CPU: AMD Opteron 148 Running 2.5Gig (Thermal Right XP-90 Heatsink) Mother Board: Asus A8N-SLI Video Card: Sapphire HD 2600 XT (Core 850 Memory 1175) Ram/Memory: 2x512 Corsair 3200PT 2.5 2 2 8 Sound Card: Creative Audigy 2 7.1 ZS PSU Mushkin 550watt SLI CaseThermaltake Armor Jr. Black W/ Window DVD Burner Samsung 18x Duel-Layer Hard-Drive Seagate 250 Barracuda SataInput Devices: Logitech G11 Keyboard, Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse Monitor: Philips 17" 107T Sound Output: Logitech X-530, Sennheiser HD570

• 22Nov 07

  Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock (PC)

  Source: http://iciristech.blogspot.com/2007/11/guitar-hero-3-legends-of-rock-pc.html

  I got the game today, and I am very upset that my controller is at a friends house because now I need to play with my 360 controller or my mouse and keyboard. The controller has its ups and downs and the keyboard+mouse has been working out the best.
  
  The game still needs a guitar because half the game is playing on the guitar, otherwise its just a rock version of DDR.
  
  I really enjoy the song list that they have, some of my favorites include, Black Magic Woman - Santana, Even Flow - Pearl Jam, Through Fire and Flames - Dragonforce...
  
  I will give it more of a review once I am able to retrieve my controller.

  *Update*

  I was almost complete the career mode using my mouse and keyboard but unfortunately when I turned the game on this morning it said that the saved game was corrupt and that I would have to continue without loading a saved game. I am back to square one.

  • Posted Nov 22, 2007 10:11 am PT
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• 22Nov 07

  IcIrIs is Back!

  Source: http://iciristech.blogspot.com/2007/11/iciris-is-back.html

  That is right people, I am back again. I have been working and such and it has made my website posting life a little more difficult to find time for.
  
  With work I am now able to buy more toys for myself and get a lot more games an I already got.
  
  Here are some new games I have purchased since the last post.
  
  Call of Duty 4 (PC)
  Need for Speed Pro Street (PC)
  Gears of War (PC)
  Guitar Hero III (360)
  
  Games I plan to purchase soon:
  Guitar Hero III (PC)
  Unreal Tournament 3 (PC)
  Assassins Creed (PC)
  Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PC)
  Crysis (PC)
  Soldier of Fortune: Payback (PC)
  Super Mario Galaxies (Wii)
  
  Out of the games I have been playing Call of Duty 4 the most. I have found it to be one of the best games I have ever played. Once I started playing Singleplayer I was hooked. I played the entire campaign (although short) from start to finish including the hidden level at the end of the credits. (All of which I did on Veteran)
  
  Gears of War I got but I have been getting stuck at parts because I try and play co-op and a lot of the time the person doesn't know what they are doing and then leave so I have to start again from the last check point.
  
  Need for Speed: Pro Street I got but got part way though and went back to COD4 for now. I will defiantly finish NFS: PS just not yet. My goal is to unlock the P90 in multilayer in COD4 which isn't unlocked till rank 40, I am only rank 19 thus far. (with work and all).
  
  Guitar Hero 3 I bought because I wished to play it when ever I was at my friends house and the PC version was not out yet. So I got the 360 version and played it at my friends house. I am now going to get the PC version once payday comes around so that I can learn how to do some of the songs on Expert.
  
  Unreal Tournament 3 (PC) - I will be getting this game at some point maybe not at launch but close to it. I always get the new Unreal games however I never keep them for very long, I end up selling them or trading them in at EB.
  
  Assassins Creed (PC) - I was so upset when this game was pushed back however they need to do what they need to do. If it makes the game come out with a few less bugs and less patches to download fine by me. I would rather companies take a few extra months and come out with something stable than me buy an incomplete game.
  
  Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PC) - I have been hearing nothing but good things about HL2 Episodes 1-2 as well as Portal. So eventually I will be picking this game up and I wish to try out Team Fortress 2.
  
  Crysis (PC) - I have been waiting to see if my dad will buy this game so that I can play the single player. I have no desire to get this game for the multilayer. I will however get the game if he doesn't get it before I finish Gears of War and Need for Speed: Pro Street.
  
  Soldier of Fortune: Payback (PC) - I have been waiting for them to come out with a new and improved SOF just so that I can quench my blood thirst every once in a wile. Other than that I have no desire to play much of the game.
  
  Super Mario Galaxies (Wii) - One of my best friends owns a Wii, and if he does not get SMG I will end up getting it so that I can play it. A lot of my friends have been raving about the game and I figured if its that good its worth picking up some time.
  
  Well that is it for now, I hope to get back to posting regularly. Maybe down the road getting a much better web cam so that I can start another Video Blog.

  • Posted Nov 22, 2007 10:07 am PT
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• 12Jul 07

  New Computer

  I decided to go with the Sapphire HD 2600XT 256MB Edition as my video card, it is crossfire ready so down the road I can get another one and run it in crossfire.
  
  So as it stands currently my computer specs are as follows:
  
  CPU: AMD Opteron 148 Running 2.5Gig (Thermal Right XP-90 Heatsink)
  Mother Board: Asus A8N-SLI
  Video Card: Sapphire HD 2600XT (Core 850 Memory 1175)
  Ram/Memory: 2x512 Corsair 3200PT 2.5 2 2 8
  Sound Card: Creative Audigy 2 7.1 ZS
  PSU: Mushkin 550watt SLI
  Case: Thermaltake Armor Jr. Black W/ Window
  DVD Burner: Samsung 18x Duel-Layer
  Hard-Drive: Seagate 250 Barracuda Sata
  Input Devices: Logitech G11 Keyboard, Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse
  Monitor: Philips 17" 107T
  Sound Output: Logitech X-530, Sennheiser HD570
  
  As it comes to over clocking the video card it is maxing out at 857 core and 1179 for memory because of a hardwired limiter on the card itself. On Oblivion with the settings the way I wanted them to be at most scenic spot I was getting 20FPS then with the upping of the Memory to 1179 I was able to get it up to 32, then I turned on temporal AA it jumped up to 40 FPS in the same spot.
  
  The CPU I have not tried much more passed 2.5GIG up from 1.8GIG however later on tonight I will be playing with it some more after doing some more reading. I am crossing my fingers that I will be able to get passed the 2.7GIG mark and maybe even 2.8GIG for a true 1GIG over clock. I am going to see how much of a frame increase I get if any. The CPU heatsink with the 90mm fan on it is working very well.
  
  The Thermaltake Armor Jr. has to be one of the nicest cases that I have seen, the hard drive tray could have been designed so that the cords face out the back however for a much cleaner look. I bypassed that by putting the HDD in backwards and putting the cords out the back anyways. The other flaw that it has is when you try and get the PSU in it is a very tight squeeze due to the output panel on the top of the case (Firewire, 2x USB2, Sound Jacks). The fans that came with it are nice looking especially with the green glow from the 120mm fan on the Mushkin PSU. The front 120mm Blue fan with the matching blue power light really give it a nice touch. The screwless ports needed a little jimmying when it came to the Video Card due to its heavier weight.
  
  The other thing I have to do is plug in the top of the case sound jacks into my sound card, I completely forgot to do that because the computer was almost done and we were just waiting on the Video Card and when it arrived we got overly excited and well now the top ports aren't plugged in.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Posted Jul 12, 2007 7:33 pm PT
  • Category: Computers
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