Im not really that athletic really lol, but i have been mixing a lot of records recently, both on my classic 12/10's and using the PC with virtual dj pro, seems very weird to use, trying to control everything with a mouse, not too easy, especially as on my real decks i will be messing about with the crossfader and/or levels on the mixer with one hand, whilst making minor speed adjustments with the other hand, with my earphones on one ear so i can here whats happening before i start the mix, no such luck on VDJ, can only adjust or do one thing at a time as i need to click on whatever it is with the mouse and then adjust/move it, plus no 'other' channel in the headphones, just the 2 wave patterns of each track to line up by, unless i buy a gigaport which allows everything on VDJ to run through my real mixer, but they arent cheap, so it looks like i will keep practicing as i am!

Quote from Senninha25 :

Bumping this thread. I'm here to sort of "announce" that I killed my gfx card. It came about me adding 1GB worth of RAM Memory into the motherboard. My computer had 1GB RAM already, and the graphics card had a 512MB memory (am I right?).

So I'm quite baffled by this, because in theory a 512MB graphics card should work better with 2GB RAM, but I feel I'm quite wrong about that theory given the smell of burnt plastic that came from it 5 minutes after turning the PC on.

Cheers

Oh dear, i take it you have tried removing the new RAM and it still doesnt work (although the smells you mentioned pretty much answer that question anyway)

I have the same card as that, but mines the hd2600 pro, although what difference there is between the hd2600 and the hd2600 pro is anybodys guess.

Now, your RAM question, you say yours is an AGP card (like mine) so im guessing that like me, your PC is an older one, mine is a 8 year old medion thing, old p4 2.53ghz cpu (socket478) IDE drives, 1gb RAM etc, an old skool machine.

On a system of this kind of age (maybe slightly newer than mine, i dunno when they phased out AGP and replaced it with PCIe) the main bottleneck you will face on the performance front with gaming is the CPU, a 512mb GFX card is more than capable of creating nice looking and relitively fast graphics, (i run a 1280x1024 32bit res with aa/af both on 4x, all LOD on half way, i achieve about 35-40fps with upto 7 or 8 cars, after that it gets a bit choppy, but if i turn all aa/af/lod off i can push 60-70fps)

But the only limit on this is how fast the CPU can, well, process it all really, so i would hazard a guess that any graphical slowdowns you were getting (especially on start grid and t1) would be because your CPU was sweating it ass off at 100% load trying to deal with everything, just like mine does, the card could cope, if it had the resources (cpu speed) to do so, i doubt that an extra GB of ram would make much difference in a gameplay situation, maybe general day to day computing yes, but in a game that is so processer hungry, i would doubt that more RAM would increase performance very much, if at all.

Quote from Senninha25 :

Oh before I forget, are there any good suggestions for a DDR1 Graphics Card (or a DDR2 Motherboard)?

Cheers

DDR1 card/DDR2 board, do you mean an AGP card/PCIe board??

Last edited by danthebangerboy, Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:19.

Quote from The Very End :

And by the little I have spoken with Dan before, I can assure you that he is no better than us.

I think this can be a very interesting 3 days event

Indeed, i think i will have to bring a crate or 2 of real ale/bitter with me tho, as i get on better with that, and when i say 'get on better' i really mean 'can drink more of without falling over and/or getting a stupidly serious hangover'

I do indeed, airbeds and tents and things, will be fine!

I agree with all of that becky, and you are right, i just seem ever so good at, well, f--king things up really, i think i am being a bit selfish TBH, but i realise this isn't a fair way to behave....

I know, that in my heart of hearts i do not wish to be with kirsty anymore, its run its course in all honesty, we broke up before, tried to save it when we got back together, things changed, we went different places, plus i no longer live with her (living in eachothers pockets was what ruined it before, lack of freedom) but even with all these changes i feel the same again now, as much as i love the girl, which i DO! i just cant see a future there for us anymore, and i really hate saying that because i wish so much that is wasnt true, but it is.

But then theres the guilt thing, i feel really bad for making her upset, plus (heres the selfish part) because i am so used to us being together as its been quite a while, 5 years as you say, i cant really do anything without it feeling abnormal, so then i think well why dont i just get back with her despite the feelings (that will undoubtadly resurface and this will happen again), i feel bad, and i miss her, so i talk myself into, yeah, get back together.

But, what do i actually miss, is it kirsty, or is it just, someone, anyone, because i am so used to having a partner, not having one doesnt feel right?

I know in my heart of hearts it can never work now, but i also feel scared of being on my own, which is (partly) why we got back together last time, and that isnt right, is it.

I like your thinking miss rose, its a date!

Quote from Biohazard :

the most popular lie in history of mankind:
'i have read and agree to the terms and conditions.'

Sigged, because its a fact!

Found a shirt to go with the trousers now!

shirt

That'll do, especially at that proce, not bad at all!

Why dont people just read the stickied threads, its all there! :banghead:

Whens the cut off for paying up in full jason, as i was gonna do it on the 28th june, payday, if thats not too late.

The First - Lily Allen Keys

The First - Schofield Cant Catch.

The First - In My Defence

Quote from brandons48 :

Dude! That's the same size as me, near enough

Yes, but (if your profile info is right) you are 15 years old, and i am 26!

People keep saying stuff like "ohh you wait once you get a bit older, youll pile the weight on etc." but they have been saying that since i was about 14, and for that reason, i have decided that they are all liars!

Last edited by danthebangerboy, Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:08.

I know its boring, but, these reduced, tenner!

Dresscode for possible part time job, as im almost certianly going to be doing a few shifts at the pub as one of the barmen quit on friday, and theres a massive fete/bbq/beer festival happening soon, all hands to the pumps!

