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# ah I'm too skint at the moment
just going to get more rams and hd when I got the money
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 1:46, archived)
# I didn't mention money.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 1:52, archived)
# You're secretly not a cunt! YOU'RE ALL FLUFFY, PASA :)
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 1:54, archived)
# I know.
but I'll totally fuck you up if you tell anyone ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 1:54, archived)
# You're the boss!
Oh, as a side note: I like how I'm on your ignore list.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 1:56, archived)
# are you?
I need to update that but I think that nobody cares any more and the point has been made now.

I recall I only put you there because you told me to and it only lasted a day because I forgot about it.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 1:58, archived)
# Yeah - that's right. I figure it's all in good jest. :)
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 1:59, archived)
# you are on my ignore list
*wishes he had a list*

lists involve jobs and shopping and hate, oh yeh and shopping
(I helped save b3ta! Winthorpe Sim-Sala-Bim, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:23, archived)
# are you drunk again?
(I helped save b3ta! Winthorpe Sim-Sala-Bim, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:27, archived)
# I was thinking that too
curiouser and curiouser.

*the ignore list is a photoshopped sham isn't it pasanonic actually likes every one!!*
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 1:59, archived)
# No actually the ignore list
is pretty much bang on and a screenshot of the real thing. just that Tssattser was on there for a joke and I've not updated it.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:09, archived)
# thanks but I don't like to take the piss
well, yes, I like to take the piss, that's my reason for existing, but not in that manner :)
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 1:57, archived)
# *hands over catheter*
is this more to your liking, sir?
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:02, archived)
# only if it's been pre dirtied
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:04, archived)
# I know.
I'm just saying that if there are things you need it's always worthwhile asking me what i have lying around.

This is my current ebay shelf, when I get around to listing it all.



Click for bigger (317KB)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:06, archived)
# thass mental
I need a pc over haul. It hates me when ever i try to use photoshop or premiere.. I'm yet to try to obtain after effects but i think it will spit in my face when i try.

but i also need monies. and a job to aquire the monies.

damn you capitalism!!

anybody fancy defiling a fairly well maintained ginger bottom for cash? Only been used for shitting? Any offer considered.
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:11, archived)
# if you haven't maxed out the ram yet
max out the ram, that'll help

of course spending several thousand quid on a hairy new machine would help even more :D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:15, archived)
# you must get bored with things quickly
:D

(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:13, archived)
# it's not my fault.
they keep making better stuff and I get scared I'm missing something.

I have 3 current working boxes on the network though so it's not like I'm constantly changing the one box. ( although I have just put 2 Nvidia 280's in SLI in this box )
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:16, archived)
# I'd better not say the kind of machine I'm wanting
as it might give you ideas and you could end up getting murdered off your wife

but anyway, did see a nice 16 Quadcore cpu board, tho it only took 64gb of ram (there was a 128gb one aswell)

I gave up working out how much it would cost to get when I hit around £50K for an incomplete system :)
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:18, archived)
# well I've not long had my
quad core Phenom ( 3rd revision, after the fucked up ones were replaced ) and i'm happy with it. I don't do Intel and I'd rather not do Nvidia ( for reasons of bigotry ) but as ATI have been lacking in the gpu department recently and i was disappointed with my HD3870 crossfire setup I've plumped for the new 280's. Which are outstanding.

I know that AMD have a 12 core on the testbed that will blow Intel out of the water and as soon as it's on sale and economically feasible I'll probably build another box around that.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:26, archived)
# it's all going to get a lot more interesting
intel have been going on a big spending spree for folk with graphics tech knowledge starting about a year ago

who knows, they might come up with something that doesn't suck completely

as long as they don't all collude on price fixing too much something nice should happen :)
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:36, archived)
# it's all going to be a huge waste of
money for the consumer in the next 2 years as it will be graphics on the CPU with aegia physics too after that. ( I have an aegia physics card )

