The Coming of VU 9.1

I currently have an NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS which is AGP compatible and I believe supports pixel shader 3.0 (my graphics look good).

Dunno if that helps at all :-)

 

Nexus7, while the AGP cards are slowly becoming less commonly available in shops, there are still many good AGP cards available with PS3.0 support.

Like Erach, I am using a 6800 card, but I can recommend Nvidia 7900GS as a very nice card.
I think the 7950 range is about the fastest from Nvidia with AGP, but the price increase over the 7900 didn't seem worth it.

The older cards such as 6800, 7600 seem to be available at quite good prices now, under $100. Depending on the age of other components in your computer, you may find it better to upgrade now to a less expensive lower spec AGP PS3.0 card, and put the extra $ towards a future whole new computer where all the components will be new, hopefully giving better overall performance.

ATI also make nice cards, so you are not limited to Nvidia.

 

"....an NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS which is AGP compatible and I believe supports pixel shader 3.0 (my graphics look good).":)

Thanks - I'll be getting onto my local pc-shop right away although they seem to have problems getting anything AGP recently; and thanks to you too Burgerman for the other specs.

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I won't really wear footguards over bare feet coz I'll never know what I might step on.

 

I have never really payed much attention to the foot guards discussions I guess, and well they haven't been that constructive either. Mainly lots of irrelevant whining tbh. But one thing is for sure, the foot guards are implemented.

And I have the pair I need, wasnt a big cost for me and I enjoy the development that is taking place in game. No question about it is that MA need to make money just like all other game developers. How they do it I let other worry about...

I'm mainly sick of all whining about every change that is taking place lol.

The main problems with the game imo is, and will probably stay, Lag, other players and the time consumption

 

That is nice. I am happy for you.
Unfortunately, not everyone has the footguards they need. Not everyone can afford the footguards they need. Showing a care towards other players is always important I think.

Thankyou. Many of us are worrying about it. You call it whining.

Sorry to have to disagree with you. The main problem since VU9 is that MA has lost a lot of credibility, and shown how little they care about the players/depositors/participants in their little universe.

Much of the discussion in the forums since VU9 has not been only about the changes, but HOW MA and support have chosen to behave.

My main problem with footguards is the sudden addition to the game, with the lame excuse that MA always planned 7 armour parts ( next year will they add an 8th part and claim it was always planned?) and Marco posting that footguards would not be rare, yet many people have posted about the shortage of footguards in loots.

My main problem with clothing is that MA hypes EU as a style/fashion/image game, where people take interest and pride in their clothing and appearance and housing, yet MA gleefully break the colour fields in many items of clothing and furniture. Then support say the colouring cannot be fixed. Later support post that the colouring can be fixed on selected items.

I could say more but I really can no longer be bothered. Honesty, integrity, credibility, respect - these are all aspects of successful business and customer care in enlightened western countries. I am sorry if these business aspects have not yet reached MA, but I think they need to seriously rethink their behaviour if they expect to survive in international gaming.

 

Well I can only speak for my self, but I still think there is nothing new here Burger. They do this every VU, same thing happen in rl, usually every day. And real life don't try to fcuk (censorship)?? us or does it? Yes ofc it does!...

I daily see the same discussion about taxes, wealthfare changes etc etc on tv and in magazines and its the same reaction from the crowd, uhh buhuu blaaa taxes kill me, I will loose this, more costs etc etc, gas prices, enviorment taxes.

Changes is part of vl as in rl and when humans run business things are messed up, usually ok, but sometime messed up.

Either they do it for the best of the participants in the long run = the inhabitants, us the entropians. Or if they do it for their own good = the world, nation, collective Mindark or whatever.

Thats my point, and yes I think I disagree with u to the point that I cant see that we will ever agree on this topic. Other than that they could explain how this will bring positive effects to us in the future, like normal politicians or company owners. But we will never see the whole story, that would in the end ruin the game I believe, we are the crowd, the mob, the whiners.


But I still Love u old Burger ;) even if my opinion may vary



Edit : We can say I chose to trust MA on this topic, if I didn't trust MA I might have expressed my self differently. However in this case I dont question their actions and/or believe a other way to act would have been so much better. This doesn't mean im naive and swallow all shit that is coming in my way, just that this particular case doesn't deserve such attention

 

On days when I'm in a lot of pain, it can be very hard not to be upset at some of the crazy things MA does.

However, I am feeling good today, and I found this pic which I hope you all get a chuckle from.

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I might see if I can upload it onto a display sign, and hang it up in my apartment on the wall. :D


And of course I still love ya Klod. EU would be absolutely no fun without cool cats like you playing. :yeah: 8) :D