Just need to find a decent long sleeved plain black shirt to fit a tiny person such as me now, 17" neck and 35" chest, could be interesting!

Quote from NotAnIllusion :

It's very possible to have too much lift-off oversteer, slow-speed understeer and throttle understeer until it, snaps all in one setup

Where'd you get my setup from, sounds ever so much like it!

Quote from kimd41 :

LFS just needs more CONTENT. I don't know what Eric is doing, but other than the VWS, Rockingham, he should have the unnanunced car done and ANOTHER one in development. Like seriously, it doesn't take MONTHS to model a [mid-poly] car.

Well, yes it does, but not just to model it, modelling is a small part, much much MUUCCHHH more goes into making a new car than simply modelling it so it looks right, the devs could probably make a nice looking car fairly quicky, but that means the sum total of feck all if it doesnt drive properly, and do not forget, the way LFS is going at the minute, getting LFS cars to drive as similarly to the real life cars as possible is a main focus, hence a completely new tyre model, (talk of) a new damage system, new limited setups, plus many more things that are taking place that we no not know about yet in order to get that extra tiny %age of realism in.

I would personally rather drive a car that looks like total shite but drives like a car, than a graphically perfect looking masterpiece that drives like junk, but meh, thats just me.

I very much doubt that i have a cat in hells chance TBH mate, and you know what? i dont blame her one little bit for not wanting me back now!

This is the 2nd time i have done this (you'd have thought i would have learned after making this same mistake a few months ago, but no) i just havent been fair, i have been a twat, and now im paying the price.

Its not right to mess her around coz whats to say that i wont feel trapped/bored/like i want to be on my own all over again further down the line, cant keep putting her thru that when i dont even know what i actually want myself for sure.

Last edited by danthebangerboy, Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:24.

Yeah, it sucks, im to blame tho, as i did the dumping.

Probably could of sorted things if we had actually sat down and had a proper convo, but no, thats too easy, i had to work out (wrongly) in my own mind that i didnt want a gf anymore, so i told her that, straight, totally inaccuarate as well, but its too late now, i fooked it up.

Thats life i guess.

I think the fact that you have to use such ridculous setups to get the thing even resembling the handling of an actrual car thats the issue, even with the best set possible it still aint brilliant, it just breaks grip too quickly and in all the wrong places.

i met kirsty when i was 21, august '05, we split in march '10, but got back together again in may, but split up again, today.

Quote from bunder9999 :

i always thought the lack of a rear ARB had something to do with it. i can't keep it from spinning out.

but the bigger reason i don't drive it, is that i think the interior is ugly. :vomit:

I struggle with it as well, end up fishtailing wildly everywhere, its as if there is no middle ground with it, its either gripping, or it isnt, very little (if any) oppertunity to keep a hold of it, by the time it starts to spin, its already spun!

I wasnt a huge fan of the interior colour either, easily sorted tho, import DDS file into photoshop, set colour saturation to zero, normal coloured interior!

Quote from RevengeR :

I love how everyone is saying 'I love the LX6/RAC/FZ5, they are the coolest bestest cars out there' in these threads, but in reality no one never drives them because they are really hard to handle. Especially the RAC, which is really a pain in the ass to go fast with. It's hard to have good competitive races with them cause they need lots and lots of practice and proper sets to have a decent stable pace.
Let's face it, no one really likes it, only the forum warriors in these threads.

I actually do like the lx6, tis a bastard to drive, but it is at least driveable for me, just, not that im quick, but i can manage to drive it okay ish.

The lx4 on the other hand seems horrible to drive, and much more difficult than the lx6, which is odd, you'd expect the more powerful one to be more difficult, strange.

As bob smith once said, an lx cannot be over powered, just under controlled.

Last edited by danthebangerboy, Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:12.

I know its only a short clip, but MC whizzkid is a legend!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoeBQRjEMSY&fmt=18

What a rap!


I don't wanna goto work today,
'cos I'm half asleep and I'm not awake,
I've hit snooze, like 11 times,
And no matter how hard I try can't open my eyes,
I don't wanna goto work today,
But if I ring in, what do I say?
Fact of the matter is, I really need the pay,
But I just wanna stay wrapped up in my duvet!



I love it!!!!!!

However, if you like whizzkid, you hav to be a huge fan of the one, the ONLY, MC storm!!!!!

He has so much talent its unreal, check out the voice scratching, back to back with one of the legendary hardcore DJ's DJ sy, its fookin QUALITY!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2eLguVvgGo&fmt=18


RAVEEEE!!!!

Last edited by danthebangerboy, Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:55.

I saw this today, not really that exciting in itself, but the numberplate is fairly cool.



@ACCAkut...

My friend raced one of those a few years ago, despite the OK ish look of the car, my GOD it was rusty, and slow (had a little v4 engine) but strangely it was front wheel drive, despite the engine and 'box running lengthways down the car like a rwd would be, but the driveshafts ran through the gearbox at 90 degrees,it was a very strange arrangement, which as we discovered, is not good for full contact motorsport, he hit about 2 things and then the engine went back, and because of the different arrangment i mentioned, the engine moving back meant that the gearbox, and therefore the wheels went back as well, both wheels, straight into the bulkhead, car deaded.

Last edited by danthebangerboy, Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:08.

More from the legends that are DayJobOrchestra, well funny!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seN-THoB1WQ&fmt=18

Underline the sky - Katie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HpeJmSZN8c&fmt=18

Choon.

One possibility is that you could have a dead or dying stick of RAM, its not a promise it will be that, just from what i can find online about that error it kinds points to it.