GAHHHH, don't get me started on turbo-chargers in LFS. I just got back from trying the XFR, holy mother of gawd. Turbo-lag up the ass....SIDEWAYS. If it didn't have good top-end I wouldn't drive the damn thing at all. The XRR is decent, but still doesn't drive like the FZR, smooth power everywhere. As for an actual boost controller, I don't see why we would use them, most people would just cope with max boost pressure, because most power. Just gotta learn to keep it under control. I could see RAISING boost on the RB4, it just doesn't have enough balls an AWD turbo-charged car should have.
~Bryan~

Oh yes, I'd be playing now but I'm still screwing with my DSL modem, can't seem to keep a stable sync lately, but last night I was REALLY impressed with the overall professionalism of the servers, I wanna get into the CTRA, but I fear so many people in the same server, might not be able to handle the fps.
~Bryan~

Well I finally got a license. I had about $50 saved up, almost enough to buy it , but luck swayed my way and I ended up with a previously awarded S2 license, I've talked to a couple people to verify this being legal, so don't bother reporting if you see me post S2 content. I'm really excited, and so far I'm liking FOX on the Kyoto, or XRT on Fernbay. I'm still 7M Racing [Bryan] ingame, but under the acount Irish Man. Happy racing and see you on the track.
~Bryan~

The WR is into the '23s, take a look for yourself. BTW I won't be driving on XRT on BL1 for a longgg while
~Bryan~

Why? Their first, and second gen Supras looked like crazyy nonsense http://www.mytoyotasupramk3.com/images/mk1.jpg
Third gen looks fine to me too, got a sport edge.
http://www.supra-models.info/h ... os/Toyota-Supra-MkIII.jpg
~Bryan~

SLI is pretty naff anyways, seems too silly to have to buy a better PSU, motherboard, and cooling solution just two run two card that a single card could probably do better for cheaper (once you figure an SLI mobo and PSU, and two cards)
~Bryan~

Well...no real cars in the game, thats pretty much a given. As for a Supra being rice? DOUBT THAT BROTHERN. 2.5litre twin turbo doesn't mean rice. Look at the third generations. BPU they would spank quite a few cars, all while staying street.
~Bryan~

As long as your not some warez addicted pr0n fien you'll be fine with either, TBH.
~Bryan~

Wow Irishidiot, your the same age as me, show some damn maturity...

To stay on topic my dad has a '98 Dodge Caravan, my mom has a '95 Toyota Corola, and I have my eyes on a '91 Supra chassis and a nice looking 1JZ-GTE to put into it.
~Bryan~

Sounds like a plan. I've always found Norton to leave to big of a footprint, it eats up my system. Even if you have a dual-core, nobody likes being held up by shit they shouldn't. NOD32 is really easy to use also.
~Bryan~

Thats pretty much the way I look at things, ajp71. Once my sister and mom stopped using the computer as often I found I stopped getting junk built up. Before I would get a major virus twice a year, and have to completely reformat anually. But this copy is going 2 years strong, just as clean and fast as the day I installed it. Just browse with Firefox, and careful with P2P and such.
~Bryan~

Spam... Can this shit get closed?
~Bryan~

I personally don't use any anti-virus or anti spy-ware, but I keep Ad-Aware SE and SpyBot S&E on a disc just incase. They don't do virus' but they sure as hell wipe spyware and adware when properly updated and configured. Hijackthis is a good program IF you know how to use it, gets rid of worms and harder to delete bugs. All of those are free. As for actually AV protection, I hear that Avast or NOD32 are the bees-knees.
~Bryan~

There's potential there. Not for something amazing, but theres signs of life. Add a 1GB stick to the board, and a 7600GS. The PSU could probably handle it if it's not loaded full of other shit. If a 7600GS is too much, look into the 6600GT..
~Bryan~

Ahh thank you. I can't be arsed to look it up. I've been focusing on Xeons and Gigagyte boards. Sucks what happened with your 7950 purchace, those cards got dirt cheap pretty quick. I was going to throw on a Quad, and an 8600GTS, but decided to drop it to a Dual Core and throw a GOOD DX10 card on. And don't say I'll regret it. A dual core is PLENTY for me.
~Bryan~

Let The Music Take Control - Darude
Amazing techno song I just discovered off the album Before The Storm I'm really impressed with it so far. His synth skills are amazing, imagine his setup. I'm not much into the techno/rave/trance/house scene but I think if these positive examples keep going I might consider it a group in my collection.
~Bryan~

