Windows 7 = the essence of XP with advanced features... I got a hp dv2 (dual core, ati 3410) for 800usd... so don't think you really need to shell out 3000usd, just need to have a keen eye out for deals (and it has shader 4.0, directx 10.1, and 512 dedicated video ram, 4gb ram, in here: a net book!?).
Now with 7 on it = something that would of really cost 3000usd, relatively. Why am I here? Because it realy is fun to see what we can do with the outdadted, 7+ (technologywise, this is about the same as a geforce2) year old chip. ( and I still have one lying around). On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:15 AM, MFC-ZERO <[email protected]> wrote: > > this subject has been covered here before but not as in depth as what > i am about to go with it. > PERFORMANCE > everyday i check my email and there is always at least 5 messages > about people who do not have the system requirements trying to run > something. i9xxg is always making new breakthroughs in what can run > and what can not run. there is only so much a person can do to there > laptop, and here at 9xx we have pushed our laptops to the max. but one > thing i am noticing more than anything else is what people have for > speed and memory. one rule of thumb i have always followed and has not > let me down yet is having the propper amount of physical memory to > work with my processing speed. i see people with dual core 2ghz with > only 1gm ram. for proper functionality of a dual core you need to have > at least half of what the total amount of processing speed is (ex. 2ghz > (4ghx dual)=2gb ram). if you have more than 4gb of physical ram than > you will need to upgrade to a 64bit os. > > what os should i run?... > > that is determined by what you are going to be doing. since we are a > bunch of gamers here, in school or work with computers for a > profession. if your laptop has a sata(n) hard driveyou will need to > use either win viscrap or win7. that is if you do not know how to get > the drivers for xp to recognize the hard drive. as everyone knows > windows vista is not very gamer friendly. it has a high demand on > system resources. you can go to www.tweakguides.com to get more > information about tweaking win vista or xp. they also have in depth > guides on running many newer and older games. > > what is shader 3.0? > > well if you are running a laptop and you didnt fork out $3000 or more > than you DO NOT have shader/vertex 3.0. shader model 3.0 is well > simply put 2x the detail as shader model 2 is. 3.0 is the rendering of > texture, mesh, and lighting. lets use the xbox and the xbox 360 as an > example here. the original xbox used the shader 2. if we look at what > the bit classification was we would think 128 bit. back then the games > on that system looked top of the line. like when halo 2 came out, or > ninja gaiden black. now there is the xbox 360 and the name says it all > it is a 360 bit system. we play games like gears of war 2, halo 3, > call of duty 4 and so many more that a lot of computers have a hard > time running. the reason these games work so well with the xbox 360 is > because it supports shader 3, it has a 3 seperate processors running > at 2.8ghz each. > > what is the difference between ripped games and store bought games? > > ALOT! when you buy a game from the store it comes on a disk, all files > are in tact and is able to be updated. simply said. now as far as > ripped games go, these games are extracted from the original game disk > (s), audio and video files are re formatted and compressed to reduce > file size or just removed all together, but when this process is done > there is a spoof file in place of the original so the game can not say > the file is missing. there is a ton of re coding to bypass anti piracy > functions, (ex. securom). then there is a no cd crack and any other > cracked files added. from here it goes into a high compression tool > known as uharc. this requires a bit of scripting. then is placed as a > torrent on your fav. torrent site. ripped games do require more system > resources depending on the game. any game that runns with a nocd patch > requires more system requirements on average 256mb memory. > > what is a torrent? > > a torrent is just a small file containing the required information to > locate a specific file(s) on another persons computer. but a person > needs a program that recognizes .torrent files. its hard to believe > that the worlds number 1 piracy file type was created by microsoft. > (lol rofl sp&po) > > why windows 7? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7 > > need i say more? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "INTEL 9XX Gaming" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/intel9x-gaming?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
