Broke down and ordered PC stuff

Post by **iluvquake4** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:59 pm

Will this give me the 60 fps needed with shadows on? Just checking because I can still change the order.

SKU QTY Description Item Price Ext. Price

AA40280 1 EVGA 256-P2-N516 GEFORCE 7800GT 256MB PCI-E GDDR3 w/HDTV & VIVO =
You saved $5.00 $294.00 $294.00
AA15060 1 Microsoft Windows XP HOME w/sp2 (OEM/DSP)#N09-01153*Must be Purchased w/Hardware!!* = $82.00 $82.00
YB01 1 AMD ATHLON 64 - 939 SYSTEMS (BEIGE)
=MWAVE HERMES= ASUS A8N5X= AMD ATHLON 64 X2 3800+ - MANCHESTER= CORSAIR TWINX1024-3200C2= NO FDD / CARD READER= LITE ON 16X DVD $533.90 $533.90 !

Thank you for choosing mwave.com Sub-Total $914.90
Discounts -$0.00
Shipping & Handling / Will Call Fee $19.08
Sales Tax $70.52
Order Total $999.49

Thanks. :icon31:

Post by **kleeks** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:30 pm

hrhr i did the same, within a few days of finding out q4 did not run properly on my old rig, I had brand new parts winging their way to me. (plastic + late night online shopping = trouble)

yep, i would say q4 should be running smoothly with your new bits, not sure about shadows - they can be taxing for even the best machines. and personally i'd prefer to have 2 gig of ram (twinned naturally)

edit :- oh and wtf, must purchase Xp home with hardware :-o

Post by **iluvquake4** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:55 pm

I should order two more sticks of the same RAM?

Post by **iluvquake4** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:28 pm

Called the place and changed the RAM to this:

http://www.mwave.com/ (link removed because it contained a session ID) - ridd

Thank you for the advice. :icon31:

Post by **kleeks** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:59 pm

hmm not sure what you ordered, it throws an error at me :/

ADODB.Recordset error '800a0e78'

Operation is not allowed when the object is closed.

/mwave/ASPpagedata/page.shoppingcart.asp, line 7

on the ram side, i am pretty sure you'd be better off with 2 (twinned) 1 gig sticks, than 4 x 512 - I'm thinking something like this >>
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products ... _uid=85958

Post by **Foo** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:08 pm

Careful mac, you could have been giving away your session id on the website with that link

Post by **iluvquake4** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:43 pm

Ouch. Thank you for fixing it.

Here is the RAM:

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch.hm ... ia=BA21906

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Post by **kleeks** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:00 pm

that'll do nicely :icon14: (more or less the same as what i have ordered)

Post by **Hex** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:25 am

If it matters, go for xp pro rather than xp home...

good intro read on the differences here:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/wi ... me_pro.asp

(googled xp home vs xp pro)

Post by **GODLIKE** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:55 am

Most home PCs don't suffer at ALL from not having the "pro" version. I run XP Pro at home because I actually do have an Active Directory domain on my home LAN.. If you don't have a Windows server environment, features like IIS aren't really enough to add up the cost for the Pro version, methink.

I have seen dozens of XP home PCs upgraded to Pro because it's "better"... if you're not using the extra network or security features (terminal services, group policy client, etc).. Don't pay extra for features you won't use.

Post by **iluvquake4** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:40 am

It says to use multiple processors I need Pro. Is that true for Quake 4 SMP as well?

Post by **Hex** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:59 pm

Post by **iluvquake4** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:32 pm

Doh. I'll contact them to make it Pro version. Thank you. :icon31:

Post by **Underpants?** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:25 pm

riddla wrote:fixed

Post by **GODLIKE** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:47 pm

http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/high ... icore.mspx

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Weblets/0,,783 ... 64,00.html

No, you don't need Pro. Go hard, though.. :icon26:

Post by **iluvquake4** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:22 am

I changed the order to Pro to be safe.

Any recommendations on a good anti-spyware / anti-virus solution?

I've been using a Mac that doesn't need such protections (so far), so I've been out of the loop on these kind of things.

Thank you. :icon31:

Post by **Oeloe** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:21 pm

AVG Free Edition+Firefox.

Post by **iluvquake4** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:50 pm

Thank you. :icon31:

Post by **Requ!em** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:02 pm

Iluvmymac wrote:Any recommendations on a good anti-spyware / anti-virus solution?

I maintain a Freeware Privacy, Security and Recovery Software thread over at Savage and Respawned that may help:
http://www.respawned.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=634

Post by **iluvquake4** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:38 am

The game runs like a dream -- faster than these forums -- anyone notice the forums real slow lately?

Some reason I was getting dropped sounds (using the onboard audio) so I did this -- by a suggestion from fellow gamers:

s_maxchannelsmixed 48
s_restart

I'm thinking I should probably invest in a decent sound card. I use mainly headphones for gaming.

Is this card any good?

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx ... ia=3800658

Thank you. :icon31:

Post by **jester!** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:28 am

If you get anything other then an X-FI for Q4 your wasting your money. Sounds drops are common on my Audigy 2..

Post by **kleeks** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 9:53 am

yeah i got and x-fi fatality (spot the cheesey name) But the sounds are pretty impressive (lol scrap pretty - they rock)

I've read alot about the new drivers for other audigy boards that support openal, and various problems people are having. I do get the odd dropped sound, and the occasional loop still - but compared to my previous card the difference is nothing short of incredible.

Post by **Oeloe** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:04 pm

I haven't played much Q4 online yet, but OpenAL seems to be working fine with my Audigy 1 and the Creative beta drivers. Some delays now and then (on item pickups mostly) but nothing serious.

Post by **iluvquake4** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:55 pm

See if this helps with your dropped sounds:

s_maxchannelsmixed 48
s_restart

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