I did play Alien VS Predator on a Jaguar before any type of regular PC would even consider producing that type of graphics. And it was a very, very impressive game at the time. Too bad it was the only one.
300$... Hmm, that's what I payed for an Asus P2B Motherboard, 64 MB Ram, a Celeron 400, and a 10 Gig IBM Harddisk. I guess it pays to assemble your own goods.
Sure you can quote me on that. That was an open source stupid remark. The only point I was trying to make is: why buy the stuff now. I'm quite confident you can buy better stuff for less money when you're actually going to need it.
The more I think about it the more I wonder. Is every slashdot editor supposed to read every slashdot article ever writen to figure out if something has been posted before or not? That's a lot of work.
With all the funding perhaps Damian can code some amazing new Perl software to do this for the editors?
Hold on. First, you might want to consider flashing it. The Bios that ships with it isn't all that great. You can find the Bios here. I don't know which driver you're using, but you might want to try this one. I'd appreciate it if you could reply or e-mail how it turns out. I actually care about this stuff. Ya know, techsupport and all.
Get a "balanced" computersystem that does the things that you want it to do, and stick with it. Then when you feel the need of a bigger computer, buy a newer "balanced" system and sell the old one or turn it into a workstation.
Don't get me wrong, I agree absolutely on the fact that SCSI is the way to go. But parallel is not slower than USB!!! In theory, both have a max bandwidth of 12 Mbit. According to USB standards, any USB device can use up to 50% max bandwidth, resulting in 6 Mbit max, while parallel can use the full 12 Mbit. The fact that certain companies write crappy drivers that are incapable of reaching this bandwidth does not change that. The only benefits of USB over parallel is the hot-plugging capability and the fact that you can hook up a whole lotta woma^H^H^H^Hdevices on one IRQ. Firewire is the way to go. SCSI speeds (Firewire=SCSI3), hot plugging, etc.
Well, UT uses an S3 Metal API as well, to make use of S3 Savage4/Savage2000 chipsets. I've got a Savage4 and I can run UT at 1024 with all the eyecandy turned on on a Celeron 400 while Deus Ex looks like someone flooded my box with syrup:-(
Agreed, but if all of your pr0n is locqted on your hard disk, you can load the whole collection into a viewer program and have a slide show that last forever. Or the "my pictures" screensaver that comes with WinME. Just take care that it doesn't kick in when you've got your girlfriend over. Happened to me once:-( Garantueed to get you single in no-time...
Deus Ex still runs like putty though, but you can't have everything.
Whoever programmed Deus EX can give MS a lesson in creating bloatwar. This is the kind of programming that makes a Celeron 700 low-end. Anybody tried nocturne:-(
A card I recently bought is a Diamond Stealth III S540. It uses a S3 Savage4 chipset, for which there are currently Win95/98/ME/2000/Linux drivers available. More info on www.s3.com
I payed about 80 US Dollar for a 16MB AGP version. It'll cost something similar for a 16/32 MB PCI version. It isn't very fast, but it looks great.
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I did play Alien VS Predator on a Jaguar before any type of regular PC would even consider producing that type of graphics. And it was a very, very impressive game at the time. Too bad it was the only one.
300$... Hmm, that's what I payed for an Asus P2B Motherboard, 64 MB Ram, a Celeron 400, and a 10 Gig IBM Harddisk. I guess it pays to assemble your own goods.
silently, and correctly.
And that's exactly the problem. My Windows box kindly notified me that I could stay in bed for another hour.
Here in the netherlands we have a quite liberal approach to Cannabis,
Not to mention that Switzerland took over these laws and that Germany has similar plans. Ah well, enough pot and who needs music anyway?
Sure you can quote me on that. That was an open source stupid remark. The only point I was trying to make is: why buy the stuff now. I'm quite confident you can buy better stuff for less money when you're actually going to need it.
The conspiracy theory is far more sexy and exciting, but it's unlikely to be true.
Agreed, but what is the other option? Twenty posts that say "Thanks"?
and learn A REAL LANGUAGE!
Such as what? English maybe?
The more I think about it the more I wonder. Is every slashdot editor supposed to read every slashdot article ever writen to figure out if something has been posted before or not? That's a lot of work.
With all the funding perhaps Damian can code some amazing new Perl software to do this for the editors?
What on earth are you going to do with 2X 1.5GHz?
Money. The only way the P4 is going to fall into the same market as the athlon, is when they're going to sell it at a loss:-)
Privacy is as bad in the UK as it is in the USA, AFAIK. So it's probably legal, or will be made so when the "need" arises.
Want more data about how Carnivore works? Push for the source code to be opened.
/. or an e-mail adress to overload?
Very well, where? Anybody got an URL to
Hold on. First, you might want to consider flashing it. The Bios that ships with it isn't all that great. You can find the Bios here. I don't know which driver you're using, but you might want to try this one. I'd appreciate it if you could reply or e-mail how it turns out. I actually care about this stuff. Ya know, techsupport and all.
Get a "balanced" computersystem that does the things that you want it to do, and stick with it. Then when you feel the need of a bigger computer, buy a newer "balanced" system and sell the old one or turn it into a workstation.
Don't get me wrong, I agree absolutely on the fact that SCSI is the way to go. But parallel is not slower than USB!!! In theory, both have a max bandwidth of 12 Mbit. According to USB standards, any USB device can use up to 50% max bandwidth, resulting in 6 Mbit max, while parallel can use the full 12 Mbit. The fact that certain companies write crappy drivers that are incapable of reaching this bandwidth does not change that. The only benefits of USB over parallel is the hot-plugging capability and the fact that you can hook up a whole lotta woma^H^H^H^Hdevices on one IRQ. Firewire is the way to go. SCSI speeds (Firewire=SCSI3), hot plugging, etc.
I wouldn't really call this a low end system. How about doing this test with some 350 - 500 mHZ systems at a maximum.
Neither would I. It's more of an insult to stick this kind of hardware into a Gigabyte motherboard.
Well, UT uses an S3 Metal API as well, to make use of S3 Savage4/Savage2000 chipsets. I've got a Savage4 and I can run UT at 1024 with all the eyecandy turned on on a Celeron 400 while Deus Ex looks like someone flooded my box with syrup :-(
Agreed, but if all of your pr0n is locqted on your hard disk, you can load the whole collection into a viewer program and have a slide show that last forever. Or the "my pictures" screensaver that comes with WinME. Just take care that it doesn't kick in when you've got your girlfriend over. Happened to me once :-( Garantueed to get you single in no-time...
Here's a mo re complete link for the card
Oh, and it pays to buy bulk instead of retail.
Deus Ex still runs like putty though, but you can't have everything.
Whoever programmed Deus EX can give MS a lesson in creating bloatwar. This is the kind of programming that makes a Celeron 700 low-end. Anybody tried nocturne:-(
Gimme an A, gimme a M, gimme a D, CYRIX!!! Something like that? Everybody knows cheerleaders can't spell anyway.
When I mentioned pr0n, I wasn't really referring to speed, but to disk space.
My old Pentium 90 serves as a "drive-server". That is to say, it contains my 5.25 inch floppy drive:-)
A card I recently bought is a Diamond Stealth III S540. It uses a S3 Savage4 chipset, for which there are currently Win95/98/ME/2000/Linux drivers available. More info on www.s3.com
I payed about 80 US Dollar for a 16MB AGP version. It'll cost something similar for a 16/32 MB PCI version. It isn't very fast, but it looks great.
A Firewall?