I think I may have slowed down then. DX10.1 and shader 4.1 is cool for me for some time to come
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:38, archived)
# now that nvidia have taken over ageia things might take off a bit, depends what their plans are
but really the whole general multicore cpu/gpu thing is where it's at, aegia is just one system, nvidia no doubt bought it because they know that gpu based physics isn't quite there yet and they no doubt have a cunning plan

nvidia are providing the sdk for free without having to sacrifice a goat, that's an improvement from before
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:51, archived)
# Bloomin' heck. I wouldn't even know where to begin deciphering that. I know whats in my PC, but throw a name at me and I'm clueless as to how good it is or what it does.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:15, archived)
# "KEVIN"
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:16, archived)
# TWELVE GIGARAMS AND A UNIT OF KERNEL.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:19, archived)
# *holds up crucifix*
Your vampire tits cannot harm me, human!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:21, archived)
# NEGATORY.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:28, archived)
# no I am defeated!
my feat!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:37, archived)
# what can I say?
I'm a gadget geek. As long as the gadget is not an isomething I'll probably take a look.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:21, archived)
# Ah, I'm a music geek so all my cash goes there. I thought I splashed out on a decent PC this time, but I really HAVE to update my 256 graphics soon.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:27, archived)
# if you tell me what you currently have
www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

I'll tell you if I can upgrade you for free.

I'm surprised nobody has been on my back noticing I have a little Wacom up there doing nothing ;)

I bought musics today. I'm excited but it is not released until Monday.

beta.hedkandi.com/Music/Artiste/HEDK082/Pages/default.aspx
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:31, archived)
# Oh MAN that's funky.
As for graphics... off the top of my head all I can remember is it's a 256 Radeon. Hang on. I'll check.

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT one of them apparently.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:33, archived)
# That's what the link is for GPUZ
if you run that ( totally safe ) and post the screenie I will know what it is ( core revision, mem data rate, mem bit rate, rops or pixel pipelines. These are the important things I need to know.


Edit. Actually that's not bad. HD2600 is middle of the road but it is DX10, SM 3.0 and if you are lucky you have a 256bit DDR3 but evem a 128bit DDR2 is reasonable. XT model probably means the former. Full HD support and hdmi too. Unless you want to spend money on a 4870 ( not the 4850, that's just the DX10.1 sm4.1 version of what you have ) which will be around £170 then I'd wait a while.

The cards I'm getting rid of are excellent and technically better, faster cores. The problem is they are DX9 and SM2.0 so the result is they will blow away the *600 cards in older games, they can't actually run the newer games like Bioshock, Crysis etc.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:36, archived)
# So much of this means so little to me.


Edit: All I'm really after right now is to be able to play the new STALKER game with HDR, which just isn't going to happen with this card.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:44, archived)
# basically it means you have no reason
to upgrade unless you want to play crysis with all the bells and whistles turned on and pay at least £170 for the privilege.

Wait a while and ask me in 6 months what I think.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:49, archived)
# Tah, Pasa. I'm happy with the system on a whole (3Gig o' RAMS and a decent Intel Q6600 Quad core) just those three numbers, 256, seem to be staring at me.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:52, archived)
# all you will do
unless you spend big, is to double your memory and slightly less than double your bus bandwidth to around 50GB/s which will give you little noticeable improvement. ( even if you get 256bit DDR3 )

I'd suggest spending £25 on a good Zalman active cooling replacement ( fan ) and overclocking the shit out of it and waiting for the next big thing so that today's big things are cheap on ebay.

edit:// I'll let you into a secret, the human eye can not work faster than 25 frames per second ( it's why PAL TV is 50hz ) so if you have a card that gives you 25+ frames p/s in your games with a display on 75hz, with shader model 4 and DX 10 then you have all the current bells an whistles. You have that so hang fire. I buy this shit because I can but it means nothing more than being able to post big numbers from 3d mark vantage on overclockers.net. It makes no difference to visual gameplay.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 2:58, archived)
# :) Cheers for all the help and tips, fluffy. I'll keep my fingers crossed for HDR on STALKER 2 :)
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 3:12, archived)