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Defender
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about a week ago, i went and got a new pc (so i want to brag a little ). its a BIG step up, from my other one i was using. here is specs, old and current:
OLD: compaq persario 5000 series 600mhz celeron 384 mb ram voodoo 5 pci - 64 mb ram ati radeon 7000 pci - 32 mb ram 15 gb hard drive 56k pctel modem built in sound - ess ellegro cdr-cdrw 48-16-48 cd drive/writer
NEW: hp pavilion amd athlon xp 3200+ 2.2 ghz 1 gb ram - 2 sticks of 512 - 333 speed ati radeon 9200 agp - 128 mb ram w/ tv out put 160 gb hard drive - plus my old 15 gb hooked up as slave old 56k pctel modem (the other one that came with it, isnt good) built in sound - navidia nforce 2 cd drives: (dvd/player/writer) (regular cd player) dont know speeds?
well thats my new system. feel free to brag, id like to hear what you guys are using.
~DEFIANT
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Culture20
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A beowulf cluster of 20 (21 with the head) 1 GHz linux machines, each with 256 MB of RAM, Geforce2 GTS graphics cards, and a possible 1.5 terabytes of network storage.
Oh wait, you mean what I use at home; a 500MHz machine with 512 MB ram, TNT2 32MB gfx card. also: a pentium 166 and 133 "clustered" together that I never turn on anymore.
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Not to tease DJ - but.....
HP 2.1 Ghz 1024 of RAM 120 GB DSL internet connection One burner (32X) One regular CD-rom
Defiant: Boy - Was that some upgrade!
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Rib Rdb
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My main computer is a 1GHz G4 powerbook with 768Mb ram and a 40GB hard drive. I also have a pc that I mainly use for audio stuff. It's been severly downgraded since my powersupply blew up last year and destroyed my motherboard, video card, and memory, but it currently has a Duron 800MHz, 128 MB ram, I think 40GB hard drive, and a SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum EX.
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Defender
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Deep-Jiffa, if your interested, and want to spend a little cash, im more than willing to part with my old hardware, for a fair price. anything you might be interested in? i dont have the pc case of the old system, but i do have everything else. motherboard, ram, cd drive, ect.
i got this system just for my emulation games. i like playing playstation, and my old system didnt do to good. also i can use the other graphic filters, to make zsnes and gens look better, and I FINALLY CAN PLAY UQM IN OPEN GL - BILINEAR!! YA! so it was much needed upgrade.
my wife has been putting me off on buying a new pc for three years, we finally get a huge tax return, and my day has finally arrived. she didnt mind, even though i had huge buyers remorse. but im really happy with the performance. just hope i dont burn nothing up with all the playing i do...
~DEFIANT
ps: not to shabby systems' guys. i thought what i bought was mid range as far as speed goes. i was aiming for a pentium 4 3.? ghz, but when i saw the price... um... no, i dont need to be that fast. lol. im good with what i got. heh.
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Zeep-Eeep
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I, on the other hand, am getting old and still haven't gotten married. It's interesting looking around and realizing tha most of my friends are getting married, having kids, looking for homes. Looking at my parents, they are closer to the age where their friends are retiring and having grand-kids. Isn't it interesting how life works?
Oh, yes, I was serious about being laughed out of the store. I also had to go to three or four vendors before I found one that would sell me a hardware modem (since I'm running Linux). One guy even had the guts to tell me that "hardware modems don't exisit anymore". Well, now I've got one and all the other techies I know want it
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