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too many games

I'm also the slow and steady type of gamer that likes to pay attention to detail... which makes this worse. But it's a good kind of "worse" at least - it could be actual homework, although my homework days are behind me. I'm kind of in a limbo state right now. Residency for internal medicine...
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- Post #10
- Jan 13, 2012
- Forum: PC Games
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too many games

After the steam Christmas sale, I have so many games to play it feels like homework.
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- Jan 12, 2012
- Replies: 14
- Forum: PC Games
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The Power of a media giant - News Corp battling both Dish Network and Cablevision

Fox won't even let you watch its online content if you use cablevision as your internet service provider. Hulu won't display fox material to cablevision subscribers either. However, just use a proxy to watch fox content. Hulu doesn't let you do this for some reason, but I was able to watch a...
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- Post #45
- Oct 16, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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need help deciding

Thanks for the input. I went with the MSI 470 for $259. It comes with Metro 2033, and another free game (resident evil 5, street fighter IV, or dark void), as well as a week trial of SC2. OCing it should get me close to 480 performance. I have good airflow in my case and low ambient temps so...
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- Post #3
- Aug 21, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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need help deciding

Option 1) MSI 470 + metro 2033 for 259.99 total (3 yr warranty) Option 2) EVGA 460 1G Superclocked + metro 2033 for 229.99 (2 yr warranty) I would get the stock 460 and OC it, given the free performance boost program that evga has distributed, but it's the same price as the EVGA above. I...
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- Aug 21, 2010
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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stuttering video watching full screen video on HULU on HTPC

Windows 7, possibly flash 10.1, cured all of my hulu stuttering issues on my laptop
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- Post #3
- May 2, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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GTX 480 - Quad SLI @ ~1500W!

I'm pretty sure that he got at least one of those cards for free from EVGA via a press pass.
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- Post #23
- Apr 24, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Hobbyist's New Animation Tech Promises Unlimited Graphics Power Without Extra Process

not another one of these...
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- Post #3
- Apr 23, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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470 vs 5850

I agree with Udgnim - the 470 is fail right now
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- Post #18
- Apr 11, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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470 vs 5850

if heat is your concern, I haven't seen any issues regarding the 470 from people who got their cards early
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- Post #15
- Apr 11, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Examining the GTX 470 & 480 Cooler Designs

It seems as if temperatures have been less of an issue with the few people that have received their cards early. The highest temp I saw was 85C while overclocking and benchmarking furmark. The tradeoff for these people is many of them run their fans at 100%, but they say the noise is not as...
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- Post #5
- Apr 10, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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How much faster 'could' Dual 480's be vs 1 295?

OVER 9000!?!?!?!
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- Post #13
- Mar 12, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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New graphics algorithm by Williams College and NVidia for photorealism

I especially like the way the light changes color as it reflects off of different objects of different colors - very neat
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- Post #13
- Feb 21, 2010
- Forum: Displays
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New graphics algorithm by Williams College and NVidia for photorealism

I think the focus is more on the lighting effects they demonstrate in the videos in the link, which does seem pretty cool.
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- Post #6
- Feb 20, 2010
- Forum: Displays
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Great, my eyefinity setup gets me nauseous

take dramamine or have gingerale about 1hr before playing - should make it bearable
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- Post #14
- Feb 20, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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local to removable?

bump
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- Post #4
- Sep 2, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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local to removable?

Windows XP SP 2. What you mention is not true. I have two USB drives and both of them show as local drives when plugged in. Optimizing for quick removal does not change what Windows recognizes the drive as.
- rodrigu3
- Post #3
- Aug 25, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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local to removable?

I software program in the hospital I work at only recognizes removable storage like cds or flash mem. Is there a way to get windows to recognize an external USB hard drive as removable storage?
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- Thread
- Aug 22, 2009
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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I hate Steam.

Try changing your content server.
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- Post #97
- May 29, 2009
- Forum: PC Games
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Do Hulu videos play 100% smooth for you guys? (full screen)

anyone try my solution?
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- Post #41
- Feb 7, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Do Hulu videos play 100% smooth for you guys? (full screen)

Hey everyone, so I've been having the same problems and noticed a solution that was a bit counterintuitive - disable hardware acceleration and it will play as smooth as a baby's butt in full screen. I noticed that when the window was expanded to maximum it would play fine, but in full screen...
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- Post #22
- Feb 7, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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computer won't post

So I resolved my problem for those who are curious. BOTH of my sticks were dead. RMAd them to crucial, got back a new set - work fine. Strange thing is it seems like they crapped out at almost the same exact time. I did overclock my system, but it seems strange that both sticks would crap out at...
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- Post #13
- Jan 20, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Can anyone get by level 10 on this game?

