Recent content by Deviation

I feel I should mention that this game is nigh unplayable on the PC without a gamepad with two analog sticks. I had completely given up on this game just from playing the tutorial with a keyboard and a mouse until I went out and bought a wired 360 controller for use with this game. I had to use...

Yes, but don't forget that as of yet, that 64mb doesn't do anything... at all.

You want strange? My motherboard (standard A8N-SLI - not the deluxe or premium) shipped with bios 1011. While the motherboard was being shipped to me, the most current bios on the website was 1013. When I got my motherboard and went to the website to get the most current bios, the most recent up...

Yes, it does. I would have responded quicker, but Memtest86 takes a bit of time, and I was at work most of the day. Last night, I updated the bios to 1014.2 (the latest beta bios), switched the slots that the memory sticks were in... and no errors so far... Computers confuse the hell out of...

I have an ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard using a pair of Corsair 1gb memory modules of the same make with the same brand memory chips, speed, timing, etc. With one gig of memory (either one) in either the a1 or b1 slot, the system runs flawlessly. When I have two sticks in (a1 and b1 for dual-channel...

Here's the kicker... I checked out the profiles folder and all of my saved games are there. They just won't show up in the game itself.

I recently got Far Cry free with my new graphics card. The game runs beautifully. While playing, the game will save when I hit checkpoints, and when I die, I'll load from the most recent save just fine. However, when I quit the game, and open it up again, all of my saves are gone. This kinda...

Yeah, as strange as it may sound, leaving the side of the case off can actually increase your temperatures. What keeps the temps down is solid airflow, and the stream of airflow from the front to the rear of the case is broken up when the side of the case is wide open. Of course, the whole thing...

.... Uh, yes, I know what the latest nf4 chipset driver is, as I've already downloaded it. I'm asking if I can update to the absolute latest bios for the motherboard before even installing Windows, let alone the latest chipset driver.

On the download page for the newest bios for the A8N-SLI (bios 1013), it states that you have to update the nforce chipset drivers to 6.65 or higher before flashing the bios or risk file corruption of some sort. However, this will be an entirely fresh install of Windows (being as the...

It does annoy me in the extreme that they are prioritizing their preorders by how many accessories the customer already promised to buy, rather than when the customer signed up, but other than that, I could give a fuck. It's already been said, but I'll repeat it: Boo-fucking-hoo. I absolutely...

Oh my. That is such a massive leap in logic. Here's what they forgot. Not everything affecting the performance in your game is directly related to the graphical settings. It's your CPU that calculates the physics and where everything is. When the shit's going down, you better damn well...

Actually, Battlefield 2 seems to be one of the very few games right now that sees a substantial benefit in upgrading from 1gb of ram to 2gb - especially when it comes to hitching issues, because there's so much more room for the textures.

Sorry for the netspeak. I seem to use it whenever I'm building a new computer, whether for myself or someone else. One way or another, I'll be building a new (gaming) computer soon. My absolute maximum budget is $1200, and I'm just looking for a little critique of the build I'm looking at...

It's not all or nothing with the AA and AF. I'd put resolution first, AF second, and AA third. But other people would disagree with me. It's all about your personal taste. Personally, I think that the higher your resolution is, the sharper the image is, and the less AA is necessary to keep the...