Daily Idiot Log - Page 5

Jaster · #41 15-01-09, 12:17 PM

My god..I just had to post this. Ive just spent 2 hours on the phone with this guy. One of those who says things but his knowledge database is based on incorrect data. He purchased a 8500GT from us 11 months back and it went faulty, it went back to manufacturer for repair or replace and we got it back and sent it out to him. He then phones up because he wants advice on a new motherboard. Below are "Statements" made within the conversation

"I wont run Vista 64bit because its a known fact that NO games work on it"

"Well my other system, a 1.7GHZ Celeron with 1GB of Ram and FX5200 128MB graphics card will run all the need for speed games in high res, except for Need for Speed Undercover, any idea why, as pro street was fine"

"Well the FX5200 was the top of the range card a few years back"

"The 8500GT was so sweet, because at the end of the day its the best card there is for gamers, and I'm a gamer"

"Any CPU under 3.2GHZ I'm not interested in, as 3.2GHZ was the standard a few years back"

"No programs use dual core so I think anything with more then one core is a waste of time"

Then he said

"Well i just picked up a AMD 6000 from ebay, 6GHz should do me fine"

"ASUS, what they make motherboards now?"

ARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Brooksie · #42 15-01-09, 12:21 PM

hahahaha, it's like he's only just got the internet and a PC.

"Well my other system, a 1.7GHZ Celeron with 1GB of Ram and FX5200 128MB graphics card will run all the need for speed games in high res, except for Need for Speed Undercover, any idea why, as pro street was fine"

He must mean NFS: Hot Pursuit

Diablo · #43 15-01-09, 12:26 PM

By the looks of it, my 1GHz Artigo is probably on similar par with that. It'll play Drakan at 1900*1080 I'll have you know. But the 64bit system and no games working...perhaps I've been on Acid for the last few months but I could have sworn I had fallout and oblivion running happily.

Jaster · #44 15-01-09, 12:27 PM

I thought he might of meant "Destruction Derby"....or "Test Drive"

Jaster · #45 15-01-09, 12:29 PM

yeah ... I mean I've been running vista x64 happily since RC1 and even my snes emulators work...doesnt vista actually come with purble palace...and chess...so I think NO games is a big statement..and I'm T-total so cant be blamed on drug ingestion

plus im reconing he meant resolutions above 640x480 when he said Hi-res...

Diablo · #46 15-01-09, 12:43 PM

Hold on, the 5200FX was near bottom of the range and the 5000 series was so bad that Nvidia had to cheat to get the 3dmark scores up.

Jaster · #47 15-01-09, 12:46 PM

yeah and the 8500GT is not the best card you can buy...the point is those statements are made by someone who hasnt evolved enough that he doesn't even have thumbs...

Diablo · #48 15-01-09, 01:00 PM

Perhaps this is why he may be having difficulty in getting games to run on x64 systems. Not due to incompatibility, but due to difficulty in holding a mouse:

Unfortunately, thumbnails are just the wrong way to describe this photo

Jaster · #49 15-01-09, 01:06 PM

cracking point diabs...I'm reconing your probably right..I'm thinking i may send him this Link...although he wouldn't get the joke..although the product im guessing would require at least the use of one aposable digit...

VonBlade · #50 15-01-09, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='Diablo'

Is this normal, to have people that don't ever run scans, and who don't check before downloading?

I've had quite a heated argument with someone who basically insisted that VKs are completely pointless and scaremongering, who then decided to perform an debating coupe de grace by telling me "he's been downloading for years without using one and has never had a virus".

I almost coughed up a lung with laughter. Ok it finished the argument, just not in the way he was expecting.