Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?

[rubix41]

Hi everyone!

I am a little new to this, so please excuse me, but what matters at a LAN party? I was minding my own business one day when one of my friends invited me to a LAN party. I know what one is (now) but I am still wondering what is needed to ensure a computer is at its at its peak at the party.

(Ok, the truth is I don't really want to look too bad at this LAN party so what things soup up your computer at a LAN Party? Does memory matter? What about graphics?)

Please reply!

[voidmain]

Having Linux as your OS gets you top bonus points. And the chicks dig it!

[LukeHashJ]

Hehe. I second Void's notion.

What are your specs?
(furthermore... what games are you kids going to be playing?)

[ December 08, 2002: Message edited by: LukeHashJ ]

[choasforages]

FOOL! take an example from choas        



actally, it only took  me and my neighbor an hour and a half to do that, minus the long time for the paint

[ December 08, 2002: Message edited by: choasforages ]

[rubix41]

Well, I guess in Chaos' case (pun not intended) there won't be a ventilation problem!

Anyway, what will be playing? Mainly my host's favourite games, which are:

>Unreal Tournament
>Red Alert 2
>Doom (Classic!)
>Some dodgy Rpg that I can't remember the name of but he likes it because you can use your own photos and voice in it for the characters.

There is a rumour that someone is going to bring Unreal Tournament 2003 down. I heard that is pretty high on the spec list; so what about my comp? I think all that matters are the following:

Pentium 3(733hz!? I can't remember that now! Doh!)

256 SDRAM (I have two more slots and enough cash for 256 RAM down at the store.)

30gb HD drive but only 15gb is used. (The speed is slow by the way.)

Network card (an old one-IPX-maybe I should upgrade to an Ethernet one?)

56k modem V90 (Standard 'nuff said.)

Weight: Must be about 3-4 kg

OS: Windows ME (GASP!) and Linux. (Phew!)

So is that okay? Or should I just volunteer to bring snacks and drinks? (I was going to do that anyway but, if I do, I borrow someone's comp for the day.)

[rubix41]

Oh, I forgot it's Mandrake Linux (because I am a newbie!) and my graphics card is a Matrox GE450 (the all in one card) 32-bit with 3D acceleration what I wanted to know was should I soup up my comp? If so, how?

[Annorax]

I'd recommend Doom Legacy myself... i think it was ported to linux, and my parents' four windoze boxes are proof the wintel version works...i'm not going to go into depth recommending maps here, but i think im gonna do a graphic patch putting Zombie's head on the Nazi soldier.... :-P

[choasforages]

well, if you have a very new graphics card, and a very very very fast processsor, try this http://tenebrae.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=screenshots.txt

[Fett101]

Good looks. They won't be able to tell shit about your setup if there's blinding neon lights flashing on and off in there. Or fur. Fur is always good.

[Calum]

flammable though, mhoah ha ha ha haaaaa!!!

[foobar]

 ROFLOL

I've got this tiger skin around me monitor, got it from me mum ... but this cookie monster thing is hilarious ...  

[Fett101]

Yes. And it attracts furries like nobodies business  


But I have since then taken care of the problem.

[choasforages]

ahh, but i have no lights in the case. but it still looks pretty cool, and i have heard about my uber fast pc/*give me a break, it struggles at 400mhz, x86 speed*/ but im thinkng about modding the 9500/*resale value my ass, its mine, and its going to be mine for a long time*/

[Calum]

forages, what's mountain breeze? and isn't that a microsoft mouse in that picture?  

[choasforages]

yeah thats a microsoft mouse. and mountian breeze is like mountian dew, but cheaper. don't worry about the mouse though, i took some sandpaper to it. and im looking for another mouse with 5 buttons plus a scrollwheel.