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    Starcraft II

    Has anyone got 100% of the achievements for the campaign? I've earned everything that's listed, but on the main home screen, it still says I'm at 99%.
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    tf2 update will have crafting. lol

    I didn't like the scottish resistance much at first, but the more I use it the more I like it. It definitely sucks not being able to blindly detonate but the advantages of the 14 vs 8 and being able to have multiple groups out at once are pretty huge. And the enemy sticky detonation is great...
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    Amazon.com 5850/5870 Pre-Order tracking thread

    Heh, good spot. Why would they sell them to Amazon for $250 or whatever the exact price is, when they could sell them themselves for $300? Amazon won't fill any of its orders until prices go down because none of the card manufacturers will give them cards at the retail price while other stores...
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    Anyone else disgusted with feminine male characters in Japanese RPGs?

    Actually pedophilia is a large focus of this topic, since by and large the characters in these games do not exhibit the traits of grown women, but rather young teenage girls, which is central to the disconnect that many people feel. This whole topic is brought on by exported culture, not by...
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    5970s pulled off the shelves or shortages?

    They're getting an unspecified number of one brand of the card in 3 days? You've enlightened me, there is no shortage and this thread is unnecessary.
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    Anyone else disgusted with feminine male characters in Japanese RPGs?

    Wow...its funny because the US went through something similar culturally in the 80s with all the hair bands. Music trends especially lag behind a bit in terms of getting overseas, though I think 20-25 years is a bit longer than usual. On this topic though, yeah I think its creepy, and...
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    Red Dead Redemption

    I absolutely loved Red Dead Revolver. The multiplayer especially was an absolute blast.
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    Sapphire Solves Dreaded Eyeinfinity Issue

    This analogy fails on so many levels...
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    Amazon.com 5850/5870 Pre-Order tracking thread

    Unless newegg's specs are wrong, the black edition is a ripoff. $20 extra gets you 10 extra MHz on the core and no increased memory speed (that's 1.3% more clock speed). Even the regular to XXX edition for $30 is only a minor upgrade in performance. Not only that, but the only reason to buy...
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    Guess who's back in stock? go now, get into the choppa.

    These more expensive xfx cards stay in stock for an awful long time now, this is the second time in the past week they've been in stock the better part of a day. Looks like there aren't too many people willing to pay these kinds of prices which is good for the rest of us.
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    Is the PC entering into a new Golden Era?

    Yeah, he was wrong to enjoy that gaming experience. Next time he'll clear it with you first to make sure its ok. PCs always go in cycles and right now we've got very advanced hardware but not necessarily the software to back it up. Quad core cpus in general have not been well utilized yet...
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    PC Game Installs - why aren't they more like consoles?

    Obviously everyone knows that hard drives are much faster than optical drives, but the op's point is that by and large console games can run off discs while pc games cannot and in many cases load times are not as different as one might expect. That may be lazy porting, having to load larger...
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    Stream My Game

    Part of what OnLive touted was their advanced compression and streaming algorithms, which presumably would be far better than anything this would be using. In theory, if these worked as advertised, you could probably have a very good gaming experience without noticeable lag on a 100 mbps lan...
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    Price Gouging?

    In America nowadays we don't let petty things like having enough money to buy something stop us from spending money. Agreed on waiting for nvidia though...I do really want an ati card now, but by the time they get down to reasonable price levels compared to retail price we'll probably have an...
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    Stream My Game

    I know this has been beaten to death and we really don't need to get into it again but there's a HUGE difference between something like this running on an internal network and across the internet. In no way does this prove the viability of cloud gaming.
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    Amazon.com 5850/5870 Pre-Order tracking thread

    I'm guessing amazon won't be getting any of these until prices go down since the manufactures will just send their cards to other retailers who are paying more for them. Heck, xfx even sold some on this forum (and others as well, I'm sure) for well above retail. Amazon is in a pickle having...
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    Eyefinity and Triple DVI working.

    Huh? He clearly meant the picture is just a photoshop, which is obvious by both the unrealistic overall look and the messed up perspective all over the place. Why would you need photoshop just to resize a picture?
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    Any chance that the PS3 will have 1680 x 1050 support?

    You didn't mention the vga only part, which has no legitimate defense. I've used vga inputs on several tvs and the support and options available have ranged from subpar to downright terrible. Not to mention you can't hook it up into your receiver so thats more input switching to do. You also...
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    Any chance that the PS3 will have 1680 x 1050 support?

    16:10 is definitely better for computer monitors, but its not all that big of a deal, in my opinion. Standardization is often a very good thing as it improves quality while lowering prices. A 24" 16:9 monitor will still have more vertical resolution than a 22" 16:10, and if the 22" aspect...
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    Gamestop Doesn't Price Match Their Website?

    I didn't say nobody would do that, but your case is definitely a bit unusual. As others have mentioned target, walmart, and sometimes even best buy will not do it. As someone else said often the online store is a separate entity. If they have thousands of extra copies of a game but each...
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    Every 5800 series out of stock!

