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    Aion Coverage - It's live folks!

    I haven't run into a queue on Azphel since Tuesday. But that might be due to the fact that Azphel is also by far the least stable of the servers -- I saw some posts mentioning at least three crashes yesterday. So the AFK shops are no longer there (at least for a while) when the server comes...
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    Aion Coverage - It's live folks!

    Ugh, they've got to get rid of those shops, if only for the improved aesthetics. What's the point of pouring resources into developing the artistic visuals of places like Sanctum if you can't even see past the carpet of personal shop billboards. reminds me of this
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    ATi 5850/5870 review thread

    Guys, comments like this are not permitted in the Video forum: If you're coming in here for the 5 series launch as a regular of the social forums or are new to AnandTech, please be aware that personal attacks and call outs are not allowed in the technical forums -- see the stickied Moderator...
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    www.xoxide.com GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE

    Thread in the Xoxide forum created by the supposed new owners. (I lol'd at the person's user title: "I'm new, don't flame me" :laugh:) It sounds like the new owner is eDimensional (the maker of "3D" headsets).
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    Going to pick up NFS:Shift, should I throw NFS:Undercover in the cart as well?

    That's pretty much what I was after :thumbsup: -- an opinion from someone who's actually played and liked Most Wanted. Anyone have any thoughts on Burnout Paradise?
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    Going to pick up NFS:Shift, should I throw NFS:Undercover in the cart as well?

    Yeah, see this is the part that has me confused. I keep hearing that the game is pretty much identical to MW, which would be a good thing in my mind, even if it is more of the same (I'm not expecting GRID or Forza here). Then I hear that the game sucks and people hate it...
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    Going to pick up NFS:Shift, should I throw NFS:Undercover in the cart as well?

    (I know they're completely different styles and one is more along the lines of GRID. ) I'm still not clear why Undercover got such bad reviews and if it's worth the $10 or not. Are these the same people who also dislike NFS:U / U2 / MW / C? (ProStreet was genuinely bad, imo) Or do they have a...
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    Antec Mini P180 (Black) - $69.99 FS

    Yeah, I like the build quality and features in both this and the NZXT Rogue, but both are sort of huge for mATX cases. This one is actually the same height and width as my current regular ATX mid tower (not as deep though). I guess it's "mini" compared to the regular P180/182.
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    Antec Mini P180 (Black) - $69.99 FS

    Antec Mini P180 (Black) - $69.99 FS free shipping promo code: EMCLXNN52
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    Dumb question: if I have my OS on one drive, and my games on another...

    I do this with my Steam collection so I don't have to spend days if not weeks downloading everything again or copying them to/from backup. Incidentally, as someone else already mentioned, games installed via Steam are also pretty painless as far as working with minimal additional work when you...
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    Corsair Obsidian Series 800D video tour

    Yes, well, the irony is that a certain someone has a tendency to deck his rig out with cold cathodes underneath the case, sort of like underbody lighting on rice rockets ;).
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    Rate this video/song - Empire of The Sun

    Yeah, I thought this thread was going to be about "Suo Gan" from the Empire of the Sun soundtrack. The first time I watched it was when I was in college, and I didn't realize until I checked it out on imdb that the kid is Christian Bale. He lip syncs the song, I'm sure.
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    Indie Casual Games that Kick A@#!

    Love PvZ, but it's made by PopCap Games if I recall, which makes it far from an indie game. I think it qualifies more as a casual game than an indie game. Hmm....
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    Why isn't there a Zombie thread in this forum?

    + Plants vs Zombies :o
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    Larger quanitites of thermal interface material?

    Xoxide went kaput. 22g syringe of Ceramique for $9 at SVC.
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    Tooless backplate mounting FAIL!

    I don't trust tool-less mounts at all, regardless of whether they're drive mounts or card mounts. Screws to secure everything :thumbsup:. Rubber fan screws aren't that great either since they become brittle and snap after a year or so. If I need to noise-isolate something, I use bungee cord...
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    Steam Weekend Deal *Thread updated weekly*(Deal start date: 10/23)

    Grabbed Braid yesterday and finished it an hour ago. Thought about a work of art...definitely more than meets the eye in more ways than one, and kind of unsettling. Both the gameplay (puzzles) and the story itself are really thought provoking.
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    What do you call graduate students who teach classes?

