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We'll I always felt it needed to be updated, but is a Black Screen of death any better? Microsoft kills the iconic Windows 'Blue Screen of Death.' It looks like this now | PCWorld
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December 19th, PlayStation will launch a new Aliens first person shooter game based on Alien Romulus movie. Looks good.
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If your into tech, then this will be of interest to you. Seems Microsoft is working on crazy fast SSD storage and the leak of such storage shows just how fast and big it is in an NVMe M.2 format, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB size with Read/Write speeds of 2,400 mb/s / 1,800 mb/s which is rapid fast. Think of it this way, while like the reading states, it is probably designed for Microsofts own cloud use, it is backed by Dell Technologies and this could find it's way into laptops. A laptop that could have crazy storage as the Precision Dell Laptops have three NVMe slots, which would make it a 12TB storage for a laptop using three of the 4TB NVMe units. Newly discovered Micr…
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So my Note9 by Samsung, I accidentally swung around, it was in my coat pocket and hit something cause it was not zipped up and wack, cracked screen. Hit hard enough to crack through the safety screen and actually crack the real screen. So off to Verizon, and I got me a new Galaxy S22 Ultra that replaces the Note series of phones. Been a long time since I was on a note 9, 4 generations ago as I learned they had a Note 10, then Galaxy 20, 21 and now 22 series. Left the store, got home and the wife wanted to run some errands, so I drove her in the SS and thought, lets plug in my new phone to the Pioneer AVH-2500NEX Android Auto head unit. First, only a black s…
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Get ready for smaller smartphones. Samsung showed off their new foldable smartphone the Galaxy Z Flip. Small square screen on the outside, big foldable screen on the inside.
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Rid yourself of the FEAR of being DEMONETIZATION by using the Brave Browser. Built on the open source code of the Chrome browser, this browser allows you to stay in control of where you go, default is no tracking allowed, blocking of pop ups, ads on the web site, etc. https://brave.com/bra036 I have it installed and have been using it all day when I check in on C&G site and have to say I am liking it! This is one of the easy to use built in tools to tell you how it has protected you so far.
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Asus has released the first pictures of the 30th Anniversary Prime Motherboard. For those that like to build high end desktop system, this one should scream and destroy all those nasty decepticons. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-announces-30th-anniversary-prime-x299-zenbook-13-zenfone-6,39527.html I have to say the Zen Phone 6 with it's 48mp camera that can go from back to front for the ultimate selfie is pretty cool too. Heat sink solid state drives to 2TB in size are the crazy wave now also. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/patriot-viper-vpn100-nvme-ssd,6116.html?utm_source=th-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019053…
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anyone else excited for this next gen chiplet tech? also, how about that post keynote stock bump of almost 10%?
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Ya want your partners to be ready to support all the products you have coming out but not before you get a chance to announce it. OOPS, Fujitsu released their product line and all compatible CPUs that will work on their motherboards. Yup. we now see the whole Enchilada. Would hate to be the person who signed off on this or released the info before it's time. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-9th-generation-cpu-list-specs,38754.html Intel 9th Generation CPUs Cores / Threads Base / Boost Freq. (GHz) Integrated Graphics Memory Support Cache TDP RCP …
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If you have a VR set, check out Junkyard Wizard on Steam. My friend is an indy developer and is releasing this in 2 days. You've fallen into a sinkhole in a junkyard and everything around you has telekinesis... including you. Find weapons among the junk to help destroy the enemies of the junkyard. https://store.steampowered.com/app/931940/Junkyard_Wizard/
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Has anyone tried Opera browser recently? I have been for a few days after some frustrations with Chrome and I'm really liking it. One thing I notice is that it uses a lot fewer computer resources than either Chrome or Firefox because my computer's cooling fan no longer kicks on when I have 6+ tabs open.
