Lets see.... You can ask that cute girl out now or you can wait until her boobs are down by her knees and her teeth have fallen out. I think I would rather have the newer version:)
Waiting a year or so for tech prices to come down is something that I usually do but no way am I going to wait a decade.
I didnt think it was to short at all. F.E.A.R. was (in my opinion) the best FPS to come out since Half Life 2. Graphics were great, A.I. was actually pretty good and the weapon selection was above average. Hitting a bad guy with a nail gun and having him stuck to a wall never lost the fun to me. Heck, I even thought the intro was awesome and I usually don't care for those.
I liked Doom3 but after the 40th time I walked into a room and a creature jumped out on me I started to just be annoyed. F.E.A.R. played the scare angle perfectly, I don't think I have ever been afraid of a little girl before:) .
I am actually excited about this sequel
I use XP Home on my AMD 3800 X2 based computer. XP Home works just fine with a dual core processor, however, XP Home does not support computers with two seperate processors and Pro does. This is something that has caused alot of confusion on web forums that I visit.
I recently purchased a Asrock 939DualSataII with a ULI chipset. This board came with AGP and PCI Express graphics slots, another slot for a future M2 upgrade board, no whiny fans on the northbridge and is very stable. I am not a overclocker but people were having great luck OC'ing this board. Although most board companies were using the ULI chipsets in their budget boards, this was starting to change. The current ULI chipset competed very well with the Nvidia chipset, in some cases its actually faster and I think if ULI was a seperate company it would be giving Nvidia some great competition in a few years.
If you don't want Nvidia what else is there? Via chipsets are not what they used to be and the ATI southbridge has horrible USB 2.0 performance - this is supposed to be fixed in the next southbridge they release. I bought a NF4 based motherboard and had alot of problems with it. I found out through forums that the IDE drivers are buggy so I didnt install them, the 'activearmor' is buggy so I didnt install that and active armor was one of the selling points for me when I bought the motherboard. I never did get all of my driver problems worked out.
I hate to say this but my next computer will probably be Intel motherboard with a Intel chipset. I havent used a Intel processor since 1998 but unless ATI or Via releases a much better chipset I don't see myself as having any choice.
Nvidia makes great graphics cards so don't take this as a anti-Nvidia comment, I just don't like their chipsets. I suppose its easier for a company like Nvidia to buy ULI than it is to fix their own product, something we have all seen over and over again.
I have to agree with this. About 6 months ago I was reinstalling Windows XP (pre SP1) and I forgot to disconnect my cable connection while doing so. While I was installing software I noticed my computer was sluggish. I happened to look over and saw the light blinking on my modem and realized what had happened. I hadn't even opened up a browser or anything and I was already hammered. Total time was about 15 minutes.
I ended up just shutting my computer off, unplugging my modem and reinstalling windows. After installing SP1, SP2, firewall and virus programs I reconnected my internet connection.
I have noticed alot of people complaining about Via chipsets whenever their name comes up but after trying out their competition I wonder how much this is warranted. I had used Via chipsets in my S754 based system (Asus K8V Deluxe) with no problem but I wanted to upgrade to a board with more SATA connecters so I purchased a Nvidia N4 based motherboard from MSI. I wanted the Nvidia chipset because of its firewall capabilities and it sounded like it had alot of nice features. Right away I found out that the Nvidia IDE driver was very problematic. I found quite a few forum posts where it was recommended that the IDE driver should not be installed. I also found out that installing the firewall/ethernet software would cause problems, something that is also not uncommon. I did many winxp reinstalls and I never did get the board to work correctly. I ended up getting a budget mb from Asrock (939 Dual SataII) with a ULI chipset and have not had a problem since.
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Lets see.... You can ask that cute girl out now or you can wait until her boobs are down by her knees and her teeth have fallen out. I think I would rather have the newer version :)
Waiting a year or so for tech prices to come down is something that I usually do but no way am I going to wait a decade.
I hope one is on the 4th of July so I can save money of fireworks this year.
I didnt think it was to short at all. F.E.A.R. was (in my opinion) the best FPS to come out since Half Life 2. Graphics were great, A.I. was actually pretty good and the weapon selection was above average. Hitting a bad guy with a nail gun and having him stuck to a wall never lost the fun to me. Heck, I even thought the intro was awesome and I usually don't care for those. I liked Doom3 but after the 40th time I walked into a room and a creature jumped out on me I started to just be annoyed. F.E.A.R. played the scare angle perfectly, I don't think I have ever been afraid of a little girl before :) .
I am actually excited about this sequel
I use XP Home on my AMD 3800 X2 based computer. XP Home works just fine with a dual core processor, however, XP Home does not support computers with two seperate processors and Pro does. This is something that has caused alot of confusion on web forums that I visit.
I recently purchased a Asrock 939DualSataII with a ULI chipset. This board came with AGP and PCI Express graphics slots, another slot for a future M2 upgrade board, no whiny fans on the northbridge and is very stable. I am not a overclocker but people were having great luck OC'ing this board. Although most board companies were using the ULI chipsets in their budget boards, this was starting to change. The current ULI chipset competed very well with the Nvidia chipset, in some cases its actually faster and I think if ULI was a seperate company it would be giving Nvidia some great competition in a few years. If you don't want Nvidia what else is there? Via chipsets are not what they used to be and the ATI southbridge has horrible USB 2.0 performance - this is supposed to be fixed in the next southbridge they release. I bought a NF4 based motherboard and had alot of problems with it. I found out through forums that the IDE drivers are buggy so I didnt install them, the 'activearmor' is buggy so I didnt install that and active armor was one of the selling points for me when I bought the motherboard. I never did get all of my driver problems worked out. I hate to say this but my next computer will probably be Intel motherboard with a Intel chipset. I havent used a Intel processor since 1998 but unless ATI or Via releases a much better chipset I don't see myself as having any choice. Nvidia makes great graphics cards so don't take this as a anti-Nvidia comment, I just don't like their chipsets. I suppose its easier for a company like Nvidia to buy ULI than it is to fix their own product, something we have all seen over and over again.
I have to agree with this. About 6 months ago I was reinstalling Windows XP (pre SP1) and I forgot to disconnect my cable connection while doing so. While I was installing software I noticed my computer was sluggish. I happened to look over and saw the light blinking on my modem and realized what had happened. I hadn't even opened up a browser or anything and I was already hammered. Total time was about 15 minutes. I ended up just shutting my computer off, unplugging my modem and reinstalling windows. After installing SP1, SP2, firewall and virus programs I reconnected my internet connection.
I have noticed alot of people complaining about Via chipsets whenever their name comes up but after trying out their competition I wonder how much this is warranted. I had used Via chipsets in my S754 based system (Asus K8V Deluxe) with no problem but I wanted to upgrade to a board with more SATA connecters so I purchased a Nvidia N4 based motherboard from MSI. I wanted the Nvidia chipset because of its firewall capabilities and it sounded like it had alot of nice features. Right away I found out that the Nvidia IDE driver was very problematic. I found quite a few forum posts where it was recommended that the IDE driver should not be installed. I also found out that installing the firewall/ethernet software would cause problems, something that is also not uncommon. I did many winxp reinstalls and I never did get the board to work correctly. I ended up getting a budget mb from Asrock (939 Dual SataII) with a ULI chipset and have not had a problem since.