Quote from shiny_red_cobra :

That's a sexy system, especially that E8200. But, why only a 160 GB hard drive?

Well most of my storage is on external drives, so the one we're talking about here will only be for OS and apps.

The mobo RAM and CPU are bundled together for AU576.40
Dunno where the 'E' comes from, but the details are here http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/ ... ow_product_info.php?input[product_code]=MB-GA-EP35-DS3P&input[category_id]=

Hello,

My beloved Athlon 3000+ system died a horrible death last night, and I'm going to order a new system over the weekend. Below is what I whipped up from a 30 minute research session at lunch today.

What do all the hardware gurus think? Is it all going to work together? Am I missing anything big that will stop the show? Can I get better components for the investment? The budget is AU$1700.00. Thanks in advance for any input.

• Mobo Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P LGA775 M/B, 1333FSB, 2x PCI-E x16, PCI-E x1, 2x PCI, 8x SATA, GigaLAN, Firewire, Audio w/SPDIF
  
• DVD Asus DRW-1814BL Lightscribe Black 16x DVD+/-R, 8x Dual Layer+R IDE Drive, retail w/software
  
• CPU Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66Ghz (1333mhz) CPU, Dual core LGA775 45nm 6mb, BX80570E8200
  
• RAM Geil 2048MB DDR2-800 Ultra Twin Pack PC-6400 240-pin DDR2 RAM, 2x 1024MB sticks, 4-4-4-12
  
• CASE Atlas Server Case includes TruePower 2.0 550W Power Supply
  
• HDD SAMSUNG 160GB 7200RPM SATA-II HARD DISK
  
• Video eVGA nVidia 8800GT 512mb PCI-E x16 video card, 2x DVI, video out, 600/1800MHz
  
• Monitor Viewsonic 22" VA2226W Value Series Wide-Screen LCD Monitor

Total Cost - Approx AU$1600.00

-EDIT- My priorities are to get a Vista / DX10 ready machine that can play any current games at full stick. (I'll concede maybe Crysis and FSX :schwitz. A lot of storage space isn't important and I don't care too much for quietness or uber good sound.

Last edited by farcar, Fri 22 Feb 2008, 07:34.

Haven't played it for a while, but Galactic Civilizations II is great.
And you can impulse buy it online.

Thanks for the comments.

I've uploaded previews to youtube but tbh, they look sh1thouse.
When I convert the movies in WMM (and 30FPS), they turn into a stuttering mess. Any tips on how to prevent this will be met with great kudos.

Mp3 Astra: My machine is surprisingly modest. Athlon 3000+ 6800GT (AGP) and 1GB RAM.

Töki (HUN): I'm uploading to Rapidshare as I type. Hopefully you can download from here. I'm off to bed now, but I should have a link for you in 8 hours or so, so keep an eye on the OP.
EDIT Had no luck with Rapidshare, but uploaded to Divshare (see top)

Last edited by farcar, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 20:52.

Fantastic!

You should zip up all your edits and upload them somewhere, so I can add them to my screen-saver.

Quote from marzman :

[edit]Watched it. Nice movie. Liked the music. What is it?

The song is called 'Mohammed', by the Dandy Worhols
Not meant to offend anyone or anything.

A new movie from me then. It runs at 0.5 and the intention is to show off LFS's physics.
As always, you won't find strange attempts at story or drama here, just movies of cars going passed, hopefully in an aesthetically pleasing manner and at a decent quality. The movie was made using Fraps to capture and Virtual Dub to edit and compile. Comments are welcome.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AR4OXNYV
http://www.divshare.com/download/3841173-240
Preview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WiH-TiZtJO8
Resolution: 800*600
Duration: 0:04:03
Video: 465kbps @ 60 fps (xvid)
File Size: 115,731,130 bytes


-EDIT-

And another lil bonus movie
http://www.mediafire.com/?9jxjpvxbpmb
Preview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sw29MsAwI8E
Resolution: 800*600
Duration: 0:02:17
Video: 317kbps @ 60 fps (xvid)
File Size: 44,823,318 bytes

Last edited by farcar, Wed 20 Feb 2008, 20:51.