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Interesting discussion from a computer class about if computers are Male or Female! What do you think, which side of the coin do you go with? ComputerGenderDebate.mp4
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Whether you agree or disagree, Forbes is saying that the data is showing an end to Apple as you know it. With Apples cheapest phone costing $1,149 today compared to when it debuted in 2007, the price you paid has soared over 700% in 12 years. 2002 was the last time Apple slashed forecasted earnings and the stock has been punished since then falling 35% since it's peak in November 2018. This erased $446 Billion in Shareholder value, the biggest wipe-out of wealth in a single stock ever since stock trading began. Per Forbes, since 2001 Apple has had steady revenue growth and by this measure the business seems perfectly healthy. Looking under the hood is a d…
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/12/04/samsung-galaxy-s10-5g-release-date-price-cost-verizon-att-upgrade/#2e285b67573c One has to wonder if the story about internal employees selling the new foldable display tech to Chinese companies has forced Samsung to speed up the release of info about their new 10 series of phones. Four models, siz cameras, massive displays and gradient colour schemes with 5G as confirmed by Verizon and AT&T, new fold-able phone makes this coming 2019 CES show exciting. The galaxy X is very exciting indeed, if you have not seen the developers show where they showed a masked version of the phone as they wanted to…
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I'm about to buy a new desktop and a new printer. I've had both for about 9 years. They are HP. The desktop lives on (crossing my fingers) but the printer recently gave up the ghost, after so many years of service. Two questions: 1. I am looking at the lower priced HP Pavilions with 12 GB of RAM. They can come with an Intel CPU (a little more money) or an AMD CPU (a little less money). Instinctively, I've gone for Intel in the past. My desktop computer tower use is for easy stuff. I read a few over my head articles that AMD's Ryzen 5 series CPU is now commendable and has edged up on Intel in the CPU department. I just went into a big box place and one of th…
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Starting this thread to post weird tech news. Have to say that with all the news on security issues, one would think twice about buying stuff without knowing if it is secure or not, but nope, seems we have a whole new wave of tech toys that are as secure as one slurping ice cream at the store without paying for it yet. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/this-iot-dildo-has-an-embedded-wifi-streaming-camera-and-laughable-security/ Who would have thought, but we now have WiFi streaming cameras with LED lights on Dildo's with Laughable security. WOW ?
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So I was using a piece of junk phone - Samsung Nexus S model i9020 and now it is bricked. I have no idea why. Turning it on is fruitless, the screen does not turn on, and the phone gets hot - perhaps replacing the battery might be worth checking out just for the **** of it, and the saving me a whole lot of time and dough. Also tried the good ol' forced boot with power button and volume up. No go. So in the meantime, I am using in lieu of that an even more piece of junk phone - a flip job - (hehe he said "flip job") a Samsung C-414W. So some handy dandy notes to frame your suggestions to me - I don't really have a penchant need for using…
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Since at least some of us are tech savvy and enjoy PC building, what do you have for a rig? This was mine until I finished building my new PC earlier this year and was my second ground up build. When when I first built it in 2006 it had the following specs: Raidmax Sagitta Case Seagate Barracuda ST3320620AS 320GB HDD Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H Motherboard Foxconn GeFore 7950GX2 GPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4 GHz Dual Core CPU Corsair XMS2 2GB (2x 1GB) DDR2 800 RAM Silverstone ST60F 600W PSU Samsung DVD/CD Combo Drive Lite-On CD Burner Windows XP 32 Bit Its gone through a few major upgrades including: ASUS PCE-N13 Wireless Adapter …
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So right now i have an AM3 system with a phenom II x6 1100T. this could go for ~$120 on ebay. Newegg has a FX-8320 for ~$150 with a Deus Ex: Mankind Divded voucher, (worth ~$60). My Mobo is an asus sabertooth AM3+ with the last bios update so it's compatible... do you think it's worth making the plunge? would you do it? i'd plan to sell the voucher... if i did... any takers?
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I need a pair of binoculars that are high quality yet nicely compact. Suggestions?
