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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:48 am Post subject: shaper! |
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your pc man.
how is it?
(i just bought a gts) _________________
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boojiboy7 .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 248 Location: Yeah, THAT Cleveland.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:52 am Post subject: |
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I saw him playing day of defeat on my steam friends list.
I assume this is a good sign! |
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Pink Teddy Bear .
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 180
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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I saw him playing some TF2 earlier, I have to dumb down the graphics completely in order to make it playable.
luckily I'll be receiving my new video card within the hour. |
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DaleNixon .
Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 179
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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Can I derail this thread and we talk about my new television instead?
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boojiboy7 .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 248 Location: Yeah, THAT Cleveland.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Can I talk about how I hate you now instead?
No, I really don't, but damn dogg. |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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wow that's a big tv.
i picked up a gts ssc for 314 after rebate yesterday on newegg. evga, so if i really feel like a cockhole i can do the step up thing. _________________
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 996 Location: Super Magic Drive
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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I also just recently got a Bravia too, the next size down though.
It is really fecking sweet. I was watching The Absolute Power DVD, the latest Manowar DVD and it is completely holy shit. _________________
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DaleNixon .
Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 179
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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Winged Assassins (1984) wrote: | I also just recently got a Bravia too, the next size down though.
It is really fecking sweet. I was watching The Absolute Power DVD, the latest Manowar DVD and it is completely holy shit. |
Isn't it! I'm blown away by this tv. Have you calibrated yours at all yet? I used the Avia DVD and did the basic settings. X-Files Season 3 upconverted and Super Mario Galaxy look pretty ridiculous. I should probably test it with some real HD material. _________________
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daphaknee just enemies now
Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 892 Location: YAY AREA
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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ryan .
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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I have a bravia as well, and blu-ray movies look fantastic. I used the Avia disc some time ago - I love how old it is "If you can, go for S-Video." I know they say you're supposed to adjust and not miss the vivid setting, but I do. Lord help me, I do. Are you worried about distance, though? Isn't your sofa only about 8 feet away from the TV? _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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DaleNixon .
Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 179
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:35 am Post subject: |
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I also noticed the Avia disc has a really strange marijuana/crack cocaine reference about a minute in. It was kind of jarring.
Distance? Well I'm about 11 to 13 feet away from the screen on my couch. For me, the TV feels like it's just right at that distance. My old CRT monster was a 57" and the extra 3" I get from this new TV really do make a difference.
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Lackey .
Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 996 Location: Super Magic Drive
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe next week we'll get pictures from the mountaineering party that he'll have to employ in order to get to the aerial jack. _________________
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DaleNixon .
Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 179
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:20 am Post subject: |
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Haha! My wife and I managed to lift the thing and position it on the stand pretty easily. It only weighs 92 lbs. The old monster is about 206 lbs.
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Pink Teddy Bear .
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 180
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Guys, where has Shaper been? I haven't seen any traces of him in a while! I'm starting to get worried . |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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he's been moving. don't worry! _________________
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ryan .
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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Next time thatbox goes by your place, Sir Nixon, I'm going to tag along and be all "Oh wow! Weird! I showed up at this house with an awesomely giant TV and healthy game collection!" Very smooth-like, I assure you.
I had actually brought you some games for letting me drop by when andrew and john were there, but then I saw your Wall o' Games and quickly shoved them behind me. Next time!
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My laptop is making a clicking sound. I read on a few forums that the sound is an indicator that the hard drive is having problems. Son of a bitch. I can either spend around $200 on a new one or around $600 on a new laptop. Can the click sound be anything else? _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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Scratchmonkey .
Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure it could; however, the hard drive is probably no. 1 though 20 on the probability list though.
I'm gonna be a jerk and ask if you're sure that you don't have anything in your optical drive. |
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dark steve .
Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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I'd back up anything important immediately, in any case. _________________
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ryan .
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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Scratchmonkey wrote: | I'm sure it could; however, the hard drive is probably no. 1 though 20 on the probability list though.
I'm gonna be a jerk and ask if you're sure that you don't have anything in your optical drive. |
Nope, nothing in the optical drive. Some problems started yesterday when I would get an error telling me to make sure the CD Drive was closed when I tried to save something to an SD card. That's never happened before; and there was nothing in the CD drive. Later on, after a reboot or two during normal usage, the SD card slot worked fine but I started to hear a clicking noise. I thought my speakers were up too high, or that, somehow, cursor movement was creating it, but then it started to continue on in longer strings. _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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DaleNixon .
Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 179
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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I'm anxiously awaiting Shaper's return so he can tell us all his TV is bigger than mine!
Ryan, you did give me a game, I think it was Polarium. Thanks! I remember you had copies of Dead Rising and something else. I already had those.
Final action shot. I peeled off those stickers seconds later.
I'm starting to want to have my collection a little less on display. I think it would make me not feel so rushed at times when I play games. No idea where to put it.
About the hard drive, yea that sounds like the "click of death". I would backup and/or get it replaced ASAP. _________________
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Redeye .
Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe it's a bug. _________________ I felt sheer anarchic joy when I ran over my first pedestrian. |
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ryan .
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Dammit! I might try to sell it for $200-250 with the caveat that it'll need a new hard drive. Stupid Inspiron, damn you and your 6000 incarnations!
Ohhhh ... pretty ... what game is that? _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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DaleNixon .
Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 179
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:32 am Post subject: |
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ryan wrote: | Ohhhh ... pretty ... what game is that? |
I like that shot because people have been asking me what game it is. It's actually a movie. The Fountain. _________________
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Pink Teddy Bear .
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 180
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:36 am Post subject: |
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How was that movie? Judging by the previews, it seemed like it'd be incredibly boring. |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 3725
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Pink Teddy Bear wrote: | How was that movie? Judging by the previews, it seemed like it'd be incredibly boring. |
Parts of it aren't bad, but on the whole it's pretty terrible. The ending made me want to kill myself (only because it's terrible, not because it's depressing or anything)!
-Wes _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:42 am Post subject: |
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"i have watched a terrible movie. clearly i no longer have anything to live for." _________________
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DaleNixon .
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:46 am Post subject: |
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I think it's a pretty fantastic movie in almost every way. I'm pretty much universally ridiculed for that at work. By people who haven't even seen it. _________________
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ryan .
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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I like the idea of The Fountain more than I liked The Fountain itself. I like aspects enough to watch it again, but I think I'd max out at three or four viewings. _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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so where is shaper anyway? _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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What's going on in this thread?
Oh, my tv is 2" bigger than yours john. Just like something else. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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OH, DAAAAMMMMMMMN! _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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But seriously, I've been moving/buying/building a lot. And, some other stuff.
My PC is AWESOME and can handle everything (even Crysis on all High-notveryhigh-settings at 30fps+). Though, at this point I'm pretty much limited by the refresh rate of my monitor, which is where I'm noticing all of my little inaccuarcies. HL2/Source tests out at 188.72 fps average at 1680X1050 resolution. TF2 runs as smooth as butter and looks gorgeous.
Quick question: does anyone know why specific textures in the Source engine flicker? It's really bizarre. My guess is that it's because I have an NVDIA card. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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Pink Teddy Bear .
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 180
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Or probably because it's a Source game.
Also, it's good to hear from you again! |
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DaleNixon .
Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 179
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Yea good to see you back man! Also, best TV retort ever! _________________
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