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I decided I needed to play games on my computer. So I upgaded to XP Pro. The only upgrade path from Win2000 $135.00 Then found out my old Sidewinder won't work on XP. So got a new Sidewinder. $40.00 Excited, I went and bought a cool game. $47.00 My NVidia graphics card only has 16MB and would not run the game very well. So I got an ATI Radeon 9000 128MB $150.00 The ATI card does not work as good as my nVidia. After several long distant calls to ATI they determined my card was bad. Off to the store to exchange it I go. The new one does the same thing. After several trips to the store, 5 phone calls to Canada, $372 of Hardware/software I did not really need, and a piece of junk ATI card. I concluded that games should be left for the experts "SONY PLAYSTATION II". A few more paydays and I will have enough money to get one! Kevin
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I decided I needed to play games on my computer. So I upgaded to XP Pro. The only upgrade path from Win2000 $135.00 Then found out my old Sidewinder won't work on XP. So got a new Sidewinder. $40.00 Excited, I went and bought a cool game. $47.00 My NVidia graphics card only has 16MB and would not run the game very well. So I got an ATI Radeon 9000 128MB $150.00 The ATI card does not work as good as my nVidia. After several long distant calls to ATI they determined my card was bad. Off to the store to exchange it I go. The new one does the same thing. After several trips to the store, 5 phone calls to Canada, $372 of Hardware/software I did not really need, and a piece of junk ATI card. I concluded that games should be left for the experts "SONY PLAYSTATION II". A few more paydays and I will have enough money to get one! Kevin
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kjessee wrote: The new one does the same thing. i had a similar problem, i upgraded my video card... after 3 cards, i swapped out my power supply for a 450w monster,,, bang, no problems... -John
John Morales wrote: bang, no problems Sometimes I wonder if blowing up my PC would solve any of my problems
We brought out this new and very similar version of our expensive software because the old version was......old....It's a good enough excuse for Microsoft so its fine for us.
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kjessee wrote: The new one does the same thing. i had a similar problem, i upgraded my video card... after 3 cards, i swapped out my power supply for a 450w monster,,, bang, no problems... -John
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I decided I needed to play games on my computer. So I upgaded to XP Pro. The only upgrade path from Win2000 $135.00 Then found out my old Sidewinder won't work on XP. So got a new Sidewinder. $40.00 Excited, I went and bought a cool game. $47.00 My NVidia graphics card only has 16MB and would not run the game very well. So I got an ATI Radeon 9000 128MB $150.00 The ATI card does not work as good as my nVidia. After several long distant calls to ATI they determined my card was bad. Off to the store to exchange it I go. The new one does the same thing. After several trips to the store, 5 phone calls to Canada, $372 of Hardware/software I did not really need, and a piece of junk ATI card. I concluded that games should be left for the experts "SONY PLAYSTATION II". A few more paydays and I will have enough money to get one! Kevin
kjessee wrote: I concluded that games should be left for the experts "SONY PLAYSTATION II". Go XBox instead. Splinter Cell ROCKS!
Paul Watson wrote: "At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall."
George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."
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kjessee wrote: How much $$$ was that? the power supply was about $60 the funny bit is that now my case doesn't have enough airflow to keep everything cool,, i added an extra fan and STILL the video card will overheat,, so i just leave the case open :omg: :cool: -John
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kjessee wrote: I concluded that games should be left for the experts "SONY PLAYSTATION II". Go XBox instead. Splinter Cell ROCKS!
Paul Watson wrote: "At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall."
George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."
