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Re: i Want one

Post by BBloke » Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:23 am

Yep.. so would I but £150+ is a steep price to pay for the change... I'll keep smoking my pipe though LOL
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Re: i Want one

Post by Del » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:29 pm

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Re: i Want one

Post by xexes » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:03 pm

$250/150 and +1,050 I can get a new XPS gaming pc =D !
Holy snaps that's a lot of ramen's worth of money thou.

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Re: i Want one

Post by LazyEagle » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:10 pm

Tell me Xexes, do you covert all USD prices into units of Ramen Noodles?

How much is a packet of noodles these days?
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Re: i Want one

Post by Johnimus Prime » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:12 pm

I'm sure I read a review in PC Gamer or PC Format that said it was money down the drain for no noticeable difference - you might get 2-3 fps if your lucky, but thats about it
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Re: i Want one

Post by Del » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:25 pm

absomothafuckinlutely!

all it can ever achieve is to a) prioritize the packets between your pc and your router, anything upstream of that is beyond your control, regardless of QoS settings and whatnot and b) offload the work of the networking stack, gaining you a couple of frames if yer lucky

if you are torrenting while gaming for example, you might see some benefit..but if you are torrenting while gaming, you are an idiot!

they tried again w/ a cut down model w/ lower price and no spankity heatsink

money would be better spent on a gfx upgrade, a cpu upgrade or a dsl line upgrade imo
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Re: i Want one

Post by Johnimus Prime » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:54 pm

jased10s wrote:it looks fecking cool tho
But you won't see it in yer box you numpty :lol:

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Re: i Want one

Post by Del » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:55 pm

in that case, add to the cost of it a sidewindow for your case, if you dont have, and a mirror that can be positioned just-so in order for it to be seen. And maybe some ccfl backlighting

or fuckit, a webcam inside the case aimed at the card and a nice wee drive bay monitor so you can admire it and impress your friends (and the chicks, the chicks dig it)

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Re: i Want one

Post by xexes » Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:16 am

LazyEagle wrote:Tell me Xexes, do you covert all USD prices into units of Ramen Noodles?

How much is a packet of noodles these days?
Yes! $0.10 = 0.07£
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My computer has a built in slide-in-slide-out coffee cup holder. How cool is that!

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Re: i Want one

Post by rallfo » Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:15 am

Del wrote:snake oil
Well that fantastic card would be complete only with a proper Denon Link Cable instead of this cheap twisted pair cat 5 nonsense we're made to make do with.

Also Rallfo Enterprises R&D has just released a set of go-faster decals guaranteed to boost your in-game bogomips if you stick them on the side of your monitor (RRP $969.99).
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