rec.autos.simulators

by **Mark C Dod** » Tue, 15 Jun 1999 04:00:00

When a game like Baldurs Gate can take up 3 gig on your hard disk there is no such
thing as too much!

> >>I should receive my new P3 550, 128meg, 25gig, TNT2, etc, etc ,
> >>any day now.

> >What's the 25gig part however? The hard disk size?

> Yes, hard drive. It sounds excessive, but when I bought the P90 the
> largest drive available was 1 gig. People said that it was a waste of
> money and it would never get filled up. Well it was full years ago,
> and the way software is bloating these days I suspect that in a few
> years the 25gig will look just right. On the other hand I could
> easily have saved money buying a smaller drive now, and adding more
> in the future as I needed it when it was cheaper.

> Don Scurlock
> Vancouver, B.C.

by **The Excelsi** » Tue, 15 Jun 1999 04:00:00

On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 02:01:55 -0400, "Daxe Rexford"

>> We should soon be seeing computers with more than 128MB of RAM coming
>> out soon. I can't wait!

>Umm...I have a computer with 256 MEG and I have for quite a while..where have
>you been?

Right here! Nothing above 128MB of RAM is the standard at the moment.
Soon we will see virtually every computer have more. There are the
exceptional cases which this is already happening - i.e. one friend of
mine recently purchased a PC with 360MB of RAM!

That still does not make it the standard.

You think we don't know that?

No, I meant Stalks!

The Excelsior

"ICQ #40620378"

by **Thom j** » Tue, 15 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Gee & I thought the Easter Bunny brought them or was it the
tooth fairy.. Yikes this is confusing!!
Cheers Thom_j.

> My daughter will be very upset. I have been telling her its storks who
> deliver babies and now I find out its stalks. Damn.

> > >I should receive my new P3 550, 128meg, 25gig, TNT2, etc, etc ,
> > >any day now.

> > Neat! And since it has a TNT2, you won't need to buy a Voodoo3 for it
> > either!

> > We should soon be seeing computers with more than 128MB of RAM coming
> > out soon. I can't wait!

> > What's the 25gig part however? The hard disk size?

> > >In these last 5yrs there has ALWAYS been a significant hardware
> > >development just around the corner and I see no end to it in the
> > >foreseeable future. The reality of it has been that for the last 2yrs
> > >I've played practically no games because I've been so frustrated and
> > >pissed off by lousy frame rates. It doesn't matter if you buy now or
> > >if you wait 3 more years, it will be great for a while and then start
> > >to fall behind in performance. The question is: how long are YOU
> > >willing to wait ?

> > If you want to wait for a system which will never be out dated, don't.
> > It will _never_ happen! You could wait til the end of time and there
> > would STILL be a guy down the pub who boasts about a machine faster
> > than yours!

> > It's a simple fact of life, a bit like the Stalks who deliver babies.
> > ;-)

> > The Excelsior

> > "ICQ #40620378"

by **The Excelsi** » Tue, 15 Jun 1999 04:00:00

What sort of game is this?

The Excelsior

"ICQ #40620378"

by **The Excelsi** » Tue, 15 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Of course it's storks, I just didn't like his attitude to comment on
spelling mistakes. After all, there's not much of a need for formality
on the internet and especially not in Usenet.

If there were, we'd all be posting messages in HTML, with letter heads
and all!

The Excelsior

"ICQ #40620378"

by **The Excelsi** » Tue, 15 Jun 1999 04:00:00

>Gee & I thought the Easter Bunny brought them or was it the
>tooth fairy.. Yikes this is confusing!!
>Cheers Thom_j.

It's a ***. We're out to confuse you!

;-)

The Excelsior

"ICQ #40620378"

by **Daxe Rexfor** » Tue, 15 Jun 1999 04:00:00

You didn't say anything about 'standard'. You said you would soon be seeing
them and I noted that they are already here. The only way you aren't "seeing
them" is if you aren't paying attention.

Your friend, the one who just bought a computer with "360MB of RAM". Ask him
what the configuration is for the memory. Is it two 180MB chips? Three 120MB
chips? Four 90MB chips? Maybe it's five 72MB chips? I'd be interested to know,
since I can't think of a combination of existing RAM chips that equals 360MB.

