the day i swapped two video cards for a goldfish
Dell LIED. The guy - who was otherwise pretty awesome - said that what I was getting would be better than Frankenstein. Stanley is, except for one crucial thing: no video card what the hell people. I can't make my games pretty without a good video card! Hell, I can't even get anti-aliasing in KOTOR. That came out in 2003.
Thus, I decided to go sniff around the Dell website to see if the card previously housed in Frankenstein would work in Stanley. I wound up in a little webchat thinger with some guy from India. It went like this...
Indi: "Old video card plus new computer. [insert complicated name of card which I've since forgotten.] Will it play nice, or will things explode?"
Dell: "It will work for you. Also, your warranty lasts until this time next year and you changing cards is cool with the warranty. Also also, have a pile of links explaining exactly how to change EVERYTHING on your machine."
Indi: "You're kind of awesome."
Dell: "Oh, here - we've emailed you the chat transcript if you need it later."
Indi: *cracks knuckles and goes to disembowel Frankenstein*
Except Dell still lies, because after a poke around in Stanley's innards - and it's so nicely assembled! - the damn thing don't fit.
Also, all this rain is sprouting treefrogs by the bushel. It's awesome.
Thus, I decided to go sniff around the Dell website to see if the card previously housed in Frankenstein would work in Stanley. I wound up in a little webchat thinger with some guy from India. It went like this...
Indi: "Old video card plus new computer. [insert complicated name of card which I've since forgotten.] Will it play nice, or will things explode?"
Dell: "It will work for you. Also, your warranty lasts until this time next year and you changing cards is cool with the warranty. Also also, have a pile of links explaining exactly how to change EVERYTHING on your machine."
Indi: "You're kind of awesome."
Dell: "Oh, here - we've emailed you the chat transcript if you need it later."
Indi: *cracks knuckles and goes to disembowel Frankenstein*
Except Dell still lies, because after a poke around in Stanley's innards - and it's so nicely assembled! - the damn thing don't fit.
Also, all this rain is sprouting treefrogs by the bushel. It's awesome.