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I was inspired by the talk in the laptop forum
What system are you running? What are your current favorite games. What games are you looking forward to?

My system (soon to be upgraded)
Box (aka case for all you 1@|\/|34z ): random 8 bay piece of crap with a single silent blue LED fan (soon to be replaced with a Lian-Li PC-65B)
Mainboard: Abit AT7-MAX2 (a beautiful board, btw. runs flawlessly)
CPU: Athlon XP 1700+ (soon to be replaced with a 2600/2700+)
Memory: 384 MB PC2100 (soon to be replaced with 512 of 3200, and, in a month or so, 1 gig of same)
Sound: Sound Blaster Live (I'd like the new hercules 7.1, but I don't think I have money for it)
Video: Radeon 9700 pro (it may not outperform the GeForce 5900, but hey, I spent $130 less (more like $250 for the ultra), and I've had mine for close to a year )
Monitor: 18" (17" visible) KDS CRT (soon to be replaced with a Quantex 19" (18" visible) flat CRT)

Fave games: GTAIII, UT2003, UT, Star Trek Armada 2, Avernum 3, assorted others

Looking forward to: Halo PC, Doom III, Half-life 2, any GOOD RPG's.

So, how 'bout everyone else? Let's get 1337!

mikester

My system (to be slightly upgraded before Uni)
Case: Random 6 slot beige full tower i found at a store
Mainboard: Asus CUSL2 (The original, baby!)
CPU: Pentium III 700e@945 (hehe...it goes a lot higher mind you)
Memory: 256MB Micron
Sound: Sound Blaster PCI 128 (hooked into a 3-piece Labtec surround sound)
Video: ATI Radeon 7500, to be upgraded soon (slightly overclocked, the card was just right for me)
Monitor: 15" IBM piece of sh*t (to be upgradede to a 19 or 21" CRT before Uni)

Fave games: Counter Strike, Quake 2, Quake 3, GTA 3, GTA: Vice City, Deus EX, Max Payne

Looking forward to: nothing really, i havent been paying attention to the market.

Dark Jedi

My system, a tad long in the tooth:

Simple 3U rack mount box.

ABIT dual PIII/1.1G
1G PC133 RAM
Geforce4 MX 400 64Mb (Hey, I got it for $20, gimme a break!)
Promis ATA133 RAID card w/ dual IBM 10k ATA133 40G HDD, RAID-0 for data storage
AMI SCSI/160 w/ 3 Seagate Barracuda 10k Ultra160 18G HDD in RAID-0 for game and video storage.
Aureal A3D 2 channel 5.1 audio.
21" HP RGB monitor

And freaking dialup internet.
:banghead:

VonEvilstein

Billy, the Happy Bunny (as my main PC is named):

Midi Tower case
1.7GHz P4 processor
Some mainboard - I don't actually remember what
256 Megs DDR (want more - want at least 64 Meg to reserve for soundfonts)
G-Force 2, 64 Meg video card (still does everything I require of it, but due an upgrade soon)
SoundBlaster Audigy and MidiMan soundcards (Audigy for output, Midiman for input
2x Seagate 80 Gig hard drives (man do I need that DVD burner to fre up some space - complete seasons of Buffy/Angel/Simpsons/Alias take up so much damn room!)
Generic DVD player and CD-RW
Wingman joystick and Trust steering wheel

Cable modem into router/hub.

Vorkosigan

LOL. I have a puny 20 gix, AMD-1000 mgherz system, basic speakers.....

...and lately I've been killing time with Imperialism 1 from 1997. I'd love to see Imp 3 upgraded so that it is a serious game.....I have Baldur's Gate waiting for this summer, and also 1813, some kind of Napoleonic game.

Vorkosigan

Kinross

Gaming Machine:
P4 3Ghz 1024MB 3200 DDR RAM
Apaptec 29160N SCSI Controller
2 18 GB Seagate 15K RPM SCSI drives
80 GB Western Digital IDE drive
Radeon 9700 Pro
48/24/24 Sanyo SCSI CDRW
16x Pioneer SCSI DVD
ASUS P4PE mainboard w/ onboard sound and ethernet
21" Monitor
Lian Li Mid Tower Aluminum Case

Web/FTP/File/Print Server
Via M1000 Mini-ITX 256MB 2700 DDR RAM
200GB IDE drive

Office Machine:
800 Mhz Athlon 512MB SDRAM

All behind a Linksys Firewall with 2 Mbit up and down SDSL

Favorite Game: Operation Flashpoint

Currently Playing: BGI, will finish on Friday , Freelancer, Rise of Nations, UT2003

Waiting for: Half-Life2, Operation Flashpoint 2

Bumble Bee Tuna

Well I've got:

AMD XP-1900 1.67GHz?
256MB DDR SDRAM (Supposed to be 512, grrrr it busted)
40GB 7200rpm hard drive
ATI Radeon 7500 All-In-Wonder
19" monitor
DVD drive

It's a decent system. Not mindblowing, not awful. It works just fine.

