Recent content by Capt Hungry

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    What were some of the finest hours you've had with a game?

    I too many fond memories to narrow it down. But some highlights: Deathmatching on a LAN with DOOM and Quake Using the Chain Lightning gun or throwing a gravity well in Painkeep Arena for Quake 3 Tank smashing 18 people in a row in Battlefield Heroes Making it to Xen in Half Life...
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    Trackmania 2

    I played the heck out of Trackmania in all it's incarnations. I used a steering wheel most of the time. Great game, but Stadium was my least favorite environment. Bay and Island were better. Just got TM2 and while the graphics are lovely, the canyon enviroment is a little boring. Just haven't...
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    Looking for Racing Game

    Since you seem to be a Need For Speed fan - check out Need For Speed World. It's completely free, save for real world money to spend on cars, powerups and the like. It's pretty fun, there is a nice range of cars to choose from and for the most part the community is pretty decent. I should add...
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    Brand New Asus A8N SLI SE

    Just got my SECOND Asus A8N SLI SE board, plugged in my XFX 8600 GTS XXX Edition card and all I get is a post code telling me I have a video problem. The first A8N SLI SE board I got gave me the same issue. I know that the card works fine as I tested it in another system at work. I brought a...
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    Intel Core 2 Duo Installation

    Thanks for the replies. I figured that using both would likely not be good. It just seemed to me that the 3 strips of paste Intel applies might not be enough for decent heat transfer.
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    Intel Core 2 Duo Installation

    Hi, I am new here, be gentle...... I am building my father a Core 2 Duo based system. I began installation this evening and after I'd carefully applied some thermal paste to the CPU, I notice that Intel thoughtfully applied some thermal paste to the underside of the heatsink. My question...