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  1. Malladine

    Upgrade a GTX 550 Ti - mid range

    I have a friend with a 550 Ti on an AM3 mb with a Phenom II 965 (w/12GB RAM which I told him he doesn't need more of). He doesn't want to pay big(ger) money (>200) for a video card so I advised either a 750 Ti or, if he is OK with a bit more $, with AMD and with a louder card: an R9 270X...
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    Upgrade for 5 yr old gaming system

    After poor performance in GuildWars2 i've started looking at upgrading my ~5yr old machine. Here are the current specs (Windows 7 64bit): Core2Duo E8500 4GB DDR2 Asrock P43Twins1600 SATA 3GB/Sec HD 5850 What i've priced right now is: Core i5-2380P 3.1GHz Quad-Core (195) ASRock Fatal1ty P67...
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    What can I do for this rig for $200 or less?

    If anything?? This is my gaming machine now: 1. Windows Vista 32bit 2. Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W 3. ASRock P43Twins1600 LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard 4. G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) 5. HD 5850 6. Seagate...
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    SQL noob questions

    Hello - I am responsible for "managing" a SQL help desk and inventory database. Thing is, there seems to be no managing needed, as in the application is running well enough without my doing anything. This doesn't really work for me though, i'd like to know more about the database, what...
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    Tires - all season

    For my 99 corolla.. First question would be should I be using the spec tires for this car? 185 65 14 instead of the tires i'm using now which are 195 70 14? The garage tells me this makes a pretty big difference in speedometer/odometer accuracy. Secondly, i've been quote $269.99 for 4...
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    Sword of the Stars

    Tempted to buy it on Steam, $30 for the game + two semi-expansions. but...figured i'd gather an opinion here before I do since i should take a break from buying games after 2 minutes reading about them... I enjoyed Imperium Galactica II for a while and of course MOO2 was badass.
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    Vista Ultimate 64bit and gaming

    So far in two games (EVE and Dawn of War 2. ) but i'd be willing to bet others as well... Symptoms: Everything's smooth, until an apparently random amount of time into the game when suddenly performance drops like i'm running a 10 year old PC. This lasts just a few seconds, but performance...
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    Adding a slideshow to a site

    I was thinking flash originally, or maybe just media player. It would just be a link leading to this slide show, so no special integration requirements. Any advice much appreciated!
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    EVE!

    It's an absolute BLAST. I'm on Tranquility, Malladine. Not sure if there are more servers or not but there's a ton of ppl playing. Logged in at 7am and there were 1000 players just in the rookie channel :) Anyway, Sunday I upgraded to a destroyer, the thrasher (i'm Minmatar, Verokian...
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    Laptop LCD screen is very dim...

    Would it be worth spending $90 on an inverter to fix it? I've tried the brightness setting, there's no bios Gamma setting and i've tried on AC and battery. I've also seen replacement screens for $300, but I've never replaced anything beyond regular stuff in a laptop before, so i'm unsure...
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    rise of legends

    Bought this game almost a year ago and just started playing it last night. It's pretty fun! Just running through the campaign, i'm trying to complete it on 'tough', but it actually is tough. I've conquered maybe 5 territories so far, don't seem to be able to beat the AI on the regular...
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    Office 2007

    I'm having a problem with outlook 07. When scheduling an appointment and inviting several others, i cannot see their availability past April 1st. It just says "no information" for everyone. Is this a known issue?
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    W40K: Dawn of War strategy thread

    Alright, I realize a lot of it is practice but i'm getting stomped most of the time. A few strategies i've been trying to work on are: Imperial Guard: rush to chimera's/hellhounds and infantry - but cheap antivehicle is all too easily available...boom. And what's with the cost on heavy...
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    DVD Player - automated loop function?

    I'm looking for a dvd player with a function that would allow me to loop a movie continuously without pressing any buttons...is there such a thing?
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    Spider Solitaire!

    Can anyone tell me how i can back up spider solitaire statistics? I'm reformating for a friend and he has thousands on games in his stats and i kinda think he'd like to keep em there (i would). Is there a way to save them?
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    Sound issues in Doom3 engine games...

    Chronicles of riddick now does the same thing that doom3 used to do...crackling sound! especially when the system is taxed. EDIT: ok so CoR doesnt use the doom3 engine? same issue though...blah I have a santa cruz turtle beach, a643800+, a x1900xt and 2gb of ram. Latest drivers...
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    GuildWars

    What would i need to buy? Just Factions? I'd want all the expansions and i'd be playing it for the pvp.
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    Just bought a gamecube...

    I was thinking of: both zelda's (ocarina and wind waker - might get a wii for twlight), mario kart, F-Zero and eternal darkness Can i get some feedback/recommendations? :) Singleplayer and multiplayer, anything fun!
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    Console gamers or anyone with experience playing console games!

    So i'm considering a console... I want games that are fun to play with 2-4 people as well as some decent single player games... PS2 i know has awesome single player games like Okami and all the RPGs etc. But how about the fun party/2 player style games?? No console is out really, as i know...
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    Freespace 2 - joystick recommendations...

