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  • timisw
    timisw Posts: 391 Member
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    No one mentioned my most favorite! ~smiling~ Empire Earth and Empire Earth II!

    Those games, along with ANYTHING to do with Chess, is a good thing! Thats my deployed passtime when using things that dont require electricity work well! I have a travel chess set that has been to Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai, Turkey, Iraq (Baghdad, Al Asad, Fallujah, Al Qaim, Waleed, Trebiel, Kalsu, Haditha, Rutbah, Rawah, Taqaddum), Afghanistan (Bagram, Kabul, Herat, Mazar e Sharif, Jallabad, Gardez, Kandahar).

    What are some of the latest and greatest games coming out soon for Wii and Microsoft?

    Also, if you were going to build a gaming system, or have one built at around the $2500 mark, what would you put into it for -

    Processor
    Motherboard
    Bus Speed
    Video Card
    Audio Card

    I have my ideas... but just curious.
  • 5KNohno
    5KNohno Posts: 503
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    When hubby was in the Air Force we used to have all the guys over for LAN parties a couple of times a month - usually played Age of Mythology (before that came out AoE). Because of new work schedule, no more LAN parties:frown: but we play Puzzle Pirates occasionally just for fun - it's real simple, but it's free and can be addictive. We have so many board games that we get teased about it, but whenever anyone needs a game they know who to come to.:smile: We have most of the German board game of the year winners. If you only have Milton Bradley games and the kind you pick up at Wal-mart, you need to check out Mayfair games. You can get them online or at specialty game stores. Settlers of Catan and the Seafarers expansion are my favorite.

    :smile: My Wii JUST came in the mail!
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
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    No one mentioned my most favorite! ~smiling~ Empire Earth and Empire Earth II!

    Those games, along with ANYTHING to do with Chess, is a good thing! Thats my deployed passtime when using things that dont require electricity work well! I have a travel chess set that has been to Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai, Turkey, Iraq (Baghdad, Al Asad, Fallujah, Al Qaim, Waleed, Trebiel, Kalsu, Haditha, Rutbah, Rawah, Taqaddum), Afghanistan (Bagram, Kabul, Herat, Mazar e Sharif, Jallabad, Gardez, Kandahar).

    What are some of the latest and greatest games coming out soon for Wii and Microsoft?

    Also, if you were going to build a gaming system, or have one built at around the $2500 mark, what would you put into it for -

    Processor
    Motherboard
    Bus Speed
    Video Card
    Audio Card

    I have my ideas... but just curious.


    Hey Tim, check out www.avadirect.com, they just built my new system and it's amazing. It took them a while to ship it out, but it's totally worth it. I dropped right at 3k on mine, and it was worth every penny.

    My specs are....

    Processor: Intel 9450 OCed to 3.5ghz
    Motherboard: Asus Striker II
    Bus Speed: 1600mhz
    Video Card: EVGA 9800GTX
    Audio Card: Striker II on board high def 7.1 (works freakin GREAT)
    RAM: 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL9 (9-9-9-24)
    Hard Drive: 150GB WD Raptor, SATA 150MB/s, 10000 RPM, 16MB cache

    I get over 16k on 3dmark06, and am running AoC at max settings (EVERYTHING) and still averaging over 50fps. They do kickin work.
  • msarro
    msarro Posts: 2,748 Member
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    Sigh, I need to build a new PC so badly. My old workhorse is slowly reaching its end of life. I've been putting 10 dollars a week back in a fund for my next pc, because the next one I build I'm building to last about 8 years or so. Planning to spend 4-5k on it. Dual Video Cards, 2 cinema monitors, hopefully 8 or 16 core processors will be out by then, aiming for 16-32GB of RAM, most likely about 2 TB of storage, whatever the current gen soundcard is. Oh yeah, XP, because Vista is a waste, and Ubuntu Linux.

    Just wish that money would accumulate faster :( My poor PC is chugging along but its so near the end of its life its painful to watch it run.

    Yes, I'm a computer geek. And I'm proud.
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
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    Sigh, I need to build a new PC so badly. My old workhorse is slowly reaching its end of life. I've been putting 10 dollars a week back in a fund for my next pc, because the next one I build I'm building to last about 8 years or so. Planning to spend 4-5k on it. Dual Video Cards, 2 cinema monitors, hopefully 8 or 16 core processors will be out by then, aiming for 16-32GB of RAM, most likely about 2 TB of storage, whatever the current gen soundcard is. Oh yeah, XP, because Vista is a waste, and Ubuntu Linux.

    Just wish that money would accumulate faster :( My poor PC is chugging along but its so near the end of its life its painful to watch it run.

