But it really is a bogus requirement. They could have easily made Hl2 not require an internet connection to play. Just because it is in the system requirements, doesn't mean it should be.
Install PCI extreme (Quartz extreme support for pci card basically) if you have at least a Radeon, makes expose as smooth as my shcools dual g4s on my slow 300mhz B&W.
I built my brother's computer for about $300, I did use a monitor that I had sitting around, but the Ti 4200 that is in there can easily handle Doom III on medium at around 30fps. When you make the mac Vs pc price agrument, try not to compare overpriced dells to refurbed emacs.
Did anyone think it would be anything differnt? This reminds me of whenever some new console comes out, there is always some miricle emulator coming out soon that will play every game for it perfectly.
If you hadn't noticed, most group releases are split in 15mb rars to make releases easier to recover, and send from ftp to ftp faster. All someone would have to do is split movies up into 70 10mb rar files.
My 1337 distro access is even better! Actully, I just grab stuff off news groups, and I agree that it is much much better then p2p. But remember, we're all just leechers, it's really the people who are in the true warez scene who have the best access, and are really the only ones who have any right to make fun of leeches..
Uhhh, you can still download updates with a pirated version of Windows Xp. There are many programs that anyone can easily download, that will generate, and put to use a new serial number that will allow you to use Windows Update.
This guy is talking out of his ass. I have a Geforce 4200 Ti, and Farcry runs fine at 1024X768, sure, I have to run it on the medium low details, but it still looks great. And my system really isn't that top of the line either. Just an Athlon XP 2000, and 512 of ram. "Pc gaming is expensive" is a myth. I paid around $400 for my entire system about a year ago. Pretty much the price of an xbox when it came out. And I can also watch movies, write reports, and talk to friends on my Pc. Pc gaming is NOT more expensive, unless you are buying top of the line parts, which you don't need to play games anyway.
I'm not saying this wouldn't be great, but do you understand that in the real world things cost money, usually when a school does one of these new prorgams that are supposed to teach you better, they take out the original program, and you are left with broken half assed lessons that no one learns from. But yeah, maybe thats just what happens when you go to school in California.
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0 Redundent, that is the most awesome thing I have ever seen.
He was talking about HDTV, which can easily make a 2ghz pc choke.
Funny, I have not one, but 3 computers in my room, and some how I've managed to keep around a 3.5 in highschool for the last 2 years.
Wow, Mars is closer to the sun then Earth? When did this happen, crazy shit man, crazy shit. Time for me to set down my pipe.
Whoa, awesome, how'd you manage sober up in 3 minutes?
Really? I could have sworn I had my creative nomad jukebox a couple of YEARS before the original iPod came out. Us damn teenagers and our drugs.
Try Winamp 5, it's basically the winamp 2, with the good features from winamp 3 added on.
But it really is a bogus requirement. They could have easily made Hl2 not require an internet connection to play. Just because it is in the system requirements, doesn't mean it should be.
Install PCI extreme (Quartz extreme support for pci card basically) if you have at least a Radeon, makes expose as smooth as my shcools dual g4s on my slow 300mhz B&W.
I built my brother's computer for about $300, I did use a monitor that I had sitting around, but the Ti 4200 that is in there can easily handle Doom III on medium at around 30fps. When you make the mac Vs pc price agrument, try not to compare overpriced dells to refurbed emacs.
It's not halloween a day before, it's mormon halloween, mormon halloween rocks, it just means more candy!
Did anyone think it would be anything differnt? This reminds me of whenever some new console comes out, there is always some miricle emulator coming out soon that will play every game for it perfectly.
1 out of 5 people has no idea how to use their computer.
If you hadn't noticed, most group releases are split in 15mb rars to make releases easier to recover, and send from ftp to ftp faster. All someone would have to do is split movies up into 70 10mb rar files.
I'm always up for a good beating.
My 1337 distro access is even better! Actully, I just grab stuff off news groups, and I agree that it is much much better then p2p. But remember, we're all just leechers, it's really the people who are in the true warez scene who have the best access, and are really the only ones who have any right to make fun of leeches..
The funny thing is, my $40 pc motheboard has firewire, and usb 2.0!
Controller, fps, whhhhhaaaa?
Man, I really wanted to hear this too, all I'm getting is a bunch of static!
If you don't feel like clicking through a hundred pages, use the "print" link instead.
Oh boy, can't wait to leech this one!
Uhhh, you can still download updates with a pirated version of Windows Xp. There are many programs that anyone can easily download, that will generate, and put to use a new serial number that will allow you to use Windows Update.
Wow, whats next, some one searching for Santa's sleigh?
This guy is talking out of his ass. I have a Geforce 4200 Ti, and Farcry runs fine at 1024X768, sure, I have to run it on the medium low details, but it still looks great. And my system really isn't that top of the line either. Just an Athlon XP 2000, and 512 of ram. "Pc gaming is expensive" is a myth. I paid around $400 for my entire system about a year ago. Pretty much the price of an xbox when it came out. And I can also watch movies, write reports, and talk to friends on my Pc. Pc gaming is NOT more expensive, unless you are buying top of the line parts, which you don't need to play games anyway.
I'm not saying this wouldn't be great, but do you understand that in the real world things cost money, usually when a school does one of these new prorgams that are supposed to teach you better, they take out the original program, and you are left with broken half assed lessons that no one learns from. But yeah, maybe thats just what happens when you go to school in California.