swhunter said:

Nice!! Beats my Ram truck!

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Well it should get better fuel mileage as well! Just as well with the price we pay for fuel.

I bought it at the end of 2008 - the Nissan 370Z was coming out in the UK in the middle of 2009 and I guess they were getting rid of old stock but also getting the money in before the end of the year / Xmas for a bonus.

I was looking to buy a secondhand 350Z for about £14K. I then saw adverts for brand new 350Z with the GT pack for £2,200 off list price.

A week or so later they were being advertised for £5,200 off ist price. Then a few eeks later it was £7,200 off list price at which stage I bit and bought one. A week later they were £9,200 off! The week after that there was no further discount.

So, I paid £22,000 for it. As someone has said to me "that's a lot of car for the money".....

I'm happy with it. The first time I drove it to Manchester where I worked at the time was just after New Years Eve. I drove up on the Sunday and it was as if everyone had gone for a drive. The M6 was a nightmare (more so than usual) between Birmingham and Manchester and it was stop / start all the way.

The next time I did the drive I went up the M6 Toll Road. It's usually light traffic and people drive as if there are no Police. As I approached the toll booths I went under a bridge and there was a police car on top. I was slowing down at the time and I think my speedo was showing over 100mph (which means it's guaranteed to be a driving ban). Amyway, I slowed down and saw a Police Range Rover on the side of the road and expected to be flagged over. Nothing happened. I then paid the money for the toll and drove up the M6 at the speed limit but at no stage did a police car appear. A week or so later I gotmy letter form the Police notifying me of the offense and asking for confirmation who was driving etc. I provided all that and that's the last I heard of it.

The police have six months from the offense to start the summons procedure. I was quite nervous un June / July expecting to get a letter and then a ban. Nothing happened. I did some chasing to see if the process had started but no courts in the area (I tried a few) knew of the offense. I was given the numer of the WPC that issued the notice but I chickened out - it's not unknown for strange things to happen with a summons being issued after the six months is up.

Needless to say I set my cruise control when driving on motorways - at least I know what speed I am doing (the pick up on the 350Z is very nce).

I think someone should make a Rome total war iPhone app. Oh how work would go by so much easier.

Do You Play With Unit Detail on Highest?

My new MacBook Pro plays RSII like a dream, even on the battle map. With all settings maxed, I'm getting 15-30 FPS with AA (antialiasing) and AS (antisotopic) Filters set to full 16x. AA is disabled in-game; just running it through my graphcis card.

Today, just for fun, I nudged my unit detail down from highest to high. This brought me a huge FPS advantage - amost 20 FPS. I'm now getting 40+ on the battle map.

IIR, Tone told me that the only difference betwen unit detail on high and highest is on the latter, the game doesn't take advantage of distance shaders (I may be misquoting Tone, so don't blame him if that's wrong). If that's true, than there should be no difference when you're looking at the unit up close, right?

Just curious what other players are doing ...

~ Dani ~

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Nope, there's no difference on unit quality
(Not any noticeable), only difference is as you said, that the game uses sprites on high quality.

Re: Do You Play With Unit Detail on Highest?

The difference between the two highest unit detail settings is that on the highest one sprites are not used. This means your card is always trying to draw the units in the distance rather than use the sprites.

This is explained in the Release Thread under the performance heading: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=386559


I've dropped my unit detail settings from the top level and there is a performance boost. I do play at 2560x1600 resolution though with a pair of GTX295s in SLI.

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Brusilov said:

This is explained in the Release Thread under the performance heading: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=386559
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Sorry ... it's the one part of the release thread I didn't read because performance wasn't really an issue. Thanks for the link, though.

~ Dani ~

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I also use the new MacBook Pro. Runs absolutely amazing. Though it gets very hot at times. But I downloaded an app where you can increase fan speed, which helps.

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Connstantine XI said:

I also use the new MacBook Pro. Runs absolutely amazing. Though it gets very hot at times. But I downloaded an app where you can increase fan speed, which helps.

