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    Steam weekend deal

    you can pick up all Brother's In Arm's games for only 19.99 if your interested. 23CND for 3 games is a great deal for me.
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    Is power dvd nessacary when using VMC?

    Hi all Just a quick question, i have my HTPC set up software wise using wiretaps guide, now i haven't purchased anydvd or power dvd yet because i am not really sure if i will need them, now i have PS3 for blu ray but i am thinking i may buy a blu ray drive and back up my blu ray movies. now...
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    High temps underload with stock cooler

    Hi all i just upgrade my HTPC i had a 4800+ kicking around so i bought a M3A78-CM and 2GB crucial DD2 800 ram 1x250 wd sata 1x1tb seagate sata i wanted to keep the noise down as much as possible so i have the PS fan one 80mm exhaust and 80mm intake fan and the stock AMD HSF, cpu temps at...
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    Buying new HHD for my 360 a few questions

    well my local future shop has 60GB 360 drives for sale for 110 120GB for 160, even though its much more than a standard notebook drive but with game installs coming i would like more space because i am always running around 6-9GB of free space on my 20GB. now i know they have a transition system...
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    TVersity experts needed.

    Ok after fresh install of Vista Ultimate x86 i thought i would try out tversity again to stream media to my PS3, so i followed a PS3 guide and at first it didn't seem to work at all everything installs and says its working but when i tried to add files, or change settings with GUI it would say...
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    Wireless on the 360 help

    Ok i recently upgraded a new wireless router a WRT 160N so far for my PC's and PS3 are working great, now i want to get my 360 on the wireless side do i need to buy the grossly over priced MS wireless adapter or can i buy a wireless USB N adapter? will it work or does MS have me by the balls...
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    360 owners a question about your power block Cord?

    So i was looking around the XBOX 360 support site just wasting time, and i found this when i hit the power part of the set up. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemsetup/xbox360/console/power.htm now the image there clearly shows a 3 pole power cord with the ground fault doggle on it, but...
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    PS3 = Worlds fastest supercomputer

    So i did a search and didn't see anything but it turns out that IBM has used the PS3 Tech and Cell Tech to make the fastest supercomputer. Maybe we haven't seen the PS3 maxed out yet. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/84395-Worlds-Fastest-Supercomputer-Is-A-Souped-Up-PlayStation-3...
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    Using HDMI for Audio and Video??

    Ok, i want to get a ATI 3XXX series card that will do both Audio and Video through HDMI, my question is, the Video card will do ALL the audio for my HTPC right, not just watching movies using the Rom? and i can take out my audio card? or does widows still need a standard audio card to output...
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    Quick 360 question and the HD Drive

    i see that the XBOX 360 HD drives are now $50 down from $200, if i was to get one can i use it as my primary drive? for games, movies everything? if i can i am hoping it is a lot quiter then the built in drive which is a little to loud for me. thnx
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    PS3 Plus new HD = No reinstall?

    So to go along with GT5 Prologue, i decided i was going to replace the 40GB drive in my PS3. So ipicked up a new 160GB Fujitsu drive, the new drive is in the same model series as the 40GB just bigger. So after reading the instructions on how to swap drives i get everything ready, i dl the...
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    Need help finding good co-op games for PS3

    So i have had my PS3 for a couple weeks now, and its great, but last friday night the GF came home and i was playing Resistance FoM, she watched me for about 15 mins and asked if she could try it out, now this blew me away because she has never shown intrest before. so i said sure, and we...
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    Need HELP new PS3 isn't working right.....

    So i had a day booked off so after doing some erands i wanted to play some R6:Vegas 2 on my new PS3, so i fire it up select continue for last check point, and it just sits there with please wait, so i get up to grab a coffee and go to the washroom and i come back to the same screen. no...
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    I got my PS3 just a couple thoughts...

    Well after much debate with myself and research on the net and great input from all the [H] i went and picked up my PS3 yesterday afternoon. And i can say i love it. Set up was a breeze, from display to network, the PS3 saw everything correctly, no need to tweak anything. the system...
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    Going to buy a PS3 could use some input.

    Ok so i have been a PC gamer since the begining (iam 36) FPS and RTS mainly i did own a XBOX but never used it, but now i have decided that with the blue-ray factor i am going to finaly get myself a PS3, now this is what i have picked out for the intial plunge, and it will be hooked up to my 40"...
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    X850XT DVI to HDMI Help needed

    ok so i have a pretty standard HTPC my old dell xps, it is a P4 3.4 - 1.5 pc4200 ATI x850xt pe, vista Home preium 32 bit. now here is the situation, using the DVI to VGA to conect to my samsung 40" 1080i HDTV i have no problems with scaling, res is set to 1360x768 everything looks great...
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    Crysis performance and overclocking intresting results

    Well last night i was playing around testing and playing crysis so i thought i would benchmark it on my system at bone stock speeds and then compare that to the results i already have running my system over clocked. the results couldn't have been further from what i thought. anyways here are the...
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    New beta drivers 163.71

    sorry didn't see the other post http://nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html
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    Vista look in XP Pro

    does anyone know of a good app or source for a freeware verion of style xp or something along those lines. i really like the visual look of vista and would like to try and get close to that look in xp thnx in advance.
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    Quake wars beta 2 closed????

    i went to play some ETQW Beta 2 and when i try to log in it says my user name or lic code is invalid, i was just playing lastnight. this happening to anyone else?
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    Vista Ulimate x64 is....

