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  1. khansolo

    Who games on a lappy? If you do, why?

    I have a friend who games on a laptop and his main reason for purchasing it is for space and portability. For him, it's worth that extra bit of premium price for the convenience of taking it anywhere.
  2. khansolo

    Is this flat panel/monitor broken?

    Try seeing if there is a driver here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads My Acer monitor for some reason gets detected as "generic" so it loses some resolutions unless I manually install the monitor driver. Then it gets detected normally as an Acer 22inch monitor.
  3. khansolo

    Sandy Bridge to get native USB 3.0 support

    Both Daemas and Kantastic's posts make me feel bad. Blah Intel, make up your mind.
  4. khansolo

    SDTV has both Composite and YCb/Pb, Cr/Pr inputs

    Did the other person you saw have an EDTV instead? That'd be the difference factor, cuz they could probably do 480p. Or perhaps everyone in the other thread was jumping to conclusion.
  5. khansolo

    TF2 Mann Conn update live - Trading, Custom Items, New Items!

    The hat store idea is causing so much rage on their forums (and various other forums). Everyone's gone out of their way to find classy old quotes which have Valve members stating they'd never release DLC stuff for money. I'm quite amused by it all.
  6. khansolo

    NES/SNES Gaming

    I have an SNES that will works, the NES not so much. Buy.com always sells these flimsy old console remakes though and they probably aren't licensed either.
  7. khansolo

    Nintendo 3DS release date, price, features

    I doubt it stays at 300. 250 is more appealing to the west. Either way, this is Nintendo's first REALLY expensive thing they've released in a while. People will buy into it cuz they know it'll probably deliver like the DS. Now the PSP2 on the other hand, which is reportedly much more powerful...
  8. khansolo

    *Dead* Team Fortress 2 50% off on Steam + Huge new update!

    They've been adding new content since the day they released it. 10 bucks seems standard though. If they have another Halloween event, might wanna wait until then where the price could drop to 2 bucks
  9. khansolo

    more RAM?

    You're probably fine with 4GB. I've played Crysis and have done video encoding with 4GBs of memory on Win7 x64 and have never really seen any memory insufficiency problems.
  10. khansolo

    System upgrade thoughts DDR2 vs DDR3

    I'd say stick with the ram you got. You'd be better served by upgrading to Windows 7 (though I'd say pro version instead of ultimate). I love W7 x64. All my ram is used as opposed to the old limit that was imposed when I had XP.
  11. khansolo

    ASUS GTX460 1GB OC edition $175 FS on Amazon

    It got on SD, and consequently, was gone quite fast. I wonder if they'll restock.
  12. khansolo

    Looking to switch from PC speakers to Bookshelves - Questions

    Don't fret on having to actually build it all at once though. I had the same strange turn myself when I ditched my pc speakers. I bought a cheap entry level receiver off onkyo's outlet store then started with 2 speakers. And over the past 2 years, I've managed to get a center, back pair, and a...
  13. khansolo

    why are spring type connections disliked (receiver)?

    I don't hate it but it does cause frayed wires like the everyone's mentioning. Also, depending on your wire gauge, it's annoying to push in. I use a roll of 16g from radioshack and I remember when I was trying to add my new center speaker (which of course is conveniently located between other...
  14. khansolo

    Broken? D:

    HDD dying as well seems a little cruel though. What is your power supply though? I'm thinking it's power as well.
  15. khansolo

    Computer will not turn on

    My board has a preventative feature like that too, but it turns on for a 2-3 seconds before goin' off.
  16. khansolo

    What's your LEAST reliable component?

    Fans, hard drives, and 1 mouse. I don't think I've ever suffered a vid card problem in all my years I've owned them. Even my oldest one that was still used and which I put away recently (ATI 9100 AGP) was still kickin.
  17. khansolo

    Intel or AMD?

    Yeah, AMD is gonna be cheaper for the performance here. I don't really see any reason to go the extra mile for an i5/7 in this situation unless your work just happen to be video editing or something.
  18. khansolo

    Stylus only DS game recommendations?

    The Zelda games. I know so many people got pissed they couldn't use the dpad for movement. It works fine though with the stylus.
  19. khansolo

    Bad time to upgrade my rig?

    At most, perhaps find an old Q6600 or Q9xxx cpu to upgrade your cpu. It's a big boat, I too have an LGA775 system with a Q6600 and GTX 260. With all the info comin out, I'm gonna wait for Intel's sandy and AMD's bulldozer first. I HATE the fact that both are pretty much abandoning current...
  20. khansolo

    Best avi/mpg player?

    Have you tried MPC-HC? The original mpc player hasn't been worked on much for some time now, the latest release had small updates. MPC-HC has had a more thorough update, the latest being early this month.
  21. khansolo

    New budget game under $30 for new 470.

    Your list already has a lot of games that have good graphics in them. A few of them have texture mods (Dragon age, Oblivion, etc) that you could go find. You can of course crank the hell out of AA and AF. I guess most people still use Crysis as the bar for gaming graphics so that's why it comes...
  22. khansolo

    PSP vs DS vs iPhone: Graphics

    zerocool pretty much answered it dead-on but you can't exactly count out the iphone either. I remember playing my friend's iphone and he buys all sorts of stuff. There are some pretty creative games with unique graphics out there. Also, that's probably one of the appeals of iphones, all those...
  23. khansolo

    What is the best DDR2 6400 memory?

    I don't really know if there is one that's best but I do prefer g.skill (which I use in my system). I've got them running with my Q6600 OC for 2-3 yrs now, pretty solid.
  24. khansolo

    How much is ur power bill?

    Around $200ish here. Once upon a time it use to just be 1 computer in this house. With the magic of FIOS and streaming, now everyone in this household has their own computer/laptop and watches streaming videos all day. In summer the AC is on so that does bring it up a bit.
  25. khansolo

    Bluescreen and lines across monitor

    yeah, sounds like it bit the dust. C1's suggestion is pretty interesting. I've never tried baking a vid card (but I have tried doing that on other electronics). Same concept here I assume. Might as well try it, you've got nothing to lose if your card is dying.
  26. khansolo

    Why is my sharpness so poor?

    I have a GTX 260 as well though I do run Windows 7. I've played Devil May Cry 4 (the pc version that is) through my lcd tv and it's pretty crisp. I run a DVI to HDMI cable as well. Besides possibly fiddling with options, you mentioned that when he connects he uses a basic hdmi cable where as...
  27. khansolo

    Fallout: New vegas, whos excited?

    It's made by Obsidian, which is somewhat composed of old Fallout creators. The main thing I look forward to is that Obsidian is a much better at writing stories than Bethesda.