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I'm looking into getting some sort of dash cam. I was wondering if anyone else here uses them and if anyone has any recomendations? I'm not really looking to spend hundreds on one, just a sort of cheapish one that records in a wider angle if possible. Thanks guys
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So I'm up for an upgrade in 4 days. My current Galaxy S4 performs mostly fine. I did get the lollipop upgrade a few weeks back. It does have a battery drain issue that seem to be an issue for all phones on Android 5.0.1... the likelyhood of getting to Android 5.1 is slim unless I go with a 3rd party rom. I don't need to be on the latest and greatest OS version, it's just that 5.1 seems to fix some of the battery issue. I only see 3 options if I upgrade Galaxy S6 Pros: Been a Samsung owner since the original Galaxy... had the S2 and now the S4... been generally happy with them. Best screen Lightest Best 3rd party accessory selection Optional upgraded bui…
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I don't see a thread for this anywhere, so if it's a dupe I apologize. I know that it appears this section of the forums doesn't see much traffic, so maybe there just aren't many gamers on here, but I thought it would be cool for those that are interested to have a spot to share their gamer ID information. I don't do XBox or Nintendo any more, but I'm on PSN as Necroscope7, EA Origin as NecroscopeVII (including Star Wars: The Old Republic), Blizzard as Necroscope7, Kongregate also Necroscope7, I'll have to update later with Steam because I'm blanking, but if you haven't noticed a pattern it should be some variation of Necroscope7. Anyone is welcome to add me as a frien…
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G. David Felt Alternative Fuels & Propulsion writer www.CheersandGears.com In the news of the last 48hrs has been the story about the large hole in SSL or what is known as Secure Socket Layer. I don’t usually talk about network security around here, but this vulnerability almost certainly affects you. Whenever you buy anything online, most often, that transaction is encrypted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL). If you’re on a site such as Amazon, then you go to the shopping cart or checkout, at the top of the URL you’ll see http:// change to https://. That is generally an indicator that SSL encryption is protecting your credit card data. Turns out there has been …
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I remember ~10 years ago talk of cpus being moved to add-on cards... so i was just thinking... IF, drivers get alot better- AMD has good GPU tech in their APU's and the next gen apus should have DDR4 support, ~65W tdp's and are SOC's what do you think of the idea being able to put several cards of an APU with ddr4 as crossfired gpus? the draw backs i'd see are 1.price 2.i doubt the main apu will have enough pcie lanes to support more than 1 or 2 of these unless ---- they could supplement each one added to move the data around.
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This reaffirms that I'm better than you all. Helvetica. V-Necks. Gestures.
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Anyone looking forward to CES '14/release of Kaveri chips from mainstream pc makers? (oem in feb, i think?) i'm still using the phenom 2 x6 1100t.... it's just over powered for what i do. though i might just make a smaller 'box' with a kaveri in it and use it for the day to day things till i'd move all my games/settings over. looking forward to any new gadgets?
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http://www.kongregate.com/games/rete/dont-$h!-your-pants Game of the century.
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Eh, not sure if anyone else on a car forum is all that interested about it but it seems to be quite the uprgrade from the console of old A custom octo core AMD "Jaguar" 64 bit processor over the old "cell" processor that likely costed more than sony will ever get out of it A custom AMD 7850 GPU vs a custom Geforce 7800 gtx Eight gigs of GDDR5 vs 256 of XDRRAM and 256 of GDDR3 Pictures of the actual console have yet to be released
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got a netgearwnr3500L... and my win7 desktop can't sleep and bring the network back up when it wakes up. gigabit both sides, didn't have this issue with an old belkin. think it could be drivers?
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anyone excited for this? think the laptop models are selling well, it'd be great for a htpc. hopefully the 4/6/8 models do well against sandy bridge spec intels, at least for similar price points. anyone else keeping up with this? release for desktop trinity is supposed to be oct 2nd, and "vishera", like a week or 2 after that.
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I have what would be termed, in nerd-speak, a Paleolithic-aged computer I still use (in addition to my '10 iMac), a '99 PowerMac G3. Yes, it has but a 6GB HD, but it still does what I need it to, and I've CERTAINLY gotten my money's worth out of it. The planned obsolescence of the computer industry never projected this level of ROI. Issue :: the monitor is finally going. It's a Viewsonic G790 18". Within the last year, the picture started flickering down to blackness, then restarting- in the matter of about 5 secs. Now, apparently when it fully heats up, it flickers down to darkness & stays dark. Today I got about 20 minutes of 'on' time. Distressing (yea, I didn't…
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So, I really need to stop putting off getting a semi-pro camera for taking pictures for this here website thingy. My 8mp Camera phone is good, but not good enough. It's going to come out of C&G's budget and I might put up a donation screen for those who wish to help out. Any of you Camera experts see anything promising in either of these lists? http://www.costco.com/Common/Category.aspx?ec=BC-EC10604-Cat83&pos=0&whse=BC&topnav=&cat=87150&eCat=BC|90607|83|87150&lang=en-US http://www.target.com/c/digital-slr-cameras-camcorders-electronics/-/N-5xtem
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A while ago we had a link to really old internet backup (?) of early C&G pages. I had started up an O/T thread on a message board, and it grew to 5 or 6 pages, all technical info, but the site just went down due to non-payment. I have no contact info for the admin, either. Is there some way to view cache'd images or straight text of my pages in question; ala the early C&G pages??
