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Why is Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow not on Steam?

You guys might find this video interesting! The PC version of Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow is based on the original XBox version. It uses a technology called shadow buffers which only GeForce 3, 4 and FX cards support. On newer cards the game does not correctly display lights and shadows...
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- Post #13
- Nov 24, 2014
- Forum: PC Games
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My App Inventor 2 YouTube tutorials

In this video tutorial we are finally starting to program! Building the "Optical Disc Drive App", I will show you how to use buttons, images, sounds, if-else statements, events, get and set blocks to create a simple App. We will be creating variations of the same App, adding complexity as we go...
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- Post #2
- Sep 23, 2014
- Forum: Programming
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GTX 970/980 Release: When is the last time you were this excited about a video card?

8800GT. It was a game changer for value customers like me :)
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- Post #91
- Sep 21, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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My App Inventor 2 YouTube tutorials

Hi all! Got a real passion for programming and really into App Inventor 2 which lets you create Android phone Apps. To motivate myself I thought about doing video tutorials on YouTube. I've produced the first few videos and hopefully they help :) At the moment I've covered the setting up of...
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- Sep 21, 2014
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Programming
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Splinter Cell (2003 GOG/Steam) - Only displays correctly on Geforce 3/4/FX

Splinter Cell is a great reason to build a retro gaming PC :) It will only display correctly and in its full glory, on a GeForce 3, 4 and FX. I spent a bit of time with this game and its interesting technical details and put together a video. The first part is a lot of bla bla, me...
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- Thread
- Apr 12, 2014
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Console companies just don't have the resources to compete with GPU makers

Things can turn so quickly in this industry, so I wouldn't worry about any of this and just enjoy the games :) Hey the next console could very well have an Intel Atom CPU and Nvidia GPU again.
- Phil1977
- Post #24
- Sep 28, 2013
- Forum: Console Gaming
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The Official Xbox One Thread

And that's a misconception. People believe it takes time and resources to add detail, shadows, AA, draw distance and whatnot. But reality is that these are simply parameters of the game engine. On the PC users can tweak these themselves by using console commands, editing config files or using...
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- Post #4,128
- Sep 28, 2013
- Forum: Console Gaming
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The Official Xbox One Thread

We had similar discussion. The SNES had a very slowly clocked CPU and many shooting games had slow downs. This was definitely a hot topic for discussion. The better sound quality of the SNES was also mentioned all the time :) With the analogue TVs and no RGB in the US and overscan there...
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- Post #4,105
- Sep 28, 2013
- Forum: Console Gaming
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How important is the quality of HDMI cable?

I had some very cheap HDMI cables of eBay and I would get image blank outs at Full HD (Image going black every once in a while). Got new cheap cables from eBay and they are fine. So must have been a bad product. 720 worked well though :)
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- Post #14
- Aug 9, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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PC Gaming Discussion - AMD vs. Nvidia

You wouldn't on purpose, but if the cooler came off the CPU would go up in smoke :) Vista...
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- Post #73
- Aug 3, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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PC Gaming Discussion - AMD vs. Nvidia

I buy Intel and Nvidia. The price differences between Intel, AMD and Nvidia products are so marginal that for a tiny bit more you can get the product from the market leader and why wouldn't you? I do it because of peace of mind. Less issues, less dramas, better drivers, everything just works...
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- Post #69
- Aug 3, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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TCL Announces 50-inch 4K Ultra-HD LED TV For $999

TCL are very cheap, but the software / firmware of their TVs is very very basic. I got their top model 55" last year and it didn't have a "no overscan" picture mode. I contacted support and just got told "this is per design". Sad thing is the cheap 40" TVs do have this feature. Asking for...
- Phil1977
- Post #10
- Jul 29, 2013
- Forum: TVs
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Went from HD 6950 to GTX 680, bad expectations?

Yea the difference between high and ultra can often be brutal. Especially DX11 settings and ambient oucclusion cost a ton of performance with little noticeable benefit.
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- Post #32
- Jul 28, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anyone else a low resolution gamer?

Yes it does. And no, you can't always pick 75 Hz. I had to use a utility to set the 75Hz as standard so it would also be used in games and not just on the desktop. Quick update. Decided to bring out the 23.6" Full HD screen again and I think I do prefer Full HD now. The screen is a...
- Phil1977
- Post #36
- Jul 25, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anyone else a low resolution gamer?

Thanks for the input guys! Yes the screen is smaller, but I also move it closer to the front. What I find in games is that I see more of the entire scene. I did game on a 27" which is in my home office now, but I simply found myself panning and scanning around. The performance is a nice bonus...
- Phil1977
- Post #11
- Jul 20, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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