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Public availability of Microsoft's take on VR is just over 6 weeks away. With 5 major brands expected to release HMDs this year, coupled with support for Steam content, does MS have a shot at this market? Though apparently not achieving the titular "Mixed Reality" at launch (at least not from...

The time has come for me to build a new gaming rig. My existing system (specs below) has held up to my satisfaction, but I’d like to experience better performance in Planetside 2, have the ability to enable awesome eye candy as I catch-up on the RPGs of the past couple years, as well as have a...

I’m looking to upgrade my video card on a budget (~$150) for BF3. Something I’m pretty clueless about is that practical value of having more video RAM, and how that compares to performance gains from higher clock rates. My sole application is gaming; single monitor, without 3D. I haven’t...

My venerable Logitech Z-5300e speakers are failing and I'm looking for a decent, mid-range set to replace them. I'm stunned at how small the selection of 5.1 computer speakers seems to be, compared to 5 years ago. (As I recall, just about every half-decent set was 5.1, back then.) I paid...

When ever I open Internet Explorer 8 after a system restart I get this message... IE was closed normally. Either selection takes me to about:blank (my homepage). This happens every time after a restart. (XP Pro 32bit SP3) In addition, IE (6, 7 and 8) locks-up and is unresponsive for...

My roommate just reinstalled Win XP Pro on his computer, and is now unable to connect to the internet. We tried reinstalling windows again, to no avail. When I choose the "repair this connection" option in network connections, I get an error that says "Failed to query TCP/IP settings of the...

Greetings! I just put togather a new build and I'm having a problem with my first boot up. At first, I would hit the power button, all the fans would spin up and nothing would happen. So I went though and, cleared the BIOS, reseated the MB, RAM and GPU and reconnected every wire. Now when I...

Greetings! I've decided to go with AMD for my new gaming rig and I could use some recommendations as to which Athlon 64 Venice would be the best choice. I plan on buying an ASUS A8N-E, 1 GB of Corsair Value Select, an MSI 7800GTX, and a WD 74 GB Raptor. Despite the price I'm paying for...

Greetings! I'm looking for a good CPU cooling unit for a 939 motherboard. It doesn't need to be the king of cooling, since it's only going to be used on an Athlon 3000+, which won't be greatly OCed. I just need something quiet and, of course, of good quality. Any recommendations are...

Greetings everyone! I'm looking for some advice on tweaking a new gaming build. For the most part, I feel pretty good about it, but a fresh perspective couldn't hurt. One decision I'm having a bit of trouble with is the monitor. I'd really like to not have to buy a monitor again for...