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Sad day, my X-FI Titanium died; it doesn't even show up in the device manager. I knew putting it directly over my video card would eventually kill it, but it was the only slot it would fit in. Reverted to the on-board audio and it sounds terrible. Do any of the newer sound cards compare in...

I seem to remember reading a few years back about a special version of Windows that was intended for testing clean software deployments on VM's. It required no license but it would kill itself after like a week of being installed. I can't find anything about it now. I suppose I could just...

I've got a pair of ATH-A700X connected to a Sound Blaster Xi-Fi Titanium - sounds great. Issue is I have to drop the volume in Windows to 8-12% to keep them from being painfully loud. This leads to problems when I need to tweak the volume of games (particularly during voice chat) because there's...

So I like the 360 controller in the fact that Windows and a large majority of games pick up on it automatically / show the proper buttons when using it. However, the D-pad is horrible. Recently I've been playing through Rogue Legacy and the 360 d-pad is making it an exercise in...

Found this game randomly clicking through steam and it's absolutely awesome - brutally hard but awesome. It's a metroidvania with heavy puzzle / riddle gameplay mixed in. It feels like a polished 16 bit era sidescroller. Really wish there were more games like this...

Not exactly in the loop when it comes to consoles but I do play the occasional PS3 game. However I was recently looking around Amazon and was noticing that all of the PS4 games that are available for pre-order are 100 dollars? I was expecting a jump of 5 or 10 dollars for the new generation but...

I'm having constant stutters every couple seconds outdoors, even if standing in the same location turning in place. Completely breaks any immersion and is extremely annoying. According to fraps my fps is between 55-120 and doesn't appear to have any spikes corresponding to the stuttering. No...

Found this while digging through one of my old hard drives. I believe it was originally an article on gamespy around 2004 - thought it was worth sharing Hands clutch at nothing while outdoors. What helps is knowing home will be there soon enough, crowded in close-big-screened company...

On the desktop is it possible to mix two different refresh rates? It doesn't seem like it would work but Google or searching the forum doesn't reveal any answers. Currently have a 60hz 1080p TN panel and would like another panel for doing content creation / programming but I wanted my next...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? 90% gaming with light rendering projects for work on the side. BF3 mostly. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Around $1000, willing to spend up to $1500 but I don't think that's necessary 3) Which country do you live in? If the...

Just finished up AC2 and started playing AC:B and having controller issues that I wasn't having in AC2. Actually the controller itself works perfectly fine, but all of the actions in the game are missing the button icons so when it tells me "press _ to do x" there's nothing there. Fortunately...

Not sure if I'm alone here but in BF3 it feels really awkward that roll left/right in jets and helis is bound to the X mouse axis. Trying to rebind this through the menu didn't work for me and googling didn't give an answer either. Forgive me if this was already posted but I managed to get the X...

After many years I'm still looking for a suitable gaming mouse. Here's some data: Largish hands. I can't palm a Deathadder because my fingertips hang off the end. I can palm a G500. Prefer Claw/ Finger grip. I have severe sweating issues with shiny finishes - see Razer mice. Even with...

I wasn't even aware this game was so close to release. Really enjoyed the first one and there's a real lack of 4x games out there. The original almost brings back the feel of Master of Orion 2 so here's to hoping the 2nd one is even better. Looks like solar systems were implemented (before it...

I've been having trouble getting a reliable wireless network setup. Originally I had a wireless USB adapter which would die after about 6 hours of use - it would be quite hot, obviously these aren't meant for long term permanent solutions. I replaced it with a 802.11n Rosewill PCI-E wireless...