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PaperclipPerfector  1yr ago (text post)   2380 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for August 11, 2023

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One of my favorite things about this hardware era was AMD was crushing Intel, and we were finally stepping into games taking advantage of multiple cores.

I remember one of the worst decisions I made when building my own PCs was landing on a single-core FX-57 instead of the dual-core alternative. This was the same period of time that I'd be running a game, yes, but also Xfire or other utilities, and I recall that as time went on my extremely expensive processor fell further and further behind compared to my gaming buddies' dual core rigs.

It resided in a glaring blue LED NZXT Case, well-warmed by a blistering X1900XT. 2 years of mowing lawns went up in flames, and I sold the behemoth by 2010 to someone for $500 after that.

If you haven't included F.E.A.R. on the list of things to try - though it predates 08 by 3 years - it still holds up as an excellent gaming experience. Amazingly.

FEAR is definitely on my to do list. Although right now I'm striving to beat at least Warcraft II's orc campaign.

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