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    Rumor: Halo 3 and Fable II being bundled in with 360 Elites

    And that right there says a lot about the "quality" of the xbox library (or the lack thereof).
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    Rumor: Halo 3 and Fable II being bundled in with 360 Elites

    wow, two shitty games to go along with grossly flawed hardware... sounds like a great deal...
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    Anti-glare/anti-reflective filter for laptop?

    haha, that'd be fun... I've moved it about, and it helps, but i cant get rid of the glare/reflections in my office.. Everything that i've seen is sold as a "privacy filter", but i dont know how much (any?) they do to cut down on glare. anyone use them? i dont really need the privacy...
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    Anti-glare/anti-reflective filter for laptop?

    I just got a new work laptop (HP something-or-other, with 15" screen), and it has the glossy screen which has sadly become standard on laptops these days. My desk has a window behind me, and the glossy screen reflects everything, giving me a headache. Is there some kind of anti-glare sheet i...
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    This winter is going to break me...

    Im sure. Metroid Prime was great because it played LESS like an FPS (it focused more on exploration than on just killing everything). MP3 on the wii was great, and and great controls. The rest of those games are, IMO, crap. particularly halo 3. biggest waste of time i have ever played...
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    Xbox 360 fighting game "controller??"

    that madcatz sfIV pad is junk. not that that should be any surprise... get a ps3. ps3 pad is MILES better than the 360, but even better: you can use the USB sega saturn pad on ps3, which has the BEST d-pad by a long shot. Of course, an arcade stick is the way to go for fighting games.
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    This winter is going to break me...

    So, where are the good games? I mean, diablo 3 looks great, but who knows when it will actually release. I'll probably buy tekken 6, but only after it gets cheap. Virtua fighter is WAY better (hoping for a console port of VF5R). but the rest of those are crap.. Thats funny, i'd say the...
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    Dawn of War II SP campaign - does it get any better?

    you get more equipment and some units later too, so its stays pretty fun. Co-op campaign is fun too. The multiplayer however, is worthless. way too slow and dull. for multiplayer/skirmish, i'm sticking with DoW 1.
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    which system has the best/most RPG's?

    Mass effect was so-so, and is on PC anyways. Fable 2 was terrible (so was the first one), and lost odyssey was really weak. They are indeed awesome (I own RgG 1 and am looking for a good used copy of 2), but you are _really_ stretching when you've got to include untranslated Ryu Ga Gotoku...
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    which system has the best/most RPG's?

    PS2 by far, or DS in close second. But if you must be "current", PS3; all the xbox360 RPGs are shit, and the PS3 has Valkyria Chronicles, which is better than the entire 360 library combined, and Disgaea 3 which is also excellent. And if you count Ryu ga Gotoku (Yakuza) as an RPG (its...
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    Valkyria Chronicles

    I Picked this up a while ago, and finished it about a month ago. EXCELLENT game. one of the best games in YEARS.
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    ATI catalyst drivers: .net broadcast event window wont close on shutdown

    OK, that makes sense... i wasnt sure what required .net, as i havent used an ATi card in a long time. I uninstalled all ATI sw, and installed just the video drivers and ati tray tools. seems to be working after a few restarts. hopefully this will be the last annoyance of this PC build...
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    Geforce gtx260 216 sp or ati 1GB 4870

    Im not sure that its a CCC issue, vs display driver issue... does telling CCC to "exit" from the system tray icon menu actually close it? as i still get the end task window with CCC exited... since its kind of off topic, if you have some ideas that can help, please post in the thread i made...
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    ATI catalyst drivers: .net broadcast event window wont close on shutdown

    Ive tried all i can think of... I uninstalled all the .net framework (at which point a lot of stuff stopped working), reinstalled the latest .net framework and service pack, reinstalled the ATi drivers, and it still happens. Its not the end of the world, but its pretty irritating and i'd...
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    Geforce gtx260 216 sp or ati 1GB 4870

    I think i have most things worked out, but there is still one irritating issue (i've posted another thread here asking for help solving it): Every time i restart or shutdown my PC, a ".net broadcast event window cannot be closed" message comes up, and will timeout the shutdown process if im not...
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    Geforce gtx260 216 sp or ati 1GB 4870

    I just switched to a 4870, and the drivers are junk. im having several problems that have been an issue since catalyst version 5 and are STILL an issue in 9.2
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    ATI catalyst drivers: .net broadcast event window wont close on shutdown

    Hi all, I just installed a new ati radeon 4870 video card, and installed the latest catalyst drivers (9.2), and now every time i shutdown or restart, i get a ".net broadcast event window" cannot be closed message. Ive been searching around on this problem, and installed UPHclean, but im...
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    Geforce gtx260 216 sp or ati 1GB 4870

    just to add to my previous comment, ATI drivers are crap. Unless the ATI card is MUCH cheaper, i'd go with nvidia.
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    Geforce gtx260 216 sp or ati 1GB 4870

    nvidia cards DO support audio over HDMI... At least, the gtx260 card i had, has a jumper for SPDIF from the MB for HDMI audio... i didnt try it, but i assume it works.
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    Marvel Vs Capcom 2 HD Remix?

