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Thx. I saw that and was going to jump on it but I really want to leave it at the $399 price point because the unit will be used out in bad waether conditions for photo work. That is a great deal though!

My goals for use are very simple: 1. MS Word 2. browsing, email 3, Dreamweaver 4. Playing back 720p video or standard video on external TV via HDMI 5. Photo storage device in the field These are all that I require of the unit. So far I have lined up the Acer AS1410 with ULV su3500...

King's Quest

I reduced my page file to half of my ram, works great. I also did some other tweaks which moved the isntall size from 12gb to like 8. I'm a power user who uses my comp mostly for business(Excel , Word, Lightroom, Dreamweaver, Premiere) and I have 20.3 gigs free after installing a ton of my...

That's what I did. BTW, the drive absolutely flies. Great bang for the buck.

7.4 disk score in Win 7. :)

I have a Q9400 with a 9800 GT 1gb and the game runs fine. I keep it at 1280x800 though for the smoothest play online. Seems the online FPS takes some hits. I use 1920x1200(or whatever it is) in single player mode. In the benchmarks I get 33 FPs average with at 1900x1200 and like 58 FPS...

Good point. Getting to the GTA IV multiplayer is a PITA.

I can't beleive how good GTA IV multi is. It's bringing back the sense of excitement and adventure that I got with TFC, and then BF 1942. In those games, you felt like you could do anything. GTA IV is not always non-stop action, but when things happen, they can be incredibly epic. That combined...

I'm at the same point. The EP's really lost me, and so did Valve's inability to evolve their online multiplayer stuff beyond the claustrophobic maps of the late 90's early 2k's style of play. I'm much more interested in the freedom type of gameplay like FC2, GTA IV and WOW. TF2 was where...

It just looks old.

I'm really digging bioshock but it's not playing nice with the latest Nvidia drivers and my new 9800 GT at any resolution. The ambiance of Bioshock is insane.

I don't have much time for games any more but I am finding these to be pretty good. The thing I am most blown away with is the fact that I have such a great degree of freedom. I am finding the GTA IV multiplayer to be a huge breath of fresh air compared to the restrictive, tiny map based games...

Is this online?

Agreed. The speed difference is shocking.

It's still worth it. By the time the drive loses performance, they will be cheaper and bigger drives out there.

That's a good point about EP 3. It will be on the same old Source engine. One of the things that blew me away about HL2 was how fresh the game looked at the time, and how that contributed to a sense of immersion. That's gone now for me, and I have the same problem in L4D. It just looks too...

Digimate III hi-speed portable storage device with 60GB hard drive, talks CF,SD, Memory Pro, etc - $75 WD Scorpio 2.5 inch 60GB hard drive - $35 EVGA 8600 GT 256MB SC edition - $30 Coolmax External firewire/SATA/USB hard drive, fits IDE drives and SATA drives, comes with 320 GB IDE hard...

It's the RAM prices.

I went for it :) Nice card for a casual gamer. When I sell my 8600GT for $25 that makes it a $45 upgrade. Can't beat that.

Just picked one of these up tonight at the Bolingbrook Illinois store. They had it listed as $139 but I had them call the Butterfield Road/ Downers Grove store which had 6 of them at $69.99 and they price matched. Thx for psoting this deal. It;s great for a casual gamer like myself.

I've actually heard good things about Lenovo from experienced people though. I'm interestd in a netbook for these primary reasons: 1. portability 2. writing 3. photo storage device 4. checking email for businesses 5. movie viewing 6. light use of Dreamweaver 7. image viewing while in...

Is this thing still going? thx.

It says sold out online. Is it an in-store thing too? Thx!

Link? Thx.

Thx for the heads up NKD.

It has a very sanitzed version of Dustbowl. The original had a flag that you had to carry to the cature points. When the person carrying the flag was killed, it created these random mini-battles all over the map, which allowed for unique and random strategy. Now all the battles occur in the...

I love Valve. I've been with them since HL1, but I think they need to expand how they look at games. Everything they do feels super confined...it hasn't evolved into bigger and more open worlds. There's very little freedom in the games and things feel very restricted and sanitezed. You can't...

I find Bing to be better than Google. You get better pages on your searches and less junk.

thx. I did just upgrade to the latest Nvidia drivers on my new Win 7 install which I will be switching too in a few days.

It's 512mb at Tiger Direct(XFX card for $139). Thx.

Thx. I am thinking of the ATI 4870 which seems to beat up the GTS 250 badly across the board, but I'm worried about changing drivers. Any issue? Which card would you recommend? I can get the 4870 for $139 at Tiger Direct(XFX) and the GTS 250 for $135 at Tiger direct. I'm currently running an...

Thx folks. Default - I was looking at the 9800 GT and GTS 250 actually..... I am considering a jump to th ATI 4870 but man that thing is terrible at idle in power consumption.

I'm still paranoid about "back in the day" when all video cards were not created equally concerning 2D quality. I'm thinking of upgrading my card and am wondering if I will see any 2D difference between an XFX or an EVGA 9800 GT. I really shouldn't since they are using the same chip, right? I...

Rebates are a waste of time. Just get me a decent price, get the item to me quickly and I move on.

GTA IV.

Keep the eco drive as a data drive and buy the Kingston 40GB SSD for your O.S. drive. Newegg has them now for $130.

I'm looking for these things in an online FPS game. If you have any recommendations please add them.: 1. jungle or outdoor terrain. Vegetation is a huge plus for realism. 2. Open world or real feeling maps. I can no longer tolerate the "rat in a box" style of online FPS like TF2 or CS:S. I...

I just asked the same thing about an E6550! If you are using apps that like quad cores, then yes. I decided to grab a Q9400 and the difference is tremendous in apps that like quads. Also, my W7 experience score went up several points. I have no interest in buying a new motherboard and will use...

Thx for the feedback, dudes. There's a gigantic difference between my old E6550 and the new Q9400 in Lightroom 2.0 - which is exactly why I wanted the upgrade.