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Seems like these are now available and in stock. Just got mine yesterday, and I have to say for the money it is well worth it. No stuck/dead pixels that I can see, no oddities in the screen, backlight bleed is pretty good for an IPS panel, well within acceptable limits so it seems like I...

+1. I've owned my 8350 over two years now, and did have to replace the bulb once so far. Running in dynamic mode (non Eco), I got about 2400 hours life from the before the bulb had to be replaced. Considering that's one of the high lumen output settings (and it does have a very nice pop in my...

I'm in a similar boat looking for monitors, so I thought I'd mention to check the forum thread on the Microcenter monitor (Auria EQ276W). It's a decent monitor, but the specs are no longer correct. Recent versions, despite the same model name and package marking, are showing up with a matte AG...

Ok. Can someone possibly explain this to me, because it's annoying beyond belief... What's the point of the savegame system that reminds me a hell of a lot more of MGS1 on the PS1 instead of what I might expect from a "next-gen" console? I mean, if the "save game" only works to checkpoints (as...

First 780i (from eVGA) would intermittently die on me.....be running just fine for a few days then it's like someone completely cut power. Swapped out via RMA. Second 780i (replacement eVGA) is causing a very wierd crash, ONLY when playing videos. I could play 8 hours straight of Crysis or CoD4...

Just finished a marathon session of UT2004 (from about 5pm to right about now). After a while, the CPU settled into a set temp range... CPU: 56C Core 1: 58C Core 2: 68-70C. That's kinda what has me concerned....for a few brief moments Core 2 hit 71, and that's one something like UT2k4. What...

Same here, though different Core.....and granted I'm on the stock air until the rest of my cooling setup gets here, but right now I've got: CPU - 41C CPU Core 1 - 46C CPU Core 2 - 54C The delta between CPU and core 2 really bothers me, as I'm wondering what this might do if I plan to do any...

Been on 64-bit Ultimate myself for a few months now, and absolutely love it. Like dot_zen said....once the Indexing is done, it smooths out REALLY nice. And I think you'll really notice it shine with 4GB. For me, at least, boot time is noticeably faster than in my XP SP2 install. And oddly...

They do have a lifetime RMA, but if you don't want to deal with it I can understand that. I had exactly the same thing happen to my 7900GT....only difference was I never got temp spikes, but the glitching and artifacing were so bad that some programs I couldn't even run. In less then a week they...

I think a LOT of it depends on the store.....I've got three GameStops near me, and they are night and day. Sadly, the closest one sucks balls. They are ALWAYS at least a day behind on putting out new releases (for pre or non preorders. If it says shipped tuesday won't be available till at least...

Definitely not a system hog no, looks damn beautiful and plays smooth even on my system, but I have to tell you.....the game is starting to grate on me big time. The aiming sucks (kinda reminds me of a really low accuracy Hitman 1, or Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell. Funny how supposedly a 20+ year...

I've been trying for about 2 days now to get Crysis installed on my system (see sig for specs), but so far it has been to no avail. I run the exe, the program unpacks just fine and begins he install. I accept the terms of the license agreement, then select the "Easy" setup type. Shortly after...

An oldie, I know, but I've had practically no luck hunting around on the internet at large for a solution to this one, and it doth vex me sorely...couldn't get much of anything out of the forums at nVidia, Atari, or Epic, much less Google. Here's the deal. Upgraded to Vista Ultimate 64-bit...

Upgraded to Vista Ultimate 64-bit last night, though I did run RC2 for a few months. I have to say, on the whole, I am extremely pleased. Installation was a snap, and actually much easier now that it was with RC2. Didn't really have any issues at all with setup and driver config, except for...

No. Unfortunately, my older system uses a 20 pin MB connector, whereas my current system uses a 24 pin, and I can't find an adaptor. I decided to test it by running the Antec in my old system, which had an AeroCool AeroPower II PSU, since I have the 24-20 pin adapter for my antec. The strange...

Ok, I re-hooked the PSU up to the motherboard, and instead of putting the switch on I used the screwdriver tip to connect the two pins used for the power switch. Nothing happens...PSU fans don't spin, no reaction from the motherboard.

Got home from buying a new desk, unhooked everything, set up the new desk, and hit the power button on my PC. Nothing. No beeps, no fans, no HD spins, nothing. Now, when the PSU is getting outlet power, the green light on the motherboard comes on, but that is it. Oh, running an A8N32-SLI Deluxe...

But true. If they're looking to really bump up the interconnectivity between PC's and Consoles, then it is a very poor choice. I mean, the most blatantly obvious point is that they're pretty much limiting their launch to a small handful of gamers by premiering with a Vista only game. Then to...

Forgive me, but I question Microsoft's commitment to "Games for Windows" when their flagship title is a 2+ year old Xbox port, and a rather crippled and de-featured port at that. Makes "Games for Windows" sound more like "Milking them for even MORE money"....

