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Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: rubix41 on 9 December 2002, 06:16

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!

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: voidmain on 9 December 2002, 06:21

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

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: LukeHashJ on 9 December 2002, 06:25

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 ]

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: choasforages on 9 December 2002, 07:19

FOOL! take an example from choas    :D    

(http://belg88.com/chaos/choashelp.png)

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 ]

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: rubix41 on 9 December 2002, 10:40

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.)

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: rubix41 on 9 December 2002, 11:18

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?

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: Annorax on 9 December 2002, 15:11

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

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: choasforages on 9 December 2002, 15:27

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 (http://tenebrae.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=screenshots.txt)

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: Fett101 on 9 December 2002, 21:01

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.

(http://home.midsouth.rr.com/fett101/case.jpg)

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: Calum on 9 December 2002, 22:18

flammable though, mhoah ha ha ha haaaaa!!!

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: foobar on 9 December 2002, 23:32

:D  ROFLOL

I've got this tiger skin around me monitor, got it from me mum ... but this cookie monster thing is hilarious ...  (http://smile.gif)

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: Fett101 on 9 December 2002, 23:39

Yes. And it attracts furries like nobodies business (http://home.midsouth.rr.com/fett101/fur.jpg)  :(


But I have since then taken care of the problem. (http://home.midsouth.rr.com/fett101/df.jpg)

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: choasforages on 10 December 2002, 00:12

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*/

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: Calum on 10 December 2002, 15:57

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

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: choasforages on 11 December 2002, 06:16

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.

Title: Newbie: What matters in a LAN comp?
Post by: theangelofdeath69 on 28 April 2003, 17:09

Logitech mouse.  Trust me.  And there's not REALLY much wrong with that PC.  My "1334 PC" (not) happens to be a 400mhz, 292mb ram, sis 620 video, acer beast

Yeech