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Mine runs a bit hot, too, but not nearly as hot as my old one. Do you have the i5 or the i7? I have the i7 and it's sooo freakin fast. With the sprites turned on (or the unit detail set down to high rather than highest) I've fought a couple of full battles and it just sings.

The other thing I reallly like on the MacBook are the video/graphic drivers and the monitor. They make the graphics in this game simply beautiful.

~ Dani ~

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Aristotle's Folly said:

Mine runs a bit hot, too, but not nearly as hot as my old one. Do you have the i5 or the i7? I have the i7 and it's sooo freakin fast. With the sprites turned on (or the unit detail set down to high rather than highest) I've fought a couple of full battles and it just sings.

The other thing I reallly like on the MacBook are the video/graphic drivers and the monitor. They make the graphics in this game simply beautiful.

~ Dani ~

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i got myself a nice beautiful new imac, but i havnt downloaded rtw yet.. but it plays other games superbly

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I use a 27' i7 iMac too. RTW and RS 2 runs great on it.

Btw I use high.

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apple said:

I use a 27' i7 iMac too ...

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I want a 27" iMac ...

~ Dani ~

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And I want a macbook.
We need to come up with a way to clone our macs.

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Aristotle's Folly said:

My new MacBook Pro plays RSII like a dream, even on the battle map. With all settings maxed, I'm getting 15-30 FPS with AA (antialiasing) and AS (antisotopic) Filters set to full 16x. AA is disabled in-game; just running it through my graphcis card.

Today, just for fun, I nudged my unit detail down from highest to high. This brought me a huge FPS advantage - amost 20 FPS. I'm now getting 40+ on the battle map.

IIR, Tone told me that the only difference betwen unit detail on high and highest is on the latter, the game doesn't take advantage of distance shaders (I may be misquoting Tone, so don't blame him if that's wrong). If that's true, than there should be no difference when you're looking at the unit up close, right?

Just curious what other players are doing ...

~ Dani ~

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which one do you have? I plan on getting a Macbook Pro myself sometime soon

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Scarrus said:

which one do you have? I plan on getting a Macbook Pro myself sometime soon

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http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MC373LL/A?mco=MTc0Njg1ODE

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I have the 15" iMac:

2.66 GHz Intel QuadCore i7
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Ram
500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512 mb

I have to say, tho, I followed Apple's advice in purchasing it, which was very helpful.

I didn't get the solid state drive. Still, I have a 500 gb drive that allows me to set up a 120 gb BootCamp/Windows drive and still left me plenty for room for almost 100 gb of images, textures, brushes, patterns, and other graphic garbage I've collected over the last two years that goes with my Adobe CS4 install. I didn't get the 17" because it's a bit heavier than I'd want a laptop to be (the 15" does have a nice, solid feel to it). The new screens are simply fantastic.

~ Dani ~

Edit: Just saw Apple's link, so, yeah that one. BTW, Apple, since we can't dup them, maybe we should timeshare?

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Aristotle's Folly said:

My new MacBook Pro plays RSII like a dream, even on the battle map. With all settings maxed, I'm getting 15-30 FPS with AA (antialiasing) and AS (antisotopic) Filters set to full 16x. AA is disabled in-game; just running it through my graphcis card.

Today, just for fun, I nudged my unit detail down from highest to high. This brought me a huge FPS advantage - amost 20 FPS. I'm now getting 40+ on the battle map.

IIR, Tone told me that the only difference betwen unit detail on high and highest is on the latter, the game doesn't take advantage of distance shaders (I may be misquoting Tone, so don't blame him if that's wrong). If that's true, than there should be no difference when you're looking at the unit up close, right?

Just curious what other players are doing ...

~ Dani ~

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-FrOzeN- said:

Nope, there's no difference on unit quality
(Not any noticeable), only difference is as you said, that the game uses sprites on high quality.

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Fellow RS2 Addicts,

You have just made my life umpteen times more joyous. That is all.

