btw, getting 240 fps is a pain in the ass. i had to go find some replacement shell for windoze that was just a right click menu. then i had to sit there for four hours tweaking the config...
of course, this was back in the days when i was runing an amd 333 and needed those fps. then i found the config and figured i would try it out again... boy was i wowed.
200 frames per second is NOT that big of a deal. with proper configurations, i have gotten my duron 700 to get 240's range. And this is in 640*480. I dont know if you guys noticed, but the fps value of 320 vs 640 is minimal. like 2 fps total. you would be better sitting at 640 just so you can read the text. but hey, if you are masochists, try setting it so there isnt any mip mapping!! It looks like doom graphics!! THEN set it to 320* 240 and you will be right at home.
Okay, this is in regards to that negative review...
These guys... *sigh* i dont know who gave them the permission to write that column but... geeez... They comment on the pentium 4's lackluster performance in business software. Since when has it become industry standard to run desktops on more than a 400 mhz machine??? Did i miss something? They say its only really good for graphics intensive programs and 3d games etc. THOSE ARE THE TARGET AUDIENCE!!!!! If i wanted to open M$ word faster, i would go use win2k on a duron 700 mhz and pump a gb of ram into it. not buy a 1.5 ghz processor!! And lord only knows how excited companies are when they hear "Intel recalled their 1.13 ghz chips, but today they release 1.5 ghz!!". Yep. i am sure all sorts of companies are jumping for joy.
I swear. You mention dvd burning and everyone's minds immediately jumps to copyright infringement. Most people are missing the fact that we are getting close to REPLACING TAPE DRIVES. Finally. A form of backup that has, though half the size, far more speed than your normal tape drives. Now, i am not saying we are ready to get rid of those old pieces of crap yet, but we are close. I am not sure, but i imagine that the 4.7 gb is only on the dual-sided disks, and i imagine too that you have to flip the disc to write to both sides. So it is still just a 2.xx gb automated backup solution, but thats a heluva lot better than 650 mb!! Now stepping away from the business world and into the desktop realm, think about the size of your average hard drive. Personally i use 14.2 gb out of my 40.6 gb of hard drive space. Most of that though is game fluff that needs to be reinstalled anyways everytime i reformat my windows partition. (i couldve shortened my sentence by saying i reinstall my games every weekend... cron job anyone?). Anyways, the problem with ghosting is that it takes a LOT of space to get, not only the default windoze install, but also all the extra programs and tweaking that comes along with it everytime i reinstall. But now i dont have to store that img on my hard disk, i can store it on a dvd, and still have room to throw in some of the fluff like saved games, mp3's, etc. Basically all i am saying is to stop trying to burn dvd's for a few years. If you cant afford the $20 per dvd, then how did you afford the player???
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btw, getting 240 fps is a pain in the ass. i had to go find some replacement shell for windoze that was just a right click menu. then i had to sit there for four hours tweaking the config... of course, this was back in the days when i was runing an amd 333 and needed those fps. then i found the config and figured i would try it out again... boy was i wowed.
200 frames per second is NOT that big of a deal. with proper configurations, i have gotten my duron 700 to get 240's range. And this is in 640*480. I dont know if you guys noticed, but the fps value of 320 vs 640 is minimal. like 2 fps total. you would be better sitting at 640 just so you can read the text. but hey, if you are masochists, try setting it so there isnt any mip mapping!! It looks like doom graphics!! THEN set it to 320* 240 and you will be right at home.
Okay, this is in regards to that negative review... These guys... *sigh* i dont know who gave them the permission to write that column but... geeez... They comment on the pentium 4's lackluster performance in business software. Since when has it become industry standard to run desktops on more than a 400 mhz machine??? Did i miss something? They say its only really good for graphics intensive programs and 3d games etc. THOSE ARE THE TARGET AUDIENCE!!!!! If i wanted to open M$ word faster, i would go use win2k on a duron 700 mhz and pump a gb of ram into it. not buy a 1.5 ghz processor!! And lord only knows how excited companies are when they hear "Intel recalled their 1.13 ghz chips, but today they release 1.5 ghz!!". Yep. i am sure all sorts of companies are jumping for joy.
I swear. You mention dvd burning and everyone's minds immediately jumps to copyright infringement. Most people are missing the fact that we are getting close to REPLACING TAPE DRIVES. Finally. A form of backup that has, though half the size, far more speed than your normal tape drives. Now, i am not saying we are ready to get rid of those old pieces of crap yet, but we are close. I am not sure, but i imagine that the 4.7 gb is only on the dual-sided disks, and i imagine too that you have to flip the disc to write to both sides. So it is still just a 2.xx gb automated backup solution, but thats a heluva lot better than 650 mb!! Now stepping away from the business world and into the desktop realm, think about the size of your average hard drive. Personally i use 14.2 gb out of my 40.6 gb of hard drive space. Most of that though is game fluff that needs to be reinstalled anyways everytime i reformat my windows partition. (i couldve shortened my sentence by saying i reinstall my games every weekend... cron job anyone?). Anyways, the problem with ghosting is that it takes a LOT of space to get, not only the default windoze install, but also all the extra programs and tweaking that comes along with it everytime i reinstall. But now i dont have to store that img on my hard disk, i can store it on a dvd, and still have room to throw in some of the fluff like saved games, mp3's, etc. Basically all i am saying is to stop trying to burn dvd's for a few years. If you cant afford the $20 per dvd, then how did you afford the player???