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Can the date stamp be removed from a digital image?
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http://www.behringer...ith-inuke-boom/
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from new egg on preblackfriday deals... $170. and picked up some 2133mhz 8gb ram from gskill for $60... clocked at 1600mhz @ 9 timings. might try to see if @8 is stable after awhile any recent upgrades you guys made?
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This thread is to discuss Minecraft, likely to be one of the strangest, yet most endearing games of the decade. Who here plays? A few of us on C&G already do, and we're looking for new people to join our server. It's a stupid fun game. If you love sandbox games like SimCity, Train Simulator or Roller Coaster Tycoon, you'll probably spend hours in Minecraft.
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HP is exiting the hardware business, and its iPad competitor is a massive flop. Just over a month and a half after the 'Touchpad's' release, HP is ordering that retailers liquidate it. http://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-FB355UA-ABA/16662273 http://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-FB359UA-ABA/16662279 Some retailers online have yet to drop their prices. If you keep an eagle-eye out, and do your research, you should be able snag one. The device itself isn't that terrific and WebOS is no Android. But for $99, you're getting a pretty good deal. Naturally, there's potential warranty and support issues.
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Just curious. I have an old-fashioned cell phone and an IP-based phone service from Google.
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my HTC Hero is on it's last legs. I am eligible for upgrade on Sept 1st and I plan to be at the sprint store that exact morning. So guys... HTC Evo 3D or Motorola Photon 4g
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While listening to the features list for iOS5 and hearing people cheer. I came to start wondering what all the big fuss was about. A lot of what is being announce has been available on Android for a while now. My Android is an ancient by phone standards, HTC Hero that has been upgraded to version 2.1. This phone came standard with version 1.6. This is basically the 1965 Chevrolet Malibu 6-cylinder of Android phones. It's not flashy, not fast, but it starts up every morning and runs. This chart is just what I know from my experiences with my old phone. Newer phones with newer versions of Android (which is up to version 2.3 now) will have even more. BTW, my phone as been…
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<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-V1ZF5cNYCs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I intend to buy two copies of Batman: Arkham City, one of which will be ground into a fine powder and snorted in lines as I play the second.
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http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133193
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Oh, and schoolgirl lesbians too. http://www.destructoid.com/blood-and-boobies-duke-nukem-forever-gives-199356.phtml
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There, that fixed it.....
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http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/memory/display/20110404093006_Hynix_Completes_Development_of_DDR4_Memory_Chips.html "Hynix plans to start volume production of this high performance DDR4 product in the second half of 2012." "The device works at the industry’s fastest speed of 2400MHz (2400Mb/s), which is also 80% faster than DDR3 1333MHz product. The Module product operates at such a low voltage of 1.2V and processes up to 19.2GB/s of data per second with a 64-bit I/O." i've looked at the specs for ddr4.... supposedly it will require a fairly big change of how memory works and is accessed.
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4.5 yr old vista laptop / main computer. 2gb/160. Erratic behavior. BSoD's or freezes or reboots often. No prior windows reinstall. Hard drive full economically can't afford new one now. But there is always credit. Would prefer to wait till better times to get something awesome instead of just to get by. Want wireless printing. Can by used print server for 15 bucks to work with printer I already have or get new eprint. I have an unopened full version of vista here to use if I choose to rebuild. But who knows maybe the battery or hdd or motherboard or memory or LCD goes bad soon too. Have a new free wireless n router in box I could use. Current laptop is not wirel…
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/31/intel-finds-sandy-bridge-chipset-design-flaw-shipments-stopped/
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FF problem
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anyone using firefox? i'm getting this problem when i seem to have two windows open and several tabs in both. it lags badly at times, sometimes for a second or 2 and you think it's crashed. anyone else geting anything close to this?
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Bulldozer?!!
