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    Windows 7 - swapped out motherboard

    I recently had to swap out the motherboard on my wife's computer with Windows 7 Ultimate installed. To my surprise the OS loaded, detected and installed the new drivers and worked perfectly after that. I did have to re-activate Windows, but I had anticipated an extra 3-5 hours reinstalling all...
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    Heard Vista sucks. Does Windows 7 NOT suck?

    UAC is much improved in Windows 7. Hasn't gone away but at least you can control the level of annoyance you're willing to tolerate.
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    Heard Vista sucks. Does Windows 7 NOT suck?

    I've got Vista Ulitmate and Windows 7 Ulitimate. They're about the same. I think on high end machines it really won't make much of a difference. But on lower spec'd machines like netbooks, Windows 7 has a clear advantage.
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    New Nvidia Drivers for Physx

    I think they only work with 8 series or higher. Not sure if they can be paired.
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    New Nvidia Drivers for Physx

    TY :
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    Vista 64 Problem Solved

    This is a follow up to a post I made a few weeks ago where I said Vista still sucked in order to gain attention and perhaps some help with my problem and elicited responses from many a forum troll but no fixes to the issue. Now that I had some time to look into the issue. I discovered that...
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    New Nvidia Drivers for Physx

    Aren't they supposed to be out today? I checked their site no luck..
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    EA Abandons Madden for PC

    Here's my theory. 1) They couldn't make a port for the PC that gamers would actually buy. This is supported by the fact that all the previous PC versions of Madden were crap with only half ass game pad support. 2) They say gamers prefer to play sports games on consoles, but when you make...
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    No Madden O9 for PC

    http://kotaku.com/385936/no-ma...09-on-pc-blame-pirates Here's my theory. 1) They couldn't make a port for the PC that gamers would actually buy. This is supported by the fact that all the previous PC versions of Madden were crap with only half ass game pad support. 2) They say gamers...
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    Vista Still sucks

    What does that do?
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    Vista Still sucks

    Now you're just being a troll. I've installed windows XP about 100 times on many different builds but never had I had an OS just not work after it's installed when the machine is perfectly fine. I think it might have something to do with the hard drive because the system seems to freeze...
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    Vista Still sucks

    I wrote Vista still sucks hoping to get a quick response and maybe a solution. I should've realized the title would attract flamers as well. Thanks for the comments, but I don't need to hear them. If you have a bright idea on how to fix the issue then be my guest. I realized it might be a...
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    Vista Still sucks

    I installed Vista 3 times. Each time it did the same thing. The screen would freeze even before I had a chance to install any drivers. Finally when I went to do another install, it went to the Vista installation boot screen and didn't do anything. I just get a mouse pointer and no start up...
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    Vista Still sucks

    I didn't do an upgrade, but I did rely on Vista to install the drivers. The only drivers I installed were the ones for my video card and one for my wireless network adapter.
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    Vista Still sucks

    After spending 6 hours trying to figure out the problem I finally gave up. Just to let you know, I am an IT professional working for a top 5 consulting firm and I do this kind of thing for a living. I have both Vista 64 ultimate and 32 Ultimate. I downloaded my versions from MSDN developer...
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    Vista Still sucks

    I've been reading how most of Vista's problems are fix with SP1 so I decided to give it a go with Vista 64 Ulitmate on my system. After I installed it the computer started freezing up randomly and when I searched online it seems there are a lot of other people with the same problem and no...
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    recommend me a clean, classy looking case - $50-100

    That's the case I had. Gave it away to my brother in law because it was hot and loud.
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    Hiccups during wireless gaming

    I usually just hold my breath and count to 30 in my head.
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    recommend me a clean, classy looking case - $50-100

    I have two of these: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811119068 The thing I didn't like about the Tsunami: 1) I realized having front doors is more of a nuisance than aesthetically cool 2) The case is HUGE and bulky 3) It's fairly...
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    8800GT owners that upgraded to the 4850

    They're basically the same performance from what I read. Not even 10% more like 2-5% difference
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    Programming practice: assignment statements inside loop conditions

    Why not just do this? while(in.readLine() != null) { name = in.readLine(); } That's bad practice. It's not only harder to read it's non linear coding.
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    Java or Python?

    Now a days it helps to know a lot of different languages. That being said, knowing Java will probably be more advantageous because learning other languages after java will be easier. Being a Java developer myself I see a lot of job opportunities out on the job market today and I don't see that...
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    recommend me a clean, classy looking case - $50-100

    I would recommend this version of the centurion http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811119152
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    recommend me a clean, classy looking case - $50-100

    Personally I didn't like my Tsunami as much as I like my Centurion which is probably why I own two Centurions and convinced my friend to buy one too. I've owned a few antec cases, they're solid so I have no complaints. I also own a Themaltake LanBoy so I have no lost love for them they make...
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    Things to try before reformatting your computer

    Download some viruses and see what happens.
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    upgrading my gaming rig

    For GPU the gold standard as of today where all other cards are compared are the ATI 4850 and the Nvidia 8800GT. these card run around the $150 range and can play just about every game out today at good-very good quality settings. If you're looking to surpass those cards you can look at the...
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    Wireless keyboard/mouse that works from 8 feet?

    DiNovo Edge the best media keyboard out. You can find it for about $100 after rebate. And Logitech MX Revolution for mouse. Though the DiNovo comes with a mouse pad. You can also look at the Logitech G7 Mouse which works great too.
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    Need some CSS help

    http://developer.yahoo.com/yui...abview/fromscript.html Heres some example code I'm researching for a project <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"...
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    Need some CSS help

    You can use Yahoo UI (YUI for short) They have a tab view api that makes developing Tabs so much simpler. I'll try to post up some code if I have time.
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    Jugde is pushing hard in NV ATI /AMD price fixing.

    I'm glad I was never foolish enough to spend $600 on a graphics card or buy 2 cards to run them at the same time.
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    Is 4850 CF overkill for 1680x1050?

    Actually, they say now that 60 fps is the "ideal" standard. Even though @ 30 fps people generally can't tell the difference recent research has concluded that there is a subtle noticeable difference between 30 and 60 fps. And I guess 60 is a safe number in case your system runs into stuttering...
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    Is 4850 CF overkill for 1680x1050?

    What resolution do you play your games at? The problem with uber graphics system is that's it isn't practical for real world PC gaming. Meaning if game publisher tailored every new release for the latest bleeding edge card out there they wouldn't sell as many games because that would exclude...
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    8800GT vs 9600GT

    agreed with Hendrix
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    Id jumping ship to EA

    Probably has something to do with the Game Informer article I read that shows EA still near the top in terms of marketing recognition. Me however will never touch another EA game again.
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    Is 4850 CF overkill for 1680x1050?

    It depends on the game and how well they coded it for multi GPU and Multi CPU. It also depends on if they optimized if for CF or SLI. For BBB (Best bang for the Buck) go for the best single card solution out there at the time.
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    Is 4850 CF overkill for 1680x1050?

    Cysis is poorly optimized from what I know.
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    Home server

    what game?
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    Will SLI or CF ever end? or will it continue to grow?

    Bottom line is SLI and CF is a way for NV and AMD to make lots more money for little effort.
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    Build Input Needed

    whoa.. ebay.. now there's a reliable place to do business.
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    Build Input Needed

    What's wrong with Rosewill? I own that one.