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Not dead yet. Been playing with the computer I built. To lazy to download a benchmarking thingamabob. Screenshots will be coming and in excess. Here is the dxdiag report for those who want to see the what I bought:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/18/2006, 02:07:52
Machine name: TURK-6D1A6B065
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 09/19/05 12:07:53 Ver: 08.00.10
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 367MB used, 2094MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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Not that I have anything against the Jewish people, I don’t. But I wonder what it is in my recent posts that I get served up these kinds of Google ads:

Google AdSense says it displays ads:

that are relevant to what visitors are looking for on your site

Which again is kinda weird for these ads to pop up. I’m thinking the system isn’t perfect maybe? Or maybe I’ve used the word kosher once to often?

I got my new video card the other day. After installing the card I of course fired up Camelot to see how it ran. This is my first Radeon card and I was a little worried. But it ran fine. The next thing I did was benchmark my new pc with 3DMark 2001. I’ve always been very anal about benchmarking my computer whenever I got a new video card or piece of hardware that improved my pc. Here is the 3DMark results of my old pc that I made when I got my GeForce 3. This result is a look at my old pc and the new pc (using the GeForce FX 5200 in both). And finally here are the benchmarks of the new pc with the Radeon 9600 XT.

So far the new pc is doing better than I had hoped. I’ve installed and ran every 3d accelerated game I got that gave the old pc trouble. The list which includes Morrowind and Soldier of Fortune 2. And they both run like a dream now. I also downloaded and installed the Unreal Tournament 2004 and Painkiller demos. Both games performed great even with all the settings turned up. I’m looking forward to playing all the games that would never play on the old pc.

On a side note about the video card I got from Newegg.com. It did not include the coupon for a free copy of Half Life 2. The retail box I got was a lite version and it only came with the card, the driver disc, and a cable to hook my tv up to it. So if you followed my link to buy the vid card from a few posts ago consider yourself warned.

Here are some shots of what that case I bought looks like on the outside and the inside.

I continue to wait for my order to get to me. The Fedex site says not till the 9th. I can’t wait.

Lavasoft Ad-aware Personal Build 6.181
Logfile created on :Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:49:52 PM
Created with Ad-aware Personal, free for private use.
Using reference-file :01R238 18.12.2003
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Ad-aware Settings
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Set : Activate in-depth scan (Recommended)
Set : Safe mode (always request confirmation)
Set : Scan active processes
Set : Scan registry
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I saw this over at the IGN VE3D and told Gawain about it before I posted it. The end of the world is near, because Los Angeles officials have asked that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors stop using the terms “master” and “slave” on computer equipment. Here is a blurb from the CNN Article:

…came after an unidentified worker spotted a videotape machine carrying devices labeled “master” and “slave” and filed a discrimination complaint with the county’s Office of Affirmative Action Compliance.

This really has to be a sign that our civilization is on the downward spiral towards extinction.