    So the title pretty much says it all. I use windows XP and will get vista at some point. Saitek? Logitech? Definitely USB right? $100 a soft limit.
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    So...i'm leaving my wife after 7 1/2 years...

    My story: I was 18, she was 44...i from England, her the US. We talked for 3 months online, met for 2 weeks (vaca type deal), talked for 2 months more online then i moved to the US. We married 5 months later. This was June of '99. Long story short, she was controlling and antisocial...
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    Audio player software

    I'm getting tired of winamp acting slow and crappy on me. Maybe an older version of winamp would work better? I'm using 5.32 Anyway, can I get some recommendations for alternatives? Tried Foobar2000 and it's so default looking...plus there seems to be no "play all random" function, which...
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    M4A -> MP3 converter?

    Does anyone use one? Mayhap a free one?
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    GMAIL!

    If so, would you be willing to send me two invitations for my wife and I? We'd like to check it out but do not have a mobile phone and google.com info tells me an invite is also a way to obtain them! Thanks in advance :)
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    Racing game + wheel

    I'm looking into buying my dad a car racing game and a usb wheel for his 60th. Can anyone give me some good ones? He has windows xp home and his system is an A643200, 6600gt, 1gbpc3200 ram. Don't know anything about racing wheels for pc. Do they come with accelerator/brake built in? Foot...
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    Can I run one of the new SATA drives on this motherboard?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569 this hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148107
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    WoW thread #491

    Ok warriors, check this out: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=pZVVzm0voVZxbtkx0z 0/30/21 Reasoning: I OT and dps in raids, hence defiance+imp.slam/flurry, my fast tanking weapon (eskhandar's right claw) fits perfectly with unbridled wrath, giving me extra rage while tanking (esp...
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    Burning WoW patch to DVD?

    I'm gonna be upgrading our systems pretty soon but obviously would rather avoid the lengthy WoW patch when it comes to reinstalling. I heard I can burn stuff to a single dvd. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of the procedure? IE do I just grab the whole patches directory and then...
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    Is this worth a $110 premium??

    oh yeah, i'm lookin at buying the venice 3200+ and overclocking 200-400mhz on stock hsf. Ram will be pc2700 from my current system.
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    SATA + PATA?!

    I'd like to fit a new sata into my upgrade, but still keep my pata as a slave drive for extra storage. Can I just plug the pata jumper into the slave pins and it's a done deal?
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    Another WoW discussion thread?

    So we started again for the 3rd time :) I'm leveling a 45 orc warrior, currently specced 9/26/0, a 15 undead warlock and a 13 tauren druid. Headed for mining/armorsmith with the warrior, engineering/enchanting with the warlock and some form of leatherworking with the druid. I'm on...
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    3200+ vs 3700+ overclocking potential?

    I could save $180 by going with 2x3200+ vs 2x3700+. However, I want maximum CPU power within my price range ($229 for the 3700+ is the upper limit). I've read of easy overclocks on the AMD stock HSF up to 2.5ghz on the 3200+. Any corroborating reports from ATers? How about the 3700+? Thanks!
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    3200+ or 3700+? overclocking potential?

    I could save $180 by going with 2x3200+ vs 2x3700+. However, I want maximum CPU power within my price range ($229 for the 3700+ is the upper limit). I've read of easy overclocks on the AMD stock HSF up to 2.5ghz on the 3200+. Any corroborating reports from ATers? How about the 3700+...
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    Titan Quest and Hellgate release date

    Best I can find is June/July for Titan Quest and christmas (???) for Hellgate. Anyone heard different? Both these games look awesome...plus my wife will play them, which means I get bonus time in em as well. Heh. :)
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    Power consumption and my upgrade

    Ok, i think i've got a 350W right now (at work, can't check). I'm looking at upgrading to a 939 socket (3500+ most likely), maybe a minor overclock to 2.4 and a 7900gt because my research leads me to believe it's the lower power consumption in the latest crop of cards. Far lower than the...
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    OK - around $300 to spend on a vid card

    Looking at the X1800XT 512 from Sapphire or the 7900GT extreme from XFX. I was fairly confident about the NV card at first, but then I saw the FEAR performance. A very demanding game and the X1800XT appears to be superior... I saw a few other threads on this when I searched, but thought i...
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    ** The best browser based mmos on the net **

    In no particular order and all are tick based (unification wars has the option of being played real time) and all are free and with remarkably few ads. lastknights.com - strategy game, belong to one of several dozen countries, advance ranks by completing very simple missions, many many...
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    Want another Web based strat game to try?

    http://games.swirve.com/earth/ I'm there on the Primary Server (best place for beginners apparently) as Malladine of The Blaxai Collective Info and instructions on all aspects found via this link (scroll down for more and more info/links) : http://games.swirve.com/earth/help/instruct.htm
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    DVD Duplicators?

    Does anyone have experience using this device? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827196018