Music I like, eh? Well I have a few catagories so I'll break it down for ya

Stoner: - When I'm just chillin' like a hippie with my pot-head friends
- Zeppelin (Specifically BBC Sessions Live)
- Pink Floyd (The Wall both discs, or watch the movie)
- Bob Marley (Nothing specific, usually random songs)
Sometimes we'll listen to music thats newer, and rip on it for taking all the joy out of music while stoned, saying its too angry

Thinking, and Stressful Music: What I listen too when I'm just bummed, or have alot on my mind
- Floyd (Again, usually The Wall, if you know what it means it REALLY opens your spirit)
- Rush (Personally I am a huge fan of Neil Peart, he's amazing at what he does, puts drumming on a whole new level)
- Techo.... (Lately I've heard some techno from 'DJ Tiesto' and 'Darude' and I'm impressed so I got some albums, I'm starting to enjoy it, I have on Burning - Darude Before The Storm)

Those Other Times: Music I listen to when I'm reallly happy, or 'celebrating' I supose. When I'm thouroughly impressed with life
- Guns N' Roses (Nothing specific, usually some of Slash's best pieces)
- Queen (Just something I'm about)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers (I find the funk aspect of their music keeps me jamming to the riffs)
- David Wilcox (I grew up listening to this stuff from when I was wee. My dad listened to it all the time when he would be out fixing or tunning his pride junker SUV, before he started with the boozing and turned into an ass hole, Wilcox takes me back before that)

There's my music taste in a short. I also listen to MANNNNY other artists, but I feel that these most represent me. I've got hundreds of CD's, cassettes, 8-tracks, and vynyls, so SRV, Muddy Waters, BB King pop up once in a while, along with the kickass 70's era.
~Bryan~

Are the HD2900 Pro's any good compared to the 8800GTS? Is the performance loss a driver issue, or straight up hardware limits? Are they worth getting and overclocking? Or is the 8800 still the way to go?
~Bryan~

^It'll help with the "Help Me Build A PC" threads. I'll probably draw up a couple 'bundles' for us North American's and post them soon. Maybe we could make a sticky filled with the best "budget" "average" and "high end" PC's and parts (per land-mass). That way new-commers looking for build advice have the general up top, and ask more specific questions in their own threads.
~Bryan~
/nervously puts on flame suit

Quote from Bandit77 :

I thought the XR-whatevers are representatives of older (as mentioned maybe 80's) cars, you know. these good old days of on-off turbos, nothing like "1.8 T" that doesn't even have anything close to 100 hp/liter and whose behavior is so unexciting that any fool can drive it on a snowy road and you wouldn't even guess a turbo if it wasn't for the "T" on the tailgate.

hey, if you don't like the XRT, choose another car. oh, you've only got 3. naaaah, I'm being rude.

I think you look at the XRT in a wrong way. I believe the turbo-behavior is meant to be shitty for the reasons above. I wouldn't want to depend on this car, but I still think it's fun to drive once in a while.

Oh, I'm posting in the Improvement-forum... shouldn't do that. It's soooo useless.

Quit being mean I'll have the cash for a license soon You think the XRT is meant to have lag from hell? A late '80s supra (Third gen, 2.5litre TT, or 3litre ST) will give good boost response stock. After exhaust and intake your looking about 12~ psi, and they don't have NEAR the turbo lag the XRT has. As for the XRT being a fun car to drive, hell yeah. It's fun that we can rev a 2litre ROAD car to 8,000 all day long, and actually be able to hug corners without much sway and under-steer. Can't wait until I can unleash on those GTR cars, they look fun.
~Bryan~

Neither have I actually. I've heard rumors, but nobodys been able to prove much of a performance gain running the RAM faster then the FSB. Guess it's something I'll try when I get the rest of my shit together for a build. So far I'm throwing a Xeon X3210 onto a Gigabyte DS3-L, dropping the Scythe Ninja Rev. B to keep it cool, and probably an 8600 GTS to rape it's cooling and violate the PCB. Still in planning stage, but I'm happy I'll be able to buy a new system soon.
~Bryan~

Yes, I know the P5K has teh uber skillz on the OC. But what good is 600fsb for an E2180 on blah air cooling? And I seriously doubt the buyer of that system would want to spend the extra on RAM that goes that high. It would make sense if there was watercooling, or phase-change, perhaps a G0 Xeon or Quad, and 1333mhz RAM. See what I'm getting at?
~Bryan~

Thats not much of a "Ultimate PC Build" There's still much to get for a complete system. Mouse & keyboard, monitor? And if your going low end, why get a P5K? I can think of a few other motherboards that would work better...
~Bryan~

Err...yeah. What else do you expect us to do with our time? We grow the best bud in the world (except for the Kush plant, but thats a different story)
~Bryan~

Damn this place is full of stoners
~Bryan~
/Bryan votes to get high Press Shift+H