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#1165 Hey Ladies!
Posted by Spoon on 07 February 2003 - 03:06 AM in General Nerf
#1105 Nerf History
Posted by Spoon on 04 February 2003 - 08:39 PM in General Nerf
I think we're all treating Nerf and the supposed "Nerf Internet Community" a LOT more importantly than we probably should.....Seriously all, it's really not that big of a deal. If you find nerf fun great. If not, oh well.
#1063 Radeon Vs. Geforce Fx
Posted by Spoon on 01 February 2003 - 04:33 AM in Off Topic
Merlinski: Exactly, that is how chipmakers sort their CPUs or VPUs into the right products. Intel doesn't produce chips for each specific speed, they produce a bunch, in several levels of quality, and then sort them according to their maximum stable speed and laser etch whichever speed rating they fall into, usually leaving quite a bit of headroom for extra insurance. Nvidia does the same thing, and so does ATI. The 9700 Pro's core operates a full 50Mhz faster than the 9500 Pro, and the memory is 80Mhz faster. Whichever chips can't reliably cut those speeds (within the insurance margins at least) are designated 9500 Pro's and their memory bus is cut in half from 256 bits to 128 bits. HOWEVER, this is only using the stock heatsink and fan. With better cooling, you can often push your 9500 Pro to near 9700 Pro speeds. Also, if not enough chips fail to make the cut (as happens more and more often the more time the manufacturing process has time to mature, and yields increase), Ati (and any other chip maker) will have to simply start designating chips at random to be 9500 Pros etc, so you stand a chance of getting a 9700 Pro-capable core. Same thing happens with Intel chips, why do you think the P4 1.6A was such a good overlocker, often hitting 50% overclocks? As always, with any piece of hardware, overclocking is a crapshoot and relies heavily on luck of the draw. If you meant quality as in defects, I assure you not Ati nor any other chip maker would knowingly let ANY chips pass with any sort of defects whatsoever.
#1050 Radeon Vs. Geforce Fx
Posted by Spoon on 31 January 2003 - 12:10 AM in Off Topic
Bah, forgive me for being blunt but you know nothing.First of all, the Geforce Fx 5800 Ultra, the highest level card in that series, would top out at 400 according to what I heard. Thats the same as what the Geforce4 Ti4600 and ATI Radeon 9700 started at.
Second, with most games you won't see a real difference between the Fx and the Radeon. The Fx, however, will pull ahead by a lot when you get to the games that will come out in a year or two.
Right now, I think a 200 dollar Geforce4 Ti4200 is your best value and performance card.
In time, with driver optimizations, the Geforce FX will be perhaps as much as 20% faster than the Radeon 9700 Pro. In time. It's loud, expensive, and produces as much heat (60-70 Watts) as most high end processors. It's a great card if you need the bleeding edge, but it just isn't a good value at $400 when you can get a 9700 Pro for about $340. The Ti4200 is just plain outdated, and $200 is a total ripoff for it. You shouldn't be paying any more than $150 for the 128mb version. IMO the current price/performance sweet spot is the Radeon 9500 Pro (make sure it says Pro). For $190 you can get performance that is MAYBE 10% less in most applications than the 9700 Pro. Now I've always been an Nvidia fan-boy, but Ati has made great leaps in the quality of their drivers, so even I've made the switch to the 9500 Pro (which blows the shit out of the Geforce Ti4200 and Ti4400, look at the benchmarks). However if you've got the cash to burn, I'd say either pick up the 9700 Pro now, OR wait 3 weeks until ATI releases their R350 core which promises a significant speed boost to their current R300 core based line.
I've always loved Nvidia, but once the R350 comes out they'd better have a good come-back or they'll go the way of 3dfx.
#1019 Are You An Old Nerfer?
Posted by Spoon on 29 January 2003 - 09:27 PM in General Nerf
OMG hearing "Destructor Variant" again brings back so many memories.....I don't think ANYBODY's SS2 fired 70 feet back then, or even now for that matter.....Dude, those can almost all be attributed to NO or at least an NO era occurance, and that is not the sign of an old nerfer. I mean, that reaches back a whoping 4 years. Now if you had said "You've done the "destructer variant" and the ss2 STILL doesn't fire 70 ft." Well then I'd have to say you were one grizzled son of a bitch.
