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Post by neVyn on Apr 3, 2006 10:42:17 GMT 10
absolutely no idea.. i vaguely remember that you can. Thats why dual cores are really good for multitasking. I dont think you can choose a core for a certain program though. But essentially can be decoding a dvd and play hl2 at the same time with no lag
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Apr 4, 2006 9:11:23 GMT 10
But isnt because its a dual core that both the core processors are significantly slower than if you got like the latest AMD single core? So therefore you would be effectively be playing the game on like a 3000+ equivalent processor?
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Post by neVyn on Apr 4, 2006 9:47:57 GMT 10
in brentons case his processor in single core applications is equivalent to a 3500+
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Apr 4, 2006 10:00:54 GMT 10
So for under half the price they could have had an equivalent CPU.
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Post by neVyn on Apr 4, 2006 10:07:17 GMT 10
yes for single core applications.. but oblivion is dual core and so will windows vista.. lots more games will utilise dual cores in the near future
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Apr 4, 2006 10:14:09 GMT 10
But the question is, Vista is still a year away and so probably are those games. Now in a year those dual core 4200+ will seem pretty average.
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Post by neVyn on Apr 4, 2006 10:17:35 GMT 10
if you look at it that way then yes.. but it works for oblivion now.. and isnt that wat counts haha
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Apr 4, 2006 10:25:37 GMT 10
for those two then yeah
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Post by Scruffy Dog on Apr 10, 2006 3:32:41 GMT 10
Alan: "Argh, there's like 5 guys fighting and it's laggy as hell!" Shay and Brenton: "...La-ggy?"
You be the judge Alan, since that scenario happened today.
And now for an exaggerated (slightly) scenario to help you judge further:
Alan: "OMG, how good does Oblivion look at 640x480 with all the graphics down! Oh no, there's one guy on the screen! I'll have to wait for him to get past before I can move!"
Shay: "I'm walking through the middle of a battle between two 10,000 strong armies... directly through the middle of them... and I can see the moonlight shining perfectly off their armour. It's fantastic. Oh... what? The lag? What are you talking about? I didn't think it was worth mentioning since I've never had anything but smooth as silk performance and movement in this game..."
Yeah Alan. Complete waste.
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Apr 10, 2006 8:04:59 GMT 10
Actually I was agreeing that you and brenton spending $2k each to play Oblivion on high settings was rightly justified.
As for me, maybe for HL3 but for this? nah...
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Post by neVyn on Apr 10, 2006 10:13:22 GMT 10
I think ill just ask arach wat his settings are when i get the game.. his setup is almost identical to mine.. Save me having to go to the trouble of finding out myself the best performance and quality settings
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Post by -Vi2- Arach on Apr 10, 2006 10:53:19 GMT 10
i dropped back to 1024x768, a blasphemy on my 21 inch monitor, but to compansate I put on 4x antialiasing so its not all jaggy, and cause the 6600TDH does antialiasing like brenton eats kfc, it looks good. Most other settings are medium, though i took grass's view distance down to 0 so it basically turns grass off. Makes it look a bit more morrowind'ish, but it runs better and you can see small critters coming at you, where before they'd hide under the grass.
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Post by neVyn on Apr 10, 2006 11:36:28 GMT 10
oh cool... that sounds pretty decent
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Post by Scruffy Dog on Apr 10, 2006 16:01:52 GMT 10
lmao. does antialiasing like brenton eats kfc!
Why did I bother with this fancy 7900gtOC card if your card can do that! That's unheard of!
I'm only running on 1024x768 with pretty much everything on high. Don't have shadows or reflections turned on, or above low though.
Although having said that, I've never actually tried putting them up, and never tried it on a higher res.
I have HDR turned on, but I'm going to turn it off cause I think Bloom with AA looks better. HDR does look good... but you need AA to make it look less jagged, like you said.
And Alan, you KNOW you enjoy this game. But make some more saves you fool so you dont have an excuse to stop playing!
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Post by neVyn on Apr 10, 2006 17:22:04 GMT 10
lol you tool.. as if not test it on higher res...
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Post by -Vi2- IriDiuM on Apr 10, 2006 19:53:18 GMT 10
So, your vid card used to do antialiasing quite well, but now completely rejects it? Cause i havent had kfc in almost a month... i think im at a bit over 3 weeks and counting since my last kfc.
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Post by neVyn on Apr 10, 2006 21:13:01 GMT 10
haha wat a classic.. how are you kfc patches going.. do you use the 24 hour ones or just the 18 hour ones.. I think mid strength is a good way to easy off the cravings
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Post by Scruffy Dog on Apr 10, 2006 22:17:21 GMT 10
hahaha
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Post by -Vi2- IriDiuM on Apr 10, 2006 22:31:47 GMT 10
Im using a little thing called "not going to kfc"
it works well
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Apr 10, 2006 22:33:17 GMT 10
rofl!
I just love how he defends himself with "I havent had KFC in like 2 weeks". Now is Brenton still counting the days between KFC feeds and or making it sound like he doesnt eat it but in fact makes him look like a complete addict that can proudly go without KFC for a few weeks?
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Post by -Vi2- Arach on Apr 10, 2006 23:10:59 GMT 10
You fools, i said the kfc thing as a little harmless joke, you dont have to run with it and use it to dominate the thread. Enough with the "try and piss brenton off cause he's funny when he's angry" shit and grow up. Yeah a bit here and there is ok, but you're focusing on one person relentlessly.
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Post by Scruffy Dog on Apr 11, 2006 2:01:41 GMT 10
That settles it.
Arach = Brenton's alias.
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Post by neVyn on Apr 11, 2006 9:43:23 GMT 10
i think im at a bit over 3 weeks and counting since my last kfc. Sorry brenton i apologise. Its just that wat you said did sound very much like something someone who is quitting smoking would say.. lol
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Apr 11, 2006 18:58:52 GMT 10
lol yeah...
I had kfc last night, sooo good..
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Post by -Vi2- Canadian on Apr 11, 2006 19:21:09 GMT 10
today i ordered a cheese and bacon zinger and the fuckers gave me a cheese and bacon original fillet i was fucking pissed, way to fuck up my lunch!!!
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Apr 11, 2006 19:52:58 GMT 10
hahah that would be disgusting. Not that the bacon and cheese Zingers are any good. The bacon is always colder than the chicken and the chedder cheese tastes like crap.
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Post by neVyn on Apr 11, 2006 20:00:02 GMT 10
haha.. mmm kfc.. i could go some right now
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Post by -Vi2- Canadian on Apr 11, 2006 22:27:59 GMT 10
i love the zingers personally, i like colder meat with hot stuff like cold ham in hot scrambled eggs or whatever, but yeah dont mind a bit of chedder either so its all good, also the vouchers on the footy tipping things own as well
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Post by -Vi2- Arach on Apr 11, 2006 22:30:32 GMT 10
That settles it. Arach = Brenton's alias. That's impossible. I pwn brenton. If anything he'd be my alias, and i save all my punciness for when i'm using it. =D
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Post by -Vi2- Canadian on Apr 11, 2006 22:34:05 GMT 10
That settles it. Arach = Brenton's alias. That's impossible. I pwn brenton. If anything he'd be my alias, and i save all my punciness for when i'm using it. =D stay on topic please the thread is about kfc
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