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"So I have a new PC on the way (Geforce FX 5500)"

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Sun 09/01/05 at 20:41
"Uzi Lover"
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Main specs being:

AMD Athlon™ 64 3500+ Processor
Mainboard , 2000MHz SB, IEEE 1394, SATA
1024MB DDR 400 RAM Memory
300GB Serial ATA (150Mb/s) Ultra Fast Hard Drive
256MB nVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 - TV-Out - DVI
17" TFT Flat Panel LCD Monitor
SONY 16x Dual Layer DVD-RW (R/W all standard formats)*
5.1 Surround Sound 6 Channel Audio
Creative Labs Soundblaster SBS260 Stereo Speakers

Only thing worrying me here is the Geforce FX 5500 card. I'm going to be playing alot of games on this thing, yet I just read a review this card isn't one of the best performers for games.

Was looking at a Radeon 9800 XT or something hmmmmmm.

So I have Doom 3 here, if I stick it in on that thing will it still look pretty or erm...run?
Sat 15/01/05 at 12:57
"Uzi Lover"
Posts: 7,403
Wooooooop! I just got my XFX Geforce 6600 GT

Now I just need my PC to arrive. Dispatch date 21st Jan, damn.
Thu 13/01/05 at 22:26
"Uzi Lover"
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So I just bought a Geforce 6600 GT 128mb AGP from eBay for £140.

That comes boxed with 3 games.

Did I get a good deal there?

I was going to go for a BFG Geforce 6600 GT overclocked. BFG sell their cards overclocked by the manufacturer. That would of cost me an extra £25 quid to what I paid though.
Thu 13/01/05 at 17:52
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ÂLІÂÎR wrote:
> Thermaltake Lan Fire III
> Enermax 520 watt quad fan PSU
> Abit AV8 Deluxe
> Athlon 64 FX53 at FX55 2.6GHZ
> 2GB Corsair XMS3200XLPRO
> 2 x 36.6GB Western Digital Raptor drives in RAID 0
> X800 XT Platinum Edition
> Audigy 2 ZS
> Creative i-trique 3600 2.1 Sound System
> 52X Lite-On DVD Writer
> 48X Sony DVD Drive
> Razer Viper mouse
> Ideazon Zboard

Sweeet.
Tue 11/01/05 at 18:26
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I can't remember the actual term, and to be honest, I'm not particularly sure of all the colours that I, erm, have difficulty with or whatever.

But red and green, yes. And purple/blues also I have trouble with. And others.

And basically, for all these number card tests...I see absolutely nothing at all.

Did a quick search. For example, on this one, I see nothing on any of them (except the first, obviously).
[URL]http://colorvisiontesting.com/ishihara.htm[/URL]
Tue 11/01/05 at 18:10
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"+34 Intellect"
Posts: 21,334
What kind of colour blindness do you suffer from?
Tue 11/01/05 at 16:58
"I love yo... lamp."
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Sorry to hear that.

But it isn't as fun as you might think.
Tue 11/01/05 at 16:56
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Cool.

I had my sights set on the RAF for ages, hopefully to fly etc (as with everyone else of course), but I found out I wouldn't be able because of my colour-blindness.

I was devastated when I found out.
:'{
Tue 11/01/05 at 16:45
"I love yo... lamp."
Posts: 19,577
Military.

I finished uni, was set to do a post grad, through lack of finding a job I wanted to do, although back then there was less competition. One day I walked up Queen Street, ended up in the MOD recruitment office and 7 and a half years later that's what I do.
Tue 11/01/05 at 16:42
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How did you get into flying in the first place?
And is it civilian or military?
Tue 11/01/05 at 16:39
"I love yo... lamp."
Posts: 19,577
tigamilla wrote:
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
>
> Clock for clock means instuctions per cycle!
>
>
> D'oh Im going to have to find a new expression for that :-(
>
> Biggles, what is it you do again? How come you know much about damn
> processors? Impressive (with reference to last post and many other
> insightful ones...)

I fly. But prior to that I did a degree in Computer Science with lots of electronics engineering tacked on to it. I always was best at hardware.

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