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In an effort to try and cater more to the average user, I'm asking everyone here to fill out the following survey:

Current gaming setup:
What graphics card do you use?
What resolution do you run your games in?
How much memory do you have?
What processor do you have?
Do you have a CD or DVD drive?
How much free space do you have on your hard drive?
What Operating System do you use?
Do you have an expansion soundcard installed such as a Soundblaster or X-Fi? If so, what kind?
Do you have a surround sound setup? If so, how many channels?

Are you going to buy a new computer within the next year? If so, please answer the following questions:
What graphics card(s) do you plan on buying?
How much memory will you buy?
What processor will you buy?
Will you have a sound card in this new system? If so, what kind?
Will you have a DVD drive?
Will you have Windows Vista installed?
Will you have a surround sound system with this new computer? If so, how many channels?

Do you have the following applications:
7-Zip?
Winrar?
Winzip?
DVD authoring software?
Bit Torrent or something capable of joining a torrent swarm?

  • 07.18.2006 10:38 PM PDT
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What graphics card do you use: Nvidia 6800 PCI-E 256MB.
What resolution do you run your games in: Highest possible in regards to FPS.
How much memory do you have: 1024MB DDR2 @ 533Mhz.
What processor do you have: 3.4Ghz P4 w/HT 2MB cashe.
Do you have a CD or DVD drive: DVD drive.
How much free space do you have on your hard drive: 100+ GB
What Operating System do you use: Windows XP Pro, w/ Sp2
Do you have an expansion soundcard installed such as a Soundblaster or X-Fi? If so, what kind: Soundblaster.
Do you have a surround sound setup? If so, how many channels?

Are you going to buy a new computer within the next year? If so, please answer the following questions:
What graphics card(s) do you plan on buying: A Dx10
How much memory will you buy: 2+GB
What processor will you buy: AMD AM2 4000+ or something like that
Will you have a sound card in this new system? If so, what kind: Probably the same one. Sound Blaster.
Will you have a DVD drive: Yes
Will you have Windows Vista installed: Likely
Will you have a surround sound system with this new computer? If so, how many channels?

Do you have the following applications:
7-Zip: Yes
Winrar: Yes
Winzip: Yes
DVD authoring software: Yes
Bit Torrent or something capable of joining a torrent swarm: Hell yes..

Hope that helps.

  • 07.18.2006 10:44 PM PDT

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Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

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In an effort to try and cater more to the average user, I'm asking everyone here to fill out the following survey:

Current gaming setup:
What graphics card do you use? geforce go 7900gtx
What resolution do you run your games in? 1920x1200 if i can
How much memory do you have? 2 gigs
What processor do you have? core duo t2400
Do you have a CD or DVD drive? dvd burner
How much free space do you have on your hard drive? 41.5 out of a 100 gig hdd
What Operating System do you use? XP pro
Do you have an expansion soundcard installed such as a Soundblaster or X-Fi? If so, what kind? no
Do you have a surround sound setup? If so, how many channels? no

Do you have the following applications:
7-Zip? no
Winrar? yes
Winzip? no
DVD authoring software? yes(what i got with my laptop)
Bit Torrent or something capable of joining a torrent swarm? yes

  • 07.18.2006 11:13 PM PDT
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Current gaming setup:
What graphics card do you use? ATi Radeon 9800XT
What resolution do you run your games in? 1280x1024
How much memory do you have? 1gb
What processor do you have? P4 3.2ghz Northwood
Do you have a CD or DVD drive? DVD
How much free space do you have on your hard drive? 72gb
What Operating System do you use? XP Home
Do you have an expansion soundcard installed such as a Soundblaster or X-Fi? If so, what kind? Audigy 2ZS
Do you have a surround sound setup? If so, how many channels? 5.1

Are you going to buy a new computer within the next year? If so, please answer the following questions: (this is in less than a month)
What graphics card(s) do you plan on buying? GeForce 7600GT/7900GT (havent decided)
How much memory will you buy? 2GB
What processor will you buy? AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
Will you have a sound card in this new system? If so, what kind? X-Fi Extreme Music
Will you have a DVD drive? DVD/RW dual-layer
Will you have Windows Vista installed? when it comes out
Will you have a surround sound system with this new computer? If so, how many channels?no

Do you have the following applications:
7-Zip? no
Winrar? yes
Winzip? no
DVD authoring software? yes
Bit Torrent or something capable of joining a torrent swarm? no

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  • 07.19.2006 7:25 AM PDT
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Posted by: Zeph
In an effort to try and cater more to the average user, I'm asking everyone here to fill out the following survey:

