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Devlin Gallant
Thought Police
Join date: 18 Jun 2003
Posts: 5,948
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12-17-2004 13:23
Hey! My Alienware ALX Aurora is finally here and set up! However, I see getting a top-of-the-line brand new computer does NOT improve my SL experience. I am now crashing more often than I did with my old one. So, don't expect to see me in SL anytime soon.
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I LIKE children, I've just never been able to finish a whole one.
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Baccara Rhodes
Social Doyenne
Join date: 10 Jul 2003
Posts: 627
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Pish Pash
12-17-2004 13:25
You are here right now....
I love you but maybe you have the SL voodoo doll being sutck with pins? _____________________
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Schwanson Schlegel
SL's Tokin' Villain
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 2,721
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12-17-2004 13:33
It's the latest patch Devlin.
I am crashing more then ever since yesterday's "upgrade". SL is almost unplayable ATM. |
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Pendari Lorentz
Senior Member
Join date: 5 Sep 2003
Posts: 4,372
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12-17-2004 13:34
Congratulations on the new computer Devlin!!
 And don't think it is you right off. They are working on an upgrade right now because a lot of people are having crashes. Even those who don't normally!  _____________________
*hugs everyone*
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Hank Ramos
Lifetime Scripter
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 2,328
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12-17-2004 14:21
Have you tried the new SL update the Lindens put up today on the preview grid Devlin? It might do the trick for you...
/111/06/30205/1.html http://secondlife.com/preview _____________________
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Adohan Zephyr
Bang bang
Join date: 20 Sep 2004
Posts: 216
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12-17-2004 14:42
haha you bought an alienware!
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Lance LeFay
is a Thug
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 1,488
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12-17-2004 17:25
I haven't crashed since the new-new update.
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Merwan Marker
Booring...
Join date: 28 Jan 2004
Posts: 4,706
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12-17-2004 17:32
Congrats on your new machine Devlin.
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Don't Worry, Be Happy - Meher Baba
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Devlin Gallant
Thought Police
Join date: 18 Jun 2003
Posts: 5,948
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12-18-2004 01:00
You are here right now.... I love you but maybe you have the SL voodoo doll being sutck with pins? But, Sweetie...the forums aren't SL proper. _____________________
I LIKE children, I've just never been able to finish a whole one.
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Chosen Few
Alpha Channel Slave
Join date: 16 Jan 2004
Posts: 7,496
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12-18-2004 01:22
Hey! My Alienware ALX Aurora is finally here and set up! However, I see getting a top-of-the-line brand new computer does NOT improve my SL experience. I am now crashing more often than I did with my old one. So, don't expect to see me in SL anytime soon. Alienware... me jealous! NeuralClone had the same experience. He recently bought a Dell XPS (similar specs to some of the Alienware systems). He's noticed marked improvement over his prior computer in almost every area, except SL runs slower. Weird. _____________________
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Siobhan Taylor
Nemesis
Join date: 13 Aug 2003
Posts: 5,476
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12-18-2004 02:37
But, Sweetie...the forums aren't SL proper. Are you saying the forums aren't proper? Well, we have Jeska working on that, and once she's consigned all the riff-raff to the off-topic area, we can work on the spelling and grammar of those who remain. Perhaps this forum can become Proper once more. _____________________
http://siobhantaylor.wordpress.com/
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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12-18-2004 03:14
Alienware business model... buy computer, paint it green, resell at twice the price.
I would never buy or recommend an alienware computer if only because I can build a better PC for half the price. You should have used that money to get yourself laid  _____________________
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Oz Spade
ReadsNoPostLongerThanHand
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 2,708
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12-18-2004 08:29
My alienware runs great, and looks perty, and I got it cheap because of Best Buy screwing up
Anyway... Devlin, what kind of Graphics Card does your new computer have? _____________________
"Don't anticipate outcome," the man said. "Await the unfolding of events. Remain in the moment." - Konrad
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Devlin Gallant
Thought Police
Join date: 18 Jun 2003
Posts: 5,948
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12-18-2004 09:23
gforce 6800 w/256
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I LIKE children, I've just never been able to finish a whole one.
