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$249.99 LG IPS231P-B $299.99 Planar PX2710MW What do you guys think? The Planar is huge, has a nice 2ms GTG response time, and has tons of positive reviews on Newegg and Amazon. It is a TN panel though, and some of the reviews bring up concerns about backlight bleed. I expect that's going to...

Since my HTPC isn't working out so well on my new plasma TV (some image retention, text is hard to read), I'm looking at shifting back to a desk + monitor setup. The question is, which monitor? My price ceiling is $300. I've been searching around for a couple days and found these likely...

After getting a new display I tinkered with the Cleartype setting in Win7 to see if I could make text look better. Even after reverting all of my changes I get some very strange text behavior. At seemingly random intervals, on screen text will gradually become bolder, then gradually fade back...

I just switched from a Geforce 8800GTX to a Radeon 5850 and so far it's running great, but there's one issue I can't resolve: the default contrast and brightness are terrible. Blacks are gray and whites are blown out way too much. I can fix this on the desktop, but apparently not in games. I...

I have an 8800GTX (details in sig) that I've been using for a pretty long time now. Lately it seems like I'm having freezing issues in games more and more. The odd thing about these freezes is that they seem to affect the video only. The audio and gameplay processing appears to continue...

Since I did a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium, flash videos embedded in web pages will not play full screen properly. I can get them into full screen for about 10 seconds, then they just pop back out of it. This happens on various websites (youtube, gametrailers, Netflix instant watch)...

Is there some way I can get 5.1 sound from older Directsound3D games in Windows 7 with my HT Omega Striker 7.1 card? I know Creative cards have the ALchemy software to do this, but I was wondering if there was some hack/trick/workaround that I could use to force OpenAL in games using this...

I've always used nVidia cards, not out of any fanboyish loyalty, but because my upgrades always seem to come at times when nVidia's cards were getting the best performance. Until now, anyway. nVidia hasn't put out a new chip in a while. AMD's DX11 hardware is just around the corner, whereas...

Out of Hell trailer Anyone here remember this mod? Out of Hell has been in development for UT2004 since late 2001/early 2002. It's a total conversion survival horror mod being worked on by one guy. I've been following it almost since he started it, and it's looking pretty amazing for a mod on a...

Screenshot Everything is blue-green and black. Models are also transparent, which has some interesting side-effects. I have the latest driver from nVidia (clean install) and the latest DirectX. I've tried tweaking various options to no avail. All of my other games work fine, so it's apparently...

So I ordered my RRoD machine from Dell using a nifty 20% off coupon code. What are the must-have games for this thing? Disclaimer: I played GoW1 on PC, I expect to get GoW2 soon, and I will not, under any circumstances, play Halo 3. Good RPGs are desired but racing games are not, as I have too...

Since my previous thread was eaten by the forum maintenance earlier, I'm reposting this with a slightly different question. Right now Newegg has the Striker for $80 and the Claro for $160. Generally speaking, is the Claro so much better than the Striker that it being twice as expensive is...

I'm looking into buying a mini-keyboard gamepad for my PC, and I've narrowed down my choices to these two: the Belkin N52TE and the Logitech G13. Disregarding the LCD on the G13 for now, what do you guys have to say about the usability of these two pads? How responsive are the inputs, and how...

It feels like Christmas every time I visit GOG. They put up a pretty big update today, including Painkiller Black. For $9.99 you get the original game and the expansion including the latest patch, plus a bunch of artwork in the extras. Very nice. They also added Panzer Elite: Special Edition...

I put together a decent spare-parts PC (2ghz dual-core AMD, 2gb ram, 7800GT) for my 5-year old niece for Christmas. I put a bunch of random free games and demos on it to get an idea if what she likes to play and found that she loves anything that involves driving, especially if she doesn't have...

I've seen a lot of conflicting information regarding memory speed for netbooks. I'm looking at ordering a 2gb stick for my Samsung NC10, but I'm not sure what speed to get. The official specs say that the included memory is DDR 800, but the chipset FSB is 533. So wouldn't it be pointless to put...

Widescreen Gaming Forum discussion (screenshot comparisons included). First 2KGames screwed up the widescreen in Bioshock by cropping a 4:3 frame vertically to fit widescreen displays instead of expanding the frame horizontally, as any halfway sensible person would do. Now, Ubisoft has done the...

It's been a long time since I overclocked anything, and I'm looking at adding a little speed to my new q6600. I loaded up prime95 and let it cook for a while, then took this screenshot to show the temps under full load: The idle temps are around 35/35/31/31C. Do I have room to overclock here...

When I had XP Pro I used a program called NetDrive to map my webhosting FTP to a drive letter. Unfortunately NetDrive doesn't work in Vista 64bit, and I haven't had any luck finding a workaround or an alternative app to do the job. I found only one app that looks likely to work, WebDrive, and...

