Recent content by dylman

No, thank God (bear in mind that a full server at peak time has somewhere around 1500-2000 players, unsure of the exact number). There is no verbal communication of any kind allowed between the two factions, Horde and Alliance. You get local chat in various channels (General, LocalDefence...

http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html Get 'em while they're hot! edit: Ooh, missed it by a minute. Never mind...

There has been an important update to the Anandtech review of the DFI board: If you want to do the pencil mod, get one quick!

You really should take a quick glance at the rules.

It will work eventually. The new map de_tides is IMHO a lot of fun, very fast paced and good looking too. The bots talk a load of rubbish and won't shut up, but thankfully most servers have turned them off it seems (although it is quite funny watching people try to have a conversation with...

Bah, if you've never touched your core then you've never lived... :p On-topic, 99% isopropyl alcohol is the best thing to use if you can get hold of it. Just wear gloves and work in a well-ventilated room...

Or at least any board that will run a Winchester: http://www2.amd.com/us-en/protected/Weblets/1,,7832_11175_12416_12380,00.html (free subscription to AMD Edge required) This is interesting. If dual-core desktop chips aren't due until next year, then this postpones the introduction of...

This article at The Inquirer says that the X800XL is in large scale production right now, so hopefully it won't be too much longer.

The first gen Intel dual core chips ("Smithfield") will literally be two slow Prescotts on one die. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20460

Bear in mind that in Steam Vivendi are seeing the seeds of their own doom. Online distribution of media is the future, and Steam is the beginning of that. I dare say that Vivendi wouldn't mind a few spanners in the system at this point... /conspiracy mode off

I think the point is that those of us who bought HL2 over Steam knew that we wouldn't be able to play the game immediately. Hell, when I paid for it there wasn't even a confirmed release date. This is fine - I knew the score before I coughed up. The people that are buying Half Life 2 in...

This is nothing. Try the Steampowered forums. /shudder

Nope, mine runs off the backplate connected straight to one of my motherboard's (Abit NF7-S V2.0) USB headers.

Mine does the exact same thing. PS1 Dual Shock controller, I got my adapter here in the UK, it carries the Game brand, I've no idea who made it. I thought I was the only one... edit: That one from play.com isn't the one I have, but the symptoms are *exactly* the same. Hmmm....

I voted for 4, but I think 5 came a close second. Good work!