Recent content by alienpredatover

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    Wireless Eduroam Problems

    My univ grants access to Eduroam. Today I tried to set up a wireless connection using Eduroam, I have Windows Vista. I searched for wireless connection, found one, added and it worked well. After that I checked an icon in my taskbar and I had 2 Eduroams running: Eduroam and Eduroam 2 I then...
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    Hardware - Games - Fraps

    I dunno if is there any thread with this goal but most of us upgrade our PC in order to play ''that'' game at that ''resolution''. It would be interesting if we could set a database with our PC specs, the games we run and the fraps we get (or at least a description). It would be nice to have...
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    Comment On What I Hope is My Final Build :)

    Then go with the laptop, I just recently saw CoD BO run decently on a toshiba c2d with a 5470! F1 2010 runs decently at 1024*768 medium detail and the 5650 is better card than the 5470, also i3 is better than a c2d.
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    Comment On What I Hope is My Final Build :)

    It depend what you think ''OK'' is... if you dont mind playing 1024*768 or even 1280*1024 medium detail, then, yes... it will be ok for games. Every processor\graphics card is usually much slower than its desktop counterpart, what I mean is an laptop i3 is much slower than a desktop i3, same...
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    Comment On What I Hope is My Final Build :)

    If you will use it for what you wrote above and ocasional gaming, that laptop is a much better deal! Now... if you do serious gaming above 1680*1050 buy the desktop and swap the ATI 5570 for a 5770 or an even better GeForce 460GTX and enjoy the games :)
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    Help Me Choose Which Budget Card For Gaming

    I dont know what that ''hybrid crossfire'' is, but I wouldnt trust it would help in nothing... The onboard ATi 4200 will hardly play modern games on low, I had an ATI 3450 which was a little faster than the 4200 an I'll tell you the games I played and at which res: PES - 1024*768 nicely...
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    Help Me Choose Which Budget Card For Gaming

    It might be my mistake but u sure it aint $89.9 ??? http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0345505 For a little less... the 5570 with DDR3 http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0345504 Well, prices appart, this is the order for which your should get you gfx card (from the...
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    Super cheap "gaming" rig?

    True... specially if you have a decent screen, but if you still have an old CRT, you wont notice it so much! I see many players gaming on laptops 1400*1080 and 1280*1024 and it is bearable! Obviously 1680*1050 is better, and 2560*1600 is even better... Once I just for fun I tried some new...
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    Help Me Choose Which Budget Card For Gaming

    My opinion: 1st - all the cards you posted are overpriced! 2nd - for $89 you can get a SAPPHIRE 5670 which is way faster than any of those you posted (at microcenter) 3rd - if you really have to pick one of those four, go with the ATI 4650 Keep in mind that for $70 in a decent store you...
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    Super cheap "gaming" rig?

    Dont get me wrong you ppl but sometimes you exaggerate a bit! What I mean is, you dont need a SUPER computer to run all this new games or even to websurf! I just recently saw games like CoD BO, Assassins Creed 2, Dirt, F1, SF IV, PES, running on systems like: Mobile C2D+5470; E5400+GF7300 (and...
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    GT5 vs DIRT2 vs Forza vs F1 2010

    I havent played iRacing yet but I saw a few screenshots and it doesnt look good... not to the likes of a Dirt, GT5, F1 LFS not good graphics also, rFactor the same...
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    GT5 vs DIRT2 vs Forza vs F1 2010

    This is a comparison between F1 2010 on PS3, PC and XBox 360. No doubt it is better on a PC, the question is, the gap is not that huge and as Arkaign said, we are talking about a 5 year old system ($200) against a PC when sometimes just the gfx cost $1000. Or its getting hard to make...
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    Ultra Tight Upgrade!!!

    I have my new machine working, E5500 + ATI 5770, now here are the changes: SF IV - previously (800*600 low detail) > 1280*1024 (high detail) F1 2010 - previously (640*480 medium detail) > 1280*1024 (4XAA high detail) SWTFU - previously (unplayable at any res) > 1280*1024 (high detail) I...
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    GT5 vs DIRT2 vs Forza vs F1 2010

    Most of people here already have GT5. Does F1 still hold the title as best looking graphics car game in any platform?
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    are these specs any good for gaming

    The 1st system you posted was much better than the last one 1st. Athlon X4 640 is MUCH better than X2 250 2nd. ATI 5570 is WORSE than ATI 5670 For €300 you can buy a better machine, think about AMD X3 (saving money) or X4, Intel E6500 (saving money) or i3. For graphics card get a...