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http://www.fudzilla.com/processors/item/21512-bulldozer-to-come-close-to-core-i7 We have some good news for everyone who would like to see AMD make a big comeback in style. Since the time when Athlon used to be a high-end brand, and by that we mean the good old K8 core, it's been a while since AMD had a high end part capable of competing with Intel on a par. However, initial test scores that slipped to a hands of industry source are suggesting that Bulldozer should come really close to new Core i7 six-core CPUs. Bulldozer has both six and eight cores in the pipeline and they should be launching before the end of Q2 2011, at least that is the current schedule. The perf…
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sff laptops
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if i buy a laptop in the near future, the Zecate dual core chips look awfully good. anyone else will be tempted by these new chips/platforms? http://www.amd.com/us/aboutamd/newsroom/Pages/newsroom.aspx Low Power APUs Model TDP Core Count Frequency E-Series (former codename: "Zacate") Designed for mainstream notebooks, All-in-Ones, and small form factor desktops E-350 18 W 2 1.6 GHz E-240 18 W 1 1.5 GHz C-Series (former codename: "Ontario") Designed for HD netbooks and other emerging form factors C-50 9 W 2 1.0 GHz C-30 9 W 1 1.2 GHz fanless itx mobo http://www.techpowerup.com/137766/ASUS-Readies-Fully-Loaded-Brazos-Powe…
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You remember you wanted an explanation of RAID variants? You're Welcome!
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laptop rant
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I went laptop shopping today and would have purchased a HP DM3-2010US but it had designs etched into it with swirls... I want a plain brushed aluminum laptop with decent specs and realistic price. It seems no one makes what I want. I don't really need a laptop as my field/personal dell d630 can handle anything(even has RS-232 port on it?) I have it pushed to the max as far as up grades go. I would love a Dell Adamo black 13 or Mac Air(I would not use osx on it though) but price is too high. I love the new dell Lat's and Precisions but my dell is just as capable. Is it me or has no one made a sexy laptop recently. I have a ancient "2001" Toshiba M3505 and it is awesome …
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Has anyone bought anything from it? I've never purchased a game on steam before as I prefer to have the physical game in hand; however, the deals were just too good. I decided to pick up a few older games that I didn't have in my arsenal already. I got the full X-Com pack (5 games) and Civilization IV pack (4 games). The grand total was $16.08 after tax. I've put hundreds of hours into these games over the years, but have never actually owned them. IMHO, the original X-Com is the best game of all time, on any platform. With the "extender", the game runs flawlessly on Windows 7 64-bit even though its 16 years old. Steam is offering full publisher packs for really good dis…
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Before I make an order online, I figured I'd just ask if a system builder around here has a flexible one that's about eight to ten centimeters lying around. Naturally, I'll pay shipping, which shouldn't be expensive at all.
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Video: GT5 vs. Real Life, Nürburgring Edition by Jeff Glucker (RSS feed) on Dec 2nd 2010 at 8:01PM Denis Malevanyi is one skilled hot shoe and he can hustle a BMW M3 around the 'Ring with the best of them. He's also pretty good at driving virtual cars in simulation series like Race2Play, as well as in Gran Turismo 5. We've seen how a virtual driver's skill can translate when placed into reality, but Malevanyi already knows what he's doing behind the wheel. He recently captured video of himself running the Nürburgring in an E92 M3, both in reality and the digital world, and stacked the footage together. Hop the jump to see how he does in both versions. Thanks for the ti…
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Leave a Facebook comment, win a copy of Gran Turismo 5! by John Neff (RSS feed) on Dec 2nd 2010 at 3:30PM We've already said our peace when it comes to Gran Turismo 5, but reports keep coming in that early adopters are having a grand old time playing Polyphony Digital's opus on their PS3s. Didn't camp out at Best Buy last week to purchase your copy at midnight? No worries, that's why you read Autoblog. We're giving away one unopened copy of Gran Turismo 5 on our Facebook page, and entering is easy peasy. In order to enter, simply "Like" the Autoblog Facebook page (just click the button above), then check our FB page in a few minutes for this post to appear on our Wa…
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127500&cm_re=5850-_-14-127-500-_-Product $100 MIR http://images10.newegg.com/uploadfilesfornewegg/rebate/SH/MSI2MIRsNov17Nov3010mc69.pdf ...wow. haha
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http://www.engadget.com/photos/amd-radeon-6700-series-leaked-specs/#3404452 looks promising.
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When your old Phenom 720 went on the fritz, what were the symptoms? I'm having big problems with my PC now, where it will all power up, but will not POST. The motherboard looks perfectly fine and I've cleared the CMOS several times and checked the RAM, so I'm wondering if I'm having CPU problems.
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Selling my 4870's. If anyone here is interested, I'm all ears. If not, tell me if my ad is effective. http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/sys/1908742244.html WMJ, your input would be especially appreciated. You've a knack for moving hardware.