    Yes, I'm a computer geek. And I'm proud.


    Honestly, I haven't had any issues with Vista at all. From what I understand if you have the RAM for it, the Opsys is actually pretty decent, it's just very inefficient.
  • msarro
    msarro Posts: 2,748 Member
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    At our company vista is nightmarish... it doesn't work with almost any software we use, its compatibility modes are a joke. Plus, working on network stuff is terrible because almost everything that you could do in a few clicks with XP is hidden behind a ton of menus.

    It also eliminates troubleshooting functionality in anything below business, so if you have issues with wireless or any other service you can't troubleshoot them - the services menu was removed from system management. Its just left a terrible taste in my mouth. Granted, i'm a technician/network admin, so I tend to be very picky about stuff, especially when it stops me from doing my work.

    For most home users I don't think vista will cause a lot of issues once they get past that silly User Auth. Control idea.

    I honestly prefer ubuntu... xp is nice, but nothing compares to the beauty of Compiz Fusion running on a speedy linux desktop. The graphics alone have gotten me dates :laugh:
  • wildkitty505
    wildkitty505 Posts: 222 Member
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    I honestly prefer ubuntu... xp is nice, but nothing compares to the beauty of Compiz Fusion running on a speedy linux desktop. The graphics alone have gotten me dates :laugh:

    Preach it Msarro!! :flowerforyou: We run Fedora 8 on all of our computers. I have a dual booting laptop for those occasional programs we have to use that only work with Windows (like all of our Garmin software :sad: ).
  • wildkitty505
    wildkitty505 Posts: 222 Member
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    No one mentioned my most favorite! ~smiling~ Empire Earth and Empire Earth II!

    Those games, along with ANYTHING to do with Chess, is a good thing! Thats my deployed passtime when using things that dont require electricity work well! I have a travel chess set that has been to Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai, Turkey, Iraq (Baghdad, Al Asad, Fallujah, Al Qaim, Waleed, Trebiel, Kalsu, Haditha, Rutbah, Rawah, Taqaddum), Afghanistan (Bagram, Kabul, Herat, Mazar e Sharif, Jallabad, Gardez, Kandahar).

    What are some of the latest and greatest games coming out soon for Wii and Microsoft?

    Also, if you were going to build a gaming system, or have one built at around the $2500 mark, what would you put into it for -

    Processor
    Motherboard
    Bus Speed
    Video Card
    Audio Card

    I have my ideas... but just curious.

    So I had to forward this question on to my bf. Here's what I got back:

    "You're just trying to keep me entertained for the day aren't you...you
    know this is one of my favorite games to play.

    I'll get back to you, but I know a few off the top of my head:

    Processor - Core 2 Duo 8400M Awesome speed at < $200
    Video Card - NVidia 8600 ~ $200 Great Speed, great price.
    Audio Card - I'd use the built in sound for the MB unless there was an
    issue w/ it.
    Memory - 4GB Fast memory (about $300)

    I think this only about $1200 system though... :)

    Rick."

    LOL!! :laugh:
  • Zeii
    Zeii Posts: 89 Member
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    I don't really play console games (even though the kids have a Wii) but I do play Guild Wars and used to play WoW.
  • Zeii
    Zeii Posts: 89 Member
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    Are you kidding me!?!

    Right now I'm tearing up some Age Of Conan and am in beta for Warhammer Online.

    I have 3 level 70's in WoW

    My roommate and I tear up RockBand on a regular basis, and are all about some coop.

    I pretty much a huge gamer dork. I even do Pen and Paper RPGs. Just call me the King Dork. :bigsmile:

    LOL Ok, you have me beat! I only have one level 70 in WoW. I started playing Guild Wars instead. :tongue:
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
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    Are you kidding me!?!

    Right now I'm tearing up some Age Of Conan and am in beta for Warhammer Online.

    I have 3 level 70's in WoW

    My roommate and I tear up RockBand on a regular basis, and are all about some coop.

    I pretty much a huge gamer dork. I even do Pen and Paper RPGs. Just call me the King Dork. :bigsmile:

    LOL Ok, you have me beat! I only have one level 70 in WoW. I started playing Guild Wars instead. :tongue:


    Hehe, I'm not overly proud of it. I wasn't much into raiding though, so I would max out, quit and my friends would drag me back. I played some GW, I liked it.
  • timisw
    timisw Posts: 391 Member
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    Hey Tim, check out www.avadirect.com, they just built my new system and it's amazing. It took them a while to ship it out, but it's totally worth it. I dropped right at 3k on mine, and it was worth every penny.

    My specs are....

