What's Your Current Pc System ?

[sago]

JS Dolby Digital/DTS/Dolby ProLogic 5.1 Decoder and

this might be an A/V Reciever hooked up on ur pc? or a dedicated decoder?

 

Speaker System (3000 watts)

:boo: langya rinig hangang sa marikina ito!

[sago]

for you people waiting for doom3 better stick with your geforce cards. id software just came out with some benchmark testing for nvidia and ati cards. nvidia was found to have better framerate than ati. better stick with your nvidia if you want to play doom3. here's the article from [H]ard|OCP.

if you want to go OpenGL(Doom3,etc.) - nvidia is the way to go.

for DirectX 9(Farcry,Half-life2,etc) - go ati

 

if ati will only implement a dual precision pipeline(16bit and 24bit) then they will be head to head with nvidia on opengl.but guess what... they dont.so ati will burn nvidia only on directx games,not on opengl.

[sago]

my G4|\/|1|\|6 121G:

 

AMD K6-2 450MHz(OC to 512MHz) :cool:

Epox MVP2 with 2MB on board cache :boo:

64MB PC100 SDRAM

ATI Rage 8MB

20GB HDD

Philips 2Channel Sound Card

15" Sony Trinitron Monitor

 

Running on Windows 95 :cool:

 

no match ang far cry!!

 

 

if only i have the dough like CyberRay has... but if that's the case i wont be spending time posting here

[Anaheim]

PIC 02

HOLY SHADES OF THE MATRIX!!!! That is one awesome computer setup!!!! :boo:

 

truly superb CyberRay. :cool:

[cheesekeso2004]

My pc? hmmm...

 

Pentium 3.0 prescott

P4800 Asustek (ata)

3x256mb ddr400 kingmax 1x 512mb ddr400 kingmax

Geforce Fx5800 (Thinking of selling it, ATI is way better, except sa doom 3)

2x 80gig Maxtor 7200 rpm 1x 160 gig seagate 7200 rpm 8 mb cache

Sound Blaster Audigy LS

Altec Lansing XA3051

Pinnacle PCTV (pang hidden cam ko, hehehe)

Liteon DVD Writer 4x +/- rw

Asus DVD Rom 16x speed

AOC 17 inch lcd monitor LM720 (thinking of selling kasi i want LG)

Lian Li aluminum casing

1000w UPS

 

Ano kaya pwede ko gawin para magmukhang maangas pc ko? ok nga yung specs, kaya lang mukhang normal lang kasi pc ko.

[CyberRay]

My pc? hmmm...

 

Pentium 3.0 prescott

P4800 Asustek (ata)

3x256mb ddr400 kingmax 1x 512mb ddr400 kingmax

Geforce Fx5800 (Thinking of selling it, ATI is way better, except sa doom 3)

2x 80gig Maxtor 7200 rpm 1x 160 gig seagate 7200 rpm 8 mb cache

Sound Blaster Audigy LS

Altec Lansing XA3051

Pinnacle PCTV (pang hidden cam ko, hehehe)

Liteon DVD Writer 4x +/- rw

Asus DVD Rom 16x speed

AOC 17 inch lcd monitor LM720 (thinking of selling kasi i want LG)

Lian Li aluminum casing

1000w UPS

 

Ano kaya pwede ko gawin para magmukhang maangas pc ko? ok nga yung specs, kaya lang mukhang normal lang kasi pc ko.

Lol.... You know what you're talking about?

 

>Intel Prescott?!!! Hey dude... If you have this processor i might just trade you my whole computer system...

 

Lolz... Prescott out in the market already? It is just like saying your rig is running a full vesion of LongHorn operating system.... Lolz... Goodluck then....

:upside:

 

PS: Never heard of "ASUSTEK" mother board with "4" ram slots.

Even the ASUS P4P800 Deluxe Motherboard that is on my rig has 2 RAM Slots only.

*wolves

 

Just my 2 cents tho...

