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So I remember this game from when I was a kid.. Even back then i always liked the game style behind these types of games (Deja-vu, The Uninvited, Shadowgate are the ones that come to mind.) Anyway, I just noticed that there is a remake of Shadowgate on Steam right now for $2.99. Ive only...

I'm heavily considering jumping on the SSD bandwagon but i'm a bit lost on who has the best drives out there at the moment. Of course I recognize the 'name brands' but does anyone have any first-hand experience as to who has the best performance/reliability for the money right now? I've done a...

Just curious where everyone is at with overclocking on the 5850s. Im not a huge overclocker myself, but I was just trying to get close to 5870 territory. I stopped here and im very happy! What's everyone else getting?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150454 Just thought I would pass the word along if anyone was looking to pick one up!

Im reading conflicting reviews on these two cards. Some say the 4890 blows the 285gtx out of the water. But other places (and people) tell me the opposite. Has anyone used both of these cards? Trying to decide what I want to go with in the end.

Hope this link works. If not my old system was 13806. the new one was 14050 http://service.futuremark.com/resultComparison.action?compareResultId=9660971&compareResultType=14 I upgraded from a 9950 Phenom I to a 955 Phenom II, as well as from an 8800gts 512 (g92) slightly...

So i just picked up a Phenom II X4 955 BE which will be here tomorrow, After some research my current board does support the cpu, however it's an AM2+ board. What kind of advantages other then DDR 3 does a full AM3 board have over my current am2+ board? Im just hoping im not going to hurt...

I picked up a 28" monitor that has a native resolution of 1920x1200 for gaming. While the 8800GTS still hangs on, im dipping in the 20 FPS mark at times and AA is a huge slash in performance now. I'm looking to get the best possible upgrade for about $200, and hopefully continue using my 500w...

Apparently the board supports AM3/Phenom II, but i'd really like to hear if anyone is successfully running this cpu with this particular board before i put down the money in doing so, just to find out the board is incompatible. I'm also considering if going from a phenom 9950 to a higher end...

I never really put much thought into any of my previous cases.. I've been using this one for the last 5+ years and it's done alright, but with my current build it just doesnt have the cooling I need to keep everything at a decent temperature. Basically I'm looking for something thats mid-tower...

I've had the system listed in my signature since January and it's still going strong. I havent come across anything I cant keep over 45 FPS at max details @ 1440x900 (my gaming res). Im honestly pretty happy with it and It really doesn't feel obsolete overall, however what would be the...

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I picked up an efficient networks (now Siemens) 5851 router that was being thrown away. I looked it up and this seems to be the model I have here. It says it's an SDSL router and it has a DSL/WAN port on the back (which i was unsucessfully able to connect to my cable modem) and four...

Basically as the topic implies... Would it be worthwhile to go from a 9950 BE @ 3Ghz to a Phenom II 940? I've done some searching and have not come up with any straightforward comparisons, except that it's faster "clock for clock" but no one really says how much. I'm just trying to see...

I recently upgraded to 4Gb 1066 DDR2 G.skill RAM which is advertised at 5-5-5-15 @ 2.1v and 1066Mhz. My board didnt auto recognize it as 1066, only 800. I entered the BIOS and set it manually to 1066, 2.1v, and 5-5-5-15 timings. Upon reboot, i get "BAD CHECKSUM ERROR" and i have to reset...

As the title says, im looking for a *good* program that can sort through the folders i specify (subfolders included) to look for duplicate files of the same name/size. Specifically MP3 files. I've tried a few freeware ones (noclone, duplicate mp3 finder, abee mp3 duplicate finder) but they...

Has anyone had any luck deciphering the values for setting your CPU fan speed on Foxconn motherboards? Im not sure if all AM2+ boards use the same values, but this is what I see. As far as I can tell: Off PWM temperature - at what temp in C the fan will idle (~900 rpm) this really...

Basically i'm running the system in my sig. The card I have stock clocks at 678 core, 972 memory (1944). I know 3Dmark has been beaten like a dead horse lately, but 3Dmark 2006 gave me 13,255. I did some overclocking on the card and I stopped around 725 core, 1100 memory. I did a quick...

I've been breaking in my new CPU (stock speed / sock HSF) with Prime95 to load the cores, and I am seeing anywhere from 62-65C under load after 10 minutes, with an ambient case temp of 42C. Does this seem high or within limits? Also, I have been trying to understand how to set the fan speeds...

My new board uses the AMD chipset and before this I have used nothing but Nforce. Im working on getting the recent drivers downloaded before the system gets here, but im running into a bit of a problem. For Nvidia, all you have to do is go to their website and download the drivers for the...

So the rage is that the Phenom II's are going to be released in just over a week and everyone is going nuts over them. I've been looking all over the web, and maybe its just me, but I can't figure out what the hype is all about. They are apparently going to run $250-300ish for 2.8-3.0Ghz...

