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    Doom 3 Source-Code to Be Released This Year

    Also, Brink was developed by Splash Damage. They also developed ETQW, so it's likely that it's based on the ETQW source, not the D3 source. As I understand it (and any Tech 4 modders feel free to correct me), all three of the core Tech 4 builds (D3, Q4, ETQW) do things differently in regards to...
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    Sandy Bridge Boards -- Which ones have vt-d?

    Um, I'm building my system specifically for this. Sandy Bridge may be the return of Jesus, the hidden imam and the release of Duke Nukem Forever all in one, but if it doesn't have VT-d enabled on the performance-oriented parts then I. Don't. Care. I've been waiting for Xen VGA passthrough to...
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    Sandy Bridge Boards -- Which ones have vt-d?

    My thoughts exactly. Either I get something that can't overclock worth a damn (for no good reason) or can't do VGA passthrough. I can't have both, apparently. Oh, wait, there's 890FX... Unless Intel drops a K part that has VT-d enabled in the next month (literally), AMD is getting my money. I...
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    Budget Card

    Sounds like overkill to me, since all you seem to be planning on using the card for is desktop composition (modern low-end GPUs handle that without breaking a sweat nowadays - even my ancient Radeon 9600 offers acceptable AIGLX and Aero acceleration) and possibly hardware-accelerated video...
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    OLD Motherboard question

    Remember, the only part of the boot drive that needs to be under 2GB is /boot, or your Win2K system partition (you'll be installing software on another partition). In order for these old things to pick up your boot partition, it needs to be under the 2GB boundary. The BIOS usually doesn't care...
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    OLD Motherboard question

    You can use HDDs as big as you like, really - just make sure that all boot partitions are *below* 2GB. As long as you can boot the drive in question from a partition below the 2GB mark you're golden. Linux doesn't care as long as GRUB can get to your kernel, though Win2K may be a bit pickier (a...
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    Best upgrade solution for a PC with a 305W Dell PSU? (PCI-E!)

    Could you give the specs for the PSU, like +12V rails and suchlike? I'd like to know, myself, as I'm about to pull the trigger on a GX280, which is pretty much the same thing. I'm probably going to slap in an 8800GS/9600GSO into mine. If not for horrible fglrx driver interaction bugs with...
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