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    The Witcher 2 Has Gone Gold, Releases In 3 Weeks

    Just finished the game, and despite the abrupt ending, it was one of the best games I've played in a long, long time. Going to start a second playthrough with Iorveth's path this time. Graphics are outstanding; and it runs smoothly (40- 60 fps with very occasional dips to ~36 fps) on...
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    So Dragon Age 2 is really bad on the PC and consolized?

    I just finished my second playthrough of DA:O 'as it was meant to be played' (I had messed up my party build the first time I played it last year) after being completely disappointed with DA2. Without question, DA2 is a steaming pile of dung compared to the masterpiece that was DA:O!!
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    Most Graphically intense game for PC?

    Can you suggest some good graphical mods for Crysis? I searched on the great interwebs, but not able to figure out which are the best. I recently reinstalled Crysis on my upgraded rig (see sig), and would like to turn up the graphics to the max, 'just for fun'. Don't care about frame rates...
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    So Dragon Age 2 is really bad on the PC and consolized?

    Yeah, this is pretty much a third person clickety-click fantasy shooter on rails. Linear 'storyline', lousy maps, boring companions and mostly boring quests... Ironically, the game started off reasonably well for me; but at the end of Act-II the game has now begun to resemble a bunch of...
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    So Dragon Age 2 is really bad on the PC and consolized?

    I've just finished Act-II; NOTHING you do in this game seems to effect the outcome. I tried all the options, and the storyline doesn't change one bit. WTF.
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    So Dragon Age 2 is really bad on the PC and consolized?

    Ah crap... I know now what you mean...impossible to kill the bastard with my current 2 Rogues + 2 Mages party :( Gotta go back and replace a mage with my tank. I hate it when the game forces you to take a (useless) companion along eating up a precious slot. I've developed tactics with 1 R...
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    So Dragon Age 2 is really bad on the PC and consolized?

    Thanks, seems I had missed a couple of secondary quests.. did those just now and got some more cash. I also roamed the city at night killing several gangs and looting the corpses. Sold off my extra equipment and finally managed to raise enough money. Sad thing is, I had something like 65...
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    So Dragon Age 2 is really bad on the PC and consolized?

    I have been playing for a few hours, and while its more dumbed down than DAO, its not a bad game. I quite enjoy it, especially the graphical improvements and companion AI. BTW, I need some help: I finished all the quests in Kirkwall, the only thing remaining is to hand over the 50 gold and...
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    Defrag Good ?

    Since I still use mechanical HDDs, I continue to defrag. It's useful to maintain consistently smooth disk performance even on heavily used drives. Just stick an automatic defragger on the system and be done with it...configure once, leave it alone, and don't waste any more time thinking about it.
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    Once you go SSD, you'll never go back.

    I'll definitely get an SSD when their prices drop to more reasonable levels. ATM, I still cannot justify the price:capacity ratio to myself. Besides, I got a 3 y old CPU+mobo and a 2 y old GPU that need to be upgraded first, and I also have my eyes on a Pentax K-5. These rank higher on the...
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    DSLR lens(es) for real estate

    Another vote for (atleast) a 12-24 mm if you want to do serious architectural shots. It's a really good lens, except for some CA issues in high contrast conditions when wide open. It's color, sharpness and rendering are very good. Versatility-wise, probably the sigma 10-20 definitely makes...
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    First DSLR: Pentax, Nikons, Canons..?

    The pentax k-x lacks illuminated AF points in the OVF, which may or may not be a problem for you (for me it was, when I tried a friend's K-x). A better option would be the new K-r which seems to be an all-round excellent camera and has a few useful features that are not available in the K-x.
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    I haven't touched the CG for the past few weeks...it's just too boring. I love the RPG, it's the only rocket launcher I use these days. The satisfaction of nailing CG noobs with a RPG is exceptional hehehe. I find myself playing more 'assault-engineer' these days with the UMP-45 + RDS +...
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    Speaking of multikills..a few weeks ago, I was playing recon on the attacking team on Port Valdez. At the second stage, we got the Alpha Mcom easily with the tank, but the area near the hill on the right was getting 'nade spammed to hell from the defenders crowding at the crates. I sneaked up...
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    I am on fire with the CG! As I said before, it's too easy to use, and every time I fire off a rocket, I either get a kill or atleast a kill assist. Last night, I was playing on Arica Harbor, and I was 17-1 at one point of time...after something like 28-4 or so, I switched to a Medic since we had...
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    Happened many times on Sat and Sun here in SE Asia to several servers. The entire server would crash and everyone had to reconnect and start from the beginning. Yesterday was fine.
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    Finally got my first Platinum star, for the AN94, at 1006 kills currently :) I got 75 kills with the CG in 2 days (just a few rounds!) with an accuracy of 75% :shock: It really is a noobtube..hardly any skill required...point and shoot..instant kill, but it's so much fun delivering sweet...
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    Muahahaha I just got my CG! I already got 7 kills with it in a round...CG+explosives perk is pretty deadly. Damn thing is too easy to use...the satisfaction of getting a kill is just not there, unlike with the RPG. But tis good to have nevertheless just to get back at some of the guys who've...
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    Aww crap! Goddammit! The bastards! Why do they have to nerf the only decent weapon for the assault class. :mad: If I play with the AN94, my KDR is consistently above 1, and more importantly, it gives me the confidence to engage even CGers knowing that if I hit first there is a good chance of...
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    Hahaha, I got my first roadkill with the patrol boat on isla inocentes yesterday :D I stole an abandoned boat near the main island and crashed it on an opfor engi who was trying to CG the mcom from the smaller island near the heli wreckage. A couple of days ago, I also got my first roadkill...
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    Anticipated timeline and prices for new Intel SSDs

