ATI Silencer 1 Rev. 2

thecreeper · 04-18-2005, 07:16 PM

i need a new graphics card so bad. new sound card would help too. maybe a bigger hard drive.

and a new motherboard for that matter.

god, my computer is such a grandma right now.

GT2000 · 04-18-2005, 07:22 PM

I must say, I love the way my computer runs right now, it's been a bitch the last couple of days, but I think I just need another defrag, some apps have been hanging for a minute or two, and firefox has been locking up while downloading 1-2 gig files with it. But it eats most anything I throw at it.

You could pretty much take $500-600 and have yourself a nice system Zach. I don't know what your price range is like, or when you'll be looking intoi it, but look at the Nvidia 6600GTs...I've seen them for around $160-180, and they handle their own pretty well.

Also, I wouldn't worry so much about a sound card, I still run the onboard sound of my Shuttle An05r, I took the Santa Cruz out of my system, I just see no difference between the two when hooked up to my 600W surround. And storage is cheap...and ram as at it's lowest in years, with DDR3 out, DDR2 is even dropping. You can find single 1 gig sticks of PC2700-3200 for $100 or less.

thecreeper · 04-20-2005, 03:40 PM

the chance of me getting any money to upgrade my computer is slim. my hopes is that a delivery truck of computer parts overturns and i can steal everything i need.

i'm just more annoyed at this computer than anything. the CD burner has been dying, the fan sounds like its rattling but i can't get it to stop, it still has that problem i got years ago that makes it take 5 minutes to start windows, and it's been really slow loading certain programs because my hard drive is out of space.

but for some reason it can run Doom3 and everything before it. though i don't think i am even gonna try HL2. As long as this bitch makes it through college, I'll be happy.

raublekick · 05-21-2005, 11:01 AM

well, since i don't have any TVs right now and Eposode III got me in the Star Wars mood again, I decided I need to play some KOTOR. I haven't tried it with my new XP install or the latest ATI drivers, but I think I'm gonna try the Omega drivers first. I was actually thinking it could have been my hard drive that was messing up games, because I had a 12GB C: Windows parition and the rest of the drive was a D: partition that I installed all programs to and saved everything on. Maybe the games just didn't like the partition? Now it's just a big ass C: partition. Who knows what the actual culprit was/is? If these Omega drivers work with no problems then I really don't care!

raublekick · 05-21-2005, 12:42 PM

eep... i can't even play the game now >:O

GT2000 · 05-21-2005, 01:36 PM

Can't play?

raublekick · 05-21-2005, 01:56 PM

I installed the game after installing the Omega drivers. First time I configured it a little, went through the character setup, and started the game. It was going fine until it puts you into control. At this point the graphics got a little glitchy and it got hung up. This happened a few more times and I was able to close through Task Manager. Eventually it just locked my computer up completely. Then it started locking up when loading after character creation. I realized this was because I set the brightness up higher, and when it was loading it changed the gamma and locked. So I reset it to default and got back to where I was before.

04-18-2005, 07:16 PM	#1
thecreeper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 2,330	i need a new graphics card so bad. new sound card would help too. maybe a bigger hard drive. and a new motherboard for that matter. god, my computer is such a grandma right now. __________________ good-evil.net - ahh, wade boggs...goes down smooth.

04-18-2005, 07:22 PM	#2
GT2000 Playing God @ Your Xpense Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Va Beach, Va Posts: 2,040	I must say, I love the way my computer runs right now, it's been a bitch the last couple of days, but I think I just need another defrag, some apps have been hanging for a minute or two, and firefox has been locking up while downloading 1-2 gig files with it. But it eats most anything I throw at it. You could pretty much take $500-600 and have yourself a nice system Zach. I don't know what your price range is like, or when you'll be looking intoi it, but look at the Nvidia 6600GTs...I've seen them for around $160-180, and they handle their own pretty well. Also, I wouldn't worry so much about a sound card, I still run the onboard sound of my Shuttle An05r, I took the Santa Cruz out of my system, I just see no difference between the two when hooked up to my 600W surround. And storage is cheap...and ram as at it's lowest in years, with DDR3 out, DDR2 is even dropping. You can find single 1 gig sticks of PC2700-3200 for $100 or less. __________________ Hop in, strap down, and hold on tight.

04-20-2005, 03:40 PM	#3
thecreeper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 2,330	the chance of me getting any money to upgrade my computer is slim. my hopes is that a delivery truck of computer parts overturns and i can steal everything i need. i'm just more annoyed at this computer than anything. the CD burner has been dying, the fan sounds like its rattling but i can't get it to stop, it still has that problem i got years ago that makes it take 5 minutes to start windows, and it's been really slow loading certain programs because my hard drive is out of space. but for some reason it can run Doom3 and everything before it. though i don't think i am even gonna try HL2. As long as this bitch makes it through college, I'll be happy. __________________ good-evil.net - ahh, wade boggs...goes down smooth.

05-21-2005, 11:01 AM	#4
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	well, since i don't have any TVs right now and Eposode III got me in the Star Wars mood again, I decided I need to play some KOTOR. I haven't tried it with my new XP install or the latest ATI drivers, but I think I'm gonna try the Omega drivers first. I was actually thinking it could have been my hard drive that was messing up games, because I had a 12GB C: Windows parition and the rest of the drive was a D: partition that I installed all programs to and saved everything on. Maybe the games just didn't like the partition? Now it's just a big ass C: partition. Who knows what the actual culprit was/is? If these Omega drivers work with no problems then I really don't care! __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

05-21-2005, 12:42 PM	#5
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	eep... i can't even play the game now >:O __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

05-21-2005, 01:36 PM	#6
GT2000 Playing God @ Your Xpense Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Va Beach, Va Posts: 2,040	Can't play? __________________ Hop in, strap down, and hold on tight.

05-21-2005, 01:56 PM	#7
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	I installed the game after installing the Omega drivers. First time I configured it a little, went through the character setup, and started the game. It was going fine until it puts you into control. At this point the graphics got a little glitchy and it got hung up. This happened a few more times and I was able to close through Task Manager. Eventually it just locked my computer up completely. Then it started locking up when loading after character creation. I realized this was because I set the brightness up higher, and when it was loading it changed the gamma and locked. So I reset it to default and got back to where I was before. __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

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