Current gaming setup:
What graphics card do you use? Geforce 2
What resolution do you run your games in? Dunno
How much memory do you have? 384 MB
What processor do you have? Dunno
Do you have a CD or DVD drive? DVD
How much free space do you have on your hard drive? 10 GB
What Operating System do you use? Win 2000 Pro
Do you have an expansion soundcard installed such as a Soundblaster or X-Fi? If so, what kind? Nope
Do you have a surround sound setup? If so, how many channels? Nope

Are you going to buy a new computer within the next year? If so, please answer the following questions:
What graphics card(s) do you plan on buying? Radeon 9800XT
How much memory will you buy? 1GB
What processor will you buy? Dunno
Will you have a sound card in this new system? If so, what kind? Yes, Dunno
Will you have a DVD drive? Yes
Will you have Windows Vista installed? Hopefully
Will you have a surround sound system with this new computer? If so, how many channels? Dont know what that means

Do you have the following applications:
7-Zip? No
Winrar? Yes
Winzip? Yes
DVD authoring software? Yes
Bit Torrent or something capable of joining a torrent swarm? Yes

I hope your'e going to actually use that for something

  • 07.19.2006 7:41 AM PDT
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Current gaming setup:
What graphics card do you use: BFGtech 6600gt
What resolution do you run your games in:The best for frame rates and eye candy(lol)
How much memory do you have:1gb
What processor do you have:AMD 64 3500+
Do you have a CD or DVD drive:I have a combo that does both very nicely
How much free space do you have on your hard drive:about 140 gb
What Operating System do you use:XP Home Edition
Do you have an expansion soundcard installed such as a Soundblaster or X-Fi? If so, what kind?
Do you have a surround sound setup? If so, how many channels:7.1

  • 07.19.2006 8:00 AM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Current gaming setup:
What graphics card do you use?Radeon 9600XT All in Wonder 128MB
What resolution do you run your games in?1024x768
How much memory do you have?1.5GB
What processor do you have?Intel P4 3.0Ghz 800FSB w/HT
Do you have a CD or DVD drive?A DVD drive and a DVD burner
How much free space do you have on your hard drive? 25GB on my gaming HDD
What Operating System do you use? XP Media Center Edition 2005 and Windows Vista Beta 2
Do you have an expansion soundcard installed such as a Soundblaster or X-Fi? No
Do you have a surround sound setup? No


Are you going to buy a new computer within the next year? No, just upgrading my current one.
What graphics card(s) do you plan on buying?Radeon X800 All in Wonder
How much memory will you buy? 1-2 1GB sticks
Will you have Windows Vista installed? Yes as soon as my college gets it.

Do you have the following applications:
7-Zip? No.
Winrar? Yes
Winzip? No.
DVD authoring software? Yes, Nero
Bit Torrent or something capable of joining a torrent swarm? Yes, bit comet


There ya go. Winrar really takes care of most things, and XP/Vista has built in .zip support.

  • 07.19.2006 8:25 AM PDT
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Maw

What graphics card do you use?---- Radeon X1300
What resolution do you run your games in?-------800x600
How much memory do you have?------1 gigabyte
What processor do you have?--------AMD Athlon 64
Do you have a CD or DVD drive?-------DVD-RW
How much free space do you have on your hard drive?-------160GB.
What Operating System do you use?--------Windows XP Home
Do you have an expansion soundcard installed such as a Soundblaster or X-Fi? If so, what kind?----------nope
Do you have a surround sound setup? If so, how many channels?-----------nope


I am not getting another computer in the next year.

  • 07.19.2006 11:13 AM PDT

[quote]Posted by: trekkie
What graphics card do you use?---- Radeon X1300
What resolution do you run your games in?-------800x600
How much memory do you have?------1 gigabyte
What processor do you have?--------AMD Athlon 64

System :

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2 installed.


EMachines T3256 AMD Athlon {tm} XP 3200+

2.21 Ghz, 448 MB of RAM

Direct X 9.0c

NVIDIA GeForce 4 Intergreted chip- Video

Run games at 800x600

NVIDIA(R) nForce (TM) Audio- Sound

Xbox 360 Wired Controller gamepad

Microsoft trackball optical mouse

Eclipse Keyboard


Game video settings : high

Game sound settings : high

Game controls : Default

Mouse settings : 10 & 10

Halo PC & CE names : GL»§nø®k¥

Network settings : Cable/DSL High

Halo CE color Sage / blue

Halo PC color Colbalt/ Blue

McAfee security system : running and installed

Desktop theme : Windows Vista

Internet Browser theme: Firefox Vista

And a picture! This is all that i can think of to do!
Getting a new computer next year!

