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    MMORPG: Any good ones in the works?

    This is why I've fallen for Eve. There's some sufficiently hard PvE and there's more significant penalty for death than something like WoW. The only "problem" that I sometimes have with Eve is that there's really no true Safe Zone from PvP. Sometimes makes it hard to bring in new people.
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    Original AvP released on Steam

    Woot! I'll have to grab it when I get home. I hope with that price we see it hit top of the sales charts. Maybe it will encourage others to patch up and re-release older games. There's many of us that will rebuy classic games that are patched for Win Vista/7 compatibility and to have them on...
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    OS Drive - SAS or SSD?

    It would all depend on the size of the data sets that you are working on. But with the way capacity is these days your best route at this point in time is both: OS Boot, Page file, user profile, application, and TEMP directories on a single 160GB Intel SSD (on the Motherboard's Intel...
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    Original AvP released on Steam

    We can dream.
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    Original AvP released on Steam

    Just for doing the re-release right. I'm going to be buying the new AvP soon as it's available on steam. (I'd even Pre-Order if there's a pre-order discount).
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    Favorite 4x online co-op games?

    Battlefield 1942 and Star Wars Battlefront 2 are amazing for Co-Op vs bots. I have logged a tremendous number of LAN gaming hours with them and a room full of friends. The only problem I have with them these days ... I buy and only recommend digital distribution via Steam, Impulse, and...
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    AI War: Fleet Command

    I had high hopes ... the videos made it appear a strong mix of RTS "action", some strategy, and base defense against wave after wave of enemies similar to tower defense games. Instead, for me anyway, the strategy seems to be the dominant trait. For me it's not an intuitive strategy and...
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    Love this game Defense Grid

    Anyone find any other non-web games like this? I.E games that cost $$. I'd like to support more full featured stand alone TD games. I'm go through phases of TD addiction like some people go through phases of tetris addiction. EDIT: Forgot to mention that I already have the SouthPark XBOXLive...
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    Tri-Monitor Gaming

    Agreed. It simply wasn't an option for me as it didn't support 3x1920x1200 24" LCDs.
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    EVE!

    That depends on the Beer. Some is nearly as cheap as water... well tastes that way anyhow. I just avoid WOOT.com and the AT Hot Deals forums if I'm doubling up on subscriptions... I save money really fast that way. OPPS this was supposed to all be in one post. Sorry for the double.
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    EVE!

    I had the same issue when I came back after being gone for almost 2 years. No idea where anything was located, and I had rat and loot everywhere. Instead of stressing over it. I took a shuttle and flew to every place that I had loot. Sold it all right there or reprocessed it and sold the...
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    EVE!

    Why not both? When new expansions come out for the "unmentionable" I que up some month long skills and pull out the bear. For a month or two I max out level and run though all the instances once or twice. It's fun, you can admit it. But after I make it through the content and level range I...
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    EVE!

    Don't scare people away from the Whale. Gallente BattleShip 4 and Drone Interfacing 4 are enough to get going well. For someone just getting going with a Domi, I'd have them work more on getting t2 repair systems before Battleship 5 or Interfacing 5. Get a good balanced tank setup and then...
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    Star Trek Online - To Boldly Beta where No One Has Beta'd Before!

    To address the issue of limited keys: 1) Open Beta does not = Unlimited Beta - They only have so many resources. Open just means that there's little or no criteria to get into the Beta. 2) Short Supply keys in the beginning can create Buzz AND help limit the first group of beta testers to...
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    In Game Sensitivity - With diagram

    I don't know how this works with newer games, Win Vista, and mouse-smoothing, but I can confirm without a doubt in early quake engine titles (including HL1) on Win 98 your hypothesis is correct. Increasing in game sensitivity back then would cause the cross hair to effectively "jump" pixels. I...
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    Favorite 4x online co-op games?

    Yes. That's exactly what I did. Two of the three actually paid me back after playing it for a while. The third ... well let's not get off topic. Crazy? Yes. Impulsive? Yes. But I was bored the week it was coming out and there was a pre-release steam discount on the 4-pack. I couldn't...
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    Star Trek Online - To Boldly Beta where No One Has Beta'd Before!

    So SunnyD ... how do we help you out after all the direct hook-ups and site recommendations to get a key? You have a Guild/Corp or anything going in STO that we could help you startup?
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    Tri-Monitor Gaming

    3x 24" 1920x1200 1x5870 Active / 1x5870 in RMA :( Games I play spanned with Eyefinity - Borderlands - Multiplayer - 3600x1920 - Call of Duty: World at War - Single Player - 3600x1920 - Left 4 Dead - Multiplayer - 5760x1200 - Eve Online - 3600x1920 - Both single account across everything and six...
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    Favorite 4x online co-op games?

    For cheaper games ... they were mentioned: - Titan Quest - Serious Sam HD - Guild Wars And I'm going to repeat what everyone else is ... and what you already know. - Borderlands and L4D2 are awesome and worth it. The sad thing is though you missed on on the recent sales of both. Log into steam...
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    Star Trek Online....Are You Ready?

