16-color mode
 

I have been in 16-color mode for about a week and a half now due to a problem with either my video card or a display adapter... so until I take my machine to a Gateway Country Store, I can't play Kingdoms, or any server, for that matter. [SARCASM]Just don't miss me too much, ok?[/SARCASM]

Do you have a video card, or is it onboard?

Onboard? ...I think I have a video card. Not sure...
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 MODEL 64
What is onboard? xD

Wow TNT2. You find them in ceral boxes now.

Re: 16-color mode
 

All Gateway retail stores closed on April 9th.

Re: 16-color mode
 

OUCH!
Gateway makes the like... worst computers ever
o.o
comparable to E-machines
lol

Re: Re: 16-color mode
 

Nothing is worse than an E-Machine.......But GateWay isnt far above it............All gateway store closed on the 9th. So your screwed.

E-Machine lol You can probably build one yourself with spare parts in your garage.

Ironic too that Gateway bought eMachines.

woo, doesn't that make Gateway the WORST computer manufacturer now? oy, my gateway had so many problems, I unloaded it on my parents, and got a new computer... but now my parents can't handle it's crappiness, so they're going to get a new one this summer
lol
and they only use it for e-mail, and digital pictures XD

Yeah, Gateway... apparently 5 years ago it was a formidable contender?
Now, it's crap.
I should get a Dell.

You should build one yourself.

If only I knew how.

if you're going to spend over $1,000 on a desktop, I STRONGLY recomend a sony system...
http://www.vaio.net/

but under $1k, Dell seems fine

Open instructions, read instructions, put part a into part b and part c into part d. It's excruciatingly simple.

The putting together is not what I find hard, its the buyin of compatible parts.

What is hard to understand? Today you need to start with a chassis. From there you add a PSU over 300W. (I highly suggest you do no buy a Generic PSU, for they are cheep, but burn out quickly)

After that, decide if you want a Intel or AMD processor. For gaming, I suggest AMD.

Then get a motherboard from ASUS, or another motherboard maker that has a motherboard compatible for your CPU. I also would like to point out that you should get something that supports 8xAGP. :)

Then you want some memory. I am getting new kingston sticks soon, but what you get is up to you. Low-end pc2100, or high-end pc3200.
Then you get your Harddrive, Floppy drive, and your DVD/CD player/burner, and any other do-dads you want.

Next step is to buy a graphics card. ATI or Nvidia.
I prefer ATI, and have a Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro. (XT is well, too expensive)


If you don't feel comfortable installing this hardware I suggest you seek professional asstiance from local computer stores or friends.

Oh, and one more thing. You should wait until after the summer for a new computer. PCI Express will be out and will defidently be worth buying. You might even wait until christmas for the prices to drop.

Finally, this is an awsome website for benchmarks and whatnot:
www.tomshardware.com

AGP 3.0/8x provides little improvements over 2.0/4x, and in the end only changes the possible bandwidth and the voltage spec. What you really want is a board that supports PCI-Express.

Don't use Tom's; they fudge a lot of results and are Intel-biased.

www.anandtech.net Much better.

I think you mean www.anandtech.com

www.anandtech.net is for sale 0.o;

Yeah yeah it's hot out and I've been working all day so go eat some fudge or something. :( :( :(

What is it with you and fudge, dude?

Fudge is good. And it's chocolate. And it's easter. :cool:

If you are using a 8x agp card with a 4xagp motherboard you get like, a quarter of the quality.

And yes, they are sorta biased, but I dont listen to them about intel.

A quarter?

More like 90-95%. The difference is negligible at best.

Are you retarded? There wouldnt be an 8xagp if it was no better than 4x. The difference may seem small to you, but there is a big difference in the quality and performance.

No more than you are.

Hello, marketing? Public relations called, they want a new sales push.


The difference is a grand total of like, 1.2GB/sec of total data transfer out of a total of 6-something. It's not that big of a difference, dude.

edit: Having Farva and Mac in your sig does not qualify you to act dumb. :(

Facts please.

Re: 16-color mode
 

LOL thats funny

I am in love with the Dell Dimension XPS. Maybe I should get one.

Maybe you shouldn't, they're pieces of crap.

Go buy whatever PC you like and that you know you'll be happy with.

Good luck! :D

Didnt read the threat at all cause i was to lazy but yeah
maybe just something changed while instaling a game or so ...

well
-EsCanavi

I know how to change the color settings... The problem is that when I try to change them, it asks me to restart my computer, and then it either never loads windows, or it does load it, and then a message tells me there is something wrong with my display settings, and that it doesn't work with my hardware... though it should...

Kamuii, spark is trying to make me remove my super troopers sig. :(