The Price Of Performance?????

mrgeorgedude · 02-28-2006, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Praetor

...I get my stuff free and before you ever will at that.

heh like that other guy was saying he'd work for doom, id work for u (i obvioulsy like free stuff)

and also i thought that u, doom, would be pretty cool and all with ur rig setup....but ive realized that ur a total bitch

4W4K3 · 02-28-2006, 12:52 AM

I'd say spending alot on a computer is only "worth it" if you can properly maintain the machine, you use it a great deal, and you don't go broke doing it.

For me, having a computer has always meant scraping for every last penny. Yes, I am poor...mainly because I make bad investments and am frivilous with what money I have/had.

Hopefully, that will never happen again...

MIK3daG33K · 02-28-2006, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Praetor

On a more serious note, come to think of it, for someone whos so damn rich his rig freaking blows. The mainbox aside (where at the least a pair of dualcore Optys would have been expected), I would have expected twin Apple HiDef 30s and maybe a projector. Granted he doesnt know anything about PC hardware hence his drive selection (which should have been SCSI RAID5, or SCSI at the least) but if money wasnt an issue, why settle for Raptor74s ... and on the onboard RAID controller at that?

I agree fully, and by the way nice job pwning him hard in the face preator he needed to be humbled.

Agian on a more serious note I was at Microcenter the other day which is a general computer store for you guys that don't have them by you, and i walked up to my friend that is a cashier there and started talking to him about the lastest and greatest parts out. While i was standing there i noticed the guy that was in line buying about 1200 USD in books (look like manuals) and a bunch of hard drives and some other miscellanous things. I didn't think anything of it and started talking about the x1900xt and what a good card it is. The man in line butts in and says "Well i have the fastest AMD dual core they make and 4 gigs of memory." I quickly replied with "Well is it the FX-60?" (my bullshit meter was going through the roof.) He repied with "I don't know what the name of it is but its the fastest." Now a man of his age (about 50) throwing his money around blindly to say "I have the fastest" is really pitifull. Not to mention him not knowing what the hell he was talking about. When i would try and talk he would talk over me with that "Well i did it better" attitude. At that age you should not be acting like that and trying to impress a 19 year old kid with the "fastest CPU." When I left Microcenter that guy had made my balls as big as Epcot centers I couldn't even drive home it was so bad lol.

elmarcorulz · 02-28-2006, 01:00 AM

Did he answer to the name doom?

mrgeorgedude · 02-28-2006, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by elmarcorulz

Did he answer to the name doom?

50 bucks says he did...

4W4K3 · 02-28-2006, 01:56 AM

wow i just noticed the pure idiocity of the thread starter...i cant believe i didn't get in on this. ignorant people should not be blessed with so much money and the ability to communicate with others freely...

[-0MEGA-] · 02-28-2006, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by 4W4K3

wow i just noticed the pure idiocity of the thread starter...i cant believe i didn't get in on this. ignorant people should not be blessed with so much money and the ability to communicate with others freely...

i just found out about this also, and from what he says he sounds like a retard who doesnt know anything about computers (as praetor said before

).

fade2green514 · 02-28-2006, 02:12 AM

umm yea i hate you so you know. wow im jealous lol...
WTF I WANNA BE RICH! lol
my rig is good for the price tho... with my lil 17" CRT lol.. 1280x1024, yea gotta replace that!
probly gonna just get a 19" CRT 1600x1200 tho.. lol

Hairy_Lee · 02-28-2006, 02:13 AM

I MUST BE RICH COS I AM A MAN AND I TYPE IN CAPS ALL THE TIME... GO TO BED LITTLE BOYS!

lol

[-0MEGA-] · 02-28-2006, 02:16 AM

Praetor was right about what he said earlier, sure he may have a very good computer, but for the price he paid he's not getting as much performance as he should.

lol Lee, i remember when praetor said that his dual opty's can beat hit (obviously), he just responded in a stupid remark in ALL CAPS.

02-28-2006, 12:52 AM	#82 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,858	I'd say spending alot on a computer is only "worth it" if you can properly maintain the machine, you use it a great deal, and you don't go broke doing it. For me, having a computer has always meant scraping for every last penny. Yes, I am poor...mainly because I make bad investments and am frivilous with what money I have/had. Hopefully, that will never happen again... __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

02-28-2006, 01:00 AM	#84 (permalink)
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02-28-2006, 01:56 AM	#86 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,858	wow i just noticed the pure idiocity of the thread starter...i cant believe i didn't get in on this. ignorant people should not be blessed with so much money and the ability to communicate with others freely... __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

02-28-2006, 02:12 AM	#88 (permalink)
fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,371	umm yea i hate you so you know. wow im jealous lol... WTF I WANNA BE RICH! lol my rig is good for the price tho... with my lil 17" CRT lol.. 1280x1024, yea gotta replace that! probly gonna just get a 19" CRT 1600x1200 tho.. lol __________________ Core 2 Duo e6300 (2.71ghz o/ced)(Q6600 soon!) Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU cooler DFI Infinity 975X motherboard 7800gt 256mb + NV silencer (HD 4850 soon!) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-800 4-4-4-12 (2.1v) 2x80gb WD 8mb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 1x250gb Seagate 7200.9 storage drive Windows Vista x64

02-28-2006, 02:13 AM	#89 (permalink)
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02-28-2006, 02:16 AM	#90 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	Praetor was right about what he said earlier, sure he may have a very good computer, but for the price he paid he's not getting as much performance as he should. lol Lee, i remember when praetor said that his dual opty's can beat hit (obviously), he just responded in a stupid remark in ALL CAPS. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

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