[CyberRay]

EDIT: (I mean asian market) Hopefully you can easily find a MOBO that can support Prescott processors.

 

If you can, it definitely won't be ASUS Mobo.

[cheesekeso2004]

thats why im not quite sure about my motherboard i usually buy boards but don't even know the name cause it's hard to remember and i don't understand the specs and yes, prescott' out in the market already i think it was out a month or two now

[cheesekeso2004]

i think to be more specific with my processor, its a 3.0e, its a prescott. the one thats to be going out in december would be >3.2.

[cheesekeso2004]

http://www.pccorner.com.ph/downloads/price..._lettersize.pdf

 

this is where i nearly bought my pc, so this is where i found some of my specs

[zero_kidd2000]

AMD Athlon XP 2000 w/ Ttake Volcano 9 set to high

ECS motherboard (forgot the model no. basta ung may firewire port at raid w/c i don't use- what a waste)

256 mb ram

GF3 Ti200 64mb

40 G 7200 barracuda seagate

Lite on cd-rom 52x

Lite on 48x/24/48

built in sound card hooked up to my mini compo

 

pa - segue lang, has anyone tried running FARCRY using only 256 mb RAM?

kaC i'm planning to install FAR CRY. kayanin kaya ng PC ko?

[Anaheim]

Doom 3 hits store shelves Aug 3, 2004. Now this game will really test your PC systems if it is capable of handling Doom 3's graphic intensive demands.

 

If you guys/gals have played DOOM 3, Is your PC system's performance ideal for playing DOOM 3 ? Post your comments ?

___________________________________________________________

 

Much-Anticipated Doom 3 Finally Complete

 

Mon Aug 2, 4:02 PM ET

 

By MATT SLAGLE, AP Technology Writer

 

MESQUITE, Texas - Four years after setting out to remake one of the most popular and violent video games ever, the crew at id Software, Inc. is finally done with its latest vision of hell.

 

"Doom 3" hits store shelves Tuesday, though there were reports of some retailers breaking a midnight sales embargo and of pirated copies already being distributed for free on the Internet.

 

"We're a bit nervous. It's like raising a child and you send them out into the world," said Tim Willits, one of the game's designers.

 

The $55 sequel typifies the first person shooter genre id pioneered in the early 1990s with the original "Doom," "Quake" and "Wolfenstein 3D": gamers run and gun through hordes of monsters or other enemies in three dimensions.

 

With each release, the visuals, sound and other effects have improved. "Doom 3" is by far the most realistic and looks nearly equal to animated films like "Shrek 2."

 

Marty Stratton, part of the id crew, has already blasted dozens of flame-tossing imps, flying skulls and other nightmarish demons from another dimension. But more keep spawning in flashes of yellow light.

 

"This is where it really starts getting scary," he says upon entering a new level of "Doom 3" where massive hell knights lob deadly balls of energy against a backdrop of shimmering lava pools and torches made of corpses. "I don't know how many times I've been through hell but it just freaks me out."

 

In "Doom 3" you are a marine on a martian outpost that becomes a gateway to hell after a series of top secret experiments involving ancient alien artifacts. With shotguns, rocket launchers, lasers and grenades, you alone must fend off a menagerie of beasts and possessed base workers.

 

It's a familiar formula that's served the tiny developer well. While some have decried id's games as overly violent, the company has sold millions of copies of one gory hit after another.

 

In turn, the games have spawned legions of loyal fans. By the thousands, gamers of all ages flock to "QuakeCon," an annual Texas gathering paid for by id where like-minded players meet and fight each other online.

 

Along with "Half-Life 2," "Doom 3" is one of the most anticipated games this year, said Greg Kasavin, executive editor of the review Web site GameSpot.com.

 

"It represents the next technological leap by id Software — a developer that's remained on the forefront of computer graphics and computer game technology for more than a decade," he said.