I'm working on a rebuild for my desktop. I have a choice: get 8gb of ram and use my current Audigy 2ZS card, or get 4gb of ram and upgrade to an X-Fi card. With the memory I'm looking at (OCZ Reaper) the cost for either option will be roughly equivalent. Thoughts, suggestions?

So, I've been trying to get a handle on the multiplayer component of MGS4, Metal Gear Online. It seems to me that pretty much everyone plays it like a typical deathmatch game: get the biggest gun available, then run around blasting anything that moves. I know there's a way to beat this rather...

I'm getting a Toshiba Regza 42" 1080p LCD TV soon, and I'm thinking about moving my PC downstairs and hooking it up via DVI-to-HDMI. I have some USB extension cables to get the mouse and keyboard over to the couch, but I'm drawing a blank on how to make that arrangement comfortable. My coffee...

I just bought a PS3. Since I don't have a proper TV (using my monitor and HDMI-to-DVI) or a receiver + speakers surround setup, I have a bit of a hack-job in place for the PS3 audio: I run the stereo RCA jacks from the PS3's AV cable into a stereo 3.5mm Y-adapter, then I run that into the...

Shacknews Link Not much info yet, although it's safe to assume it will use id Tech 5 for its engine. I enjoyed Doom 3, although I'm hoping they do something a little more interesting this time around. It would also be totally awesome if they have the player actually tape a flashlight to their...

I'm pretty sure I have this figured out, but I thought I should get some confirmation before I go buy all this stuff. I want to buy a PS3 and connect it to the monitor in my sig, which does support HDCP. So far, I figure I need: HDMI to DVI cable ($12 shipped on Newegg, screw you Radioshack)...

There are plenty of top-notch games coming out, but the majority of them are FPS games. I like these as much as anyone else, but having played so many lately I'm a little burned out. The Witcher is providing a very nice alternative thus far (I'm working my way through Act 2 and loving it), and...

First, Portal is stuttering like crazy on my machine. It's not a framerate issue, but rather a steady jittery effect that makes it frustrating to play. Changing video settings (including turning vsync on and off) has no effect. Second, I don't hear the voice over at all. I'm 4 puzzles in I...

I can't tell you anything about it though, because it requires Windows LIVE. I installed it, updated it, signed in, and it still won't let me play. Oh well, that's one less game I have to worry about spending my money on. Edit: I took a quick look at the forums, and saw that this is a pretty...

How well do you think the classes in TF2 stack up against one another? I find the balance pretty even overall, although spies are driving me crazy. They're very difficult to detect; basically the only option you have is to shoot at your teammates all the time, which is annoying at best. It's...

.. too bad it's a fucking piece of shit. The screen resolution is locked at 1024x768, there are no in-game video settings at all, and changing the config files causes the game to crash. Also, it plays an unkskippable 2 minute trailer at the end of the demo. The gameplay was pretty fun, but...

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I just replaced my BFG 7800GT 256mb with a BFG 8800GTX 768mb. Unfortunately, it feels more like I put a 6800 in there. I tried running 3dmark 2006 first and noticed lower framerates than what I had before. Also, the screen went black and the benchmark failed on the graphics test with the...

... with a catch. They are the full games, but they're supported by in-game advertising. I haven't heard anything about this, and there isn't any announcement on the Fileplanet page; I just noticed them under the "New" tab. This could be a good opportunity for anyone who hasn't played Far Cry...

I've been playing GTA: San Andreas on my PC lately, and I would like to get a proper widescreen aspect ratio out of it for once. The "widescreen" setting in the game assumes you're using a 16x9 resolution, which causes the image to be squeezed from the sides at 1920x1200, my monitor's native...

I'm looking at a full upgrade to my system, one piece at a time. I intend to get an AM2 motherboard (probably the Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3) and an X2 5600 (2.8ghz). I'm also looking at either a BFG 8800 GTS or GTX, depending on my financial situation when I decide to buy. Given my current specs...

I'm looking into buying my first LCD to replace the aging ViewSonic Optiquest 19" CRT that I'm using now. Since ViewSonic seems well-reviewed and I have had a lot of good use out of this CRT, I thought I would stick with the same brand. The VG2230wm in particular caught my eye. I'm happy...

If I were to go to Wal-Mart or someplace right now and buy a PSP, what firmware version could I expect it to have out of the box? Thanks.

My beloved FW900 is dying, alas. Occasionally the screen will begin to blur, and gradually become worse until even the Start button is unreadable. When it can get no worse, there is a sharp, nasty sounding *pop* from inside the monitor and the screen sharpens up again. I fear that it won't last...

I decided to test out fraps video recording with Oblivion, and found that it has no effect on the game's framerate at all. I found this strange, since fraps turns Guild Wars into a slide show. Go figure. Anyway, here is a video of my mage trashing the Chorrol mage's guild library. It makes...