Nadril

Black Sabbath - Sweet leaf. hehe. 8-)

My god, 3+ hours! That's something :roll: . The DS lite looks incredibly sexy IMO, It's a good looking handheld. And if someone wants they can take those game lists of mine and compose it into ports/not ports. IIRC really the only 'ports' on the DS are Super mario 64, Mario kart and, uh.. yoshi's island? (don't remember). Oh and Final fantasy III.

Guild Wars 2 is still a bit out there, and Wrath of the Lich King is an expansion pack. Hell -- We really don't know much about GW 2 yet, so I won't be holding my breath.

Thats the way I feel really. Even the games that are unique to the system feel like they're something I should have been playing at home years ago when PS1 was out. Completly agreed. I don't know about everyone else but often times when you're using a handheld you don't have time to sit down for hours on end. One of the nice things I always found about the DS is that you could just close the lid and it would pause your game / put the DS into sleep mode. It's a nice little feature that is really nice when you're actually traveling and have to do something else quickly. But as far as the games go like I said before, those people who think that these games like Mario and tetris are of little substance must not have gamed back in the day much. To expand on that most of the DS games actually have a lot of substance in them through the touch screen, it really adds another level to gameplay. Sometimes though I just want to chill back and play something quick and fun. As I said before the DS feels more like a handheld to me than the PSP. Anyways my experience with the PSP has been as far as playing my little brother's one extensively when we were on vacation. One big problem with the PSP is the battery life is abnormal, it doesn't last long until it is gone. My DS (on the other hand) I had last for incredibly long. This thanksgiving I was playing it a lot, and from wens-friday night I was playing it at least 4-5 hours a day while watching TV. It ended up finally dying on me some time (late) friday night, I think I got like 15 hours out of it easily -- maybe more IDK.

I agree that WoW has a lot of bad players but IIRC Guild wars had worse. Just trying to PUG PvP matches in Guild wars was horrible, they just don't listen and absolutely suck. $15 a month is, like, 2 hours of working. It's not a waste of money considering it has an extreme amount of content compared to Guild wars.

If you're hellbent on an f2p game: http://www.anarchy-online.com Amazing Sci-Fi MMO.

Video games sub forum. This arguement is stupid, because you can not compare the two games. Hell, one is an MMO and one isn't for christs sake. WoW stomps on Guild Wars. I played Guild wars in beta and then for another few months but the game just doesn't have that much content. The community as well is incredibly horrible. I liked the idea of PvP but to get on a good PvP guild you need to have a good rank, and to have a good rank you have to try grouping with some of the WORST PvPers in the history of mankind. I have never grouped with a worst set of players before in any game. I had fun when my guild (that I made, at one time we were #350 in the world for GvG) played, but most people got tired and quit so I did too.

^ Meh nightwish is ok, I grew out of them though. Lynard Skynyrd- Freebird. :P

There is better.

Probably, I don't really pay attention to what i have and haven't used :P. I don't think that would work just because it wouldn't really flow well with it.

=D> Evel was a real man. Like others said I don't think anyone else has ever lived their life so fully. R.I.P

^ Ahh.. cuteness...overload. :XD:

I don't see how that's a valid argument. Especially in industrialized western nations with a large christian community (excluding the US), evolution and religion go hand-in-hand. The existence of a God does not automatically exclude the fact evolution happened. This is true and is something so many religious people just don't get. People believing in a God really don't bother me. It's faith and I understand that, some people just need to have something reassuring like that in their life. What I don't get is when they completely ignore the fact that evolution is not real simply because of their religion. I remember reading something a while ago, I don't remember where. The basic premise of it was that if God is all knowing than why couldn't he have simply "jump started" the entire universe, so to speak, and started with just the right materials, timing, whatever so that we would end up where we are now (as humans)? The fact is it would be well within the limits of what an "all knowing" and "all powerful" being can do. I might have gotten a little off-track here but there isn't really anywhere else to post this. As far as the original question goes, no I don't believe in God. To be honest I just really don't have any faith in him and disagree with some points that the church (in general) makes. The biggest thing, of course, however is that I just don't have faith -- and even if God was real I don't know if I could see myself praying to such a thing. For me I'd consider myself a strong atheist because, even though I acknowledge the fact that a god could exist (although highly unlikely) I wouldn't want to have anything to do with this God. At any rate I guess we'll find out the answer when we die. If I wake up after death and it's really hot I'll know the answer. :wink:

