.

 

[zoebisch01]

Isnt everything basicly plug and play anymore? My concern is after I get it together and there is a problem like a DOA motherboard and then I wont know how to diagnose (sp?) of fix it.

Yeah pretty much, yet there are other places things can go wrong. If you send me a listing of what you are looking to purchase I can give it the once-over to spot any potential problems. Get the most reliable PSU you can get, sized to your system. That will eliminate a good chunk of the problems many builders encounter. Anyways, when you build your own system you take on the role of troubleshooter. These days though, very little has to be truly setup anyways so it is much easier to get a successful build. Just make sure you plug stuff in correctly. The scariest part is mounting the chip and heatsink

 

[Pumbaa]

right now looking at this, may go AMD though . . . thnking about a 900w power supply . . . no clue on the case, just looking for somethng basic but cool (temp wise) will be getting optical drives locally

EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard -
Model #: 122-CK-NF68-AR
Item #: N82E16813188009

EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card -
Model #: 768-P2-N831-AR
Item #: N82E16814130072

Intel Pentium D 960 Presler 3.6GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80553960
Model #: BX80553960
Item #: N82E16819116247

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-5400c4
Model #: TWIN2X2048-5400c4
Item #: N82E16820145015

 

[Reverend JC]

right now looking at this, may go AMD though . . . thnking about a 900w power supply . . . no clue on the case, just looking for somethng basic but cool (temp wise) will be getting optical drives locally

EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard -
Model #: 122-CK-NF68-AR
Item #: N82E16813188009

EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card -
Model #: 768-P2-N831-AR
Item #: N82E16814130072

Intel Pentium D 960 Presler 3.6GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80553960
Model #: BX80553960
Item #: N82E16819116247

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-5400c4
Model #: TWIN2X2048-5400c4
Item #: N82E16820145015

Now you are just bragging!

Can i get that for 800? J/K

I would say that comp will be good for atleast 2 years of highend gaming.

My pent 4 2.0 with 1.5 gig mem
9600xt radeon is really pushing the envelope for vanguard. matter of fact on high performence setting in graphics it is still jumpy.

 

[Pumbaa]

Now you are just bragging!

you want to see bragging? A friend of mines set up
CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad Core Kentsfield LGA775
CPUCooling: Tuniq Tower 120
Mobo: eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR LGA775 nForce 680i SLI ATX
Video: eVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 x2 @ SLi mode
RAM: OCZOCZ2FX11502G K-Flex XLC Edition 4GB(4x1GB) DDR2 1150MHz
HDD: Western Digital Raptor XWD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000RPM SATA x2
HDDCooling: VIGOR 5.25" interior hard disk radiator x2
PSU: ENERMAX GALAXY EGA1000EWL-DXX ATX 1000W GamersEdition
Case: Cooler Master Stacker 830
Monitor: Samsung 244T-Black 24"(wide) Digital LCD Monitor 8ms
Burner: Plextor PX-716AL DVD±R/RWS/DL/CD-R/RW
Misc: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard + G5Mouse



I was just hoping to stay under $2500 total cost and got lucky . . .

 

[Reverend JC]

he dosent have a wife does he I do Isnt it funny how SWMBO's can come between us and our outrageously expensive hobbies.

What did that set him back 3500?

 

[zoebisch01]

Looks good. You may consider looking at a different memory:

http://www.evga.com/community/messageboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21137

I didn't see the 5400c4 specifically called out there. That doesn't mean it won't work, but to eliminate one variable of uncertainty you may desire to get a different model. Good call on the 8800 GTX. A guy at work was telling me that one could probably expect around double the performance from those GPU's vs. the 7 series. Plus dX10 will supposedly has the ability of accessing system memory for use with your video, although this hinges on the feature actually being utilized by developers. As for the PSU, again make sure you get a top dollar one. (Personally, I have had very good results with Antec).


PS, you'd better be overclocking that system.