    variety? in MvC2? dont make me laugh. its one of the most unbalanced fighters ever, and all you ever see is magneto-cable-storm teams, and spamming the stupid full screen laserbeam crap. Takes a lot of skill to hit those two buttons though i guess.... I play a lot more fighters than just...
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    Geforce gtx260 216 sp or ati 1GB 4870

    unless the ATI card is significantly cheaper (like, 25% cheaper), i'd go with nvidia. I actually have both here (a BFG gtx260 and an xfx radeon 4870 1GB), and the gtx260 runs much quieter and cooler than the 4870. nvidia drivers are also better and more stable in my experience...
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    Marvel Vs Capcom 2 HD Remix?

    its a shite game. if you actually spent the time to get "good" at it, what does that say about you?
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    Marvel Vs Capcom 2 HD Remix?

    no thanks. id rather see 3rd strike, or alpha 2 or 3 or dark stalkers than the broken, mediocre, horizontal-shooter-pretending-to-be-a-fighter crap that is MvC2. That people actually think that shit is good is baffling. though to be blunt, id rather see none of them, as SF2 HD remix looks...
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    King of Fighters 98: Ultimate Match for PS2

    i dont remember any KoF games on the ps1, but i can imagine they would be pretty terrible ports. If you liked the original neo-geo KoF 98 (which you should, because its excellent), you'll like ultimate match. its a sort of remake of 98, not just a straight port, and its very good. i've had...
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    DoW 2 or CoH gold?

    Company of Heroes is a MUCH better game. I want to like DoW 2, and the campaign is pretty fun, whether single player or co-op 2player... But multiplayer is slow and boring. Its like a dumbed down CoH, with a warhammer 40k coat of paint. The maps are too small, and there are only 7 total MP...
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    Which of these three games are worth getting?

    what kind of question is this? soul calibur is one of the worst fighting game series ever, and 4 is one of the worst of the series. It has no depth, poor character designs, and its a button mashers paradise. not even worth renting. Street Fighter IV is excellent. its not the best SF...
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    Console Releases for Week of 3/8

    Samurai Shodown is the best fighting game series ever, IMO. 2 is the best, followed very closely by 5:special (which is NOT on the anthology disc; it is neo-geo only, and is significantly better than the original SS5). 4 is quite good, but i dont like the combo system... Unfortunately...
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    PS3 Game needed.

    This. Valkyria Chronicles is one of the best games to come out in years.
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    Did fallout 1 and 2 fans like fallout 3?

    No. fallout 3 sucked. its nothing more than oblivion with guns, and oblivion was tedious, repetitive, boring crap. It was a sad, dark day when bethesda got ahold of the fallout license.
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    Street Fighter HD Remix Patched

    how about a patch to give all the original graphics (including backgrounds), without any shitty filters on the sprites? The new art in HD remix is complete crap.
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    DOW2 released today, anyone here play it yet?

    I got it last week, and played the beta for a bit before that. It looks great, and i really like the campaign. co-op play is really fun as well. BUT, the multiplayer is just slow and dull. so disappointing after DoW1 and Company of Heroes, which were both awesome. I'm also rather pissed...
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    Should i get an Xbox 360?

    No, i wouldnt bother. IMO, there are no exclusives on the 360 worth playing, and nothing on the horizon either. If there are some exclusive games YOU want to play, then sure. But they STILL havent really FIXED the RROD problem.
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    What games should i get for my PS3?

    Has noone mentioned Valkyria Chronicles??? Its EXCELLENT. One of the best games ive played in years. Also: Virtua Fighter 5 Street fighter IV Wipeout HD Super Starstrike HD 3vs3 NHL Arcade (and/or NHL09 if you prefer a more serious hockey game) Savage Moon Burnout Paradise
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    GTX260 + powerstrip? (or: custom resolution/timing for HDTV)

    thanks for the info. Mebbe ill just swap cards... though i tend to prefer nvidia over ati. BTW: are you running vista or xp? what theme is that? looks pretty slick.
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    GTX260 + powerstrip? (or: custom resolution/timing for HDTV)

    Bump. sure could use some help... I can get full screen in 1280x720, but there is about .5"~1" of overscan (task bar is off the screen, etc).. Any other way to correct for overscan? The geforce control panel has position adjustments, but not overscan (that i can find)... Cheers.
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    GTX260 + powerstrip? (or: custom resolution/timing for HDTV)

    Hi all, I have my PC hooked up to my TV, a sony e50A10 720p LCD RPTV, using vga. To get full screen 1-to-1 pixel mapping, i have to use some custom resolution and timing settings (1224x688 w/ custom timing), and the TVs "zoom" mode. I used Powerstrip for these settings, and it worked...
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    New PC build, SATA drive problems

    Thanks txtmstrjoe! That did the trick, it now shows up in BIOS and the VIA RAID utility. I got impatient and bought an IDE drive in the mean time, but you can never have too much disc space. Got everything up and running now. Cheers!
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    Help! new built PC, SATA problems

    Hi all, I just put together a new PC (first build for me). The motherboard is an ASUS A8V-E Deluxe, with SATA onboard, and a WD 250GB SATA drive. it boots fine, i can get into the bios setup, and windows setup opens fine. But in the bios setup screen, it doesnt seem to "see" the sata...
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    New PC build, SATA drive problems

    Hi all, I just put together a new PC (first build for me). The motherboard is an ASUS A8V-E Deluxe, with SATA onboard, and a WD 250GB SATA drive. it boots fine, i can get into the bios setup, and windows setup opens fine. But in the bios setup screen, it doesnt seem to "see" the sata...