i oc'd my laptop gpu (8600m GS) from 500/1000/400 to 550/1620/450/. it hits 80c and no further, but i know that's not acceptable. especially when battery life is concerned.
btw, the core doesn't go any higher than 550 (dunno why) but the shader clock goes to the red line! stable as a british pound, no problems during gaming whatsoeva! i guess you're either lucky or unlucky.
when i run at factory clock settings (including power mizer) the graphics idles down to 175/35...
makes me feel funny.
apparently, she likes it BIG...and BLACK!
looks like she was hit in the face. with a tire!
oh, and who remembers Bowfinger? wasn't it all about a bunch of guys making a movie on the low budget? what was the name of that movie?
chubby rain! hahahah! lolz!
There was a movie, a very famous movie that I saw once. I can't remember the name of it, but basically there was this guy who was captured and tortured to his captors delight. Then he was put in with the rest of the others held captive and he could see how mindless they were. There's a scene where they are all going in a circle, around a post in the center of a courtyard. He has become as mindless as they, and as such was going in that same circle, following their direction.
Slow...
But they would be prolonging the life of the console, which most people would say is a good thing. But it's not. I'd rather see something new in a timely manner, than to do minor upgrades in a smaller time frame, for a much longer stretch before a new "core console" would be released.
Tempting, but look at the PC world. That new motherboard is supposed to last you longer, yet once the socket becomes inadequate (and the bridges/slots become outdated) they've already pluc...
I used to say that I'd save up for the Elite. I think now (with all these speculations and whatnot) I should just stick with what I've got (sorry cousin) and just ride out 360 to the end. I don't know how I'll get by with 360's 20GB, come this fall update. But I'll take saving my pennies now for the next X (or PS) over buying another SKU of a console I already own.
Wise decision, oh young Padowan!
Metroid?! Now I'm offended! That game defined what nextgen should be doing: offering innovative ways to completing the games levels, with tons of hidden extras and all this while you explore gloriously rich and vibrant worlds of wonder. Scanning things and getting info on the various genotypes, species and elements was something I have YET to see an equal of in today's games, Mass Effect coming in very close (yep, Prime and Prime 2 Echoes were HUGE, haven't tried Prime 3 Corruption yet).
I think it might work out pretty well. I'm sure IBM might tie up consoles for a 2nd gen, for their CPUs. CellBE proved that console manufacturers can put server grade components into a video game machine. Though, the learning curve could set the console back a year or so before it produces games that exploit its abilities.
I'm also quite sure that Larrabee (my brother's one-armed teacher was Mrs. Larrabee...memories) will be significantly more powerful in its console variation. N...
something tells me you'd make a good wife. a good enough reason to keep me out of the house, and encourage others not to enter marriage just the same. plus, i'd be cheating on you. with the neighbor. oh, and i'd divorce you. oh, and i'd make sure to slip you a prenup, so i could take your house. and your cats.
oh and on the honey moon, i'd lace the condom with herpes. unless you already have it.
I have this service that Verizon signed me up with. It's called Starz, and basically for 5.99/mo I get unlimited movie rentals. The rentals are DRM protected WMVs, and their license expires in 30 days. But I can re download them after that and get another license for another 30 days. Yes bandwidth limitations come into play, but I'm on a 768kbps DSL connection and I STILL can have 3 new movies (about 1.2 gbs each) waiting for me the next morning after choosing them before I go to bed.
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agreed. That's why I'm pro-Democrats. Plus, my cousin was the governor of Puerto Rico, back in the 60s. Luis Munoz Marin, just keeping the tradition.
I always wondered about that! My Samsung 906bw 19" pc monitor has dynamic contrast, 2000:1 ratio, and a 2ms response. I turn on RTA (response time acceleration) but i do notice banding of colors while certain scenes refresh. And the dynamic contrast thing is bogus, it just dims the screen at the most inopportune moments (horror games, anyone?).
it's low now, it will be higher later. problem really isn't price, it's practicality. basically, that's when the average family decides to put a 1080p screen in their living room AND still hope that their kids go out outside to play with their friends every now and then.
but will THOSE KIDS have a 1080p screen in their own rooms?
(i see a fanboy somewhere has me tracked and is disagreeing with my comments as soon as i post them)
(listening to pandora rad...
man, I kinda hoped these consoles would be around longer. i mean, they already do it all as it is. what more could I want in 5 years.
...well, 5 years is quite a long way to go.
okay, so there's MORE to want from these consoles? sure i mean there will always be more to want, question is where and how will all that become a necessity. gaming is NOT a necessity, though it IS a major medium of entertainment. cd/minidisc was meant to propel music. laser disc/dvd was mea...
In opting for a whole new disc format PLUS a hard disk, PS3 will have an edge in that it never needs to be upgraded. So, x360's only detractor is that it HAS the hard disk, but not a next gen optical disc. But that doesn't seem to limit the games that can be done on the console. We should all understand that space is just space. Having more of it on one disc rather than having 4-5 of another doesn't equate to too much of an advantage.
Conveniences aside, having a single disc yiel...
you PMed me and then blocked me. don't appreciate it. if you're going to spread hate speech, don't hide behind your stupid PMs. don't EVER message me again. i don't need your filth in my PM inbox.
i don't resort to calling names and spreading nonsense, so neither should you. hopefully you won't do something so stupid as to persist at this. i don't want to see you again, so you're on ignore.
don't reply. there's no friend waiting for you here.
PSN exists today because of the ground that Xbox Live broke. Better still, they were both predated by PC online gaming. Even DreamCast had a decent online experience. And PS2 for all its glory didn't come up to Live's par. With PS3, Sony got serious and did the right thing: put online gaming at the FOREFRONT of the console's initiatives. But xbox/x360 has had way too much experience to be put down as just a wannabe.
yeah, XMB is derived from windows mce.
Windows MCE predates Sony's earliest version of the XMB (in the PSP) by roughly a full year. The time it took to copy it, no doubt.
STI created a new architecture for the PC world, and it's advent can be seen as one of the more positive ideas that have been brought to the table, so to speak. Its influence in design will be seen in processors to succeed it, as they begin to surpass the water mark and build on the core initiatives that STI started all those years ago.
However, gaming consoles need to be efficient in their manufacturing process and the parts have to come at reasonable cost. I've gotten used to t...