You honestly think games such as Mario, Tetris and Yoshi's Island are games of 'little substance'? Likewise WarioWare is a mini games collection (bassicly) so I don't know why you'd bother putting that in. Also a DS really only needs an R4D4 (and the micoSD card to go in it) for most of that stuff. The EZ Flash 3 in 1 is only needed if you want to play GBA ports.

So who's tutorial did you follow? :) Looks like Greg martin's from a glance. Great job for a first image, making a planet is a good idea for a first because it really gets you familiar with the program.

Thanks guys. It's mostly just a WIP because of the no text, I probably won't ever put any on it though. :lol:

Alice in Chains- Junkhead. Love this band. :P

I have to really argue against this. First of all, the games on the DS are really poor? Currently this is the "good" lineup on it: 1. Mario Kart DS DS Nintendo 77 8.9 92.0% 2. Advance Wars: Dual Strike DS Nintendo 60 8.7 90.4% 3. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow DS Konami 70 8.7 90.4% 4. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass DS Nintendo 56 9.1 88.9% 5. New Super Mario Bros. DS Nintendo 79 8.8 88.8% 6. Meteos DS Nintendo 68 8.4 88.6% 7. Planet Puzzle League DS Nintendo 24 10.0 88.1% 8. Kirby: Canvas Curse DS Nintendo 62 8.4 87.6% 9. Elite Beat Agents DS Nintendo 51 8.8 87.0% 10. Animal Crossing: Wild World DS Nintendo 69 8.6 86.4% 11. Tetris DS DS Nintendo 60 8.4 86.3% 12. Super Mario 64 DS DS Nintendo 77 8.6 86.3% 13. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time DS Nintendo 53 8.6 85.5% 14. Pokemon Pearl DS Nintendo 41 8.0 85.3% 15. Pokemon Diamond DS Nintendo 46 8.6 85.3% 16. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin DS Konami 62 8.8 85.1% 17. Metroid Prime: Hunters DS Nintendo 67 8.5 85.0% 18. Tony Hawk's American Sk8land DS Activision 39 8.2 84.8% 19. Nintendogs: Labrador and Friends DS Nintendo 81 8.3 84.5% 20. Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends DS Nintendo 80 8.4 84.4% 21. Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends DS Nintendo 80 8.4 84.4% 22. Picross DS DS Nintendo 37 9.3 83.0% 23. Sonic Rush DS Sega 57 8.5 83.0% 24. Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime DS Square Enix 43 8.2 82.4% 25. Clubhouse Games DS Nintendo 33 8.1 82.3% 26. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney DS Capcom 61 8.4 82.1% 27. Yoshi's Island DS DS Nintendo 49 8.0 82.1% 28. WarioWare: Touched! DS Nintendo 67 8.4 81.9% 29. Lunar Knights DS Konami 41 8.1 81.7% 30. Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords DS D3 41 8.3 81.5% 31. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations DS Capcom 36 9.5 81.1% 32. Metroid Prime Pinball DS Nintendo 60 8.0 81.1% 33. Worms: Open Warfare 2 DS THQ 29 10.0 80.4% 34. Trauma Center: Under the Knife DS Atlus Co. 60 8.4 80.4% 35. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 DS Nintendo 61 8.0 80.2% 36. Age of Empires: The Age of Kings DS Majesco Games 44 8.2 80.0% 37. Sonic Rush Adventure DS Sega 33 -- 80.0% 38. DK Jungle Climber DS Nintendo 28 8.8 79.2% 39. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day DS Nintendo 37 9.2 78.8% 40. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All DS Capcom 54 8.3 78.3% 41. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day DS Nintendo 61 8.2 78.1% 42. Final Fantasy III DS Square Enix 47 8.4 77.7% I went down a little lower (to 77%) just because a few of those are still good buys. Now, I know you have this image in your head that the DS is for kids. But in reality the really only 'kids' games on that list could be Nintendo dogs and pokemon, but even then adults love them. The fact that you think series such as Sonic, Mario and such are 'kids' game really shows how ignorant you are -- or at the least you are young enough not to really remember when those games were common. Now, here is the PSP list down to about 79%. 