    Woot. Got one from TenTonHammer.
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    Star Trek Online....Are You Ready?

    Thanks. I'll keep an eye on it.
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    Microsoft snub PC Gaming

    LATELY? I've heard people talking doom and gloom about the PC platform since the original XBOX was announced. Funny thing though - People are still buying and playing PC games. What's changed? - More and more PC games are now purchased via Online distribution, Steam, Direct2Drive...
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    Star Trek Online....Are You Ready?

    I hope the OP "The Happy Stromboli" reads SunnyD's comments and linked thread. They saved me $65 today. I'm going to keep at it with Eve-Online for a bit. Unless there's some other large starship MMO that I've missed.
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    D/L games through b.net account and none work

    Or take 5 minutes to search and 1 minute to implement ... far less then re-installing an old OS. IMHO it leaves more time for gaming. XP / Vista / Win 7 / x86 / x64 all have quirks, but as long as you are past 98b then it should all be workable. - Turn off the Vista/7 3D desktop - Set your...
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    Do people still play COD4?

    Make sure he has a Mic plugged in and enabled. Multiplayer CoD4 will immediately crash without error if there's no mic on the system.
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    Buyer beware, GFWL+Codemasters+online+unsupported country=:(

    It's quite unfortunate. GFWL had a simple solid idea. - Bring the functionality of Xbox Live to PC. To say that it's been poorly executed is a huge understatement. It's clear that some of the executive decision makers do not understand the PC gamer customer. So along with chat, friends...
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    Star Trek Online - To Boldly Beta where No One Has Beta'd Before!

    SunnyD, Thanks so much for your posts. Been playing Eve Online for a while now and was hoping this might be a fresh new start in a universe i grew up loving... that might also save me some coin. I've got 4 eve accounts and took over a family member's account for a while. Though maybe starting...
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    Dead Deal: Serious Sam HD for $6.79

    PERFECT Timing! LAN party this weekend. Definetly up for some classic co-op Serious Sam action.
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    Is there more to it than TWIMTBP? (Personal commentary)

    As a tester, I'd say it's the QA team's responsibility to validate the above. Though ultimately it's the title's producer/product manager who will make the call on how many resources to provide for hardware/driver compatibility testing. If there's a time crunch and a 3rd party like nVidia...
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    why is there no regular poster in here posting in the gaming forum?

    I enjoy talking about hardware. I enjoy playing games, not talking about them.
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    129.99 @ Fry's Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 3.5" Retail Kit 32MB Buffer, 7200RPM, Hard Drive

    Seagate, like IBM before it had one product version with abnormally high failure rates. For IBM it earned the nickname "DeathStar" for it's DeskStar Drives. IMHO. Seagate needs to drop the name Seagate and do everything under Maxtor in the consumer space and small OEM market (i.e...
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    Lucasarts Premier Pack (16 games - lots of Star Wars stuff!) - $50 on Steam

    This, the THQ pack, or the valve complete packs are great for adding to a new computer for friends or family ... they will have more than enough games for a long time.
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    HD4850: Do I need to upgrade it for COD: MW2?

    Stick with the 4850 because: A) The 5850 is very hard to acquire now... (and don't even think about getting a 5870, I'm still trying to get my replacement and don't need someone else going for them too.) B) The 4850 is still a solid card and can handle 1920x1080 quite well. C) Don't buy...
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    5870/5850/5770/5750 stocking status

    This is really frustrating as I've got a dead 5870 that I picked up from fry's, but can't get it replaced. And even if I get a refund I can't get it anywhere. I can't even get a 5850. I've already sold my 4870 so I'm SOL... What's worse is that I've got an eyefinity setup matching 3x24"...
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    Final Fantasy VII available now on PSN for $9.99

    I'm thinking FF7 could use with a revamp like Secret of Monkey Island. (Not the new stories of monkey island, thought they aren't bad either.) Graphics and Voice overhaul, but remaining exactly true to the original in every other detail. Oh and if you were a fan of Monkey Island and you...
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    DEAD: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 $45 [CANADA]

    Good deal for Canada... but I'm not buying this one till well after release. After broken LAN play in CoD5 and all the anti-hype of the lack of dedicated servers I'm playing wait and see.
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    DEAD Dell ST2410 24" 1920x1080 $189 + tax Shipped

    If only it had a display port for the new 5870's.
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    Hardocp's eyefinity video review

    I need the 3x DVI to not cost $100 extra... or it needs to work over the second 2 DVI's in a crossfire setup. This DisplayPort thing is not pleasing. What's the benefit to the consumer of DisplayPort? That's the other thing ... no crossfire support?! We are drastically increasing the number...
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    ATi 5850/5870 review thread

    The rest of the Small form factor crowd should be going gaga over the 5870 and 5850. Am I the only one that's excited that this is quite possibly the first high end, Gaming capable, single card, and single GPU solution that can do triple display? The triple display is the primary reason I'm...