Out of the Blue

[Nov 17, 2004, 09:22 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Wow, I have to say, I am pretty damn blown away by how incredible Half-Life 2 is.... The only thing more impressive than turning out such an effort is doing so after managing to do so much to raise expectations in advance. Just.... wow.

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Nov 18, 2004, 09:25

Zathrus

Worse, Athlons are probably the most power-hungery CPU ever. You sure about that? Thank you. I was going to beat him about the head for that. P4's have been running hotter (and thus using more power) than Athlon XPs, much less Athlon 64s, for quite some time. The crap about Athlons running so hot started because they were running hotter than P3s (not P4s) and they didn't have a thermal limiter diode (remedied in the XP), so they wouldn't self-limit/turn off if they were running too hot. Oh... and I'm running an Athlon64 3000+, 1G RAM, GF 6800GT, hard drive, and DVD+/-RW drive all on a 300W PSU. It used to be that you had to be careful about the 12V line, but I haven't seen a PSU made in the past 2-3 years that didn't have adequate power on all three rails. Edit: On the other hand, my server which has 4-5 HDs, runs a 500W PSU. Could get by with less, but wanted expansion capacity. It has a monster 12V line though -- 25A. This comment was edited on Nov 18, 09:33.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Nov 17, 08:30	Wow.	The Sentinel
	3.	Nov 17, 08:52	Re: Wow.	nin
	7.	Nov 17, 09:06	Re: Wow.	Term
	12.	Nov 17, 09:23	Re: Wow.	BicycleRepairMan
	13.	Nov 17, 09:25	Re: Wow.	nin
	16.	Nov 17, 09:54	Re: Wow.	Sixis
	18.	Nov 17, 10:03	Re: Wow.	Thera
	19.	Nov 17, 10:27	Re: Wow.	Gandhi
	52.	Nov 17, 14:27	Re: Wow.	Hanover
	53.	Nov 17, 14:36	Re: Wow.	Halsy
	57.	Nov 17, 14:50	Re: Wow.	Hanover
	58.	Nov 17, 16:03	Re: Wow.	Enahs
	59.	Nov 17, 16:18	Re: Wow.	Ray Marden
	60.	Nov 17, 16:25	Re: Wow.	Enahs
	61.	Nov 17, 16:40	Re: Wow.	nin
	62.	Nov 17, 16:43	Re: Wow.	nin
	63.	Nov 17, 17:14	Re: Wow.	Zathrus
	64.	Nov 17, 17:21	Re: Wow.	c r i s p y
	65.	Nov 17, 17:26	Re: Wow.	nin
	66.	Nov 17, 17:26	To serve man	Baudkarma
	67.	Nov 17, 17:29	Re: To serve man	nin
	71.	Nov 17, 19:08	Re: Wow.	Sixis
	70.	Nov 17, 18:36	Re: Wow.	Ray Marden
	72.	Nov 17, 19:10	Re: Wow.	Halsy
	73.	Nov 17, 19:15	Re: Wow.	Sixis
	76.	Nov 17, 19:48	HL2 AA	tron
	78.	Nov 17, 19:54	Re: HL2 AA	Sixis
	79.	Nov 17, 20:30	Re: HL2 AA	tron
	81.	Nov 17, 20:41	Re: HL2 AA	Enahs
	80.	Nov 17, 20:30	Done	Bucky
	88.	Nov 17, 22:31	Re: HL2 AA	tron
	92.	Nov 17, 22:53	Re: HL2 AA	Enahs
	103.	Nov 18, 05:05	Re: HL2 AA	Hump
	104.	Nov 18, 06:26	Re: A non-HL2 post	Tango
	107.	Nov 18, 08:45	Re: HL2 AA	tron
	96.	Nov 18, 00:11	Re: Wow.	Scottish Martial Arts
	98.	Nov 18, 01:38	Re: Wow.	Xlr8
	54.	Nov 17, 14:42	Re: Wow.	Gandhi
	20.	Nov 17, 10:31	Re: Wow.	Replevin