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  • 07.19.2006 12:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: Zeph

Current gaming setup:
What graphics card do you use? ATI X800XL 256mb PCI-E
What resolution do you run your games in?1024x768-1600x1200
How much memory do you have?2x512mb DDR400
What processor do you have?AMD Athlon 64 3700+
Do you have a CD or DVD drive?CD-RW, DVD-ROM
How much free space do you have on your hard drive?35+GB
What Operating System do you use?Windows XP Pro SP2
Do you have an expansion soundcard installed such as a Soundblaster or X-Fi? If so, what kind?X-Fi Xtreme Music
Do you have a surround sound setup? If so, how many channels?N/A

What graphics card(s) do you plan on buying?X1800XT, X1900GT
How much memory will you buy?2x512mb DDR400
What processor will you buy?N/A
Will you have a sound card in this new system? If so, what kind?N/A
Will you have a DVD drive?N/A
Will you have Windows Vista installed?Possibly
Will you have a surround sound system with this new computer? If so, how many channels?N/A

Do you have the following applications:
7-Zip?
Winrar?Yes
Winzip?
DVD authoring software?Yes
Bit Torrent or something capable of joining a torrent swarm?Yes

  • 07.19.2006 12:47 PM PDT
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DAHHAHAHA I LIKE APPLES!

OMFG ROFL

  • 07.19.2006 1:33 PM PDT
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Current gaming setup:
What graphics card do you use? GeForce 6200 OC AGP
What resolution do you run your games in?600 X 800
How much memory do you have?256 MB RAM
What processor do you have?Pentium 4 2.80 GHz
Do you have a CD or DVD drive?both
How much free space do you have on your hard drive?22 GB
What Operating System do you use?Windows XP Home SP2
Do you have an expansion soundcard installed such as a Soundblaster or X-Fi? If so, what kind?No
Do you have a surround sound setup?No


What graphics card(s) do you plan on buying?GeForce Go 7400 TC,GeForce Go 7600
How much memory will you buy?1 GB RAM
What processor will you buy?Duo Core T2600
Will you have a sound card in this new system? If so, what kind?Probably
Will you have a DVD drive?Yeah
Will you have Windows Vista installed?Possibly
Will you have a surround sound system with this new computer? If so, how many channels?No

Do you have the following applications:
7-Zip?idk
Winrar?idk
Winzip?I think,not 2 sure...
DVD authoring software?idk
Bit Torrent or something capable of joining a torrent swarm?idk

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Posted by: xTRIGGER092x
D.I.C.K.S

  • 07.19.2006 1:34 PM PDT
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What the? I never said that! All you did was edit what I said and quoted it!

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Posted by: xTRIGGER092x
BIG DICKS!

  • 07.19.2006 1:47 PM PDT
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Posted by: xTRIGGER092x
What the? I never said that! All you did was edit what I said and quoted it!


What? Who are you talking to?

Anyways, thanks for all who replied. Not as many replies here as in other places, but it still helps in knowing how far we can push content without having too many people freak out when it blows up their computer.

  • 07.20.2006 4:43 AM PDT
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Compaq Presario v2000 Notebook Computer

GPU: (Integrated) Mobility ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
Res: 1280x1024, or 14:1 widescreen aspect ratio if avalible
Mem: 512 physical DDR2 RAM, 380 avalible RAM (my GPU sucks half off)
CPU: AMD Turion64 Mobile Technology ML-32 @ 1.8GHz
Optical Drive: 12x DVDR+RW/CD drive
HD: 60GB HD 79% filled
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2
Soundcard: Integrated
Surround: 2-channel surround

No new computer, however, I will upgrade the RAM to 1gig and install Vista (either Home Premium or Ultimate).

Following apps:

Winzip
Sonic DVD Creator

  • 07.20.2006 4:03 PM PDT
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Just a little thing to say, dvd drives are standard now, cd drives are pretty danm hard to find...to me it is...

I got a p4 2.8 ghz processor, 512mb ram, dvd drive, 80 gb hdd, Geforce 6600, and some random 5.1 surround sound card my dad had...i dont plan opn buying a new computer in the next year or so, but im probably gonna completely redo my comp...more ram, new hdd, new monitor, windows vista, etc

(p.s.- i already have vista and right now it is meh, i am dual booting vista beta 2 and Windows xp home.)

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  • 07.20.2006 4:32 PM PDT
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What graphics card do you use? Leadtek 7600GT
What resolution do you run your games in? 1284 x 960
How much memory do you have? 2.0 GB
What processor do you have? AMD Athlon 4200 X2
Do you have a CD or DVD drive? yes
How much free space do you have on your hard drive? 234 GB
What Operating System do you use? XP pro
Do you have an expansion soundcard installed such as a Soundblaster or X-Fi? no
Do you have a surround sound setup? If so, how many channels? no

  • 07.20.2006 5:52 PM PDT