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I decided I needed to play games on my computer. So I upgaded to XP Pro. The only upgrade path from Win2000 $135.00 Then found out my old Sidewinder won't work on XP. So got a new Sidewinder. $40.00 Excited, I went and bought a cool game. $47.00 My NVidia graphics card only has 16MB and would not run the game very well. So I got an ATI Radeon 9000 128MB $150.00 The ATI card does not work as good as my nVidia. After several long distant calls to ATI they determined my card was bad. Off to the store to exchange it I go. The new one does the same thing. After several trips to the store, 5 phone calls to Canada, $372 of Hardware/software I did not really need, and a piece of junk ATI card. I concluded that games should be left for the experts "SONY PLAYSTATION II". A few more paydays and I will have enough money to get one! Kevin
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Ray Cassick wrote: Splinter Cell ROCKS! halo is reason enough to buy an xbox, and when you add on the ability to play MORE games, well the value proposition is undeniable splinter cell is pretty damn cool, and fusion frenzy is a blast at parties -John
halo is reason enough to buy an xbox, and when you add on the ability to play MORE games, well the value proposition is undeniable Uh right. You know Halo is supposed to come out for the PC, right? ------------------------------------------ "Isn't it funny how people say they'll never grow up to be their parents, then one day they look in the mirror and they're moving aircraft carriers into the Gulf region?" - The Onion
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halo is reason enough to buy an xbox, and when you add on the ability to play MORE games, well the value proposition is undeniable Uh right. You know Halo is supposed to come out for the PC, right? ------------------------------------------ "Isn't it funny how people say they'll never grow up to be their parents, then one day they look in the mirror and they're moving aircraft carriers into the Gulf region?" - The Onion
Brit wrote: supposed to come out for the PC and halo for the xbox was out in Nov 2001... i don't really care which platform is better than another, as long as there's a ton o fun involved, that's good enough for me. i chose the xbox over the ps2 because its target demographic is schmucks like me, mid 30's, pc gamer, tech oriented, where the ps2 is targeted at mid-teens and the game cube is targeted at early and pre-teens,, on average the games and marketing would appeal to me more than the other platforms,, if i want to play ps2 games i'll get them for my wife's 15-yr-old little brother -John
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I decided I needed to play games on my computer. So I upgaded to XP Pro. The only upgrade path from Win2000 $135.00 Then found out my old Sidewinder won't work on XP. So got a new Sidewinder. $40.00 Excited, I went and bought a cool game. $47.00 My NVidia graphics card only has 16MB and would not run the game very well. So I got an ATI Radeon 9000 128MB $150.00 The ATI card does not work as good as my nVidia. After several long distant calls to ATI they determined my card was bad. Off to the store to exchange it I go. The new one does the same thing. After several trips to the store, 5 phone calls to Canada, $372 of Hardware/software I did not really need, and a piece of junk ATI card. I concluded that games should be left for the experts "SONY PLAYSTATION II". A few more paydays and I will have enough money to get one! Kevin
"The ATI card does not work as good as my nVidia." That's weird I had exactly the opposite experience building my new machine. The first nVidia card I bought never worked well. I bought an ATI 8500, it has worked well. There is some serious voodoo necessary with those high-end graphic cards. You probably forgot to sacrifice a live chicken before installing the card. :) Neil Van Eps
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Brit wrote: supposed to come out for the PC and halo for the xbox was out in Nov 2001... i don't really care which platform is better than another, as long as there's a ton o fun involved, that's good enough for me. i chose the xbox over the ps2 because its target demographic is schmucks like me, mid 30's, pc gamer, tech oriented, where the ps2 is targeted at mid-teens and the game cube is targeted at early and pre-teens,, on average the games and marketing would appeal to me more than the other platforms,, if i want to play ps2 games i'll get them for my wife's 15-yr-old little brother -John
and halo for the xbox was out in Nov 2001... So what. He's not going back in time. Halo for the PC is supposed to be out in six months. He should pay for an XBox and Halo to get it a few months early? i chose the xbox over the ps2 because its target demographic is schmucks like me, mid 30's, pc gamer, tech oriented, where the ps2 is targeted at mid-teens and the game cube is targeted at early and pre-teens,, on average the games and marketing would appeal to me more than the other platforms,, Bah. PS2 has more mature games than XBox. Show me anything like Grand Theft Auto on the XBOX. Perhaps you have the order mixed up. ------------------------------------------ "Isn't it funny how people say they'll never grow up to be their parents, then one day they look in the mirror and they're moving aircraft carriers into the Gulf region?" - The Onion
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"The ATI card does not work as good as my nVidia." That's weird I had exactly the opposite experience building my new machine. The first nVidia card I bought never worked well. I bought an ATI 8500, it has worked well. There is some serious voodoo necessary with those high-end graphic cards. You probably forgot to sacrifice a live chicken before installing the card. :) Neil Van Eps
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kjessee wrote: I concluded that games should be left for the experts "SONY PLAYSTATION II". Go XBox instead. Splinter Cell ROCKS!
Paul Watson wrote: "At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall."
George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."
Use XBox for gaming, I just bought it tonight and it is awesome. I really want to try "Splinter Cell", but I think I have a pretty good game now, "Dead to Rights". p.s. "Dead to Rights" has a strip scene in it. ;P
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