Quote from Intrepid :

adding real tracks would only highlight the inaccuracies of the physics model, which are present in any sim. The fact LFS hasn't got any real tracks is probably why it has been enabled to be so strong and not have to come under graphical/design criticism and all that.

Agree with that and therefore vote for Eric to make his own 'like' tracks. That way you get the style of the world's great tracks, but without the armchair motor racing nerds wingeing about how inaccurate they are.

So having said that, a 6.2 KM circuit up the side of a mountain would do just fine, as would a 21km circuit through forests and around castles.

Bench bails.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0dcoGo_c2eA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jwn6lrfLiBk

Tree bails
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b43IhekLOTE&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9b6npu_KFng

It's just a great big skating sandbox to go and skate in. It's brilliant, and SKATE2 will be just awesome if they improve the 'vert' (is that the right word? :shrug side of skating.

As much as I hate EA (most of the time), when they do innovative things with analogue controls (i.e. Fight Night/Skate), they do impress me.

Haven't played it online though. Sandbox games never work online...

Some frankly incredible wet weather tin top racing. Things really pick up a couple of minutes in.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vDGtJpVhVp4

The only way to fast-forward is F3.

This is a 5 minute job to further edit this screen.
http://www.lfsforum.net/attach ... id=41872&d=1193781552

Quote from Electrik Kar :

I'm busy getting ready to move back to Australia.

Nice! Don't forget the textures.

Quote from traxxion :

d6nn has already tried his hand on this one, here: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=666976#post666976

The result made me curious to see what else there can be done with this image... It would be cool to have as a poster in my room

Thanks in advance!

I gave 2 a goes, though the pros could do it way better.
Good screenie too. High quality how it should be.

Last edited by farcar, Mon 14 Jan 2008, 12:23.

Quote from mkinnov8 :

Even in Australia.. Dont people work in the day time?

lolz

Hughesie

I find I'm a bit time poor so I generally log on in the evening say between 9-11pm AEDST, and generally only for an hour or 2. During the days I'm either at work, playing cricket, out with the missus or on the harbor.

If you planned a race for say a Thursday night, I'd go out of my way to make sure I'm available to race and come last.

Anyway, good luck and I hope it works out one way or another.

EDIT - I voted for LX6 and LX4 at south city chicane, but my first preference would be for LX6 and FZ5 at WE Intl.
Either way, odd combos FTW!

EDIT 2 - Ever think about getting a server hosted locally? Connections are sorted by ping, so if there's a sh1tty response time in Australia, your server is probably down the list a bit and won't get noticed.

Last edited by farcar, Mon 14 Jan 2008, 10:40.

Look again.
You do lose sight of it for a second when it is blocked by the airborne car. The airborne car passes over the top of it and it reappears just before it lands.

Great vid. Very well produced and entertaining.

Quote from Gunn :

At Bathurst, over the years, it was very common for the commentators to talk to the drivers during the action. They disrupted the flow of a driver's race many times. Sometimes drivers just ignore them and don't answer. Peter Brock used to talk to them almost every time, but that's how he was.

AFAIK the in-car commentaries were pioneered by Australia's Channel 7 in the 1970's, who also pioneered in-car camera technology now commonly used all around the world by networks covering motor racing.

Here are some examples:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2T7uZpIRfk8 (God I love Brocky )
http://youtube.com/watch?v=o4CWwaHFwaU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PsXyrCOp228
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9BFx1CEgFV0

Last edited by farcar, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 13:23.

Quote from xaotik :

Wow - Holy Mother of Aquaplaning deliver us. Some of the corrections he had to make even on the straights are crazy.

He might even be capable of driving the RAC.

Quote from danowat :

I really can't see the big issue.

Me either.
In fact there is no issue, because anyone who purchased S2 would have read the license agreement (posted above) which states that the game is gonna change. Why are people so shocked and surprised when it does?

Quote from Tunari :

Fast and easy to drive setups Axus. Keep em coming!

+1. Loving this thread.
Is the FZ5 on the 'to do' list per chance?

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I want to see you land it.

I did! On the roof!

Quote from squidhead :

LOL...
this would look even better with this song that's on the radio nowadays, can't remember what's the song but the lyrics go like this
"I like to fly, so high, direction-sky"

Nothing beats 'Tick' by Ween. That song will be played at my funeral.