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• • Does this work?

  • Hey there, I was just wondering if anyone could see this machine can do the following things.

    Here's the specs first:
    
    Processor: AMD Athlon™ X2 5000+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
    
    Motherboard: [SLI] Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe nForce 570-SLI MCP Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 Dual PCI-E MB
    
    RAM: 2 GB [1 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand
    
    Video cards: 2x NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT 1GB w/ DVI + TV Out Video - running SLI mode
    
    Accessories include:
    
    600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System
    
    TWO 20.1" LCD 16:10 Wide WSXGA HD(HDCP) Monitor Support DVI Video up to 1080P(HDMI)
    
    Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64 Bit
    
    The Power Supply is the standard 420 WATT that comes with the case.
    
    Now, three things. Will VISTA 64bit run completely fine with these parts? AND will the power supply be able to run everything fine? If not, what kind of PSU am I looking for? Also, how do I know if the motherboard and video cards can handle two monitors?
    
    Please advise!

  • Posted: 8/07/08 10:41 PM
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• • Blizzard pisses me off

  • Originally posted by Bronks
    

    And that is your opinion as well. I'm betting any EQ1 vets could definitely argue that EQ1 currently has (and probably always will have) the best end-game raiding ever.

    You talk accomplishment? You've never been in the first wave zoning into the Plane of Fear when the baddies are grouped up en-mass at the portal to wipe you out instantly forcing you into an hours-long corpse recovery with your guild.

    I can also tell you never raided Veeshan's Peak in the days when it was a widely accepted fact that corpse runs were not only impossible, but that you would probably lose your corpse FOREVER. Recovering from this raid was a feeling of accomplishment.

    I can see a feeling of accomplishment in SWP. I would equate it to the feeling of accomplishment for hitting level 70. A quick hurrah for 'beating' it and then lather, rinse and repeat all over again.

    With WoW, once you know the strategy, you are invincible.

     

     

    Sorry. I've never played EQ or EQ2 but what kind of accomplishment is being killed only to corpse run for hours? I, for one, wouldn't play that kind of game.

  • Posted: 7/28/08 10:07 PM
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• • Blizzard pisses me off

  • Originally posted by Retrad
    

    However, they have a nicely polished easy-mode game for casual players, where everyone is an equal and you're only "hardcore" if you raid a lot, which is seriously lame that the only thing to set apart the elite from the scrubs is how many hours you've wasted in that game. And before you go on, yes I know all MMOs the top players have played more then the lesser, but there was a visible difference whether it was in gear or levels. Someone who has been playing only for a year can be as high in levels and as geared out as someone who has been playing since launch and to me that is just pathetic and retarded.

     

    Really now? I've always found it rather encouraging to play the game because of the reason that the veterans do not dominate the new players.

    And someone is going to shoot me for this one but...just like EVE. The Veterans will always be the more powerful. The newbies won't ever work up to the same level as them.

    And imo, that's very very discouraging to play.

    But again, that's just me. I find entertainment in challenging other players of the same level. And when you're actually victorious? It feels that much better.

    Rather than being overly powerful and just curb stomping on the newbies - it can be fun for a short bit, but yeah...

     

  • Posted: 7/28/08 9:36 PM
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• • Blizzard pisses me off

  • Originally posted by Mylon
    

    Blizzard says they're releasing content patches, but from the point of view of a player that did not have the patience to reach level 30, there's nothing new to the game to make it more appealing to me.

    Most of it is small tweaks that don't bother us much. Big deal that the trees got changed and the level 41 skill is different. I never got to try the first one!

    I wanted to try battlegrounds, but all I had was the cruddy, horribly imbalanced CTF (level 30 vs level 25 = pwned, which isn't very fun).

     

    Yeah...I give up.

  • Posted: 7/28/08 9:25 PM
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• • Blizzard pisses me off

  • Originally posted by Wickersham
    

    Originally posted by Oorton
    

    Azeroth being abandoned? Wtf? When WOTLK comes out, you'll see BOTH Outland AND Azeroth being abandoned. Get with the times - things change, work with it or gtfo.

    
     

    I have heard tell that lessons were learned from TBC and this was one of them.  Expect things to be a bit different when WotLK comes out.

     

    Really? How so? I can only see the new Shattrath being the floating city of Dalaran. The Shattrath now will be and will remain empty just like Silvermoon City.

  • Posted: 7/28/08 6:43 PM
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