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Don't make fun of my ancient CRT (heh). I never made the switch to LCD for FPS gaming. It never seemed as smooth, and I'm cheap.



some notes:
- i7 920 2.7ghz, 6gb corsair dominator 2ghz triple chan, 10k rpm storage, gtx 285 black
- ABS M-1 Mechanical Keyboard
- Logitech MX518
- Antec 900 case
- 2 crappy craigslist monitors
- assorted broken laptops (mostly apple)
- a large, heavy desk also from craigslist (score!)

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CRT > LCD nuff said

I have an older ViewSonic G7fmb with a 1280 X 1024 resolution.

(03-30-2010, 09:58 PM)Lee_Stricklin Wrote: [ -> ]CRT > LCD nuff said

I have an older ViewSonic G7fmb with a 1280 X 1024 resolution.

Thats what I used to tell myself before I got My 22" LCD
I had an old 21" Sony it weighed 70 lbs and slurped around 150watts of power. I don't miss it.

(03-30-2010, 10:30 PM)Silica Gel: Do Not Eat Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-30-2010, 09:58 PM)Lee_Stricklin Wrote: [ -> ]CRT > LCD nuff said

I have an older ViewSonic G7fmb with a 1280 X 1024 resolution.

Thats what I used to tell myself before I got My 22" LCD
I had an old 21" Sony it weighed 70 lbs and slurped around 150watts of power. I don't miss it.

Every LCD I screwed around with including the Samsung Sync Masters that my tech school had lagged too much. They also don't handle non-native resolutions (640 X 480 on a 180 X 1024 CRT actually looks like 640 X 480, on an LCD it looks like blocks) very well, have bad blacks, and unless you have a damn good HDMI cable (high speed) you'll be looking at some motion blur. As soon as I find one, I'll get a CRT with a higher than 1080i resolution.

I'll be fraggin' at the library. Children see the nub-chunks when I'm playing Nexuiz, and their mothers glare at me... xP

@Stricklin: What's so good about CRT? A few of those monitors died on me (Wierd snapping noises, screwed picture, etc.) No LCDs did though.

I am still amazed that both screens seem to be used as touch screens.

(03-31-2010, 06:02 AM)Halogene Wrote: [ -> ]I am still amazed that both screens seem to be used as touch screens.

I like to point at things.

i've always been a fan of LED/LCD, but there's no comparison to CRT's. Mind the technical details, the feel is totally different.

(03-31-2010, 07:54 AM)BennyDacks Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-31-2010, 06:02 AM)Halogene Wrote: [ -> ]I am still amazed that both screens seem to be used as touch screens.

I like to point at things.

lol

(03-31-2010, 06:02 AM)Halogene Wrote: [ -> ]I am still amazed that both screens seem to be used as touch screens.

OLD

(03-31-2010, 06:10 AM)lda17h Wrote: [ -> ]

Is that toilet paper on your desk? Well, at least you wipe.

(03-31-2010, 07:54 AM)BennyDacks Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-31-2010, 06:02 AM)Halogene Wrote: [ -> ]I am still amazed that both screens seem to be used as touch screens.

I like to point at things.

he likes to touch things...
but i can understand that. I like to touch my bicycle

(03-31-2010, 02:58 PM)Silica Gel: Do Not Eat Wrote: [ -> ]Is that toilet paper on your desk? Well, at least you wipe.

Indeed.. Keep the desk clean

(03-31-2010, 03:07 PM)kuniu the frogg Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-31-2010, 07:54 AM)BennyDacks Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-31-2010, 06:02 AM)Halogene Wrote: [ -> ]I am still amazed that both screens seem to be used as touch screens.

I like to point at things.

he likes to touch things...
but i can understand that. I like to touch my bicycle

Honestly, I almost never turn the light on in my room, so it's pretty hard to see the smudges. Only when the light comes on do I notice, and at that point I'm already on my way out/late.

I really like the idea of this thread

So here you go, thats where you get owned



Since a few weeks the screens have changed their positions btw, i'm using the 24" TFT as primary screen now

For the specs: QuadCore Q6600 (4x2,4 GHz) @ 4x3,00Ghz cooled by Noctua NH-U12P, ASUS p5n-e sli, 4GB Corsair Ram @ 800MHz, ASUS EN8800GT+ @ 8800GTX, Speedlink Illuminated Metal Keyboard, Logitech MX400 performance laser mouse @ Compad Speedpad, 19" TFT @ 1440x900, Sennheiser RS 140 wireless headphones

i love it!

Hmm I should play some PSP again.

lmao nice sig Fisume

Actually its the other way round.. the bigger the more posts you have to have as its easier to sit with all the extra weight

C2D E6300
2GB RAM
Intel DG965WH mobo
HD3650 graphics
32GB SSD for / (lots of small files + random access)
500GB HDD for /home (lots of huge files + sequential access)
DAT72 tape
3U short-depth rack case
el cheapo 24" 1920*1080 monitor (Acer V243H)

Power is from an 180W HP laptop brick (behind the fans) + M2-ATX DC/DC board

In need of an upgrade, but still plenty fast enough for most stuff.

Still a decent setup. Not as cool as mine though

Me I have:
a core i7 overclocked to 4GHZ
16 GB of DDR3 RAM 1333
and 3 ATI 5890s in Crossfire

lol I wish!

I have a more down to earth system that's fairly high end, but only because I built it to replace the Pentium 4 HT and Geforce 7600 powered rig that lit up on me last year. Those specs are:

AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition AM2+ Socket 3 GHZ
4 GB DDR2 1066 in dual channel
Nvidia Geforce 9800GTX 256 bit, 1GB of memory
Seagate Barracuda 320 GB 7500 RPM, IDE interface (salvaged from previous rig)
All this is powered by an honest to god $50 800 watt PSU (no joke)
and I got it all hooked up to a ViewSonic G70fmb CRT with a 1280 X1024 @ 60Hz refresh and a 5:4 ratio
and just like all the cool kids these days I got me a nice noob friendly Linux distro (Linux Mint Gloria 64 bit) instead of that WIndows crap that about made me pull my hair out for the last decade.

I havent changed my rig in ages.. and my work rig and home rig is pretty much exactly the same now... Athlon64 3000+ 3GB RAM, home 500G disk + 5TB fileserver, work 500GB disk, home 7600GS, work 6600, home rig is built to be silent.

I do have some 40 other computers as well, some slower, some waaay faster, but they are mostly used as servers. All servers sun linux, my workstations run windows (cause i need CS3).

home:



CRTs are now replaced with LCDs

work (allthough even these CRT babies are now replaced) (also note, old pic, stuff has been changed)

My new PC: a Phenom x4 965 with 4 GB RAM, 1.5 TB hard disk, HD5850 1 GB graphics card, 27" screen. Powered by Linux.



As you can see there's a light on the front side and actually you can also use it as Christmas tree so look at it form the backside in the dark: