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    PC games piracy survey

    Took it....
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    XFX Radeon HD 6990 Drawing!

    Count me in! I'd like to see if they are faster then my ride!
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    How many dead (sub)pixels do you have?

    I can only vote one time but i have: 1 17in LCD 0 bad/dead pixels 2 19in LCD 1 stuck pixel on one, 0 on the other 1 22in LCD 0 bad/dead pixels 1 24in LCD 0 bad/dead pixels
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    GTX280 reaching 90C at load

    I just put in my new GTX 280 lastnight, played Crysis for about 30 min and checked my GPU temp, It was at 60c. 90c seems a pretty high, though I am not sure what the average temp is.
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    Should I go SLI?

    Thought I would update you all on what I did in the end. I bought: ZALMAN ZM850-HP 850W PSU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz (hope to get overclocked to 3.8+Ghz) G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 EVGA 01G-P3-1280-AR GeForce GTX 280 BenQ V2400W Black-Silver 24"...
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    Should I go SLI?

    I looked around and I think I am going to go with the ZALMAN ZM850-HP 850W and another GTX 260. Looked at the 280 FTW card as well but in the end decided to go SLI because I have not tried it yet and would like to. It will be a couple weeks before I have the money together, but I am looking...
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    Should I go SLI?

    I think I will also replace the PSU and go with 2 GTX 260s. Would anyone like to recommend a good modular PSU?
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    Should I go SLI?

    I am running the system in my signature, I am going to be passing down my 22in monitor to my son and replacing it with a LG W2452T-TF Black 24" 2ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor for myself. In stepping up in resolution from 1680x1050 to 1920x1200, I am wondering if I should get another GTX 260...
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    The Witcher

    Well I held off on the original game. This seems like the time to go head and order it. I found the, The Witcher Enhanced Uncensored Edition(UK) on Amazon (Gogamer) for $59.90. I can't wait to try it!'
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    who doesn't have Half Life 2?

    Is the orange box a steam based setup? This is the only reason I have not bought HL2.
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    Post your Oblivion pics here!

    I've been reworking Bethanys face a bit.. I think I like it where it is now.. Full rez shots: This is my Male Ranger.. Mongoose I am not sure how I got it sunny in Kvatch.. Maybe a weather mod..
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    Post your Oblivion pics here!

    I have been playing around with the screen shots the last couple of days. As far as the mods I use these are the ones that matter. Qarl's Texture Pack III Exnem Female Eyecandy - Body Replacer (nude) 1.0 Exnem Female Eyecandy - Mystic Elves Conversion 1.0 Rens Beauty Pack Full Exnem Eye...
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    Post your Oblivion pics here!

    Here Is Bethany Sin. Mongoose
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    Do you have kids that game?

    I have 4 kids and all are gamers, my oldest daughter (17) is mostly into the Sim2 though. My other kids 13, 11 and 5, (boy, girl, boy) game with me all the time. I have 4 computers on a lan setup with a 5th to run dedacated server games when thats an option.
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    Disabling startup items for hardware?

    I don't have anything starting up with mine, seems to work great. Mongoose
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    Crazy Machines...stuck

    Make a bridge that goes under the log. Like this...
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    Search is gone

    Look in the first sticky. I was just looking for this as well.
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    ArmA: Armed Assault - Absolutely Amazing!

    I really like this game, though It takes a few tries to get through the missions (At least for me). Seems to play fine on my computer.
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    Time to upgrade

    Well I got the floppy drive to add SATA drivers at XP install and bios updates if ever needed.. Though I am just guessing I need it for the SATA as I have never installed Windows on a system this new. I figuard 6 dollars was a good safety net price. I am just trying to stay under 2500.00...
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    Time to upgrade

    Glad I posted, with the change of processer I am able to bump up the video card to the GTX and still keep it around the same price.. (infact it's a bit less over all) So how does it look now?
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    Time to upgrade

    I see alot of new game builds on here, must be that time of year or something. Anyhow I am planing on building a new computer in 3 weeks. Here is what I have in line to buy: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX...
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    Can't Play Warcraft 3 on LAN

    Do you have the Windows firewall turned on?
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    Flight Sims and Equipment?

    I just got the Saitek X52 Flight Control System and I like it alot. I would also recommend IL-2 + addons.
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    FMV and Audio stutter with Oblivion

    yes I have this problem as well. I read turning on Fast Writes for the video card would help, but in my case it did not.
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    Spellforce 2 demo out/screenies (Awesome RPG/RTS hybrid).

    I really liked the first one, i'll be getting this one for sure.
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    X2 and X3: Worth Buying?

    Starforce, well after reading all the bad things people have to say about this I had stayed away from X2 and X3. Well I got X2 as a gift a couple weeks ago and desided to try it. (It's about time for a reformat anyhow) Man I love this game, I had 0 problems with the Starforce protection. I...
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    Buying a “Starforce” friendly DVD drive…

    I've got 2 computers with lite-on DVD/CD burners. I have no trouble with starforce on either computer. With that said I DO NOT like it though, I like to play without the CD/DVDs in the drives as I also have 4 kids and CD's get scratched and even lost at times. Mongoose
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    FPS games - what is your all time favorite weapon?

    Rail gun from AvP 2.
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    so... i just quit my job

    Play something diffrent, try Gothic II Gold.
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    What are you guys playing NFS MW with?

    Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP Wheel.
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    BF2 patch problems

    I have BF2 installed on my D drive with windows on C and The patch intalled just fine for me, though it did seem to take a while. As far as Nortons, the last time I patched this happend to me as well and I had to Delete it from the list and permit again, then all was well. Mongoose
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    Are there any good CO-OP RPG's or FPS?

    Lego: Star Wars, great game to play with the kids.
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    Windows wont boot after Tue patch update.

    I was having trouble with the video drivers as well, I have a ATI 9800pro in that computer. I downloaded some user tweaked ver. from Guru3d.com and now it seems fine.. Seems strange.. But it sounds like you've narrowed it down to the video driver maybe...
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    Windows wont boot after Tue patch update.

    Yep " The little green bar gets about half way across and then freezes." thats what it was doing.. But my bar is blue... good luck Mongoose
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    Windows wont boot after Tue patch update.

    Yes the Repair install worked, a couple of my motherboard drivers needed to be uninstalled and reinstalled before I got my network working again.. But it all seems fine now.. The computer has the same motherboard as mine in the my Sig.. Its not my main rig and I can't think of anytime i've...
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    Windows wont boot after Tue patch update.

    Having the same problem with one of my computers. Looks like it did a auto update on tuesday. Now it won't boot. I can get into safe mode though. I did a system recovery for just before the update install but still can not get it to boot into windows. I am now doing a a Windows repair install...
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    Fear don't support 1280 x 1024 ?

    Try setting the file to read only after you edit it?
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