1. Lumines PSP Ubisoft 77 7.9 90.3% 2. Wipeout Pure PSP SCEA 77 8.1 88.8% 3. Tekken: Dark Resurrection PSP Namco Bandai Games America 62 8.5 88.6% 4. Ridge Racer PSP Namco 72 8.0 88.6% 5. Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness PSP NIS America 28 9.0 87.7% 6. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions PSP Square Enix 40 9.5 87.7% 7. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories PSP Rockstar Games 85 8.2 87.4% 8. Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror PSP SCEA 59 8.4 87.3% 9. Burnout Legends PSP EA Games 69 8.6 87.0% 10. Jeanne D'Arc PSP SCEA 46 8.1 86.8% 11. Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow PSP SCEA 24 8.3 86.7% 12. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops PSP Konami 58 8.7 86.4% 13. Daxter PSP SCEA 71 8.6 86.2% 14. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters PSP SCEA 61 8.3 86.0% 15. Virtua Tennis: World Tour PSP Sega 49 8.3 85.9% 16. Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles PSP Konami 23 10.0 85.6% 17. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories PSP Rockstar Games 58 8.2 85.4% 18. Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords PSP D3 31 7.7 85.4% 19. LocoRoco PSP SCEA 75 8.1 85.2% 20. Mega Man Powered Up PSP Capcom 37 8.0 83.7% 21. MLB 06: The Show PSP SCEA 35 7.4 83.6% 22. Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix PSP Activision 70 7.7 83.1% 23. Crush PSP Sega 38 7.0 83.1% 24. X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse PSP Activision 41 7.9 83.0% 25. OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast PSP Sega 38 7.1 82.7% 26. Sega Genesis Collection PSP Sega 20 7.9 82.2% 27. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006 PSP THQ 36 7.6 82.1% 28. Sid Meier's Pirates! PSP 2K Games 32 7.2 82.0% 29. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance PSP Activision 20 8.3 82.0% 30. Lumines II PSP Buena Vista Games 48 7.7 81.9% 31. Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee PSP SCEA 62 7.9 81.9% 32. MLB PSP SCEA 33 7.4 81.6% 33. SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo PSP SCEA 53 7.6 81.6% 34. Gitaroo Man Lives! PSP Koei 46 7.7 81.5% 35. The Warriors PSP Rockstar Games 40 6.9 81.4% 36. Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 PSP Konami 25 5.6 81.4% 37. Worms: Open Warfare 2 PSP THQ 27 9.5 81.3% 38. SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 PSP SCEA 33 8.1 81.1% 39. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 PSP EA Sports 21 7.9 80.8% 40. Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth PSP Square Enix 49 7.9 80.7% 41. Madden NFL 07 PSP EA Sports 21 6.7 80.5% 42. Metal Gear Acid 2 PSP Konami 61 7.9 80.3% 43. Mega Man Maverick Hunter X PSP Capcom 41 8.4 80.3% 44. Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX PSP Capcom 39 7.9 80.1% 45. Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure PSP Mastiff 38 7.1 79.9% 46. Twisted Metal: Head-On PSP SCEA 55 8.0 79.9% 47. Killzone: Liberation PSP SCEA 59 8.2 79.7% 48. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 PSP EA Sports 25 6.4 79.6% 49. SSX On Tour PSP EA Sports Big 25 7.3 79.4% 50. Brave Story: New Traveler PSP Xseed Games 31 9.0 79.4% My problem really with it is that it seems like there is an unecisary amount of sports games and such. There are still a lot of good games on the system. Maybe it is just me but I really find the DS library superior (although both library's are quite good). To be honest the biggest thing I like about the DS is it doesn't just try to be a mini console. I know a lot of people enjoy that sort of thing, but honestly the PSP at most times just feels like I'm carrying a mini PS1 around instead of a new handheld console.

