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Update on Hackintosh build & Aion

Oct 8

Posted by spooksie in Aion, Computers, Hackintosh, MMORPG, Mac, PC | No Comments

corei7Talk about a huge learning curve, I know Mac but hacking it is a different kettle of fish. Kext files, permissions, ahhhhh!

Anyway I’ve installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.1. Only problems I’m having is getting sound and the right video card driver. But that’s another days work, will stab at this over the weekend.

Windows works like a charm. Windows 7 seems very fast bootups and gaming is…. Whoa! I’ve installed Aion and running it on 2560 x 1600 (My native 30″ Apple Cinema display) with 8x AA, Bloom 3 and everything set to max. Getting an average of 150fps and looks absolutely beautiful. I will post some screenshots soon. Installed Call of Duty 4 and maxed everything out on top resolution. Getting about 100fps and it looks fricken awesome.

As for Aion only level 7 and so far its amazing. Chain spells are awesome.

If you want to join me on Aion my server details are:

Aion EU Server: [EN] Kalil
Faction: Elyos Faction
Class: Mage
Name: Spooksie

I’ve not had much time to play due to customer deadlines, so once I get the work done by tomorrow I can have a gaming marathon on Aion.

New computer parts arrived today and its going to be a hackintosh

Oct 7

Posted by spooksie in Computers, Hackintosh, Mac, PC | 2 Comments

corei7After waiting for 9 days for the parts to arrive, its finally here. It feels like Christmas, just need the time to spend putting it all together. Then installing Windows 7 (for gaming), then hacking into OSX (for work). I know the hackintosh part isn’t going to be easy, so when work calms down. I can post on how I’ve done it.

My new rig

PSU: Gigabyte Superb Power 550W ATX
HDD1: Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB SATA2 MAESTRO (for Win7)
HDD2: Samsung HD753LJ 750GB SATA2 32MB MAESTRO (for OSX)
MEMORY: Mushkin Extreme XP3-12800 DDR3 1600 6GB 3×2GB
CASE: NOX NX-1
MB: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Socket 1366
COOLERS: Nox Acid Blaster 120×120 & Nox Acid Blaster 80×80
CPU FAN: Arctic Cooling CPU Freezer Xtreme Rev.2 – EXtreme Rev.2
CPU: Intel Core I7 920 2.66Ghz Box Socket 1366
DVD: LG H22LS50 Grabadora LightScribe Negra SATA
GPU: GeForce GTX 285 1gb PCIx16

I’ll post some more when its built. This should be a beast for gaming.

Macs vs PCs an honest none-biased truthful debate

Sep 24

Posted by spooksie in Computers, Mac, PC, Reviews | No Comments

apple_chrome2I’ve been using Mac now for over 2 years and will never go back to using Windows for work. Infact I need to thank Microsoft on releasing Vista that caused the move. /bows at Microsoft

However Macs are great, bla bla bla. You don’t need to know this. However you do need a loan or an extended mortgage to buy Mac. Where with Windows you can buy a PC from as low as £200, Cheapest Mac is £500. Expect to pay an extra 2.5x what you would normally pay for a PC. I’ve compiled a truthful list of what I have noticed in using Macs, I’m not going to be biased on this. So if your thinking of going Mac let me give you the rundown.

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