Azure79

Strangely enough I have never been to a strip club. Spending money on women who I won't be able to touch seems like a waste to me.

I'm Korean. I hope I'm not mobbed and beaten.

I have an additional question. Will RAM at different speeds put into the same motherboard affect performance? Or is that even possible?

This is horrible...

Dude, that's like one of the best games ever made. It's also one of the most difficult games ever made. We actually talk about this game at work. That's how awesome it is. Because you know, we only talk about awesome games at Obsidian. I agree, it was a good game for the good old NES. I rate it up there with Contra. Completely mad, the both of you! Tales is right! You're both mad! That game had to be one of the most frustrating games ever created.

We are talking about the same game. There was a PC version....

Oh fudge, what was that one horrible Ninja Turtles title? I think I'll have to change my answer to that. I think you're referring to the TMNT game simply titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the NES. I remember buying this game with much anticipation and then nearly tearing my hair out during the last level. I have never beaten this game. This game right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_hLTKWF8zw...ted&search=

Actually come to think of it, Who Framed Roger Rabbit on the NES was the the worst game I've ever played.

Can't believe I forgot about Lionheart. I guess it was so bad I repressed any memory of it. It was definitely the worst game I've ever played. There seemed to be absolutely no point to it. The thing that annoyed me the most was that there was no standing still animation/pose. Whenever you stopped moving you would be in mid-stride like you were trapped in some freakish Yoga pose.

It wasn't necessarily a bad game but I remember being very disappointed. The game was The Revenant, a Diablo style action game. It had some pretty cool action animations and a interesting magic system where you could play around combining various symbols and create your own magic. I enjoyed playing it, but it was VERY short. The game was over before it ever really started and the last level was so ridiculously boring and the last boss a complete pushover. I think the developers went bankrupt and had to cut things short.

RIP...truly a sad moment.

Thanks for the info guys. I'm not buying a case, optical drives or power supply as I'll just use the parts I already have. My plan was to have a relatively upgraded machine for older games running on XP and then buy a new system from the ground up once DX10 and VISTA were firmly established...for the newer games. Whats this talk about Intel slashing prices near the 24th? Maybe I should hold out a little more. No need to be hasty.

Sounds good to me. I don't think I've ever played a game placed in Thay and Rasheman. There better be a stop at the Ice Dragon Berserker Lodge.

If he isn't planning on overclocking, it would be cheaper to get a comparable AMD X2... Well if he does, he can out-class an X6800 which costs 6-times as much. Now that is value. I don't have much experience with CPU overclocking. Can you point me to a website that I can do some research? I'm not adverse to squeezing every little bit of performance out of hardware and all the reviews I've read seem to give the impression that the Conroes are pretty stable. If I can overclock the CPU you linked to for max performance, I'll definitely get that for a few extra dollars. I get the feeling I'm gonna spend more money than I expected to...

That card looks good mkreku. I've always had good experiences with ATI cards. I think I'll switch out the Nvidia card for that.

They both look fake in that last one. Exactly

I definitely want a plane hopping adventure! Cameos by TNO's companions would be cool.

I can't really tell with the last one...

Hello fellow forumites. I'm planning on doing a upgrade to my current computer which is becoming woefully incapable of playing some of the newer games out there. I cobbled together my current computer around 4 years ago and haven't made any significant upgrades since. Right now I'm running a Pentium 4 2.4ghz on a AGP 4X/8X motherboard with one gig of ram and a 80Gig HD. The video card I am have is a Sapphire x800 GTO. I originally had a ATI Radeon 9600pro, but upgraded last year to the x800 GTO so I could play Half Life 2 a little more smoothly. A little extra cash has come my way so I was thinking of upgrading my computer into something more resembling a modern system. My plan is to upgrade this computer so I can play some of the newer games with better frame rates and more graphical enhancements (NWN2, Oblivion, Half Life Ep2, Dark Messiah...I picked this up for 10 bucks at Target, etc) while still having a system that is stable with older games (Infinity engine games, Fallouts, etc). I'm planning to buy a complete Vista/DX10 computer at the end of this year or sometime next year. So I'll have two computers, one for older games and one for newer games to come. I did a quick scan of some parts over at Newegg and here is what I have come up with so far. CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819116196 I chose a single core because I've heard of some games having with the newer dual cores. Also the price is right. MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813135047 Don't know much about motherboards in general but this seemed ok for the price RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820161030 I got this from Feng's Post GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150209 This seemed like a reasonable card for the price HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822148142 I definitely need more HD space. Total cost right now is around $600 and I'd like to keep it around there. So how do things look? If you guys can point to better hardware or components that work better with each other, I'd be grateful. Thanks a lot.

I didn't like either. I thought both were pretty bland. Of course I saw both on a plane during international flights and wasn't really concentrating on the movies so that might have something to do with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfM6W2N2UL0 Around 4 minutes+ into the movie, Jet Li and Donnie Yen start fighting with two staffs in each hand. Of course lightsabers aren't staffs but I guess it might be possible.

I don't feel compelled to climb mountains. However, if there is a big craggy rock I almost always compulsively crawl my way up. As for the people who tackle Everest, I have no idea why they do it, but there must be some kind of allure for them to risk their lives.

Yah, same here. Except for me it'll be Netflix....maybe. Another Beverly Hills Cop... Another Rambo? I'm just hoping the new Indiana Jones doesn't completely suck. And yes, Freddy Vs. Jason IS the greatest comedy ever!!!

If she REALLY loved you, she would at least tolerate your hobby.

God of War 2. All other games have taken a back seat. I love taking care of those pesky Greek heroes that get in Kratos' way.