Recent content by Wartzay

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    Update: Baseball HOF...no one got in this year.

    Historical trivia: Clemens inspired Schilling to learn the split-finger fastball, which is what turned Schilling into an elite pitcher.
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    Update: Baseball HOF...no one got in this year.

    The number of starts (beyond what a "normal" starter in a 5 man rotation makes) you make is a product of your era. Wins is a product of your team. Blyleven played for a lot of pretty ass-tastic teams. 1980's Indians? '70s and mid '80s Twins? Ewww. He was on 5 teams total that won over...
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    HD4850: Do I need to upgrade it for COD: MW2?

    Times Two. Modern Warfare 2 doesn't deserve your purchase.
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    My video card is dying :(

    HD 4670? 9600gt? Something like that. Personally I'd just get something a little better. But whatever floats your boat.
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    Poor Crossfire results in ArmA II

    I have a very similar system to you hardware wise, and I see a decent increase in FPS. (20-35 crossfire off, 30-50 crossfire on). However, some areas of the map (esp with a ton of AI/players around) still make the game slow down by quite an amount.(sub 20fps~) phenom II 940 3.6ghz on 790gx x2...
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    Dual vs Quad - Lab Benchmarks Vs Reality?

    Just to expand on that point. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs&fmt=22
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    Graphics card for older DX9 games

    If you don't mind taking a small risk, newegg has an Open Box HD 4670 for $53.32 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16814102792R wisth shipping it would come to a little over $60
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    How many volts can the PII take?

    In my experience 1.5+. I wouldn't go past 1.55 without water though.
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    Is my motherboard compatible with Phenom II ?

    Yup, it's worked out of the box for me. Edit:Several people on the newegg reviews claimed that apparently there is a BIOS update out for it to fix BSOD problems some people have been having (which I havent had) I can't find a link to it though. Edit2: found it, though its a dodgy...
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    Is my motherboard compatible with Phenom II ?

    BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX A2+ AM2+/AM2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813138128 http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/...roduction.php?S_ID=374 Confirmed to work perfectly (as far as I can tell) with the PII x4 940
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    I need a new joystick: ~$50 budget

    I've been browsing around on newegg and other sites looking at reviews of the various logitech and saitek offerings. What worries me is that almost all of them mention that the logitech joysticks have serious problems with losing rudder calibration after a while and the Saiteks are either super...
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    ATI 4870

    I just ordered mine from fxvideocards.com. I cant wait! :)
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    sound card reccomendation?

    I'm looking to get a decent sound card for gaming with a headset in XP. I dont want to spend more than $70. I know very little about sound cards except for creative being the big boss in the market. thanks for any help.
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    Brand new e6400

    No changes of any significance with the case open or closed. I have done a bit more reading and I am starting to think I may have this concave problem. The fix is something called lapping but I have not been able to find much information on it. Anyone?
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    Brand new e6400

    http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/3803/untitled2ei9.jpg All idle temps are ~50c in coretemp, TAT, and speedfan. Idle temps are around 40c in bios. I have not tried any overclocking. I did try to lower vcore from its default, but that did not seem to have much effect at all. The case...