7574, tip: look for the least obvious way to do it
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- Post #31
- Jan 19, 2009
- Forum: PC Games
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Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Wow.
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- Post #9
- Jan 7, 2009
- Forum: Laptops
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computer won't post

I don't have any on hand, I'll be stopping by my parent's place tomorrow to pick some up. I did notice something weird though. Now that I look back at my records, I actually have 4gb of ram, not 2gb. When I looked at the task manager about a week ago, I noticed it showed only 2Gb. I haven't...
- rodrigu3
- Post #10
- Dec 20, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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computer won't post

Push power button --> fans spin, lights on, but no one's home --> turns off on its own --> turn on again by itself --> proceed as usual (unless of course something is fucked, in which case, it beeps as mine did)
- rodrigu3
- Post #7
- Dec 19, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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Inspired by overheard conversation at lunch

That's why they're able to charge us so much for their crap and we still shell it out.
- rodrigu3
- Post #15
- Dec 18, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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computer won't post

IP35-E has a known issue with double posting. It's normal for that board.
- rodrigu3
- Post #5
- Dec 18, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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computer won't post

Hey folks, Hopefully someone here can give me some ideas. Before I start, here are my specs: IP35-E with E6300 OCd to 3.0 Ghz. NVidia 8800 GTS. 2gigs memory. When I turn on the computer, it double posts as usual, but then I hear a long beep. Computer has been stable since I built it...
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- Dec 18, 2008
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Computer Building
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Half Life: FireArms

From what I understand, there is sort of a race between the two dev teams to get their games done because those who originally wanted to make firearms for the source engine differed in opinion. It looks like Firearms 2 is much further ahead in development, as they actually have some gameplay...
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- Post #16
- Dec 9, 2008
- Forum: PC Games
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Half Life: FireArms

http://www.firearms2mod.com/ Last post is from December 6, 2008 so I'd say the mod is very much alive and in production. I remember that game was the cause of many hours of procrastination in college. It looks pretty faithful to the original.
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- Post #8
- Dec 8, 2008
- Forum: PC Games
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critique laptop

Yeah, my bad.
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- Post #7
- Dec 8, 2008
- Forum: Laptops
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How is this for a laptop?

don't go with sony - overpriced and underperforms
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- Post #9
- Dec 6, 2008
- Forum: Laptops
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critique laptop

Non-infinity = no glass plate over display that makes it look like a mac screen with no bezel between the screen and frame. Dell Studio with a blu-ray player is out of my budget range (<$900 if possible), XPS models are absolutely not in my price range ($250 for blu-ray), and I've never...
- rodrigu3
- Post #5
- Dec 6, 2008
- Forum: Laptops
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critique laptop

So I finally pulled the trigger on getting a new laptop. I decided to go with the HP dv5z with the following specs: AMD ZM-82 (2.2GHz) 15" BrightView Widescreen Display (1680 x 1050) (non-infinty) 4GB memory Radeon HD 3200 Graphics 250GB 5400RPM SATA HD Webcam + Fingerprint reader...
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- Thread
- Dec 6, 2008
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Laptops
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Valve says DRM is stupid, but Microsoft still doesn't get it

There's no irony. He said "most," not all.
- rodrigu3
- Post #19
- Dec 4, 2008
- Forum: PC Games
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Purchasing this system 11-28-08

how about you put that money to some good use and pay my credit card bills for the year?
- rodrigu3
- Post #33
- Nov 27, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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What processor?

no budget? go for the highest number
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- Post #5
- Nov 25, 2008
- Forum: Laptops
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Critique my new build

Is Vista64 still having driver compatibility issues, or has this been resolved for the most part? To the OP: I would dump the sound card, you won't notice the difference. I have that same motherboad and it has good isolation so you don't hear any interference, especially if you use the...
- rodrigu3
- Post #8
- Nov 18, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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4500MHD sufficient for blue-ray movies?

yeah this is basically going to be a work laptop / bluray player - I have a fully-loaded desktop that I game on when time permits
- rodrigu3
- Post #5
- Oct 14, 2008
- Forum: Laptops

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