Oh, four of them, completely missed it. (thought it was 2) At any rate I guess a 1.6kw PSU would be the best you could get for it.

If it has been getting noticably slower over the past month than I would put my money on a virus. Run a virus scan and see if it finds anything.

Just something I've been working on. No text as of yet, don't really have a good place to put it that will flow well with the sig. Any crits? I'm liking it so far, its a bit of a different style than I normally do for abstracts.

You.. applied a filter to runescape images. I guess you did recolor it as well (really easy) but still, its not that good. Try and do more of your own artwork.

Guns 'n Roses- Welcome to the jungle. 8-)

I used to be a bit on the fence about this (leaning towards the PSP) until I got my hands on a DS. At first my roomate just got one, and got Phantom Hourglass for it. It was at that moment that all my complaints about the touch screen being gimmicky vanished, as that game used it brilliantly. In reality I enjoy the DS over the PSP for several reasons. The first, to be honest, is cosmetic. Because the DS (lite) folds into its self it protects the screen whenever it is in your pocket. The PSP to me feels more of just a 'mini console' than it does an actual handheld, because it seems more fitting to be carried in a case. The new slim model at least changed up its size but the screen still is too unprotected for my likings and gets dirty easy. (going off of my little brothers PSP I have used in the past). Game wise it's a difficult decision. Both handhelds have matured well, however, I still think I enjoy the DS's library over the PSP. The big reason is that it seems like a lot of big name games on the PSP are simply remakes of older PS1 games. I won't lie, the DS has it's good share of remakes as well but overall it seems like there is a bit more originality stemming from the system. Games like new super mario bros were a breath of fresh air. (even if it was another mario game). Likewise the remakes are done well, such as Super mario 64 DS and Mario Kart. Homebrew is the next, very major, thing. While the PSP can effectively run 'better' homebrew (I speak from a purely technical standpoint) it is also much more dangerous to homebrew on a PSP. You need to modify firmware which means that some games of yours may just not work at all. To be honest I just don't see the PSP with that large of a homebrew community. Well, than we have the DS. For something like $70 (an R4DS card + EZ Flash 3 and 1 + 2GB microSD) you can have all of the features of the PSP and much more. While the PSP means you need to modify firmware with the DS all you have to do is put in the cartridge and you're good to go. The DS has an incredibly large homebrew community, and there are tons of great ports for the system. Doom, quake, Duke nukem 3D... they've all been ported over to the DS. Likewise there are web browsers for the DS, word processers (yes), and even paint programs that really transform what the DS can do. Of course there are also completly homebrew games, some which are quite good. Because of the touch screen it really allows homebrew devs to have some fun and really innovate. Likewise it is easy to run SNES emulation, GBA emulation (with the EZFlash) and even DS emulation for you dirty pirates out there. There are other emulators as well in works (IIRC There is a genesis one in the works atm) if you just look around. Price wise the DS, obviously, wins. For $130 for the system its a great buy, Hell I got the DS and 3 good games for under $200. That's what I think at least. Trying to not have much bias, but it's hard considering how much fun the DS really is.

Just a 1KW PSU? I believe that a 8800 requires about 300 Watts just to power itself, I guess the 2900XT's are roughly the same. And for four of them you'd be looking at about 1.2KW, just to power the Graphics Cards alone. You'd probably need a 2KW PSU just to be on the safe side. Lol! A 2kW PSU? IIRC those don't even exist for PC's. The most you will EVER need is, honestly, an 800-900w PSU.