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Discussion in 'General Off-Topic' started by Car crusher, Apr 4, 2014.

  1. redrobin

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    I'm like that will all but one of my laptops, my IBM (Lenovo) Thinkpad R50e. God I hate that thing, it was really fucking slow even in 2004.

    The the laptop I'm most attached to is, strangely, my Dell Latitude D610, and I don't know why. It's a little Pentium M, Windows XP machine, built in 2004, but I can't bring myself to get rid of it. It's just got a sort of... Personality to it, nothing I can explain. I like all of its little faults; its missing F5 key, it's completely shot battery, the fact I have to plug it into a charger to get it to even turn on, the way the finish has worn ever so, the fact it's my only machine with S-video (yes, S-video!), the fact I have to have the screen just so for the wi-fi to work, the list goes on and on. I don't think I'll ever get rid of it, either.

    Oh, it'll also run Minecraft at 14-20 FPS, which isn't bad for a Pentium M @ 1.86 GHz and a GMA 950.
     
  2. Bubbleawsome

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    I like glossy screens. :( I want my next setup to be a triple HP 1440p 25" setup. HP uses the panels that LG makes for Apple IIRC.

    I need more inspiration.
    Boats-910.jpg

    Good comparisons
    http://chunky.llbit.se/path_tracing.html
     
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  3. monte379

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    Hey BlueScreen you better watch out I think someone is taking your identity:p
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  4. Shadowdragon94

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    you know you arte sleep deprovesds when you put the coffee cut in your coffe maker upside down and dont realise it is upside down till you start the xcoffee maker
     
  5. CaffeinatedPixels

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    You know you're sleep deprived when you start screaming at a "broken" computer when you realize you didn't turn it on.

    Like I did this morning.
     
  6. Cwazywazy

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    I know some old macbooks used the NVS 135m (Or whatever it was) like the one my D630 had. It's an okay GPU for watching stuff and light gaming, stays cool, etc. Only problem is that they usually died after about a year. Not good.

    When mine died I reflowed it which gave it another couple months of life, but when it died for good I put an Intel GPU board into it and sold it. My current M4400 has a power sucking GPU that always runs too hot for my tastes. (Uses the same heatsink as the E6500, which has a GPU with a 12w TDP. This is 50w.) But I think part of that is a messed up sensor because when I turn it on out of standby mode and have HWMonitor open I can immediately see the GPU temps which are high 80s-low 90s F instantly. Runs about 130-140f watching Netflix in bed and hits about 190f max in intensive games. I can't undervolt but the closest thing I can do to that is put it in the power saving Pstate and overclock from there. (It can reach higher speeds than stock at a lower voltage, actually. Gives about 4 hours max battery life.)
     
  7. Koenigsegg

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    Please stop the world languages lesson

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    idk i get 60 fps sometimes on arma 2 with the gt 430 on normal.
     
  8. SixSixSevenSeven

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    you need educating.


    Next lesson.

    http://www.google.com
    This is a very useful resource with answers to many questions. Enjoy.
     
  9. CaffeinatedPixels

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  10. BlueScreen

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    I'm gonna mod the crap out of Skyrim again. Gonna try an ENB now I have a GTX 970.

    dis gon look gud
     
  11. Funky7Monkey

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    I'd like to see this...
     
  12. BlueScreen

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    A used X58 board can't be too expensive, just save up a bit and buy one :|
     
  13. Funky7Monkey

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    My parents always seem to own ME money. Then again, I usually have cash.
     
  14. TheAdmiester

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    Does dir A: work?

    If that doesn't work either then the floppy is a bad image or you're looking at the wrong drive letter. Try typing cd B: or cd C: to try other letters.
     
  15. Narwhal

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    windows 3.1 hack. stick the contents of all the floppy images(extract them) in one folder. so when it wants disk 2 you wont have to switch disks.
     
  16. TheAdmiester

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    You don't have a setup.exe on A: from what I can see. Check your other drives for content.
     
  17. BlueScreen

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    $150 for a used board?
    Makes sense, actually. The only cheap X58 boards are Intel boards, which were only shipped as OEM parts.
     
  18. TheAdmiester

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    I just meant check if the floppy is mounted on another letter, because you were looking for a setup.exe that wasn't on drive A.
     
  19. SuperNoob05

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    I just made my first thing in Blender!
    Downscaled from 4k to 1080p :
    4K - Kopie.jpg
    I'm quite impressed by myself, since I just started messing around in Blender until I knew the basics, and then just made this.

    Criticism welcome!
     
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  20. BlueScreen

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    You should be able to return the case and buy an ATX anyway. You could try to find a mATX Intel board, but it won't be easy since they are exclusively OEM products. A dead pre-built with a working mobo is your best chance of finding one.
     
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