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Aristotle's Folly said:

I have the 15" iMac:

2.66 GHz Intel QuadCore i7
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Ram
500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512 mb

I have to say, tho, I followed Apple's advice in purchasing it, which was very helpful.

I didn't get the solid state drive. Still, I have a 500 gb drive that allows me to set up a 120 gb BootCamp/Windows drive and still left me plenty for room for almost 100 gb of images, textures, brushes, patterns, and other graphic garbage I've collected over the last two years that goes with my Adobe CS4 install. I didn't get the 17" because it's a bit heavier than I'd want a laptop to be (the 15" does have a nice, solid feel to it). The new screens are simply fantastic.

~ Dani ~

Edit: Just saw Apple's link, so, yeah that one. BTW, Apple, since we can't dup them, maybe we should timeshare?

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You mean macbook right.
And yeah some like a good idea. Now we only have to check the flights and how much it would cost to ship it to you from Sweden.

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Merging with the Mansio thread.

Sounds good
anybody know how the 320M from Nvidia copes with RSII or Games in general? My old Thinkpad just gave his life up after heavy use lol and I don't want to spend too much as I'm also saving for a Camaro but I'd like a Apple Notebook

Scarrus said:

Sounds good
anybody know how the 320M from Nvidia copes with RSII or Games in general? My old Thinkpad just gave his life up after heavy use lol and I don't want to spend too much as I'm also saving for a Camaro but I'd like a Apple Notebook

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Well, the 330M that I have (512 mb) is keeping up with Oblivion and RSII very well. I'm satisfied with the 330s performance in both games, althought the 330, like the 320, is considered a "mid-range" graphics card.

If you want more detailed info on the 320, here's a link to that includes some game benchmarks.

That said, one expensive lesson I learned a couple of years ago: no matter how good your graphics card is, no matter how much ram you have, without a good processor, you just bottleneck. Which is why I spent the extra money for the i7.

In all honesty, I love(d) both my MacBooks. They weren't perfect (although my current one is near perfect) but they were far superior to any PC that I've ever owned or seen. Others, of course, have a different opinion. I'd try to get a loaner, if you can, for a few days, just to test a Mac out.

I'm looking for a good 2009-2010 RPG to test out my new i7, just to get a feel for how well it handles other games ...

~ Dani ~

I have the i5. But it can butcher some games. There's a really good app for fan speed, I can give a link if you'd like. Wish I woulda got more than 320gb though. I split it in half for
W7

Macs aren't worth the plastic and silicon they are made from.

Haha whatever you say man. I love mine and the price I paid for
It.

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Apple, if you find a way to clone them, mine can be the guinea pig

ROFL Copter said:

Macs aren't worth the plastic and silicon they are made from.

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whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa hwoa whao whoa owajhs!! not cool! my mom works, there, my sister and cousin work their, and so will i soon! and apple people are the best and apple products are even better!
LONG LIVE STEVE JOBS!!

And for the record. My MacBook pro is made out of aluminum.

Connstantine XI said:

And for the record. My MacBook pro is made out of aluminum.

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As were both of mine. And, I can say because I dropped my old one down a flight of stairs, the insides have a bit of metal, too ...

~ Dani ~

Hi. This is my first post in the mansio. Who is looking forwar to shogun II? At first I was not, now I am excited! The graphics look great, I just hope we will be able to command a considerably larger amount of troops, say 20000 or so, which I hear is the rumour. It would be sad if that was just like the max ingame troops, I am sick and tired of waging war with understrengh armies.

Anyway, if they actually do make it a "next generation" game " I will be happy. We all know of course as gamers how next generation means same old boring nubish game with better graphics and more lag. Call of Duty for instance...Oh, and they better make it mod friendly as well!

ROFL Copter said:

Macs aren't worth the plastic and silicon they are made from.

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This.

@Aristotle's Folly

Thx


Anyone heard about the "iTouch Kids" yet?

If you don't like Microsoft, then go with linux. It and all of its software is free, and it is much faster and safer than Mac. Why pay for what is essentially a less stable version of the same thing?