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    Are TN panels really that bad?

    Well, are they? I don't do a lot of photo editing or anything like that, but I'm really sensitive to color changes, and it drives me crazy when things "aren't quite right." Would a TN panel drive me insane? The price difference between TN and higher quality panels is pretty significant, and I'm...
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    HL2 makes me physically ill

    :(:(:( Used to have motion sickness when I play FPSes, generally older ones that run at higher framerates on today's systems. I have it SOOOOOO freaking bad with HalfLife2. This sucks. I'm going to go rest for a bit. I've only played for about 30 minutes, and I'm already feeling incredibly...
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    Questions about changing my xbox's hard drive and other mods...

    First and foremost, let me say that I buy all of my games retail, and despise people who pirate. Like many of you here, I have an xbox. Also like many of you here, I have wayyyyyyyyy too many games. I would like to be able to just put all of my games in my closet or something, since I have...
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    Looking for a good mindless shooter to play right now...

    I've been working a lot lately (6 days a week and I'm putting in 12 hour days most of the time), and I want something to play until Doom 3 comes out. I just want a mindless shooter to unwind for an hour or so after I get off of work. The game would be single player, preferably. I'm thinking...
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    I'm getting pretty bad framerates in City of Heroes, and I shouldn't be.

    Howdy. I'm running an Athlon XP 2800+ and an ATI Radeon 9800Pro at stock speeds, with 512mb of OCZ EL PC3200 running in Dual Channel Mode on an Abit NF7-S Rev. 2.0 motherboard. There is no reason my computer should be getting approximately 18-22fps in City Of Heroes with the resolution all...
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    I want to see an RPG using the really advanced next-gen technology

    You know, complex pixel shaders, blurring, bloom, etc. Developers could create such amazing worlds with the new graphical technology available right now. Now, I don't play RPGs very often simply because I usually don't have the time, but I love that genre. Why does it seem that RPGs always...
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    Are these temps okay?!?!

    Howdy, y'all. I'm worried about the temps in my box. I'm currently running: AthlonXP 2800+ Abit NF7-S Rev. 2.0 Radeon 9800Pro 512MB OCZ EL PC3200 Now, here's the thing. I installed Motherboard Monitor, and earlier today (before I got the 9800Pro), I was getting temps of like 39C for...
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    I didn't feel like paying $300-500 for a video card, and I didn't feel like waiting..

    So I went ahead and bought a 9800Pro! Got Best Buy to match $200 and I was out the door, no hassle. :) This thing is pretty damn fast, no matter what I've heard from some people. I'm not saying that I wouldn't rather have an X800XT or a 6800 Ultra, I'm just saying that unless you NEED to play...
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    New technology, video games, realism, and design hurdles in the next 10 years...

    Like many college geeks on vacation, my sister and I spend a lot of time on the computer during the summer. The other day, I was drooling over some screenshots while my sister was playing FarCry on the computer next to me, when she stopped and said to me, "You know, I don't know how...
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    Man, FarCry really chugs a lot more indoors than out...

    Why is that? Is it due to the fact that there's a lot more special dynamic lighting going on? I''ve never seen a game that can get such insane draw distances and keep great framerates, but chokes more indoors. Now, I know my hardware needs upgrading, and I plan on doing that in the next week...
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    If I owned a sandwich place...

    It'd be named City of Gyros. WAKA WAKA!!! No, but seriously. I'm very happy with City of Heroes. It's a great game. I'm an ADD-addled college student who doesn't have time to grind out levels for 8 hours at a time, so this game fits me perfectly. It's the only mmorpg that I've played...
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    As much as I'd like an X800 or 6800U...

    I don't think it's realistic for me to even consider one of them with the system that I'm running. Last week I built this system: Athlon XP 2800+ Barton @ stock speeds Abit NF7-S Revision 2 512MB OCZ EL PC3200 GeForce FX5200 (yuck, I know...it seems MAYBE as fast as the GF3 I had...if...
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