My New Computer

[PyTom]

Hey folks, just checking in from "eileen", my new computer. (Named after everyone's favorite Ren'Py spokes-bishoujo.)

Some specs:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13ghz (2MB Cache)
RAM: 2x512 MB DDR2-800 (Dual Channel, 1GB total RAM)
HDD: 500 GB SATA
VIDEO: nVidia GeForce 6200 (With working OpenGL, finally.)

I've changed the OS to be Ubuntu running in amd64 mode.

I still have lots of things to install, but hopefully the computer will begin working well sometime tonight.

[Megaman Z]

Hey folks, just checking in from "eileen", my new computer. (Named after everyone's favorite Ren'Py spokes-bishoujo.)

Some specs:
...
VIDEO: nVidia GeForce 6200 (With working OpenGL, finally.)

from the sound of that post, it must have taken a bit to get it working. I had to install a whole different OS to get my nVidia GeForce 6600 working right with just about anything involving DirectX (hell, even WMP locked my computer up), and even then, it took a while.

[monele]

Sounds like quite the computer ... Umm, congrats?

[PyTom]

megaman>>> Actually, getting the 6200 working was quite easy, about a minute or two of work, with the only issue being I had to install the beta drivers to let me specify which head was the primary one in TwinView mode. (It defaulted to CRT-0, the lousy CRT, rather then DFP-0, my nice LCD display.)

The finally refers to the fact that I never had reliable OpenGL with my old Radeon.

monele>>> Okay, I have to admit, I was mostly bragging about my new toy. But there are some advantages... eventually, I'll probably be releasing a 64-bit version of Ren'Py. (When I deem it necessary.)

[monele]

Wasn't complaining . It's cool to have a new compy . So, I take it you run Linux with Windows in dual boot or something ?

[PyTom]

Actually, I run Windows under VMware. It works quite well for 2-d games, and I can access the Linux computer from inside the Windows VM. (And vice versa, although I rarely do things the other way.)

VMware server is free, and I think it's a must-have for people who are doing cross-platform development.

[monele]

Ohh... neat . Actually, I remember trying Magical Boutique on VMware, so yea ô_o... I understand how it can ease cross-platform development ^^

[mikey]

Well, after A whole YEAR and even more I was suffering from a bad video card, a faulty mainboard (which made the disk switch off sometimes), unable to play any 3D games or applications whatsoever for more than 10 minutes before everything screwed up (it was, again, a HW problem), yesterday, I got myself a new computer!!

Now, finally, I can take out the Need For Speed, Race Driver and a few newer racing game releases I have bought and could never play... And as a small distraction, Tomb Raider Legend, which I have bought in London, and could not play for almost a year... so it's fair to say I will be a useless LSF member for the next month or so. But I deserve it! For so long I have endured the whims of my old computer (Mayako), I need to race, race, race and race some more.

Anyhow, my new computer, a mid-range thing (from the specs, it's not as powerful as "eileen"), but works with all the said games perfectly. For the first time in my life I think, my copmuter ISN'T called a Japanese/Anime name, instead I took its retail name Scaleo and derived its new name from it - and it's called Scaglietti now!

Aaaah, the joys.

[monele]

Congrats ^^. Enjoy the new shiny toy

[mikey]

Congrats ^^. Enjoy the new shiny toy

It shines, and it even has a blue underglow!

Hmmm, you'll soon break 1000 posts, congrats to that!