    I hate to use such a srtong word but i think it is near perfect. i am so pleased with vista i went with it for my gaming rig and i just love it. the games i have installed so far all run great, and my hardware is working perfectly. i love the interface, how looks and feels, all the new...
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    App for controling vid card fan speed

    Ok here is the deal i have always used ATITOOL and love it but i have issues with it in vista UL, and official support for vista will be awhile, what i love the most about ATITOOL is being able to set my own fan speeds. so does anyone know of another app like ATITOOL that works well in vista and...
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    Question about HTT and overclocking and voltage

    Ok i have been trying to get my max o/c out of my 4000+ San Diego so far this is the best. 255 x 11.0 = 2804GHz 1.525 vcore HTT setting at 800 MHz now i have read being over 1000 MHz on your final HTT clock is bad, mine is running at 1020, so is 1020 going to hurt anything? or is this a...
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    AMD 64 X2 Upgrade

    just wondering if you guys see any benifit in upgrading my 4000+ to 5200+ X2 see sig for system specs.
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    NFS Carbon profiles

    i finished nfs carbon a while ago and just got this second comp to play around with, so i install carbon on the new box updated the game and copied over my profile from the other comp and it tells me it can't load the profile. has anyone else tried this or know of a fix for this because i would...
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    Asus A8V and usb issues XP & Vista

    Hi all i just bought a used system off a buddy at work and i wanted to use it to play with vista beta 2 with a dual boot xp. now the system was all put together i just had to plug it in and go, so i installed vista beta 2 and everything seem to be working ok, until after a few reboots i...
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    Reservoir Dogs the game?

    has anyone played it? i saw a couple reviews that gave 7.5 rating but there isn't a lot i can find about the game other the offical site. where the claim maxium mag gives it 4 out of 4. so what ever thats worth.
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    Call of duty 3

    am i see things right, is call of duty 3 only coming out on consoles? or am i just blind?
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    3D Mark 05 crashes

    3dmark has always worked well for me but i tried to run it this morning and it crashed and i got this error anyone know what this means. none of my games seem affected, ie... hl2, doom3, cod2 demo, ss2 demo, king kong demo, nhl 2006. system in sig. thnx
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    Using a SATA adapter

    Hey i was wondering if anyone has used these ATA to SATA adapters. i have a Maxtor 80GB ATA 133 drive that i would like to install in my Dell but i only have SATA channels left. i found a kit on E-bay from a good seller and was wondering if they worked well before i ordered it. Thnx in...
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    Audigy 2 ZS not found

    Hi, i was wondering if any one else has had this problem. i want to update my sound card drivers. when i go to CL's site and use the auto update this is what it lists for sound card and driver release (Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, DR release 1.84.10) but if i go to their download section there is...
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    Best CPU Test

    i know my Dell isn't ment for tweaking and thats fine, but whats the best benchmark to see if my P4 3.4 is performing as well as it should with in my systems limits. Thnx Mac.
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    Vid Card and Case For Sale

    I have a Lian Li case with no p/s slide out, frt usb ports, 3 fans, little longer then usual supports dual cpu mobo And I have a 6 month old asus 9600xt 128 vga, dvi, s-video I not sure if this right or not but i was thinking 250 usd for both or 125 ea usd OBO [email protected]...
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    Half Life 2 Stuttering Bad after update

    Well HL2 has been running great on my system max detail 1280x1024 4x AA 8x AF but yesterday steam updated HL2 and now the stutters like mad, i have all the latest drivers for everything, i have tried valves fixes my hardware accel in dxdiag is turn on to basic, i have the in game audio...
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    Dell XPS Gen 4

    i know 90% of people who are devoted members of the [H] like being able to customize every aspect of their rig's. i used to be that wat to but over the last couple years life has just gotten too busy to be able to commit the time needed to keep up. so when i decided it was time for a new pc i...
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    DOOM3 Timedemo problem

    full install of DOOM3 (Retail) offical patch installed, is that why i can not run the built in timedemo dem01? i have read every article i can and they all say we used DOOM3's built timedemo. any help would be great, thnx. Mac.
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    The Hell Boss In DOOM 3

    Can someone please tell me how to kill this sob becaue nothing i am doing is working :) thnx in advance Mac.
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