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    Gaming and File server in one possible?

    Thank you both for your replies. I had actually not considered a NAS enclosure and feel incredibly stupid right now. I think that is probably the best option for me at the moment.
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    Gaming and File server in one possible?

    Hi All, It's been a while since I've posted here and do apologize if it is in the wrong sub-forum. Would appreciate any advice on the matter listed above. My current rig is an: i5 2500K 8GB RAM GeForce 1070 ~6TB HDD and ~1TB SSD It is currently my gaming PC. Recent games however are starting...
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    Mobo recommendation ~$120-150

    Thanks for the recommendation guys!
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    Mobo recommendation ~$120-150

    Hey all, been a while since my last post. Been thinking about getting a new rig. The following are what I would like for now: Intel i7-4970K Corsair Vengeance PC1866/C9 2x8GB MSI Frozr GTX 970 4GB Main usage will be for gaming. Historically, I've never been one to go for multi-GPU options so...
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    RAID controller vs Mobo RAID

    Well, this is really what I'm thinking. I understand that RAID1 != backup. But if you already know that you're bad at keeping a backup, isn't RAID1 the "next best thing" as it were? Ultimately, the situation, given enough time is going to reach the following point: My drive has failed. My...
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    RAID controller vs Mobo RAID

    So, it finally happened, I lost my main data drive, of which I performed minimal back up. Seagate will restore everything so I'm not too upset. Having said that, knowing how lazy and forgetful I am, I just cannot rely on myself to backup my data in the future. So I decided that I should...
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    Seagate Customer Support Not Playing Fair With My Bricked 7200.11

    Just chiming in to say that this happened to my 7200.11 2 days ago. Contacted Seagate support and they are sending over a courier to pick up the drive, update the firmware then send it back to me. So just confirming that yes, they do indeed fix these drives. Also, just to say. They don't...
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    Excel Array formula

    Thanks for the reply. Your single cell solution works, but as it requires knowing before hand the number of items bought and hard-coding it, I assume it may not be generalized into a formula that works with any number of line items. Still, thank you very much for taking a stab at it.
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    Excel Array formula

    Hey guys, I've been trying to learn more about array formulas (can't say I'm any good at them). Anyhow, I've been trying to essentially solve the following problem: Say you have a database such as the following: Item Part Price i7 CPU 300 Phenom CPU 200 5870...
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    OpenGL and FP accuracy in Trig

    Dear all, I've been learning OpenGL on and off for a few years now, trying out different things. I've typically never really concerned myself with the inner workings of the library but more on just using it and playing with the results. I finally decided to learn it properly so to speak, and...
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    The best feeling in the world.

    The bolded part is exactly how I feel when I fix a bug. I feel like kicking myself.
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    [C++] Lightest-weight way of creating an image file?

    You can find the BMP header info easily on the internet. Even wikipedia has an article on it with all the header info and their offsets from file index 0. As RedSquirrel mentioned above, the image is stored as BGR instead of RGB. Never done image compression so I can't help on that but...
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    Jedi Outcast or Jedi Academy?

    Well, neither is going to have "great graphics" by today's standards. In fact, I think they both use the same engine (someone correct me if I'm wrong here). Eitherway, I prefered Jedi Outcast but I'd suggest you try both. If story is your main concern, Outcast is better imo. However, Jedi...
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    Old Games - CyberMage : Darklight Awakening

    This is an old game, back in the mid 90s I think. It was near when I bought my first PC and my parents got me a few games for it (pretty sure they just randomly selected it). Anyway, this was my first foray into FPS. No idea what made me think of it, but I did, brought back some fun memories...
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    CPU vs RAM

    As I understand it, the only time I still use fixed point is for 2D projection using OpenGL. I think (and don't hold me to this), it was called Orthographic projection.
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    CPU vs RAM

    No idea if there's any history between the two of you, but is agreeing entirely something bad? :P I was not aware of creeping errors when storing/retrieving floating point numbers. I only knew there were errors when computing them. And for point 1, I doubt I have much control over how large...
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    CPU vs RAM

    Well, most important thing I took away from that is to focus on the end-user. Ironically though, I AM the end user. Maybe I'll just make a simple program to start with first and test extremities to see the performance hit of using both methods. My main reason for asking is really just...
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    Casual or Hardcore MMO?

    Personally, I don't feel that goin to either ends achieves anything fruitful. Casuals want to have the same opportunities as Hardcore gamers but Hardcore gamers feel casuals are well...too casual. I'd like it if games weren't "dumbed down" so much, I prefer relatively complex games, but hey...
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    CPU vs RAM

    Hey guys, I made a minimalistic 3D engine some time ago. It has been a while since I have done any serious programming so instead of just grabbing the code again, I thought I'd just remake it. Its for fun anyway so I have no time limit/restrictions. Anyway, my question is this: is there any...
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    new Segate 1TB drive

    My Seagate 1TB drive makes a sort of "spinning up" noise, feels almost like a car revving up, not sure if its similar to what you're hearing. The thing I've noticed most often is that it will almost always occur when starting up from power saving mode on the HDD. It has sometimes occured...
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    Whats the hardest problem you've solved with Programming?