Apparently you didn't know it since you had to ask the question. What other
capacity in a computer is measured in GIG?

~daxe

by **Stuart Nicholso** » Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Jeez everyone knows they come from under cabbages. Anyway I've got a PIII
450. What drivers are they talking about in this thread?

> >Gee & I thought the Easter Bunny brought them or was it the
> >tooth fairy.. Yikes this is confusing!!
> >Cheers Thom_j.

> It's a ***. We're out to confuse you!

> ;-)

> The Excelsior

> "ICQ #40620378"

by **Ben Summer** » Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:00:00

I know you can get PII Celeron 400 for about 90

What 400+ Celerons can you get ?? and prices ?????

does anybody know ???

Ben Summers

by **Mark C Dod** » Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Dungeons and Dragons. Six CD's worth. Great game! They have just released a DVD
version.

> >When a game like Baldurs Gate can take up 3 gig on your hard disk there is no such
> >thing as too much!

> What sort of game is this?

> The Excelsior

> "ICQ #40620378"

by **Mark C Dod** » Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:00:00

I get enough ribbing for my spelling already but you must admit that mixing
stalks and storks is funny. No offence given!

> >My daughter will be very upset. I have been telling her its storks who
> >deliver babies and now I find out its stalks. Damn.

> Of course it's storks, I just didn't like his attitude to comment on
> spelling mistakes. After all, there's not much of a need for formality
> on the internet and especially not in Usenet.

> If there were, we'd all be posting messages in HTML, with letter heads
> and all!

> The Excelsior

> "ICQ #40620378"

by **Mark C Dod** » Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Most new video card drivers will support the 3Dnow and SME instructions so some
advantage will be gained for all games. Direct X 7 will boost the perfomance even
more as it is optimised for SME. When a games code is also optimised then the
performance gain is huge.

> So will GPL get a boost from these newer drivers for PIIIs or only
> new games Mark?

> > The Celeron doesn't support the new instructions. Already some of the drivers
> > (TNT 1.88 for instance) use these instruction to gain framerate. Soon games
> > will directly use the instructions to increase frame rate as well. look at the
> > scores for 3DMark 99 when comparing Overclocked Celeron's and PIII's at the
> > same clock speed. The PIII's kill them becuase 3DMark 99 support the new
> > instructions! Overclocked Celerons have had their day in the sun. PIII's ain't
> > perfect but the best choice at the moment. Now if only they would hurry up
> > with the XEON III so I can replace my dual XEON's currently in my games
> > machine......

> > > If I was buying a computer now I'd be looking at the highest of the
> > > Celerons (466?) and OCing it to the max (500+). PIIIs will be more
> > > attractive when the clock speeds start getting over 600. But hopefully
> > > we'll get PIII based Celerons by then :)

> > > > I'm buying a new system soon and had a pentium III 500 in mind, but all
> > > > I hear on this newsgroup is how crappy pentium III's are. What's the
> > > > problem? I'm looking to the future with this one but you guys are making
> > > > me unsure about buying the thing.
> > > > Any comments?
> > > > roy

by **Daxe Rexfor** » Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:00:00

poke poke poke poke....

It's offense.

:o)

~daxe

by **The Excelsi** » Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:00:00

>Dungeons and Dragons. Six CD's worth. Great game! They have just released a DVD
>version.

>> >When a game like Baldurs Gate can take up 3 gig on your hard disk there is no such
>> >thing as too much!

>> What sort of game is this?

>> The Excelsior

>> "ICQ #40620378"

Ahh, good old D&D!

The Excelsior

"ICQ #40620378"

by **The Excelsi** » Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:00:00

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:32:54 -0400, "Daxe Rexford"

>You didn't say anything about 'standard'. You said you would soon be seeing
>them and I noted that they are already here. The only way you aren't "seeing
>them" is if you aren't paying attention.

I most certainly did!

I said: _Nothing above 128MB of RAM is the standard at the moment._

So 128MB of RAM is the _standard_ for now.

And then I said: _Soon we will see virtually every computer have
more._

Thus, soon virtually every computer will have more RAM, also as
standard!

The Excelsior

"ICQ #40620378"