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The Israeli special forces might have used a few Desert Eagles, but it was never officially fielded by the IDF. The Baby Eagle is a derivative of the Witness which is a derivative of the CZ. It shares nothing in common with the Desert Eagle. ( And it comes in 9mm and 41AE as well )

In the real world most people do die after 1 shot from a high power rifle. The game isn't a run and gun sci-fi shooter, it's a tactical shooter that make at least a small attempt at realism. :p

That is so backwards from reality it's almost funny. AMD has consistently had a more stable socket platform and upgrade path for each socket. With Intel, they might release CPU's with the same pin count, and call the socket the same name, but different models of CPU won't work, and will need a...

K10 will be compatible with AM2. (like already mentioned). I wouldn't ever lay bets on an Intel platform (read socket/chipset) having more lifespan than an AMD platform ( socket/chipset) we all can see which way that has gone in the last 6+ years.

Funny isn't it that one of those "commodity orifices" (Cingular) managed to lock Apple into an exclusive carrier deal for the iphone.

Yes, "They"? because there are multiple types of CPU model in the new family. I did however answer the question with answers about ALL of the models, as you did not specify which one you were asking about.

"They"? Barcelona is Socket F AgenaFX is 4x4 (which is physically Socket F, but has no registered or EEC RAM requirements, and fewer HT links. I've seen it call Socket L1A somewhere, but take that with some salt) Agena is Socket AM2+, and is backwards compatible to Socket AM2. Kuma...

"Barcelona" is the quad-core K8L based Opteron. The 4x4 quad-core K8L is "AgenaFX", the quad-core K8L AM2 is "Agena", and the dual-core K8L with 2MB L3 is "Kuma", the dual-core K8L with no L3 is "Rana", and the single-core K8L is "Spica", which might be branded as a Sempron.

They have inventory of old P4's. Cutting Conroe prices would hurt the effort to clear that old inventory. Also, Intel is selling every single Core2 that they can make at the current prices, why would they lower the price when they can't improve sales any further.

The L3 is probably using the Z-RAM tech that AMD bought, so it's going to be a hell of alot faster than what is called L3 these days. So for AMD each core will have a large L1, a moderate sized L2, and a large shared L3 cache that is so fast it could be thought of as an L2.1 cache.

Well, you're focusing so tightly on something that isn't the problem, you will of course overlook the real cause. To put it simply, it Aint the CPU! :rolleyes: Connection problems come from faulty connection hardware or software. Check the Onboard LAN, and drivers, check the MB main...

Apparently a hell of a lot better crap than you smoke. I know what I'm talking about, you don't. If you want to flame about semantics taking us OT than do that, but don't argue things you don't understand.

I think he's refering to the motherboard traces from the socket to the RAM slots. Many people attribute the entire motherboard as the "chipset", even thought the term "chipset" is completely obsolete with AMD K8 CPUs.

K8L is far more than just quad-core. Trying to paint the entire issue into "quad is useless" is what is foolish.

Because K8L is about more than just quad-core. All of the K8L archetecture improvements will be released in a dual-core desktop chip as well. You're focussing too tightly on the 'quad' part, and not enough on the 'K8L' part.

Got my copy. It does feel alot like Freelancer, but with a bit less randomness in the aftermission periods. It's fairly easy to scrounge up cash, so upgrading should be easy. One negative, it doesn't work in 1680x1050 resolution yet. The option is there, but it crashes to desktop when you...

I've got a copy in the mail too. I just remembered, I need to buy a new joystick, since my old one is broken.

Cool and Quiet is a power saving system that will decrease the CPU clock speed and voltage when idling, and then ramp up the clock speeds as needed to run applications. If you want to use it, enable it in BIOS, install the driver, and then select "Minimal Power Management" int he Control...

So far the word from AMD is that all AM3 CPU's will be compatible with Socket AM2 motherboards, using DDR2. To use DDR3 will require an AM3 CPU in an AM3 motherboard.

I don't think it will impact Nvidia at all. The only "AMD" thing they use for their chipsets is Hypertransport, which will still be available to them.

The sale of ES chips is actually a crime. ES CPUs are the property of Intel, even when passed out to reviewers. It is not their property to sell. Oh, and using the term "A dime a dozen" and "at a higher price" in the same sentence, refering to the same item, is known as an oxymoron. :D :D

To be fair, I was razzing the other guy on a typo :p so getting some back for my own typo is fine. :D

And please demonstrate where anything I said is wrong. It is a fact that follow on steppings are meaningless until the initial preoduction stepping is available for purchase. You're far too thin skinned if you feel that this is "!!!!!!" talk. It is a fact of life, deal with it. :D *edit*...

Since Conroe isn't even out yet, steppings don't make a bit of difference. The only 'stepping' that means anything right now is the first one that someone can actually buy.

:p It's all marketing anyway. The Su-25TM (and SM) are really heavily improved over the older 25, so for export the Russkies called it a new number.

There is an SU-39, (also known as SU-25TM and SU-25SM for older models upgraded) Link Just because you don't know, doesn't mean it's made up. :D

The biggest plus for AM2 isn't here yet, but the K8L will eventually show up sometime in mid 2007.

2007

I've got that same POS shield too, at least it doesn't weigh anything.

Not really a One-Socket strategy, more of a Socket-Per-Market-Segment with Socket AM2 for desktop/workstation/DTR (low/medium/high end), Socket F for servers, and Socket S1 for mobile (light/ultra-light)

Too bad that didn't work, I guess you're stuck until nvidia releases the x64 Oblivion compatible driver. SLI does work in 32bit, so it must be the x64 driver that's causing the problem.

The Gateway 21" native resolution is 1680x1050, so I'd suggest using that as your maximum resolution.

Try forcing "global settings" (in the nvidia control panel) to multi-GPU, which should show Oblivion the second card. That should work until the next 64bit drivers are available that are coded for Oblivion.

Hold the "R" key down, while you mouse around.

Got it last night, and played it for 5 hours. :D The graphics are incredible, the auto-select for my rig was very accurate as a baseline, I only had to deselect HDR, and select AA instead. (my preference). The combat is taking a bit of getting used to, it isn't just click-click-click...

I'm running 1680x1050 "Ultra High" with vsync on, 4xAA on, ?xAF (can't remember), Bloom on, HDR off. It runs really smooth outside, I'm going to fiddle with the draw distance some, because I can see it adding detail to the world just inside the viewable horizon, and I want to push that to just...

It's a MSORPG. ... Massive Singleplayer Offline RPG :D :D or FHSRPG Freakin' Huge Singleplayer RPG :p

I would think that a game that the license owner willingly chose to stop producing and selling is no longer covered by that license.

By "normal software" I just mean generic "not games" software. The overall average A64 vs P4 is about 1.6 to 1. In games it's closer to 1.8 to 1 like I said above, in video apps it's probably more like 1.4 to 1.