    Processor: Intel 9450 OCed to 3.5ghz
    Motherboard: Asus Striker II
    Bus Speed: 1600mhz
    Video Card: EVGA 9800GTX
    Audio Card: Striker II on board high def 7.1 (works freakin GREAT)
    RAM: 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL9 (9-9-9-24)
    Hard Drive: 150GB WD Raptor, SATA 150MB/s, 10000 RPM, 16MB cache

    I get over 16k on 3dmark06, and am running AoC at max settings (EVERYTHING) and still averaging over 50fps. They do kickin work.

    It does seem like Avadirect and Alienware have the market huh?

    Debating on building on my own. Would LOVE to get something with 7.1 Sound... but probably not much using that as of yet! LOVE sound quality though!

    Thanks for all that thought about it.

    Have you seen the Solid State Hard Drives out? I was at the FOSE Conference. THey are up to 32 and 64GBs now. You use them for the operating system and appilications (games etc). The machine literally booted in 10 to 15 seconds! Side by side with another that was a normal 7200rpm HD and it took almost 45 to boot and another 30 seconds before usable.
  • Healthier_Me
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
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    Has anyone played secondlife?
    I was hooked on that darn game.
  • timisw
    timisw Posts: 391 Member
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    Has anyone played secondlife?
    I was hooked on that darn game.

    I played it for a bit.... Built a home... Wasnt sure about all of it.

    If you had better ways of making money without DUMPING money into it, I would of liked it better.
  • Healthier_Me
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
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    Has anyone played secondlife?
    I was hooked on that darn game.

    I played it for a bit.... Built a home... Wasnt sure about all of it.

    If you had better ways of making money without DUMPING money into it, I would of liked it better.
    ugh I know!
    It does get expensive. Me and another person bought half an island, built houses, rented them out, built our own house..... it got ridiculously expensive so I gave up the land. All that hard work went to *kitten* basically.

    I even started making litte things like paintings, rugs, dipped in the clothes making and sold some.
  • timisw
    timisw Posts: 391 Member
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    ugh I know!
    It does get expensive. Me and another person bought half an island, built houses, rented them out, built our own house..... it got ridiculously expensive so I gave up the land. All that hard work went to *kitten* basically.

    I even started making litte things like paintings, rugs, dipped in the clothes making and sold some.

    If there was some way of being make a living to fund things without going outside of itself, it might be worth it. I heard that congress had some sessions on how to TAX things on Second Life!
  • Healthier_Me
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
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    ugh I know!
    It does get expensive. Me and another person bought half an island, built houses, rented them out, built our own house..... it got ridiculously expensive so I gave up the land. All that hard work went to *kitten* basically.

    I even started making litte things like paintings, rugs, dipped in the clothes making and sold some.

    If there was some way of being make a living to fund things without going outside of itself, it might be worth it. I heard that congress had some sessions on how to TAX things on Second Life!
    A lot of poeple do make a living through that game. I've heard about the tax thing sometime last year. I just might take a peek in secondlife and see what's new. I can not stand the lag though!
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
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    I've heard people playing eve do a simlar thing...
  • cp005e
    cp005e Posts: 1,495 Member
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    Yay for geeks! :bigsmile:

    I am not a hardcore gamer, but my husband & I have always loved to play adventure games together over the years (like Sam & Max, Longest Journey, Journeyman series, Siberia, Zork, etc). I like Viva Pinata and Burnout, too. And he got me Rock Band for my birthday, which is teh awesome. Haven't touched Guitar Hero since we got Rock Band! I got him the Orange Box for Christmas and we played through Portal together - SO AWESOME!

    I played The Sims a long time ago, but one of my toons got buggy and started spontaneously combusting. :noway: Oh yeah, and we used to play WoW - we actually got into it so we could hang out with my in-laws, but after my father-in-law passed away last my husband kinda lost his taste for it (even though his mom still plays, and is now one of the guild officers!). I also used to be really into DDR, but stopped playing when I started having knee problems (plus I like to have my mat mounted on a plywood board, which gets a little big to leave out in the living room all the time).

    I am a unix/linux geek myself (by profession, even) - at home I have a Fedora box and a couple OS X boxes (including my laptop). I keep meaning to play with Ubuntu but haven't gotten around to it yet. We just recently got a wireless controller for the Xbox 360 - leave it to Microsoft to force me to downgrade my security from WPA2 to WPA!!! :grumble:
  • Tess
    Tess Posts: 16
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    i work for ubisoft :P

    You'll find my photo's ALL over a map in rainbowsix vegas two (in one of the casino's), they are like huge glowing stained glass pannels that line all the walls and they break when you shoot them.
    I don't play so much though...after a day spent making them, i feel the need to do something else more...physical in the evening.

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