Zennie 0 #1 September 4, 2001 Welp, since I couldn't skydive today, I did my second-favorite pastime.... geeking out with high-tech toys.I went out & bought one of the Visiontek GeForce3 3D cards and put it through its paces with Max Payne.All I gotta say is Holy Fuckin' Shit!!!! Why didn't I get one of these bad boys sooner? Yeah sure I coulda spent that money on jumps, but it's money well spent for great rainy-day activities! Plus Carmack's writing Doom 3 against the GeForce 3 so I'm all set!--------Zennie"I know the pieces fit. 'Cause I watched them fall away..."--Tool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #2 September 4, 2001 you suck i hate you i would be playing maxpayne but i have a super slow HD until i can get it upgraded.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grogs 0 #3 September 4, 2001 QuoteAll I gotta say is Holy Fuckin' Shit!!!! Why didn't I get one of these bad boys sooner? Ummm.... could it be because they're running $300? I could pick up a 1.4 GHz processor, motherboard, and 512 MB of DDR SDRAM for that price. Or maybe even [gasp] make 16 skydives with it.Of course I don't really run any seriously graphics intensive games, so my GeForce2 MX (which I got for $65) doesn't have any problem keeping up. Until my system seriously starts getting it's ass kicked with some of the newer games, I doubt I'll be upgrading it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #4 September 4, 2001 QuoteUntil my system seriously starts getting it's ass kicked with some of the newer games, I doubt I'll be upgrading it.Well I had a Voodoo 3 on an AMD 600. Lasted me about 2 years, which is pretty darn good, but it just couldn't keep up anymore, so it was upgrade time for me.I'll prolly upgrade the MB/CPU next since I eventually want to have a dedicated box for my webserver & then the "hot" box for my day to day stuff.--------Zennie"I know the pieces fit. 'Cause I watched them fall away..."--Tool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xAer0 0 #5 September 4, 2001 Man, why did you have to torture me like that?I am on my dual PII/333 I made my self and a plain TNT...I play the hell out of Quake 3, but Doom 3...well...scary...Oh well, I'm prolly coming to the US next year for a PhD, so I'll upgrade accordingly...then we can all spend rainy weekends kicking each others butt in Doom 3!Don't pull low, unless you are afraid of heights!Tefkros Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #6 September 4, 2001 I forgot to mention Return to Castle Wolfenstein as another reason. As far as Doom 3 goes, the preview pics are mind-blowing.There are screenshots here & here.--------Zennie"I know the pieces fit. 'Cause I watched them fall away..."--Tool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zclubber1 0 #7 September 4, 2001 Zennie,You are ABSOLUTELY right about that card. I'm running the GeForce 3 on a P4 1.5ghz box and Max Payne looks awesome. Have you checked out the Giants with all the new patches? Killer! Plus, Nvidia is releasing an external add-on box for the card that will have video capture ability. Composite and s-video in and out. Not firewire, but it may still work out well for video editing.http:// http://gamespot.com/gshw/stories/news/0,12836,2808783,00.html P.S. Not only am I waiting from Doom 3, but Quake 4 and Unreal 2. Just sick!-can't you trip like I do-Clubber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #8 September 4, 2001 Is Q4 different from Return To Castle Wolfenstein? I thought they were the same.--------Zennie"I know the pieces fit. 'Cause I watched them fall away..."--Tool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #9 September 5, 2001 I have a feeling this is going to be a very cool game!!http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/previews/0,10869,2810240,00.html The screen shots are enough to make me drool waiting to see Zennie come around the corner of one of the hallways and blast him into frag-meat!! and laff at his demise!! My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zclubber1 0 #10 September 5, 2001 I played a little of Wolfenstein at E3 this year. It's kickass. But Quake 4 is just getting started. If I find the link again I'll post it, but as far as I know, Quake 4 and Doom 3 will each have their own engines. Doom 3 is supposed to be more story driven and made for single player while Quake 4 should be mostly multiplayer. I could be wrong though. Haven't seen any screen shot from Quake yet.-can't you trip like I do-Clubber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #11 September 5, 2001 QuoteThe screen shots are enough to make me drool waiting to see Zennie come around the corner of one of the hallways and blast him into frag-meat!! That sounds like a challenge! I laugh at you! Hahahahahaha!!!Besides a dz.com chat server sounds like we need a dz.com deathmatch server as well! Fragalicious!--------Zennie"I know the pieces fit. 'Cause I watched them fall away..."--Tool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zclubber1 0 #12 September 5, 2001 Quote we need a dz.com deathmatch server I'm in! Posting all day at work. Drinking and fragging at night. Jumping on the weekends. Then the circle would be complete.Quote "I know the pieces fit. 'Cause I watched them fall away..."--Tool Killer band. I just saw them a few weeks ago at the Wiltern Theater here in LA with King Crimson. One of the best shows I've ever seen. I'm going again to see them in DC in October.-"The only way to fix it is to flush it all away. Any F'n time, any f'n day. Learn to swim, see you down in Arizona Bay" - Tool-can't you trip like I do-Clubber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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