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I was building a PC earlier with a mid-tower that had a bottom-mounted PSU setup and noticed that my old (2007) Rosewill PSU's cables were almost all too short to run through the "cable management" openings around back and still have enough length to connect to the motherboard. As a result, I...

So right now I'm in a pretty crappy situation. I lost my gaming PC about a year ago (it's a long story) and all I have left is a cruddy laptop that struggles to pull 25 FPS even in Half-Life 2 at the lowest possible settings at 640x480. Yeah, it's that bad. However, the good news is that I...

Hey guys.. haven't been here in a while but I have a hardware question that I figured I'd go ahead and ask. I'll try to keep the story as short as possible .. Earlier this year (in early June actually) I was planning on getting a 8800 GTS (640MB) and a new power supply to power it. I...

Hey guys, I'm going to try and sum up my situation as quickly as possible. I was originally shooting for the BFG 8800 GTS 640MB deal they had at Best Buy for $316 several weeks ago, but I got screwed out of that deal and I'm now searching for another option. Before I got screwed over, I...

Hey guys, I may be getting a 8800 GTS (640mb) card soon, but I'll need a new PSU to power it. (My PC only uses a 300w Bestec one right now.) So first of all, I'll go ahead and ask about this one: ePower ZU-550w PSU $54.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817101021...

Hey guys, With my new PC, I'm currently stuck in a dilemma. I, frankly, don't have a clue what to do and I hope that some of you can help me out here in making this decision. Basically, here is my situation: I have a 17" LCD monitor and I want to play next-gen games such as Crysis and UT3 in...

Hey guys, I'm curious about something and I hope that some of you can answer this honestly. (Especially since many of you know a heck of a lot more than I do!) :p The day before yesterday, I was searching for a new PC to get so that I could replace my older one and prepare for DirectX 10 and...

Major balance patch 1.05 has just been released for Command & Conquer 3! Simply load up the game and attempt to connect online to begin downloading, or click "Check for Updates" on the game launcher. If you have problems downloading using the methods above, head here...

After around four months of development, Chubz in Space has been completed! For those of you unfamiliar with the game: Chubz in Space is a 2D platformer borrowing elements from previous platformer games such as Super Mario World and even Mega Man. It is a project for my AP English 12 class...

I've just finished up on the first issue of what will be my free (monthly) gaming magazine! There are only 22 pages in all, but it actually took a fair amount of effort and overall I'm pleased with what I've been able to accomplish. This is something I've been wanting to do for quite a while...

Recently I've been encountering a horrible problem.. one that I've never seen before, or that I've never had a problem with throughout my entire PC gaming career. It is not uncommon, however.. it is simply artifacting, and it's popping up on ONE game: Battlefield 2. As you can see...

My current specs are: AMD Athlon 2500+ (overclocked to 2ghz) 768MB RAM ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 250w PSU I was thinking about buying this video card.... an ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, 256mb AGP, Refurbished ......... for only $229. Yes, this is the real deal, and yes, this is from...

If you really want something that is unique and is like an adventure game that you've never played before, try this brand new demo..... this game blows me away, and I'll definetely be buying it when it's released...

I just got bored, and today, decided to test my sticks of RAM using PCMark 04. Now, I have 2 sticks: 512MB PC3200 (Kingston) 512MB PC2700 I'm using dual channel with them, so of course, it underclocks it so that it is basically 1 GB PC2700, but the PCMark tests were very, very...

Ok, this is going to be a bit of a story......but I'll try to shorten it out as much as possible. Basically, when I first got my DSL (Verizon Online), it was always on. Installation went smooth, everything worked out just fine, and I was happy with the performance that I was getting with it...

Ok, I've been thinking lately about upgrading my PC to make it even faster in terms of gaming, and the fact that my video card is bottlenecked by my CPU makes it even more frustrating. My specs are: AMD Athlon 2500+ (Overclocked to 2ghz) 768MB RAM (PC2100 or PC2700, cant remember) ATI...

Ok, right now I have an Athlon 2500+ My specs are: AMD ATHLON 2500+ (o/c'ed to 2ghz) /////////// 768MB PC2700 RAM //////////////// ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128mb I just found a GREAT motherboard+CPU deal with an AMD Athlon 64 3000 Processor...

Here are my specs: AMD ATHLON 2500+ 768MB RAM (PC2700) ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128mb Well, recently I decided to push my processor to its MAX because I was getting some stuttering problems in Half Life 2. Anyways.....I set the FSB to 200 (to overclock it to a 3200+), and restarted my PC...

Ok, here is my current rig: Athlon 2500+ (overclocked to 2ghz) 768MB ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Now, If it all boiled down to just one choice out of the three to upgrade, which one should I upgrade????? Should I upgrade the procsesor to a Athlon 64-bit, should I upgrade the ram to 1GB, or...

Ok, here are my specs: AMD Athlon 2 GHZ 768MB RAM ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128mb /w Catalyst 4.12 Beta I run the test @ 1024x768 with everything on the highest, reflections on "reflect world", no AA/AF running, and no vertical sync. The results? A low 85.6 FPS...............why does this...

Ok, first of all here are my specs: Athlon 2500+ (overclocked to 2ghz) 768MB DDR-SDRAM ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128mb I recently ran 3dMark2001 and got a score of 14,667 - is that bad? I am kind of worried considering I have seen many other 9800 PRO users get 17k and even more! What...

I have heard bad things about these - about something like they arent really as good as a normal 9800 pro or some scam like that? Anyways, I was thinking about ordering a 9800 pro off of Newegg.com, and I have narrowed my choices to 3, and they are : Connect3d Radeon 9800 PRO Powercolor...