Eldrad_Ulthran

At that price range...you won't get anything other than intergrated graphics unless you get a custom PC. If you can stretch your budget by 100 or so dollars, you can put together something decent. You won't want to skimp on the processsor (I recommend an e4300) or the video card (You'll want something better than a 6600gt, which is what my old PC used to have, and i could barely play on min. settings). Go to tomshardware or hardocp, and browse the forums for a better idea of what to put in your pc.

XP, hands down. That is, unless you want to play Halo 2 on pc...

I'm tired of dissecting your posts quote by quote, since you've continued to make the same points over and over. In one ear, and out the other... But I'll give it another shot. Here goes nothing... Rares used to be a risky proposition. Around the time of the dupe, rares weren't a good idea, but those who bought rares then are very rich now. No, it isn't. If someone joins runescape in its infancy, they will have to work harder to raise skills and earn money. There will be less money in the game, therefore, raw materials will cost more, and the player will have to spend more time to earn a substantial amount. People would spend weeks, and even months trying to earn full rune in the days of yore. Someone who were to start playing today can earn full rune in a few days of light playing. I won't even start on certs... The point is that Runescape must be updated over time, and some of these updates make the game unbalanced. For the gameplay to remain the same for all users, regardless of join date, Jagex would have to abandon all plans of updating the game. Apparently you don't understand the function of rares in the economy. No GP would be lost, you say? If all the rares in the game were deleted, then raw materials would skyrocket, and the game would become completely unbalanced. Wasn't the whole point of this to make the game more balanced? Prices would drop because rares would no longer be rare. If a price cap was set on rares, then rares would just keep falling in value, instead of stablizing somewhere below the shop price (because rares have no practical use). If this is your idea of an open economy, then I'd hate to see you work at Jagex... Your dragon chain arguement is also absurd. The dragon chain is a psuedo-rare. It was a failed attempt by Jagex at creating an uber-item. The dragon chain sucks as armour, and it isn't very desireable item aesthetically, so it cannot be compared to rares. So to go back to your original point - "rares were/are an unfair advantage." This may be true, but out of everything in the RS world, rares are not the worst offenders. Slayer, Runecrafting, the KQ - they all gave people who were around first an opportunity to become extremely rich, for a relatively low amount of time spent. Rares make the economy interesting. To remove them from the game would not only cause many people to quit, it would also destroy the somewhat balanced game that is RuneScape.

Why are rares status symbols? Possibly because they can't be obtained through conventional means, no? So, you're saying that someone who has just started should have the same benefits as someone who stuck around from the beginning? The early bird is the one who catches the worm, just like the investor who bought stocks in a company's infancy is the one who gets rich. It is impossible to make a game the same for two people that have joined at different times. MMO's are constantly changing - by your logic, Jagex should bring charging / other unrelated bugs back so that newbies can have a chance at them. If Runescape never were to change, how many people would play it? The fact that Jagex has made so many mistakes is what keeps it interesting.

The notion that a MMORPG can be perfectly balanced is one that is absurd at best. The only reason why rares have any sort of value is because they are no longer obtainable by any other means save for trading. Creating a shop that allows anyone to buy a rare is completely pointless - since rares have no practical use, nobody would bother to buy them. If rares are no longer rare, people will spend their money elsewhere. Wow. So, you think time spent should determine how well you do in a game? What about skill? Most of runescape is mindless clicking, but if you have some intelligence, you can get much further in the game than someone else who raises levels without any sort of goal in mind. Ah, but you have 99 crafting. Maybe you should spend less time clicking and more time thinking about your posts.

Wii ftw! Nintendo looks like they've done it this time. Besides, who needs consoles when you have a pc? :roll:

If there's another dupe..I hope that Jagex has the sense to roll back... As for phats in the future? They will probably skyrocket in price, and hit the 2b money cap. As for rune becoming a standard in RS? Not likely, as it has limited usefullness. (BTW, the price of rune will never fall to 50k, cause of high alching.. :? )

As Jagex stated..the primary goal of this update was to restrict autoers. By making pure essence p2p, they did indeed accomplish their goal, but, since most essence is brought into the game by f2pers, the price of essence (and everything else linked to it...specifically nature runes) will shoot up. This should limit the amount of cash brought into the economy, which, in turn, will slow down inflation? Hrm...maybe it was a good idea after all? OT: To the creator of this topic - You should really take the time to read your own posts. How can you criticize others when you resort to name-calling, bolded words, and capital letters while arguing? BTW... Kirby > you.