 

Analyst Michael Goodman with the Yankee Group said "Doom 3" could boost the sagging market for personal computer games. Sales of CD-ROM-based PC games dropped from $1.4 billion two years ago to an estimated $1 billion this year, largely due to the growing popularity of consoles like the Xbox (news - web sites) and PlayStation 2 (news - web sites), he said.

 

The success has turned co-owner and technical director John Carmack into one of the game industry's most revered gurus, renowned for his skill at creating game "engines," the underlying foundation of a game which makes everything from graphics to sound possible.

 

Carmack said there was some internal debate about what the next project would be after its last game, the online shooter "Quake 3" and the "Team Arena" expansion pack in 2000.

 

Eventually they decided to remake Doom using new software tools created by Carmack.

 

"We've always been a small company of prima donnas," Carmack, sporting baggy shorts and a white T-shirt, said as he swiveled his bespectacled gaze from a flat screen computer monitor glowing with lines of computer code. "But we've really matured as a development team. Lots of things took longer than we expected, but we're really pleased with how it all turned out."

 

Id's sleek offices in a nondescript professional building in suburban Dallas have been a home away from home for its two dozen employees.

 

Led by Carmack, they've been in "crunch mode" since January, clocking 80-hour work weeks in a rush to wrap things up.

 

Dress is casual: Employees stroll the dim hallways wearing shorts and T-shirts. There's a kitchen stacked with boxes of Krispy-Kreme doughnuts, bags of beef jerky and a row of arcade machines.

 

Many workers said an obsessive streak got them through the long hours. Lead artist Kenneth Scott said he was worn out after working 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. for months on end, but admitted to suffering from a bit of postpartum depression when it was finished.

 

"We're pretty up to our chins in what we do," he said. "You get used to that groove. Your mind drifts and you feel guilty when you're sitting down relaxing."

 

It's only been a few weeks since "Doom 3" was declared done. Already, the office is abuzz with renewed activity.

 

With window blinds pulled, programmers and artists are again hunched over their keyboards, working on an Xbox version of "Doom 3," as well as a new game. All anyone will say for now is that it will be a completely new game, not a sequel.

 

"We're not like a rock band where you take four months off," Stratton said. "Although, that would be nice."

 

Another Carmack project, meanwhile, has nothing to do with computer games. Between his time finishing up the game and developing rockets with his Armadillo Aerospace company, he and his wife, Anna, are expecting their first child, Christopher Ryan Carmack, in mid-August

Edited August 3, 2004 by Anaheim

[cheesekeso2004]

cyber ray, u were right, it aint an asus, its a gigabyte! hahaha! sh!t, gotta learn more about motherboards in the pc for dummies topic

[Dreamer]

I got an Athlon XP +2400, 256MB SDRAM, Sound Blaster Live, Altec Lansing speakers, GeForce 2 MX 400, Acer CD-RW 8X4X32 drive, Asus DVD-ROM. I am thinking of upgrading to a Pentium 4 3Ghz, Pioneer DVD RW dual layer, Radeon 9600 256mb video card.

 

I'm just curious on what PC systems you guys are currently using. do you plan to upgrade? Please share me your infos and your current PC systems. Thanks 

I think you can still play Doom 3 and Half Life 2 with your system. You do need to upgrade the following items though:

 

- memory --> bring this up to 512MB

- video card --> buy at least an ATI Radeon 9600XT or an NVIDIA FX5700. I'd suggest going over the top with the video card and buying an NVIDIA GF 6800 non ultra.

 

Check the HardOCP Doom 3 Hardware guide for some info on how your system will perform. http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQ0

 

If you're hard up with cash but you still want to upgrade, then head over to tipidpc.com www.tipidpc.com. You buy and sell used PC parts there.

 

If you're still not happy with your system, then you can explore overclocking it. Too bad you didn't put more info about your motherboard and processor.

[CyberRay]

cyber ray, u were right, it aint an asus, its a gigabyte! hahaha! sh!t, gotta learn more about motherboards in the pc for dummies topic