Right now I am absolutely addicted to Battlefield:1942. I've also got Warcraft 3 lying around but I haven't been playing because BF:1942 is just too good. Also I'm way better at BF. Though I used to kick ass at Starcraft and all, it takes too much effort to learn WC3.

I think I will start up some old games soon. Maybe some Fallout 1 or 2.

-B

vixstile

*AMD Athlon XP processor 2000+ operating at 1.67GHz
*256MB DDR SDRAM Memory with up to 32MB allocated to video memory
*60GB Ultra DMA Hard Drive
*DVD/CD-RW combo drive 32x10x12x40x max
*Integrated ProSavageDDR KM266 graphics with 32MB shared video memory
*XP home

Not really a gaming machine but it manages: UT2003, Half life, Deus Ex, Myst III, Quake 3 Arena, Jedi Outcast, Star Trek Elite Force, Alien vs. Predator, and Heavy Metal - FAKK2

I will definitely have to upgrade if I want to play: Deus Ex 2, Half life 2, Elite Force 2, and Doom 3.

I'll probably only be able to afford a nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra ($100)

Here is the machine I wish I had:

Alienwares Area-51
*Alienware Full-Tower Case (420-Watt PS) - Saucer Silver
*Alienware Cable Management System
*Intel� Pentium� 4 Processor 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache w/H-T
*Intel� D875PBZ - Intel 875P Pentium 4 Motherboard
*512MB DDR SDRAM PC-3200
*80GB Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ATA-100 - Quantity 1
*16/48x DVD-ROM - IDE - Black w/Software MPEG-2 Decoder
*ATI RADEON� 9800 PRO 128MB 8x AGP w/DVI & S-Video
*AlienIce� Video Cooling System - Astral Blue
*Sound Blaster� Audigy 2 - 6.1
*Integrated Intel Pro/1000 CT Gigabit Ethernet Adapter w/CSA
*Microsoft Internet Keyboard - Saucer Silver
*Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 - USB - Saucer Silver
*Microsoft� Windows� XP Home Edition
*Free Alienware� T-Shirt - Black
*Bonus 12-Month Subscription to Computer Games Magazine!
*AlienAutopsy: Automated Technical Support Request System
*1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service

Bookman

I don't have any games that I'm playing with any frequency currently, but my game machine is:

AMD Athlon XP 2000 MHz processor
GeForce 4 TI 4600 Vid Card
512 PC133 RAM
XP Pro

My board can handle PC133 or DDR but only two banks of each, so I'll upgrade to a gig of DDR when the prices fall a bit more on the 512 DDR sticks or when SWG comes out, whichever comes first. My other needed upgrade is CD device. I'd like to get a cd burner.

My other machine is a "desktop replacement" Inspiron Laptop from Dell. I've taken it as a second machine to a couple of lan parties and it performs surprisingly well on the current generation of games (including BF1942 with most of the visual settings on).

I'm not really a big propellerhead (I'm a software guy, not a hardware guy), so I don't know the specifics of most of the other components. I put in one of the soundblaster cards a few weeks ago because the onboard audio was giving me trouble in BF1942, but I don't recall which one I got. I have a buddy that does all my shopping for me.

Bookman

AzJeff

My rig:

*Intel P3 600 MHz
*512mb memory
*2 x 20GB IDE Drives
*CD-RW 32x10x12
*SoundBlaster Live! (Gamer version)
*TNT2 32MB 3-D Board
*19" Samsung Flat-Panel
*Bose Stereo speakers
*High Speed Internet (Cable)

Favorite Games: Hearts of Iron; Half-Life (TFC); The Operational Art of War; Combat Mission; Zeus (Poseidon add-on); Max Payne; Serios Sam; Homeworld (Cataclysm); Icewind Dale. . .

I plan on upgrading, right around when Half-Life 2 comes out . . .