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    HL2 console

    how do u set it back so it defaults everything. i need to to turn off the fps graph and anything else i may have changed.
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    HL2: I'm stuck

    I'm in the 'route kanal' sewers, the room filled with water where you break through some wood planks and these big wooden spools float up. The room has high walls and given the floating objects I'm guessing I have to make the room's water level go up to get me to the top, but I've shot...
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    How hot is too hot?

    My case exhaust fan is loud, and I read somewhere that in all except the most extreme setups, it's not necessary to have case fans running. That sounds strange to me, so my first question is... is that true? And also, how can I measure how hot my case is without special equipment? The only...
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    video card keeps resetting during gameplay

    In Doom3, every few minutes (especially when going through some doors that changes the scene) the screen freezes up and tells me that "the VPU has reset your video card" or something like that. I've got a x800xt and running doom at HQ settings @ 1600x1200. I've tried turning the 'overdrive'...
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    distortion line creeping up my monitor

    I remember this happening on one of my TV's a while back, but can't remember why. (maybe that was also with games - console games - really can't remember.) It's a distortion or blurr line about a half inch thick stretching horizontally across the screen and creeps up slowly from bottom to...
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    HL2 "Import" $15 cheaper

    Q: Is the $35 "import" any different than the $50 regular retail version? (all in japanese or something? :) and if you buy the retail box, import or otherwise, do you still get HL2 Deathmatch free from Steam when you go in to verify or initialize or whatever?
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    Newcastle vs. Clawhammer

    AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Newcastle Processor (2.4GHz, 512kB, 1600MHz HTT, Socket 754) $223 AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Clawhammer Processor (2.2GHz, 1MB, 800MHz FSB, Socket 754) $219 Would putting a Clawhammer on a desktop NF3 754 mobo do any damage? What's more important for...