    Are there entire courses taught by TA? Or do they normally function as subs? Because come to think of it, I don't recall ever having a class taught by a TA. There was normally another professor available with the same area of expertise if the regular one had to be at a conference or was out...
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    What do you call graduate students who teach classes?

    Guess it depends on the college in question, but I had two "academic lecturers" during college (they were part timers in non-permanent positions) and they were addressed as "professor" by the students. Might have been out of southern politeness and all that, I don't know. All of the TAs were...
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    What do you call graduate students who teach classes?

    You just call TAs by their first name. Only academic lecturers and higher get called Professor in my experience.
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    What headphones do you use with your PC?

    *takes headphones off head* *looks at the back of the cups* yep, "DT 770 PRO 80 OHM"
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    What headphones do you use with your PC?

    I think those were the DT770 250 ohms, which sound a bit different from the DT770-80. Edit: DT770 250 ohm = gray "fork", gray ring around the cup, gray earpads DT770 80 ohm = all back frame, gray earpads (the 80 ohm version are the ones that people will usually recommend that you use an...
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    What headphones do you use with your PC?

    Beyerdynamic DT770s at work Audio Technica AD700s at home The AD700s sound noticeably clearer, but they look incredibly goofy and oversized on me. Plus they're open headphones and I don't need everyone in my hall at work hearing what I'm listening to. The DT770s don't look nearly as out of...
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    Steam Weekend Deal *Thread updated weekly*(Deal start date: 10/23)

    So...did I call that, or what :o? Grabbing SFIV right now. What shall I wish for next week...maybe GTAIV?
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    Like having a harcopy?

    With the frequency that I reformat to install new hardware or OSes, plus the fact that I have cable internet, not FiOS, it'd get really annoying if I had to redownload everything from Steam each time. I used to just copy my entire Steam folder to a backup disk beforehand, but these days, I just...
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    Steam Weekend Deal *Thread updated weekly*(Deal start date: 10/23)

    *sigh* Another week, another Steam weekend deal full of games I already own :(. Sale on Street Fighter IV please!
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    What? You mean I can't bring my Xbox into the library and play games?

    No neighbors to leech WiFi off of, I'm guessing.
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    How this for a budget point and shoot?

    I'm looking to pick up something cheap for shooting pictures of my rig, zoomed in pics of computer components and electronics, and other things of that nature. How's this pick (both in terms of the camera itself and also the price)? Yay? Nay?
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    Osmos is for sale.

    At least one, maybe both of the devs were working on UT3. The demo is very easy compared to some of the later levels, which are almost evil in terms of difficulty. Particularly the Force levels, which simulate gravitational pull and orbits. I think it's about 40 levels long. Once/if you...
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    How is Win7 for gaming?

    I've been using it for the past couple of months (originally RC now upgraded to RTM) without any major issues. The only thing that won't work at all even under compatibility mode is some Crazy Machines game that I got for free from PNY. Mind you, I haven't tried any really old titles on it yet.
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    The Haunted v2.5 for UT3 is out

    That third person behind the shoulder view takes a little getting used to. I just jumped into a MP survival game in progress and ended up as last person standing, no idea what a "Soulstone" was and how to use one to revive my teammates :o. Oops...
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    Stand Back (charge), Forward, P

    You're doing it wrong... Hadoooken!!
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    Stand Back (charge), Forward, P

    ? ? ? + P
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    The Haunted v2.5 for UT3 is out

    Downloaded. I might finally get some use out of UT3 :P...
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    RTS with active communities?

    DoW2 is a squad command RTS. There is no base building and it's not a turtling RTS. DoW1 is a bit more traditional, but there's still a low cap on the maximum number of turrets you can build. Personally, I've spent many, many times more hours on the Relic RTSs (including Homeworld) than the...
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    Steam Weekend Deal *Thread updated weekly*(Deal start date: 10/23)

    I can run the demo just fine on Windows 7 RTM x64 Ultimate.
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    Hey Gamers...Are you 35, overweight, and depressed?

    over 35 - no overweight - no depressed - I probably will be when I hit "old age" in a few years and my gaming skills start to fail :roll:
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    Chilled Out Strategy Games

    Dawn of War II has a co-op campaign mode.
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    company logo opinions?

    Like the look of this one. Very modern and slick, sort of a vaguely Firefox-ish vibe to the logo.
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    company logo opinions?

    Looks a bit old-fashioned. Not really a good fit for a computer-related business, if that's what it is.