The "New Toys" Thread - Page 91

Jacobfox · November 29th, 2006, 06:24 AM

As I said before, we are so depraved.

Benson · November 29th, 2006, 06:57 PM

I just got myself one of these:

http://www.asus.de/999/images/products/1172/p505.jpg

Asus P525 PDA Phone...
It rocks... images/smilies/smile.gif

Adunaphel · November 29th, 2006, 07:51 PM

is it any good?

Vette Boss · November 29th, 2006, 09:02 PM

Now for something that really rocks.. I got a new mini hifi, Sony MHC-GX570XM

ze unit

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2320/mg2855wg4.th.jpg

un das subwoofer

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/7932/mg2852dp3.th.jpg

My god, is it ever loud.. makes my old unit seem quiet in comparison. images/smilies/lol.gif

Benson · November 29th, 2006, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adunaphel

is it any good?

Until now, yeah...
The keyboard is a bit hard to get used to and I've been having some software problems which seem to have been solved for the moment though...
But the speed is good, even in energy saving mode, wlan is strong...good for checking emails etc. while taking a dump... images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Looks nice, feels good, nice build quality...So yeah, I'm satisfied and it's good...for now

ESPNSTI · November 30th, 2006, 01:56 AM

Here's my new PC (see http://forums.finalgear.com/technology/another-help-me-build-my-next-pc-thread-14856/ )

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5394/newpc001ow0.th.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2271/newpc002uy7.th.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4605/newpc003wp7.th.jpg

Mischief007 · November 30th, 2006, 01:58 AM

146 FPS. I only wish I can get that images/smilies/sad.gif

.

Looks like a good system. Clean look to it.

jeffy777 · November 30th, 2006, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ESPNSTI

Here's my new PC

Awesome dude, looks really good images/smilies/cool.gif

andyhui01 · November 30th, 2006, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mischief007

146 FPS. I only wish I can get that images/smilies/sad.gif

.

Looks like a good system. Clean look to it.

Mischief, you should be happy with yours, I get about 7-8 times less than what ESPN does on my laptop on LFS images/smilies/tongue.gif

but awesome PC ESPN, mind telling us what that LCD displays now? images/smilies/biggrin.gif

ESPNSTI · November 30th, 2006, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyhui01

Mischief, you should be happy with yours, I get about 7-8 times less than what ESPN does on my laptop on LFS images/smilies/tongue.gif

The previous PC would get maybe 20-25FPS at best, and at times in the low 10's if there was a crowd, and that with all sorts of details turned off.

Now with this one, I get 130-150FPS on 1680x1050 with every quality option known to man (such as 16x FSAA) turned on.
I tried a test with 11 AI players (which wouldn't even work on the old one), and the worst it got was 40 FPS. images/smilies/smile.gif

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyhui01

but awesome PC ESPN, mind telling us what that LCD displays now? images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Do you mean resolution? 1680x1050.

Right now I'm trying to get my connection to my HDTV to work a bit better.
I ran a 30 foot DVI to HDMI cable from one room to another (through the basement) and it's displaying in 1080p (1920x1080) on my TV right now (in fact I'm looking at it as I type on my wireless keyboard right now).
However I have this nasty overscan problem that I can't seem to get rid of.
Custom timings, custom resolutions all don't seem to have any effect on it. images/smilies/sad.gif

andyhui01 · November 30th, 2006, 05:31 AM

actually, I was talking about this one

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/932/desktop2sz4.jpg

ESPNSTI · November 30th, 2006, 05:36 AM

Ah, no wonder I had a hard time trying to understand that question. images/smilies/lol.gif

It displays:
- CPU / HDD / System temperatures in C or F + alarms
- CPU / HDD / System fan speed indicator
- HDD access indicator
- Date / Time
- A power indicator, which is beyond me, because if the power is off, the LCD display is off too. images/smilies/wacko.gif

andyhui01 · November 30th, 2006, 05:43 AM

^lol.. so its just one of those things where you can install in the 3.5" drives for CD's... but its still pretty cool images/smilies/biggrin.gif

, I'm sure you can mod it to display stuff like what the Logitech Keyboard displays (in LFS, fuel, tire temps, fuel consumption and stuff images/smilies/biggrin.gif

)

Kip_6666 · November 30th, 2006, 06:45 PM

Hows the lcd screen treating you, I'd love to hear your opinion on it. Colours, if there is any ghosting and black light bleeding?

Hope you're enjoying the system, I'm jealous images/smilies/smile.gif

ESPNSTI · November 30th, 2006, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kip_6666

Hows the lcd screen treating you, I'd love to hear your opinion on it. Colours, if there is any ghosting and black light bleeding?

Hope you're enjoying the system, I'm jealous images/smilies/smile.gif

- Ghosting:
I didn't notice any.

- Color:
I haven't looked at a good high quality picture yet to judge the colors, nor have I calibrated it yet, but my initial impression was that they're ok.
The desktop color doesn't look uniform depending on your head position.
I think all LCDs have that problem, but it seems much more noticable than the Dell at work.
The monitor is really bright though, so maybe turning that down will improve that.

- Back light bleeding:
Haven't looked at a dark movie scene or image yet to check it.

Mischief007 · December 1st, 2006, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyhui01

Mischief, you should be happy with yours, I get about 7-8 times less than what ESPN does on my laptop on LFS images/smilies/tongue.gif

but awesome PC ESPN, mind telling us what that LCD displays now? images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I get 5 to 10 FPS in a crowd on LFS images/smilies/sad.gif

. But the upgrade is coming soon images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

.

teletubby-warrior · December 1st, 2006, 12:55 AM

I needed a basic "point and shoot camera", so I purchased a Canon SD600, along with a 2GB mem card:

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/515/canonsd60025b184d1xc9.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4509/canonsd60035ade4f5dm5.jpg

6 MP, 2.5" LCD, etc. ... Great little camera, although the lack of a battery-life indicator is a bit inconvenient.

andyhui01 · December 1st, 2006, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mischief007

I get 5 to 10 FPS in a crowd on LFS images/smilies/sad.gif

. But the upgrade is coming soon images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

.

mine crashes when I spectate a race of more than 10people when the race starts images/smilies/sad.gif

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