I started playing in 2001, when I didn't have the internet at home.. Times have really changed.. *Insert nasty remark about Jagex or the terrible state of the community here*

Self suffiecient = inefficient. Earn money, pay others do the dirty work. It would take decades to level up skills if you were to harvest all of the resources yourself.

Aww shucks, it's an Xbox fanboy... Did you know that PS2 sold 75 million units wordwide, whereas xbox only sold 15? Do you know how much money microsoft lost on Xbox, and will lose on the 360? Do you realize that Japanese gamers don't give a monkey's behind for North American games? I didn't think so. *Slaps c4* TWO 7800's? :shock: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? (and what did you get in 3dmark 05?) All I can say is this. If the 360 can beat out two 7800's, (which I sincerely doubt), then imagine the kind of loss Microsoft will take on each system. More CPUs doesn't mean much today, since most games are GPU bound. Three processors doesn't mean much, especially since it will take programmers a few years until they can fully utilize the 360's power. (And by then, computers will have long surpassed the 360). The bottom line is, Xbox 360 will be a good bargain for the price, but in terms of gameplay, it will be surpassed by PCs, PS3, and Revolution.

Go with the 6600 GT for sure, as it is a generation newer than the dying 9800. As for games? Warcraft 3 is a great rts game, although it barely requires the 6600 gt. The total war series of games are all great, and I strongly recommend Rome : Total War. AOE 3 and B&W2 are coming out soon, so you'll have those to look forward to. As for FPSes, Battlefield is quite the experience. You can't go wrong with Half life 2 (and CS:S). Far Cry is also a fun little adventre.. :P

Its something to do with norton products. Try uninstalling then reinstalling your norton products, that should do the trick.

You could just give your friend a hug and hope he forgives you.. :) He could just use his normal composite video cable, and he can plug his GC into a VCR or a newer tv...

Well, given your abysmal knowledge of computers...it isn't a good idea. You can turn it off in the BIOS, which can usually be accesed by pressing del when your computer starts up. If del doesnt work, your computer will probably tell you which key to hit when it posts. DON'T MESS AROUND WITH OTHER SETTINGS IN YOUR BIOS. YOU'LL PROBABLY MESS UP YOUR COMPUTER!!!111oneoneone.

Yeah, I was thinking of getting a bottom-of-the line agp 8x mobo... Bleh....life is unfair... :?

Yeah, the cables are plugged in alright, and to make sure it wasn't a power supply issue, I took a connector from a cd drive. The fan on the card spins, but still, no display. I think it's posting now, because i can hear a bleep... :( THe card is agp 8x...but shouldn't it be backwards compatible?

Well, I recently bought a MSI geforce 6600gt. When I plug it into my computer, it doesn't work. I hear all the normal noises of my system booting up, however, no picture shows up on my monitor. The fan on the card runs when I plug the card in the agp (4x) slot, but not when I connect the Molex connector. What should i do?? :cry:

Well, it would help to tell us what kind of parts you're using...

Keep in mind that I'm canadian...300 CDN doesnt go nearly as far as 300USD would... Anyways, is it worth it to shell out even more for a vanilla x800? So many choices... :?

Well, I'm looking to spend around 300 CDN... And the 6600 im looking at is a gigabyte 6600 GT. After looking at the benchmarks, im leaning towards the gt....

I could..except that my mobo doesn't support SLI, and for that money, i would be better off getting a 7800... :(

Well, its been 3 years since I got my computer. After launching hl2, and waiting for what seemed an eternity, I've finally decided to get a new video card. I am considering the Sapphire atlantis 9800 Pro, (w/256megs of RAM), and I was wondering what you guys thought of it. I run a 2ghz P4 w/512 RAM... Anyways, if i shouldn't get this card, what should i get? Is it worth it to shell out a bit more money for a 6600? (Im paying 260 CDN, tax included)

As bman wrote, giving your computer a tune up would be a good idea. As for defragging, a good program is this Also, get tunexp, if you're running Windows Xp. It can tweak your system, and give it an added boost in performance. Just be careful when playing around with the options. It can be found ]here.

Yup, those Wal-Mart HD's are amazing, aren't they.. :?