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Malachi Petunia
Gentle Miscreant
Join date: 21 Sep 2003
Posts: 3,414
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12-18-2004 10:04
Aside from the SL bugs mentioned above, WinXP SP2 (which I imagine is what OEMs are loading today) does something funny with memory accesses which slow them markedly. The default software firewall may also be reducing network performance.
Friends don't let friends install SP2. Now as how to get it out?  _____________________
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Carnildo Greenacre
Flight Engineer
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 1,044
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12-18-2004 22:48
May I suggest Windows 98SE? Not only does it not have whatever feature is causing memory access to slow down, it also doesn't have the security holes of Windows XP.
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Devlin Gallant
Thought Police
Join date: 18 Jun 2003
Posts: 5,948
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12-19-2004 08:40
Hey guys, I'm just happy not to continually crash anymore.
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I LIKE children, I've just never been able to finish a whole one.
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Jack Wishbringer
Second Life Resident
Join date: 9 Nov 2004
Posts: 41
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12-19-2004 08:56
My Alienware Area-51m laptop beats the specs of all the PCs at my office, and kicks arse. It runs Doom 3 beautifully. People who badmouth Alienware are just jealous
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Chosen Few
Alpha Channel Slave
Join date: 16 Jan 2004
Posts: 7,496
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12-19-2004 09:39
I would never buy or recommend an alienware computer if only because I can build a better PC for half the price. Eggy, I'm presently unaware of ANY computer that has dual GPU's like Alienware is now doing. Can you really build this? If so, we should talk. _____________________
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Teeny Leviathan
Never started World War 3
Join date: 20 May 2003
Posts: 2,716
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12-19-2004 13:27
I'm presently unaware of ANY computer that has dual GPU's like Alienware is now doing. Dual GPUs, like a pair of GeForce 6800 PCI express cards in SLI mode? Its doable by anyone who can afford to blow a grand on video cards. Alienware doesn't have a monopoly on that. _____________________
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They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies. And they have a plan. |
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Tito Gomez
Mi Vida Loca
Join date: 1 Aug 2004
Posts: 921
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12-19-2004 13:32
Friends don't let friends install SP2. Yikes! Giving advice like that! Are you a hax0r? iPh j00 d0N'+ iN$+@11 $3rvic3 p@x0r 2 j00 \/\/i11 j0iN +h3 +h0u$@Ndz 0f 0+h3rz +h@+ h@v3 0Ph3r3d +h3ir pcz iN $@criPhic3 +0 $criP+ /<iddi3$! - T - _____________________
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Tito Gomez
Mi Vida Loca
Join date: 1 Aug 2004
Posts: 921
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12-19-2004 13:37
Moral of the story. If properly installing, properly operating and properly securing a PC would be as simple as the marketeers would like you to believe, many of us would be out of a job!
Marketing and Sales are IT's worse enemies! They 'stretch the truth', we have to make it work. - T - _____________________
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Philip Linden
Founder, Linden Lab
Join date: 18 Nov 2002
Posts: 428
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12-19-2004 15:41
Devlin,
Yes we fixed a big crash bug that was in 1.5.8 and 1.5.9 with 1.5.10. Try it and let me know if you are still crashing. _____________________
Philip Linden
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Chosen Few
Alpha Channel Slave
Join date: 16 Jan 2004
Posts: 7,496
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12-19-2004 16:00
Dual GPUs, like a pair of GeForce 6800 PCI express cards in SLI mode? Its doable by anyone who can afford to blow a grand on video cards. Alienware doesn't have a monopoly on that. Show me where to get the motherboard that supports dual GPU's other than from Alienware. I really want to know. I use a Quadro FX 3000 graphics card. It's an incredible piece of equipment for 3D modeling applications, but it's not as fast for gaming as consumer end video cards are. I'd love to be able to run both on one machine. _____________________
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Carnildo Greenacre
Flight Engineer
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 1,044
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12-19-2004 22:54
IIRC, Alienware is the only company that makes a two-graphic-card system right now, but in a month or so, there'll be about a dozen companies making dual-card mainboards.
Edit: Dual-GPU means a matched pair of cards, each rendering half the scene. Putting a second video card in and using each to drive one monitor is old hat. _____________________
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