    Arrrghh! That's $640 for a 320GB setup..no thanks...still way too expensive for me. :(
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    Perfectdisk vs. Defraggler

    I use Diskeeper 2010 Pro, and it also has file sequencing for most frequently accessed files, so it would 'optimize' the windows files too.
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    Opera 10.52 is released, now 10.53

    I just installed it on the laptop, upgraded from 10.10..very nice indeed. Very fast and stable; no bugs encountered so far. Opera user since 2001 :)
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    Buying a dSLR for a wide range of photography (K-7, D90, 7D, other?)

    If you're shooting super tele and/or fast action, pentax is not for you. Otherwise, it's a great system..IQ and color are top notch. Despite all the L-hype, I haven't seen anything from these lenses that the DA*s cannot do IQ-wise when used properly. And I personally prefer the richer color...
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    Help pick a DSLR for the wife...

    Yeah, another vote for the K-X. Cheap and good. Not sure how fast the live view is, compared to Sony, but for IQ and features, the K-X is hard to beat. The 18-55 and 55-300 kit lenses cover the most common focal lengths. If live view is the single most important feature, then one of the...
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    Jade Empire - KOTOR in Ancient China

    A timely thread as I was about to start one myself. I just got a (fully legal) free copy of Jade Empire Special Edition, and was wondering whether to even install it. I haven't played any of the bioware games apart from ME1&2.
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    I've been playing engineer and medic lately, and I almost have the red dot sight. Soon, I 'll be one of the hated LMG spammers with the T88 and RDS :D Less luck with engineer..looks like it's quite tough to get kills at the lower levels...the RPG is just too slow and the default SMG sucks...
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    How did you last die?

    I got knifed in a house near flag B on White Pass (BC2 Conquest). I didn't notice him hiding in the attic; he dropped down behind me and knifed me in the ass.
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    Yeah, it requires a bit more discipline/skill to fire at first; but you get used to it quickly. I am using only the AN+RDS+magnum these days, and it's probably the best assault rifle for medium - long range engagements. At medium range, in non-HC, it brings down most players with just 2-4...
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    Which is the best assault rifle? I've unlocked all of them, along with the red dot sight, but I keep going back to the XM8 prototype or M416; the others are just too difficult to kill with. I play non-HC (no HC servers around me) and I don't have the goddamn magnum ammo yet.
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    Yeah, the game is so screwed up wrt weapons damage that I stopped playing it after just a few levels (I am 5 or something now IIRC). Just a couple of examples from the last time I played it: I flank an enemy sniper, get to a few feet within him and unload an entire magazine from the default...
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    How frequent do you defrag your system?

    I just leave Diskeeper (v. 2010) on auto defrag; it does all the defragging and fragmentation-prevention in the background whenever necessary. Works fine on the system in my sig.
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    Why all the iTunes hate?

    Itunes was coded by Satan himself; it's a slow and clunky POS with a nasty GUI. Unfortunately I am forced to use it to sync movies and video podcasts my ipod touch. Once I get rid of the Touch (when I buy my next cell phone), I hope that I never have to install itunes again.
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    Haven't bought a new DSLR for a while...is this a good price?

    Seconded. The K-X would have been a better buy; it matches or exceeds the D5000 in almost all aspects. If you already have some Pentax lenses, then upgrading from the *ist DL to the K-X is the most logical step. The IQ from the K-X is pretty darn good, especially at high ISO. Pentax seem to have...
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    POLL: What *publisher* have you mostly been buying recently?

    BC2, ME2, Dead Space, NFS:Shift, RE5: EA Dirt2 : Codemasters EDIT: forgot to add: Call of Juarez, and FarCry2: ubisoft Damn... until I counted, I didn't think I had purchased so many EA games recently. Well, atleast I didn't buy any of the Activision crap.
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    The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Trailer is looking HOT (nude elf buttocks included)

    The Witcher:EE was one of my favorite games of all time; I can't wait for the sequel! Such a complex and deep game is bound to have a few bugs/glitches at release, but I hope they iron out most of them. From all accounts the original version of Witcher was really buggy; the EE seemed to be...
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    Lumix ZS3 zoom showing off

    Very true. Canon and Panasonic are the best options in the P&S segment. The FZ28 that I bought for my sister in '08 is really excellent and has produced some spectacular photos in the last 1+ year even under harsh conditions (deserts to high altitude). If I ever buy another P&S, it's going to be...
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    Lumix ZS3 zoom showing off

    Has anyone used the ZS1 (TZ6 in my neck of the woods) which is a slightly watered down version of the ZS3 (TZ7) in terms of HD recording and minor features, but is nearly the same otherwise? I was thinking of recommending one of these two models to a friend, since my first choice, the FZ35/30...
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    Why is my MFT toward inside of disk?

    How do you know that? Does the defragger's logical volume map directly correspond to the physical layout of the data on the disk? The physical drive comprises of several platters/surfaces on which data is written as decided by the HDD's firmware (and not the defragger/filesystem which are...
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    What are some good PC RPGs and FPSs/action games?

    The Witcher: Enhanced Edition is excellent.