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Hi All, Apologies for the new thread. The main BF4 thread is a sh!tshow and I don't want this post to drown in the whining. I'm having a fun time with BF4 so far. It runs surprisingly well on my 5850 at 1900x1200. My only gripe is that the X360 controller I use for flying jets and...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc The primary purpose of this machine will be gaming, specifically, an upgrade for BF3. Other uses will include internet, word processing, listening to music, watching movies, etc. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and...

Hi All, I'm planning on building new since my 680i + E6750 just won't cut it for BF3. I'll be building an i5 2500k build in October. I've been debating internally whether or not I should put the 5850 in the new build and wait for a more substantial upgrade. It doesn't seem like the 6XXX...

Gameplay + Interview Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Video Game, Multiplayer Interview HD | Video Clip | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com Gameplay http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/07/20/space-marine-multiplayer-video-preview?objectid=14352257 Basically it's Space Marines vs...

Not sure if anyone else is aware of this or not, but over the last few days, I've been unable to load imgur.com images on my Thunderbolt (4G available). I typically scroll through reddit links on the bus to work and, much to my dismay, have been unable to do so. There are a few threads on...

The Amazon Cloud Player just gave me a reason to finally ditch my iPod and iTunes, hopefully forever. There are a few minor hurdles that I need to get past, most importantly, un-fucking my music library. Back in college I had a perfectly organized and labeled collection. I received an iPod...

Hi all, I'm trying to do some research on a repair/rebuild I'll be doing with my brother. His Dell is acting up and I'm currently under the impression that his motherboard has shit the bed (see thread in General Hardware). Thanks to Dells proprietary bullshit, I'll need to replace the...

Hi All, I've been attempting to help my brother fix his Dell over the phone for a few days now. I'm not sure of the full specs, but I believe it's a Q6600 with at least 8gb of ram. It was a fully spec'd out XPS ~3 years ago. I just walked him through upgrading his video card (8600GT ->...

A brief history of my build: - Put it together in March 2008 - Originally had boot issues, feared it was my Thermaltake 700W modular PSU, had a friend that worked at Best Buy get a Rocketfish 700W PSU to test with his discount - Turned out I had a crap mobo and RMA'd it for a new one - Rebuilt...

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I will play this the second it is available and will love every minute of it, damn near guaranteed. Discuss.

Hi All, So went in to my office today and discovered my computer was off, and not by my doing. When I hit the power button, the fans spin and disk drives make their obligatory noises, but the computer shuts down before posting. I have a spare power supply that I can test, but if that's...

Just saw this link at 1up. I'm a big fan of the Dawn of War series and I was horribly disappointed to find out that this was going to be a console only game. This game was one of the reasons I almost picked up a console...very glad I chose the 5850 now :D I trust Relic to handle the PC...

Hi All, I'm the proud new owner of an XFX 5850. I just installed it today, along with swapping out my random Rocketfish PSU with a Thermaltake Toughpower (700W) that I'd had laying around and plopping in another 1TB drive that I picked up from Newegg. Everything is working totally fine...

Hi All, Rig is in the sig. Power supply is a 650-700W Rocketfish that my brothers friend bought me with his Best Buy employee discount when my power supply blew. I believe Rocketfish is made by Foxconn but I can't give major specs outside that. I also have an unused 700W Thermaltake PSU...

Ok, so here's my dilemma. Ever since my girlfriend bought me my 28" monitor for Xmas (1900x1200 native), I've been looking to upgrade my videocard. I've been sitting and waiting for prices to drop on a 5850 since they released to no avail. I'm finally losing patience and I'm about to...

Hey all, this thread started as a reply to a different thread but realized I would be derailing that post and that post may have been wrapped up in a nice little package thus requiring no further posts, but I digress. Long story short, I've been in the market for some time for a portable...

Title says it all! Go start stealing skulls and splatting bugs! A more detailed look at my thoughts on the game are in the gaming forum main thread but here's a short bit: I got it for a similar price from the gamer that goes ~2 weeks ago and I've been pleased so far. Single-player is fun but...

Hi All, I have been dual booting Windows XP and Windows 7 since the beta and just recently moved my games over to Windows 7. Everything seemed to be going fine but I just got GTA IV from the Steam sale and discovered I can't connect to GFWL. I rebooted into XP and I can connect without...

So I have the sneaking suspicion that my girlfriend got me an new monitor for christmas. If it is what I think it is, it's a 28" 1920 x 1200 monitor and I'll be moving up from a 22" 1680x1050. My stout little 8800gt runs pretty much everything I've thrown at it thus far at native resolution...

Sorry if this is a repost but I couldn't find anything in searches... Is there a workaround to the ginormous gun models in this game? I feel like they take up 30% or more of the screen. It really kills the feel for me and I'm sure I'm not alone. I haven't found a way in the menus or...

Hi All, I'd been dual booting Windows 7 with my XP install since the beta stage but just last week started migrating my games into 7. I hadn't played anything online requiring a mic until last night and it turns out my front mic port does not work in 7. The mic works fine plugged into the...

