thanks a bundle.

A couple of quick questions :

was that monitor LCD or CRT ?

And what about motherboard ? I just want to make sure I get a motherboard with suitable features. 

http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/system-guide-200511.ars 

no problem, happy to help!

the monitor is a LCD.

Motherboard wise, i got the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 Ultra as it came highly recommended by many people on the forums of Overclockers, Hexus.net, etc. I wouldn't really know how it's performing but there's no problems, plenty of slots, onboard 7.1 sound, etc. That motherboard is for AGP as PCI-express was only just coming out when i got it, so you'll want to get the MSI K8N Diamond nForce4 SLi I believe.

check out http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/MSI_Socket_939.html

overclockers is great for checking out high quality components. Not the cheapest place to order though. 

thanks, looks a handy link.


starbuck,

cheers for that extra info.

Ok, time for some reading. 

nitin I happened upon this link and immediately thought of your initial post in this thread :

http://www.rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=0

It's a list of 240 different GFX cards measuring 15 different specifications (!)

Should be a nice way to determine what to get. 

cheers.

altough at this stage, I'm keenly considering whether the geforce 7800 GT is worth the money. The geforce 6800 is my fallback card. 

And you know that top of the line stuff is always a rip-off until it is superceeded by the next model.

Price to performance is the best way of looking at things if you aren't taking a swim each day in your enormous gold safe before going to sleep in a bed stuffed with fiftys at the top of your enormous solid platinum mansion. 

Price to performance is the best way of looking at things if you aren't taking a swim each day in your enormous gold safe before going to sleep in a bed stuffed with fiftys at the top of your enormous solid platinum mansion.

It's worth pointing out that if you do this you may still not be able to afford a 512mb geforce 7800 card. For my money i'd get a good 6800 Ultra though. 

that's way beyond budget, but a 256mb 7800 GT may be in the picture. 

GeForce 6800 GS 256MB 425/1000 PCI-E 

I updated my site with my old quake maps and a couple more bits, so could you add me to the leveldesign.org front page, please? PLEASE?

http://than.leveldesign.org/ 

New map looks sexeh! (not to mention the due at the bottom) 

I agree, the Quake screenies look really good and interesting... go map ! 

SleepwalkR, i tried to email you, but sleepy at fov120.com doesnt work:

PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 9): 554 <sleepy@fov120.spam.com>: Relay access denied

so, please email me so i can get in contact with you, at sollers -dot inertia -at gmail.com

thanks! 

yeah, np... totally forgot I was hosting you when I did the front page. :) 

there's a big talking penis on your website

oh, and there's a wierd image at the bottom of the page too 

 

what is that? Is it some kind of perverse sexual position? Sounds vaguely like rimjaw from an early episode of South Park. 

Shit. Yay for shit. Poor gameplay, poor previous-gen graphics, very ugly headbob and general weak feel. Fur effect is nice as is shooting enemy to chunks, that is all really.

Next! 

 

I'm back from a party of friend of mine (with my wife and daughters...), and I'm a little bit drunk.. oh yeees !!!
It was just to thank all people who help me during this past year, and to say everybody: HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS: YOU ALL ROCK !!! ;P 

...it 's 2:15 in the morning here in France... very early ... but well.. kids need their own bed.. me as well ... ;P 

2:50pm here in Japan.

Rather a subdued new years eve for me as usual. I just sat around in the house drinking beer and watching TV :( 

[nt]