    No need to be a smartass, you just don't exactly seem too upset that the company more or less screwed you over. They basically told you "Hey sorry, we're producing new cards but we can't give you one right now because we can sell them at well above retail at the moment. We'll fulfill our end...
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    Every 5800 series out of stock!

    I wouldn't be surprised if companies would do something like this, but its unacceptable to not keep a small number around to fulfill a warranty that they had already promised. How many do they really expect to fail? Then again, this is the same company that offered cards up on these forums...
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    Every 5800 series out of stock!

    You're saying you really just don't need it right now, and not that they don't have cards to send out for replacements, correct? Because the latter would be completely ridiculous. If I were you I'd get a replacement and sell it on ebay. You'd probably get more than what you paid originally...
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    Gamestop Doesn't Price Match Their Website?

    If they intended it to be $30 in store, wouldn't they have priced it at $30 in store? Most stores would give you the same response, especially on black friday.
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    O 5800, 5800, Wherefor Art Thou 5800?

    There have actually been quite a few 5850s in stock at newegg the past few days, including the xfx card the other night for a solid couple of hours. Can't say the same for the 5870 though...probably because of the 5970 just being released.
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    EYEFINITY 3600X1920 vs 1920x1200

    Probably, but it would be much different sitting directly in front of them than it would be photographing them. TN panels would be fine in portrait as long as you angled them in a little bit.
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    Dragon Age Difficulty?

    It very much depends on your class. My first character is a tank and it was extremely difficult until I got a healer, since they give you allistair regardless. I now always take my 2 mages with me. It doesn't help that there's a lot of game to learn, also.
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    My letter to the AG's office over the recient microsoft bans

    If it were open or even shared the possibility of it being compromised is hugely increased. If some other tool or device knew what made content or data "trusted" then it could easily fabricate it for malicious means. How else would you operate a secure computer system?
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    Were you one of the million banned from Xbox Live?

    Exactly. My point is that these discussions often focus on legality, the possibility of getting caught, or what is acceptable punishment (if any). But honestly, does anyone truly believe that it is morally right to download something for free that a group of people put thousands of hours into...
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    ps3. safe to buy now?

    Streaming options right now are sub dvd quality, meaning they're trash compared to bluray. That's not to say it doesn't have its uses, such as half hour comedy shows, but for a worthy movie there's no substitute for bluray. I make sure to dvr shows like Lost or 24 because even for them...
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    Were you one of the million banned from Xbox Live?

    There's a big difference between what is right or wrong and what is legal or illegal. Unfortunately with software, you cannot apply the same standards and definitions of stealing and theft. The bottom line is, anyone with half a brain should realize that if a company intends to charge for...
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    Eyefinity and Triple DVI working.

    Maybe I'm missing something but the description seems pretty clear that the usb port provides the audio for the hdmi, not power for an active converter. Still looks passive to me.
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    "XBox 360 banned? Too bad, go buy a new console or go away" says Microsoft

    Sorry but I agree with the op. There's a difference between responding in kind and being a stupid asshole for no reason whatsoever. Not only that, but his language was tame compared to what gets said on xbox live. I'm not seeing the problem here. You really consider "piss" bad language?
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    360 Bannhammer

    I really don't understand this logic. If you choose to mod your console, you choose to take on the risk. Screwing over a store which did absolutely nothing wrong to you is incredibly dishonest. This is precisely why they have to treat everyone like criminals and come up with restrictive...
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    Dragon Age Origins & Intel X-25M G2

    Because of this game's size I installed it to my regular wd caviar blue rather than my ssd and I was still impressed by the short load times. If it really bothers you I would try just moving it to a regular drive, as it might not be worth the trouble of diagnosing and fixing.
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    $1K path: buy 1 NOW > add 5870 > add 2 later = what to buy?

    Agreed. My other concern is that nvidia won't put out a similar tech which would therefore confine you to ati cards for upgrades unless you want to lose eyefinity and render extra monitors more or less useless for gaming. This is one situation where I hope the technology gets copied. I think...
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    $1K path: buy 1 NOW > add 5870 > add 2 later = what to buy?

    There will probably be a lot more monitors supporting display port in the next 6-12 months also, which would save you another $100 from not having to buy the adapter. There are relatively few low end options with display port right now but there will definitely be more in the future.
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    Torchlight is available on Steam

    Yeah this is crazy broken at the moment. Did they test that part of the game at all? There's a dozen ways to prevent it and they didn't choose any of them.
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    What are Mini-ITX Builds used for?

    I use mine connected to my bedroom tv for online video, streaming media to my other pcs, as a file server, and for magic jack. What can you NOT do with a tiny form factor pc with a real socket and a pcie slot?
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    Torchlight is available on Steam

    I would be very happy if the retards complaining about the "lack" of multiplayer get pissed and never come back. Weeds out the community nicely. I'm even happier this game is single player only at the moment.
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