This one is for the nerds among you

[teenonfire4evil]

I think I've brought up on here that I am a bit of a computer gamer. If I am at home and not reading, eating, or sleeping, I am probably sitting here happily blowing shit up.  Unfortunately, this was brought to a sudden end the week before last when my computer mysteriously imploded. I had been having weird little problems ever since my last sound

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[the_hawk]

I must be an enthusiast, because I have all the kit you mentioned. ;)

My only question is why you didn't spring for the 8800GTS 640mb. Much better, not blindingly more expensive.

The WD Raptor is a nice fast disk, but too small to keep up these days, IMO. My three times larger 7200 HD does fine.

[teenonfire4evil]

eh... I got a good price on the 320, and was working under a budget. At the time I was thinking of getting an 8600, so the 8800 in itself was a boon... I have been completely pleased with it though. So far the only game I've seen that has required over 256 megs for ultra texture quality mode has been Doom 3.

I use the raptor as my boot drive and for storing my better games. I have a second high-cap drive that I use for general purpose installing and storage. I haven't really had any problems, and it has really improved my load and boot times.

What do you play, anyway? I never knew you were big on the PC gaming.

[the_hawk]

We talked about how hot I was for Oblivion, as soon as I could afford a computer that could actually run it. Well, as soon as I could, I bought parts and built one. I have yet to run across a game I can't run at full graphical settings without slowdown (although my SLI 8800s occasionally have a hiccup.) Today, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. It's not a perfect system, my rig, but it's a delicate balance out here at the cutting edge.

[teenonfire4evil]

I was just thinking about oblivion earlier... I really have no idea where I left my guy. I might want to just start over, now that I have a computer that can actually run it properly, and can put on all the pretty graphics and environment mods.

[the_hawk]

I dunno, I tried starting Morrowind over from the start after playing all the way through and found it incredibly tedious. I wouldn't want to do that again, particularly.

OTOH, mid/late game Oblivion gets a little dull, when you hit the "I wear only artifacts" stage. I need to go back and run through the rest of the main plot, at least. And Knights of the Nine, too.