    By comparison to the last 3 posters above me, I feel like I've not done anything o.O My final year project in uni involved an adaptive mesh refinement project. I wrote the bulk of the code from "scratch" including a simplistic 3D engine to help display the progress/result of the refinement in...
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    Computer freezing [SOLVED]

    While I was scouring the net to try to fix my problem, I came across various threads with people that experienced crashes, but these were almost exclusively nvidia driver issues that seemed to have been fixed since about 2 driver iterations ago. The only other small issue I face is that...
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    Computer freezing [SOLVED]

    This, turned out to be the problem. The latest BIOS update I downloaded mentioned that it "fixes" system hang ups and also that when RAM is set to auto, it was mistakenly undervolting it to 1.50V instead of 1.54V. Since updating the BIOS, I have not yet experienced a similar freeze but I...
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    Computer freezing [SOLVED]

    Video card was "salvaged" so to speak from my previous PC which has worked without any problems thus far (had it for 6 months+ now? can't remember exactly -- about a month when G92 was released). Having said that, I will try monitoring the GPU core temp more closely while I have WoW running...
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    Computer freezing [SOLVED]

    Default voltage is 1.54, my system wouldn't post if I went up one tick to 1.58. Any ideas? My friend suggested that because the memory controller is on-die, it might be very sensitive to RAM voltage changes.
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    Computer freezing [SOLVED]

    Thanks for the reply, any suggestions how much I should bump it up to? I was not aware you have to alter RAM voltages based on the amount installed.
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    Computer freezing [SOLVED]

    I recently (~2 days) assembled this new PC with the following specs: Intel i7 920 (3x2GB) Apacer DDR3 RAM Intel SmackOver DX58 mobo nVidia 8800GTS 512MB WD 640GB drive Seagate 1TB drive Generic DVD-RW drive [Edit] OCZ gameXstream 600W Windows Vista 64-bit Ultimate I have had some...
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    Vista Home Premium OEM (ROSE)

    Thanks RebateMonger!
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    Vista Home Premium OEM (ROSE)

    Hey all, I am looking to upgrade my CPU/RAM and figured I'll make the move to Vista. Anyway, while at the shops browsing for hardware earlier, I noticed that there is this version which is ever so slightly cheaper. I'm in Malaysia atm, if that changes anything. Non-ROSE, OEM versions...
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    KOTOR I

    You are absolutely right on that. Made myself not use Force Storm ever since I used it first time through so it slipped my mind. I only meant to say, the equipment/interaction felt better in KotOR2. Maybe its just the buffing, and some people might find that boring, but it gave an aspect of...
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    C++ pointers question

    Another vote for this too! It was pretty much how I got my head around pointers.
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    KOTOR I

    What a coincidence, I had nothing planned for this weekend and didn't feel like going out either so I reinstalled KotOR1 and played it to completion. What a great game. Played through this game 3 times before this I think and I'm still finding new dialogue. I really like how well developed...
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    Tail-recursion - need help

    My understanding of any recursive problem really is to make a complicated problem simple. Regarding the specific problem you posted, I did not quite implement it the way dinkumthinkum said so maybe he can respond later with how he had envisioned the implementation if it differs significantly...
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    Need help understanding some code.

    Cogman pretty much summed it all up. There are a lot of syntax errors in the code you posted. Those are usually the easiest to fix with the compilers help. Compile often and get a feel for what the compiler is telling you or at least trying to tell you. I will help you with another glaring...
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    Need help with C++

    Pointers and dynamic/run time arrays will take some experience to get used to, there are precious little ways around it. They are important to your career as a programmer and are powerful tools. The link provided by net explains pointers well, but I will try my hand so you have 2 references to...
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    system("pause") do you hate it?

    Personally, I think it really depends on the context of its usage. If you are using it while development of some software or as a placeholder or for debugging purposes (I used to just to provide momentary pauses because I did not have access to a proper debugger at that point), then I think it...
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    3D graphics?

    I would have to agree with Sc4freak. If you are willing to do with OpenGL, an extension of the website linked by Sc4freak is http://nehe.gamedev.net. The explanations are for a windows machine (but really, that only affects certain inputs/setting up of a window). The core interface with OpenGL...
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    C ++ help ?

    Thanks for the explanation. Been coding for years and I never really stopped to think about i++ or ++i other than logical uses of it. But what you said makes sense and is definitely useful to know!
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    which sorting strategy do you prefer? heap,sort... how to sort by calling a class?

    The wikipedia article linked by SJP0tato covers most of the basics for the common sorting algorithm. Having said that, I believe STL provides some sorting algorithms for its container classes and unless you have an academic reason for learning how to make a sorting algorithm, its probably better...
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    8800GTS SLI vs 9800GTX?

    I wasn't aware that you cannot use dual monitors. That's sort of a deal breaker, can't live without it ever since I started using it.