VACC
I remember when I'd root through every box (yes, box) of megas at TRU trying to find "Magnums" for my SS2. I recall when I first fired a Ultimator I thought the world was ending or something.
#965 Nj Spring War:
Posted by Spoon on 28 January 2003 - 04:38 AM in Nerf Wars
Vacc is right though, a 45 person war is just plain not fun. It's an experience certainly.....I'll have to agree with Cxwq that with the people around us and their maturity and skilly levels, and the area we play in generally, 14-20 people is absolutely perfect. I wouldn't want to be in a >20 person Nerf war again I don't think. I certainly wouldn't want to run one.
#964 Sm750 P.E.T.G. Barrel Replacement
Posted by Spoon on 28 January 2003 - 04:31 AM in Modifications
#872 Pc Air Tank
Posted by Spoon on 25 January 2003 - 05:16 PM in Modifications
#815 At3k And At4k First Impressions
Posted by Spoon on 23 January 2003 - 02:38 AM in Modifications
#814 H2h In Nerf.
Posted by Spoon on 23 January 2003 - 02:37 AM in General Nerf
No he meant "Katana" as in a "it will cut you in fucking half and was invented in Japan" sword.And you meant a "Nerf" Katana, right, Vacc?
#798 Lets Welcome Our New Admin
Posted by Spoon on 22 January 2003 - 07:53 PM in Site Feedback
#796 At3k And At4k First Impressions
Posted by Spoon on 22 January 2003 - 07:33 PM in Modifications
AT3K: Unmodded, it has NO power, nothing. It gets literally 10 feet on 3 pumps (any more and the overpressure release valve kicks in). The overpressure valve in this gun (at least in mine) is very weak, and will let air out after about 2 1/2 pumps. Plug it, and you should see a exponential increase in range and power. Replace the barrels and the gun should rock. I do not at all doubt claims of 80' flat with brass barrels. The barrel rotation mechanism works like a fucking BMW, I've abused it in every way possible, pumping REALLY fast and hard, pumping very very slowly, holding the trigger and just pumping over and over, and it's never skipped or failed to rotate once, it's clean and reliable. Definately exciting since I plan to replace the barrels with 5" brass ones, as near as I can tell it should definately not have any problems. The handle is pretty small, my pinky kinda falls off, and the trigger keeps pinching my finger a bit, but nothing major. The pump handle has a VERY short length of travel, and the handle is smooth so if your hands are sweaty you'll have a hard time holding on. I'm going to slap some grip-tape on it and that should help. If you want to replace the pump you'll have to watch out for the barrel rotation mechanism catch, as I think it's a mechanical latch that rotates the barrels. Overall the gun is compact, sturdy and (once modded) should provide decent power and accuracy, with great reliability. This will probably become my new main gun.
AT4k: This one just came today, but my opinions on it are pretty clear. I was actually pleasantly suprised. First off, it's big. About the size of a older model SM 3k, although a lot of that size extends backwards past the handle. The handle BTW is huge and very comfortable for people with larger hands, it actually really feels like the handle of a rifle or something, and the trigger as well is larger and easier to use. The pump however is even worse than on the AT3K and grip tape is practically a necessity to pump with any ease. Suprisingly enough the AT4K unmodded has about twice the range of a unmodded AT3K, with much better power. Still not powerful enough for most nerf wars, but you probably wouldn't get slaughtered with 12 shots at your disposal. The overpressure release valve seems a lot tighter on the AT4K. The barrel rotation mechanism works very well, but just doesn't feel quite as sturdy as the AT3K's, and you have to move the pump handle ALL the way forward to engage the rotation catch, which during very fast pumping could cause problems by not moving the handle forward enough. It's definately reliable enough for stock use, but put 12 5" brass barrels on there and I just doubt it would work as well. However once Cxwq gets some of that PETG tubing he mentioned in the Trading forum, that stuff may well prove to be perfect due to it's incredibly light weight. My dream mod for this gun would be to replace the barrels with PETG tubing and replace the pump with a larger one, such as a Powerclip's pump as per Cxwq's suggestion. With the approximately triple air capacity of the PC's pump over this one, you would only need one pump per shot, effectively turning the AT4K into a 12 shot pump action shotgun/rifle. It would be awesome. You would however need to make sure that the new pump handle would still make the barrels rotate properly. Overall I wouldn't say it has the "everyman" gun potential that the AT3K has, but properly modded the AT4K may well put a great many people in their place on the battlefield.