There's no review, nor mention of co-op, as it has been common knowledge from pretty much the get-go that they were not going to do any co-op for Halo 2, for the same reason that they weren't going to do it for Halo....supposedly it would require a rewrite of the entire game engine. It was even...

:mad: Wouldn't do any good. I have some friends who are big time WoW players, and whenever we get together I'd say close to 90% of the conversation (most of the remaining 10% being instigated by myself and the other non WoW player) is nothing but WoW. Either setting up a run, critiquing an...

Wow....lets see. I figure my first experience would probably be Street Fighter II for the SNES, right when it first came out. Sat up in my room for hours working my way through it...for some reason I want to beat the game on every difficulty level. Finally got to level 7, and I just could NOT...

Had the same problem. Downloaded the latest steam client directly from SteamPowered (I was using the one from my HL2 DVD), installed it, and was able to purchase no problem. Honestly...I liked it....I'd rate it much higher if not for the FarCry-esque twist about 2/3rds of the way through...

Four letters. HTPC. Unfortunately, the apple DVD software is simply not designed for what most HTPC users are looking for in DVD playback software, and Apple doesn't seem interested (so far, at least) in rectifying the situation. Couple that with third party software that is only a marginal...

Depends...would you call the utterly crappy, obviously made for console combat interface, a problem? :D Aside from that have you tried reinstalling the demo? I've been running it for the past few days with the same settings (1920x1200, all settings maxed) but on a 7900 GT, and haven't had...

Um....stupid question...have you tried any of the fixes in the Dual Core gaming thread? 170's a dual core, iirc, so that might be the issue. I'd get consistent crashes with Far-Cry until I did the Windows hot-fix, and since the I've had no problems, including running SplinterCell on my system...

Yep, they jacked me on the 7900GT AND an Asus A8N32-SLI. Hell, I didn't even want the GT, but they had none of the GTX listed as in stock. If the order view system wasn't down (so that I couldn't check order status) I woulda tried to kill it. Not much point in building a system with neither...

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/8772/ Core Duo Mac Mini runs 1080p content at 24fps.... http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=650697&page=6&pp=30 Some initial results of using a mac mini to run HDTV displays.

Just got denied an RMA on my current vidcard (BFG 6800 GT OC, doing the '5 minutes of gaming = rainbow garbage on screen system freeze then reebot trick), so I'm stuck. And let me tell you...an FX5200 (old card) running a 23" widescreen flat panel is pain! I've been considering an upgrade for...

Depends. Are they gonna toss out all the code and build it from the ground up as a PC game, or is this going to be a 'take Xbox code base, tweak, modify, recompile, release'? Are they going to rebuild the MP code so that there can actually be online co-op? Are they just going to toss co-op...

I don't know....did it once then found it to be easy.... Like they said, whack on the sword guy until the animatic starts of the axe guy coming forward. The moment you see it, tumble to the side (left or right). The trick I found is then to just do 2 hits on the axe guy, then jump over him so...

Yep...all the old MicroProse games had this kind of system. Red Storm Rising showed profiles of Russian subs and surface ships, and Airborne Ranger showed pictures of the various medals/ribbions you could win. For the life of me I can't remember if Gunship had this kind of scheme, though.......

With the focus soon shifting on to the overseas launches, and no one in Microsoft saying how many units are in those 'weekly shipments' (while stores are getting reports from the distros that it'll be in the low numbers, say 6-10 for the average BB/Wal/Targ), I'd still put money that well more...

Well, according to the CNN/Money article, it has to do with their target audience. To paraphrase: Casual and non-gamers are looking for substance (gameplay/story) over flash (graphics) Casual and non-games don't like long loading times (inherent to large size HD video files) Casual and...

I wonder if this might be something with the 6800 card itself, and not the driver. I'm running into what seems to be exactly the same problem you are experiencing.....since I put a BFG 6800 GT OC into my system, whenever I play either Doom 3, Fear SP Demo, or Splinter Cell: CT, after anywhere...

Oh man...I actually fell out of my chair laughing. I don't mean that the way it sounded, but just the 'never seen a text file > 12MB' line reminded me so much of Gates and the 'no one needs more than 640k'.....but that's only due to a project I had at work...which makes me think you've never...

Can't do a 4G to nano comp, since I don't have a 4G, but I have a 3G 20 gig and the nano, and it is no contest. On headphones, both the Sony MDX-ER51 and the Shure e3c the nano sounds better. I can't really describe it well, but the sound is clearer, the bass is more noticeable (not hugely)...

Nope......$3000 bucks for a 386 sx 16mhz with 4MB ram, 2MB VGA onboard video card, 40mb hd, and a 15" .28 dot pitch monitor in 1987 to play games like Police Quests, King Quests, Wing Commander, etc......THAT was expensive.

jhego - where did you get that wallpaper? Very cool, I'd love to find a copy.... Here's mine...just changed over when I moved and got the second monitor hooked up......I know it's not exactly well timed considering the past few weeks and all, but I've had this BG for a while....not exactly...