	10.	Nov 17, 09:21	Stuttering issues	J-Bird
	24.	Nov 17, 10:55	HL2 in Toronto	Dr.Del
	27.	Nov 17, 11:13	Re: HL2 in Toronto	Zathrus
	29.	Nov 17, 11:23	Re: HL2 in Toronto	Darks
	48.	Nov 17, 13:52	Re: HL2 in Toronto	Zathrus
	30.	Nov 17, 11:29	Re: HL2 in Toronto	Gandhi
	50.	Nov 17, 14:15	Re: HL2 in Toronto	Warhawk
	51.	Nov 17, 14:26	Re: HL2 in Toronto	ZzeusS
	55.	Nov 17, 14:42	Re: HL2 in Toronto	Moog Operator
	68.	Nov 17, 17:32	Re: HL2 in Toronto	Baudkarma
	31.	Nov 17, 11:30	Re: HL2 in Toronto	Term
	39.	Nov 17, 12:32	Re: HL2 in Toronto	MeatForce
	41.	Nov 17, 12:45	Re: HL2 in Toronto	complicity
	44.	Nov 17, 13:09	Re: HL2 in Toronto	nin
	49.	Nov 17, 14:06	Re: HL2 in Toronto	complicity
	43.	Nov 17, 13:05	Re: HL2 in Toronto	Frozensun
	32.	Nov 17, 11:34	Re: HL2 in Toronto	Halsy
	33.	Nov 17, 11:46	Re: HL2 in Toronto	Armengar
	25.	Nov 17, 11:00	Re: Wow.	banddirector
	26.	Nov 17, 11:11	Re: Wow.	OsinO
	28.	Nov 17, 11:21	Re: Wow.	changingman
	46.	Nov 17, 13:25	Re: Wow.	Sixis
	56.	Nov 17, 14:44	Re: Wow.	Yosemite Sam
	2.	Nov 17, 08:38	HL2	Hammer
	6.	Nov 17, 09:02	Re: HL2	Bronco
	8.	Nov 17, 09:11	Bottles	CableGuy
	9.	Nov 17, 09:19	Re: HL2	Enahs
	11.	Nov 17, 09:22	Desktop Shortcut	J-Bird
	14.	Nov 17, 09:28	Re: Desktop Shortcut	Enahs
	15.	Nov 17, 09:30	Re: HL2	nin
	17.	Nov 17, 10:01	Re: HL2	AirWreck
	21.	Nov 17, 10:34	Re: HL2	eDave
	22.	Nov 17, 10:37	Re: HL2	Gandhi
	4.	Nov 17, 08:59	Yes	Absolution
	5.	Nov 17, 08:59	Tonight on Frontline...	Halsy
	69.	Nov 17, 18:14	Re: Tonight on Frontline...	FourPak
	23.	Nov 17, 10:43	Damn, I feel stupid.	Zathrus
	34.	Nov 17, 11:51	Original Half-Life	Patrick
	35.	Nov 17, 11:59	Re: Original Half-Life	nin
	36.	Nov 17, 12:01	Re: Original Half-Life	Bill Borre
	37.	Nov 17, 12:10	Re: Original Half-Life	Gandhi
	38.	Nov 17, 12:12	Purchasing via Steam	c r i s p y
	40.	Nov 17, 12:41	Re: Purchasing via Steam	Term
	42.	Nov 17, 12:50	Blah blah blah	Ray Marden
	45.	Nov 17, 13:11	Re: Blah blah blah	Gandhi
	75.	Nov 17, 19:43	Re: Blah blah blah	Tango
	77.	Nov 17, 19:50	Re: Blah blah blah	Sixis
	47.	Nov 17, 13:31	HL2 deathmatch	Hump
	74.	Nov 17, 19:21	HL2 Physics control	Sixis
	82.	Nov 17, 20:41	Just... wow	VT Hoodlum
	83.	Nov 17, 20:56	Re: Just... wow	tron
	84.	Nov 17, 21:34	Re: Just... wow	Bunko
	85.	Nov 17, 21:59	Re:	Rseman
	86.	Nov 17, 22:02	Re:	Krovven
	87.	Nov 17, 22:12	Re:	Enahs
	89.	Nov 17, 22:42	Re:	Rseman
	90.	Nov 17, 22:45	finished	Kreilo
	91.	Nov 17, 22:49	Re:	Rseman
	93.	Nov 17, 23:03	Re:	Enahs
	95.	Nov 17, 23:58	Re:	Sixis
	106.	Nov 18, 07:36	Re:	Gandhi
>>	108.	Nov 18, 09:25	Re:	Zathrus
	94.	Nov 17, 23:08	Re:	Rseman
	97.	Nov 18, 01:30	Gamepad and HL2	indiv
	99.	Nov 18, 02:13	Re: Gamepad and HL2	Sixis
	100.	Nov 18, 03:02	Re: Gamepad and HL2	Krovven
	101.	Nov 18, 03:18	Re: Foogle	unaloony
	102.	Nov 18, 03:40	Gman is Blue	axe1970
	105.	Nov 18, 06:48	Re:	Rseman