Im hearing mixed statements about if black edition CPUs come with a heatsink/fan. Obviously I know im going to hear "dont use a stock HSF anyway" But its only a temporary solution, and i dont plan on overclocking with it for awhile I even emailed newegg, and they told me they cannot...

I've been an Nforce user since Nforce 4 (or what it 3?) basically from the K6-3 days.. Anyway, im finally making the jump to AMD chipset. Their chipsets look to be very full of features, and claim to be equal with Nvidia, and from everything i've read, i like what im seeing. However, im...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157141&Tpk=ASRock%20AOD790GX I'm heavily considering this board for my budget gaming system, paired along with an AMD Phenom 9950+. While i dont really need the SLI, it seems to be the only board in this price range that even...

My X2 4600+ died today, and im looking at replacing it with the fastest X2 possible (non-phenom, since my board wont support it fully, if at all.) I saw the new 7750 x2's, but they look to be basically a phenom in X2 form. I that it supports the faster HT, supposedly has disabled cores..etc...

Just curious what type of cpu this board will support. My X2 4600+ died today, and im looking at replacing it with the fastest X2 possible (non-phenom, since my board wont support it fully, if at all.) Just curious if any KN9 users are out there, and what CPUs they are able to support, I'd...

Im currently running an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600, but im looking to upgrade, possibly to a phenom. Unfortunatly im running an Nvidia 570 SLI chipset, so i wont be able to take advantage of some of what the phenom has to offer. Basically im wondering what my best upgrade path would be? If I...

Basically I'm trying to share wireless Internet to my desktop PC through a wireless laptop. The wireless router is 2 floors above me, so it's impossible to just connect straight to the wireless router. Basically it looks like this... Cable Modem...

Upgrading from a 7600GT to an 8800GTS 512mb, and I'm looking for some game demos to put it through it's paces now that I can play them in all their glory. So far I have all 3 F.E.A.R. demos, hellgate london, crysis, UT3, Farcry, 3dmark, Bioshock, Test Drive Unlimited, HL2, World Of Warcraft...

Just wondering if this is a G92 based card? It doesn't signify that it is, but I always thought all the 512meg 8800's were G92, regardless of being GT or GTS? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143118

So i've heard that the 9600GT have come out and was surprised to see they were only averaging $170. I haven't read any of the reviews yet, but are they truly the next generation of Geforce? I briefly browsed the forums and have noticed some reviews with people saying they are not much faster...

Ok, so I got my new board today. It's a KN9-SLI. It had BIOS version 1.8 on it. I was all ready to flash to 2.0 (latest version) before I got started. I didn't have any floppys around so I put the BIOS on a bootable CD and proceeded that way. I started the bios flash with awdflash.exe It...

Just wondering what version of the BIOS all of you are running here that have this board? The latest version i've found is 1.8 on Abit's site. I know sometimes people use modded BIOS'es, but i'm just wondering if 1.8 is the latest or best one, or if there is anything special I should know...

As you can see by my signature, i'm in dire need of an upgrade. (remember when that was the combo to have?!) Hopefully I've got it pretty close, i've been out of the latest computer technology since i upgraded last in 2004. Now that I finally have the money (~$800 limit), I've been working on...

I'm upgrading my system, and I'm wondering if my socket A cooler will fit an AM2 CPU? I've looked around a bit, but i've come up with different answers. Just looking for a definite yes or no. Also, if not, what would be a cheap, yet quiet cooler for an AM2 (4600+ x2) system that will see...

For some odd reason one of my folders will no longer let me copy/paste anymore. I can copy fine, but not cut or delete. If I try to cut/delete paste, I get "access is denied". I checked file attributes, and all are unchecked except "read only" which has a green box filled in (errors if i...

I'm looking for some advice on upgrading. I've been out of the computer scene for awhile since I last built my current rig about 3 years ago. I pretty much caught up to technology up until the AMD x2's. And I'm considering getting one, but i'm not sure which is the best. After reading a...

I have an older system i'm playing around with at the moment that was given to me. It's an old HP Kayak system. After looking at it, it's a 2 CPU board, but it seems one of the CPU's is dead. (locks up before POST.. CD-ROM lights stay on, NUM lock won't turn on/off) Anyways, I took out...

Looking at these two boards for my upgrade. Asus Abit I don't need SLI Support, so that's out of the way.. There aren't many differences between these boards, so it's hard to pick between the two. I'm mostly worried about major problems with either. They are pretty much identical...

After 3 years of building my last system, it's definitely time to upgrade. I do a lot of "gaming" (if you can even call it that with the video card i've been stuck with), and a lot of other work (encoding, webpages, photoshop..etc). Just wondered if all these pieces look to be good. I...