he was comparing the cost of a lot of ram to maybe the cost of buying quite a few Seagate SCSI 15000 RPM drives on some crazy hardware RAID array. Otherwise, I have no idea how a lot of RAM is cheaper than hard disks.
The subject says it all. UrbanTerror (.net) is a great Quake III mod. It is similar to Firearms. Firearms is a great mod for Half-life. Both involve soldiers (or SWAT people, etc) in which you get your weapons in the beginning of each game. StarCraft is a very nice strategy game and doesnt involve heavy graphics, so even slow computers with (shall I even say it) embedded graphics chips can run it. Cataclysm is a version of Homeworld and is also strategy, but requires nice graphics cards and (decently) fast computers (a 500mhz with a TNT2 or so should be fine). Unfortunately, if you are the few unlucky people (like me) who have 2000 or XP and a Radeon, Cataclsym will only run in software rendering mode.
These were just suggestions based just being on good games for LAN parties, not for their price or CD checking. I have been going to LAN parties for several years, most lasting from 3 days to 1.5 weeks (my friends and I are pretty hardcore computer people). In fact, I am at one right now! If you really want to get good at FPS, play Urbanterror in team survivor mode with you and any other humans on one team and nightmare bots on the other. I have been doing this for a couple days and I have improved my skills dramatically! We (my friends and I) are actually better than the best bots (nightmare). We are much better if we snipe, but only a little better when we assault. Anyway, I'm rambling; I hoped this helped some:).
I am very interested in the Sharp PDA, but I need to make sure my $400 will not be wasted. I am a developer with Sharp, so I can get one now, but I have heard (or read) that the memory Sharp advertises that the sl5000d will have is not what developers get. If I order and get one now, will I get less RAM, and if so how much? I am very anxious to get it (it is just so darn sexy), but I need to know if waiting until the retail, public version is worth it. Thanks.
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he was comparing the cost of a lot of ram to maybe the cost of buying quite a few Seagate SCSI 15000 RPM drives on some crazy hardware RAID array. Otherwise, I have no idea how a lot of RAM is cheaper than hard disks.
I wonder if they could draw a crosshair in the center of the device's output? I've been wanting to walk around with a crosshair for a long time.
The subject says it all. UrbanTerror (.net) is a great Quake III mod. It is similar to Firearms. Firearms is a great mod for Half-life. Both involve soldiers (or SWAT people, etc) in which you get your weapons in the beginning of each game. StarCraft is a very nice strategy game and doesnt involve heavy graphics, so even slow computers with (shall I even say it) embedded graphics chips can run it. Cataclysm is a version of Homeworld and is also strategy, but requires nice graphics cards and (decently) fast computers (a 500mhz with a TNT2 or so should be fine). Unfortunately, if you are the few unlucky people (like me) who have 2000 or XP and a Radeon, Cataclsym will only run in software rendering mode.
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These were just suggestions based just being on good games for LAN parties, not for their price or CD checking. I have been going to LAN parties for several years, most lasting from 3 days to 1.5 weeks (my friends and I are pretty hardcore computer people). In fact, I am at one right now! If you really want to get good at FPS, play Urbanterror in team survivor mode with you and any other humans on one team and nightmare bots on the other. I have been doing this for a couple days and I have improved my skills dramatically! We (my friends and I) are actually better than the best bots (nightmare). We are much better if we snipe, but only a little better when we assault. Anyway, I'm rambling; I hoped this helped some
I am very interested in the Sharp PDA, but I need to make sure my $400 will not be wasted. I am a developer with Sharp, so I can get one now, but I have heard (or read) that the memory Sharp advertises that the sl5000d will have is not what developers get. If I order and get one now, will I get less RAM, and if so how much? I am very anxious to get it (it is just so darn sexy), but I need to know if waiting until the retail, public version is worth it. Thanks.