Now with the liquid guage thing....I actually can see some use for it, I mean it tells you if you've pumped or not and thats not bad, but does it detract from the air pressure of the shot? Or is the liquid guage a different pressure system than the main pressure tank. I don't want to drain the fluid to get more tank space, I want as little tank space as possible (within reason) to maximize the overall pressure. Can I just bypass the liquid tank entirely and connect the hose directly to the pressure tank? Would that help/hinder? What about other mods you've tried or would want to try to the AT3K or AT4K? Discuss.
#776 Counter-strike And Other Hl Mod Players Here!
Posted by Spoon on 22 January 2003 - 06:20 AM in Off Topic
I installed Natural Selection like a month ago and STILL have not had time to play it. I've read the online manual and it looks awesome, is it really fun to play? I'm also worried about it's learning curve. It looks like it could have a learning curve almost as high as Tribes 2.
#745 H2h In Nerf.
Posted by Spoon on 21 January 2003 - 01:17 AM in General Nerf
#739 Side Arms
Posted by Spoon on 20 January 2003 - 06:28 PM in General Nerf
#729 Side Arms
Posted by Spoon on 19 January 2003 - 10:24 PM in General Nerf
Really, we could argue this all day, I think in your size wars with your gun a sidearm isn't as necessary (although I'd still use one, but thats just me) as it would at a war the size of most of ours.
#727 Side Arms
Posted by Spoon on 19 January 2003 - 05:40 PM in General Nerf
#706 Side Arms
Posted by Spoon on 18 January 2003 - 04:22 PM in General Nerf
#696 Brass Barrel Cb
Posted by Spoon on 18 January 2003 - 03:22 AM in Modifications
#673 Clan/nerfer Regestry
Posted by Spoon on 17 January 2003 - 02:32 AM in General Nerf
#672 Brass Barrel Cb
Posted by Spoon on 17 January 2003 - 02:28 AM in Modifications
#627 Homemade Gun
Posted by Spoon on 15 January 2003 - 02:23 AM in Homemades
He means properly glued PVC can hold a LOT more air pressure than you're pump can create. Like 300 PSI or so. You're not going to get much above 150 PSI with any bike pump or anything AFAIK.What did that mean? My pump works fine, it's just that the tank is rather fragile.
#626 Hal's Letter
Posted by Spoon on 15 January 2003 - 02:12 AM in General Nerf
#622 Socal War In Feb
Posted by Spoon on 15 January 2003 - 01:33 AM in Nerf Wars
Glad to hear you're in (almost) for sure Box, it'll be cool to hang with you again.
Oh, and to ALL nerf war prospective attendees: Please for the love of GOD take your TIME and make some QUALITY micros. The average quality level of any micros not made by Cxwq or I at the wars is akin to just shooting handfulls of poop. Make some darts that will HIT something. Thank you.
#602 Socal War In Feb
Posted by Spoon on 14 January 2003 - 06:58 PM in Nerf Wars
Cxwq: Not sure about Hubbard, I havn't talked to him in months, but I'll call him. As long as he isn't working I think he'd come. Jenny will be a no-show however.....
EDIT: Also Cxwq be sure to add John from San Diego (he had the PVC backpack powered PC), along with a few of his clan mates, though I'm not sure how many exactly. I told him to email you or post on the boards. I'd say we'll get 20 people for sure. If you remember we actually got MORE people to show up than had RSVP'd for Armageddon last summer. God I don't ever want to run a war that big again.....Just too crazy. In my mind, 20 is the perfect number. I'll bring the flagging tape!
#599 Airtech Modification Round Table Discussion
Posted by Spoon on 14 January 2003 - 06:31 PM in Modifications
#596 Socal War In Feb
Posted by Spoon on 14 January 2003 - 05:39 PM in Nerf Wars
Oh Cx, also count on me bringing two of my friends from college, my girlfriend, and hopefully her friend from Thousand Oaks. Also maybe another guy who emailed me recently, I'll let you know.
Does anybody know how to contact the Desert Storm guys? I KNOW they'd be up for some nerfing.
EDIT: Damn it seems like we can't have a <20 person war if we TRY.....
#555 Airtech Modification Round Table Discussion
Posted by Spoon on 13 January 2003 - 04:12 PM in Modifications
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