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Posted in: Windows XP
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08-15-2007, 8:18 AM
#4
You linked to the retail version of XP Home Edition. AFAIK, the license is good for installation on up to 5 (I think) different computers, used one at a time, of course. If you're only planning on using XP on your new rig and that machine only (if yo...  [Read More]
Posted in: Look Out! It's the Apocalypse!
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08-15-2007, 2:55 AM
#11
^^^Thank you.:xp: I voted supernova/(red giant) for the end of the Earth. Otherwise I agree with Death's Head that the most likely causes of Civilization's demise would be 1 or 3 or both (as war tends to breed pandemics)....  [Read More]
Posted in: Look Out! It's the Apocalypse!
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08-15-2007, 2:17 AM
#9
Geek mode on. Technically, the sun will never go supernova. It's not massive enough. It will most likely expand into a red giant and then contract into a dwarf star (red or white; I forget which) after it has expended most of it's hydrogen. It will,...  [Read More]
Posted in: My New Computer Desire
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08-15-2007, 10:41 AM
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It would be cheaper and better to upgrade what you've got instead of blowing ~$1400.00US on a Dell. You've already got a kicka$$ graphics card. My advice would be to hold onto it until this whole DX10.1:rolleyes: (basically M$ giving the finger to...  [Read More]
Posted in: My New Computer Desire
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08-14-2007, 3:52 AM
#4
How much is this Dell going to cost you?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Best CRPGs?
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08-08-2007, 11:52 PM
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Being rather new to CRPGs, I was wondering what the folks here at Lucasforums thought were among the best that they had played, which ones weren't so good, and which ones just plain sucked, and why. I shall start.:) My favorites so far have got to b...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Straight Story: DirectX 10.1
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08-09-2007, 2:08 AM
#6
Not to say that those that bought a G80 or even R600 series card (well, at least the high-end models as the low-end models from both camps are pretty much crap:) ) are SOL. They outperform everything else from the previous generation in DX9 by a cons...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Straight Story: DirectX 10.1
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08-08-2007, 10:25 PM
#4
Great post, Astro!:) I was afraid that something like this was going to happen.:( I'm beginning to believe that DX10 compatibility is practically irrelevant for the time being. Those building or upgrading right now would probably be better off buyin...  [Read More]
Posted in: Planescape: Torment interview
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08-08-2007, 11:17 PM
#13
A great read, but I must admit that I didn't read part two because I have yet to play this game. I plan to find a copy on fleabay to amend this deficiency.:) I LOVED the Baldur's Gate series (the best CRPGs I've ever had the pleasure of playing, IMHO...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wal Mart: The Evil Empire
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07-21-2007, 10:03 PM
#11
I really wish that our government had regulated trade with China in such a way that manufacturers here in the US could remain competitive. There's just no way that domestic production can compete with near-slave labor. Not to mention the fact that Ch...  [Read More]
Posted in: ATI vs Nvidia
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07-08-2007, 5:04 AM
#4
I voted nVidia because I HATE the CCC with a passion and you don't need an onboard nuclear reactor to power an 8800GTS.:xp: BTW: Here (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3029) is an interesting article on how well (or not) the current har...  [Read More]
Posted in: Graphics Card: What do you have? What do you run?
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07-02-2007, 1:50 AM
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^^^Actually, those GTS' overclock like mad (as a percentage of stock speed, WAY more than the GTX). I've read that ~640MHZ on the GPU (up from 500MHZ stock) is quite common, so you might not need a GTX after all.:) Of course you'll have to run the fa...  [Read More]
Posted in: Graphics Card: What do you have? What do you run?
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06-30-2007, 3:22 PM
#18
@Astro: With the resolutions that you're going to be playing at it might be wise to go ahead and get the GTX. I've seen it for as low as $500.00US, which is about the same price you paid for your GX2, isn't it? That was before Nvidia got the massive...  [Read More]
Posted in: the end of the Athlon...
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05-16-2007, 4:57 PM
#5
Actually since AMD aquired several of DEC's engineers when DEC folded, the technological legacy of the Alpha lives on in AMD processors. It's one of the reasons why the Athlon was so great....  [Read More]
Posted in: the end of the Athlon...
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05-15-2007, 3:21 AM
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The end of an era, sort of like when Intel finally dropped the Pentium name. Given that this is a totally new architecture for AMD, the name change might be appropriate in this case. If I remember correctly, all of the Athlons including the K8 had...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Moment We've All Been Waiting (and waiting and waiting) For Has Finally Arrived!
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05-15-2007, 12:00 PM
#3
Since the video card should be the last major component that anyone should buy when building a system, you might be able to hold off until ATI launches the 65nm revision of this GPU, which should improve it's power consumption, which is my only real...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Moment We've All Been Waiting (and waiting and waiting) For Has Finally Arrived!
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05-14-2007, 1:51 PM
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Here's Tom's Hardware's (http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/05/14/r600_finally_dx10_hardware_from_ati/) and Anandtech's (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2988&p=1) reviews of the long-awaited ATI HD 2900XT. It seems like forever since...  [Read More]
Posted in: Well, I finally broke down and did the unthinkable!
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05-14-2007, 12:04 PM
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I'm using Dell's 24' widescreens. As much as a mac fanboi that I am, Dell's monitors blow the Apple Cinemas away... see, even mac nuts can convert(ish) >.> Yeah, I've heard a lot of good things about those Dells. The prices that I've seen adver...  [Read More]
Posted in: Well, I finally broke down and did the unthinkable!
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05-14-2007, 4:42 AM
#1
I bought an LCD.:D Office Depot has a sale going on and I just couldn't resist the opportunity to leave the 20th Century behind, so I pulled the trigger. This (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009094) is the one that I got....  [Read More]
Posted in: What is your favorite Star Wars game?
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05-16-2007, 3:00 AM
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No other game has ever sucked me in and taken over my life as much as KotOR....  [Read More]
Posted in: my new compy needs some suggestions....
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08-08-2007, 10:30 PM
#42
@stingerhs: Well, I feel stupid. For some reason I thought that you paid $440 for your 8800GTS 640MB. Guess I can't read.:(...  [Read More]
Posted in: my new compy needs some suggestions....
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07-08-2007, 6:48 PM
#37
@Stingerhs: If I were buying a new OS, I would at first consider how much memory I was going to have in my machine. If it's 4GB (a realistic possibility given how cheap memory has been as of late) I'd go with 64-bit Vista regardless of any problems...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Effect
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08-15-2007, 10:11 PM
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^^^That's exactly what I'm talking about. The Falcon models have improved cooling and 65NM chips, and MS is now offering a 3-year warranty on all models, old and new....  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Effect
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08-15-2007, 3:15 AM
#108
Man, this game looks sweet. Good thing that 360s are getting cheaper and product-improved, because the port to PC might take as long as Jade Empire if it happens at all (it probably will)....  [Read More]
Posted in:  svцsh’s Collar Fix - 15 Master robe textures
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08-25-2007, 4:30 PM
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Redhawke's site link is in his siggy. Mav's mods are also there AFAIK. Don't know about commas, but you could try Googling him.;)...  [Read More]
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