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I thought so too when I received mine. But I got used to it really fast. Worse comes to worse, play the game at a smaller resolution in the center of the screen.

My VisionTek x800 XTPE board did not include the HL2 coupon. But that's ok. I'm just glad I was able to even buy the card. :)

Scroll down. There's a story about nVidia releasing financials yesterday. They lost about 4.36 overnight, and another .51 this morning. That's the 33% loss. Yesterday's close was 14.46 This morning's opening was 10.10 It's currently at 9.59

Check Pricewatch. Allstarshop had 3 x800 XT PE models, all for 999$. Yes, they are gouging.

Right now I have 3M down Comcast cable and 1.5-3 SBC DSL. The Comcast cable costs 39.95 a month and allows me to get *approx* 24kbs up, 50kbs down in BitTorrent (on a good night). The rates are all over the place, depending on how much my neighbors are using. My SBC DSL will get 40kbs up and...

I pre-ordered City of Heroes from bestbuy.com. Oh boy, I won't ever pre-order (or order) from them again... I got an email saying that it was backordered for a week (this was after I had already received a copy from ebworld.com). I called up and asked to have it canceled. "Sorry, we can't do...

Ditto. Just received my replacement Radex unit (and bonus T-Shirt and keychain). I was able to replace the Radex without removing the motherboard from my case. It took some patience and some needle-nose pliers to insert the screws (very tiny screws). Once up and running, the Radex is no...

Boy am I a moron. Her email is right there. :P Got a replacement drive. Started reinstalling XP and it locked up. Then I started getting problems powering the computer on. Got to the point where it wouldn't post at all, just lots of beeps. I fiddled with some stuff, including resetting...

Mind sending me her email address so I can request a replacement too? I had email visibility off. One of my Maxtors in my Raid crapped out last night after 2 days. In the process of removing it I must have did something bad. The computer refused to boot. Was giving a C1 error on the Cbox...

Well, I guess it's not just my fan then. Was hoping it was just faulty when it got louder today. The little fan does pump alot of air out, almost as much as the 80mm case fan next to it. I'm thinking of using a 60mm fan and creating a duct to attach to the Radex exhaust. I'd rather have...

Well, about the remote control. Nothing on the box mentions it. The documentation doesn't mention it. And the pictures at Newegg don't show it. And about the Radex whine. It got a bit worse today. I'm going to dive in there to see what I can do, although I hate monkeying with things like...

In the process of installing this board. First, the Radex fan is LOUD. It's a mid to high pitched whine. At first I thought it was the CPU cooler, then the PSU fan. Nope. Unfortunately, it looks like a hard item to replace. Not sure what to do. Second, according to the review, an IR...