Hi All, I've had XP and 7 dual booting since the beta testing stage but I kept my games on XP until the release candidate. I've got my new games going on 7 but my Steam library and lots of other games with important data are still on XP (BF2, CoD4, Fallout 3). I have a few questions about...

So my girlfriend surprised me with a copy of Fallout 3 today. I had been waiting for the GOTY edition with all the x-pacs included to pick it up but I've already opened it like a giddy 5 year old on Christmas and away I go into the wasteland... I have a few questions though: 1) Which...

Dawn of War II (and all of Relics other games, afaik) is 50% off right now. The 1.5 patch just hit which adds a bucket of new multiplayer maps, more balancing and bug fixing as well as the map editor. If you're an RTS fan now is as good a time as any to hop on this. I've shared my opinion...

Hi All, I'm currently using 2gb (2x1gb) of Corsair Dominator 1066 pc8500 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145043 I've been wanting to upgrade to 4gb for a while since I anticipate going 64-bit with Windows 7. I just ordered 4gb (2x2gb) of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 pc2 6400...

Hi All, thanks in advance for any advice you can give...I haven't exactly been keeping up with TV technology and I figured what better place to ask than the [H]. Long story short I'm moving in to a new apartment and one of my current roommates is the owner of our HDTV. I was expecting to see...

Hi all. I'm a long-time PC enthusiast and have done many of my own builds. Now that I've been out of school and working long enough I'm starting to plan out some of my new tinkering ventures. I'm thinking of going with an HTPC setup as a DVR/media server but I'm curious how it fits in with...

STALKER: Clear Sky is currently $19.99 from $39.99 on go gamer .com while supplies last for the next 6 or so hours. I missed Fallout 3 for $30 which sold out but snagged this one. I've been meaning to pick it up for a long time and absolutely loved the first STALKER game.

So in my recent game purchasing frenzy I managed to snipe the Dawn of War Gold Edition (original + winter assault) for $5.50 shipped on eBay. Its a game I always wanted to try but I wasn't a big enough RTS fan to pick it up. I guess my only real question is, without Dark Crusade and...

Hi all...I found an issue where CoD 4 (MP only) stutters for no reason. I run the game flawlessly at maxed out settings, however, if I play a Source Engine game, exit, then try to play CoD 4 MP the game stutters horribly and does so until I reboot. Has anyone experienced this or are able to...

So I recently built a new rig with the following specs Asus P5N32E SLI Intel E6750 EVGA 8800GT Corsair Dominator pc2 8500 2 x 1gb Thermaltake Toughpower 700watt psu blah blah blah Built it and it worked flawlessly from day 1. Bout a week later it just wouldn't boot up. Fans would...

Hi all. I posted not that long ago about issues I'm having with my new pc. Asus P5N32-E SLI Intel E6750 EVGA 8800GT Corsair Dominator 2x 1gb pc2 8500 Seagate SATA HD Lite-On DVDRW, DVD 700watt Thermaltake Toughpower psu It ran perfectly for about 1.5 weeks from the moment I built it...

Hi all. I posted not that long ago about issues I'm having with my new pc. Asus P5N32-E SLI Intel E6750 EVGA 8800GT Corsair Dominator 2x 1gb pc2 8500 Seagate SATA HD Lite-On DVDRW, DVD 700watt Thermaltake Toughpower psu It ran perfectly for about 1.5 weeks from the moment I built it until I...

Hi all. I just recently built a new rig and I'm still curious what you all think. With my system I'm using 1gb x2 Corsair Dominator 8500 ram. Is the typical user going to want more or faster ram? For example, should I have gone with 2gb x2 6400 ram? My thinking was that I'd use 2gb of...

Hi all. I built my new rig about 2 weeks ago and its been running perfectly until today. I try to boot it this morning and I get no post beep and no video signal to my monitor. It powers up, fans spin, drives spin and then it just switches off after 15-60 seconds. I've...

so i built a system for my brother about two years ago using an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard and im convinced it is the cause of all his current woes (and my frustration) im looking around for a replacement for it and he cant afford a whole new system...am i out of luck for finding a...

ok so heres my problem. i built a computer for my brother to take to school. the specs mirror those of the pc in my signature except he has 1gb of ram and the 256mb flavor of the radeon 9800 his computer has been locking up and a few obvious hits point at his videocard. i opened up his...

hey all i built a rig for my younger brother to take to college...its basically the same as mine if you look at my sig except he has 1gb ram and the 256mb flavor of video card. hes a computer moron for lack of a better term and has repeatedly borked his system requiring me to fix it...

hey everybody...i recently got an additional 512mb of Corsair XMS pc3200 ram to go with my original 2x256 Corsair XMS pc3200 ram. for some reason when adding the single 512mb chip to the 3rd and final memory slot, my computer still thinks it has only 512mb of memory i have tried moving the...