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Steam Sale on what is a fun RPG/FPS that you can play Co-Op. The plot isn't that deep, but when you're vaporizing cannibalistic bandits online with friends, why care? http://store.steampowered.com/app/8980/
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http://gizmodo.com/5610087
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go to http://combatarms.nexon.net/ and try their downloader. it wasn't letting me connect trying to play the game so i uninstalled it and the downloader gets stuck at ~1MB, but it doesn't get stuck, it repeats about 100K over and over and over...
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been thinking of getting an LED backlit one for awhile... in the low $200 range. gamers- notice any blurring on screens with a 5ms G2G time? something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005149 anyone play alot with LCD's and use them for more than just "average" use? note- i'm not going to be 'shopping any pics anytime soon so ips vs other tech doesn't matter so much to me
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Some great deals for PC gamers: Team Fortress 2 @ $10.00 - http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/ Arguably one of the best first person shooters ever made. It's a free weekend too, so you can try it out. A few of us already play it, perhaps a little too much. Fallout 3 GOTW Edition @ $25.00 - http://store.steampowered.com/app/22370/ Arguably one of the best games ever. At 25 bucks, you're stealing it. Prince of Persia, Sands of Time/Warrior Within @ $2.75 each - http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/Games/Pages/princeofpersiatsot.aspx ... http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/Games/Pages/princeofpersiaww.aspx
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http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproappcompat/thread/efcd4783-e948-4f85-9659-7a6e9139a931
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been looking around to see how easy it is to "move" windows from one to the other. using xp x64 on an AMD sb750 mobo using sata-2 hard drives in ide mode what i've found, a long process, or just "update drivers"... has anyone done this before?
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http://store.steampowered.com/freeportal/ If you haven't got the game, now is the time. It's really clever, and isn't too demanding on older PC's.
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I'm not sure how long this will last, but Direct2Drive has Civ 4, and all it's expansions included for only 10 bucks. http://www.direct2drive.com/4/8042/product/Buy-Civilization-4:-The-Complete-Edition-Download The game's pretty cool, and you don't need a really powerful PC to play it. A couple of us have it.
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http://www.physorg.com/news188458077.html A group of scientists from the University of Minnesota say that Fe16N2 crystals are more magnetic than the most magnetic material previously known, and its magnetism exceeds the predicted limit of magnetism for a material. hopefully it's easy to manufacture, maybe something that can be made in the USA? this will be great for many consumer goods.. like for audiophiles
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/99312-Counter-Strike-Cheater-Stabbed-in-Brain Amazingly, he's still alive. Obviously, he's hacking.
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http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2010/3/17/globalfoundries-produces-zero-defect-wafers2c-10025-yield.aspx 32nm wafer 28nm wafer can't wait till intel finally has some up to date competition.
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If you haven't played this game, and you have a decent PC or a console, then you suck. That is all.
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http://www.neoseeker.com/news/11491-enable-sli-on-your-s775-motherboard/ http://www.xdevs.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.30 I'd heard of this a couple months ago, but didn't follow up until today. Normally, nVidia made you use their platforms, which were generally craptacular, or you had to buy an Intel chipset that was licensed by nVidia (extra charge) in order to run their multi graphics card solution SLI. Thanks to this hack, you can actually run SLI on an Intel P45/X48, or even AMD chipsets!
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I just bought some new computer parts. It had been 1.5 years since my last substantial upgrade, which is too long. I only spent $390~ total and got a new CPU, MB, RAM, HDD, and case. Excellent deal I think. Cooler Master Elite Case Seagate Barracude 7200.12 500GB Hard Drive ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Motherboard A-DATA 2 x 2GB DDR3 Memory Kit AMD Phenom II X2 555 Processor The 7200.12 drive is a 500GB-per-platter drive, so it owns. I'm going to install Windows 7 Pro 64-bit on it, since I got hooked up through my college (free Microsoft software, yay). Based on several reviews I've read, the Phenom II X2 555 has a very good chance at being unlockable, since it is essenti…
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My PC is sluggish. It was fast back in 2006. My question is this: Is it worth trying to build it up to today's standards or am I better off buying a new PC/Mac? And just for fun:
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my question is, today i got a screen protector for my iPhone. I don't like it. How many of you iPhone/Pod folks have tried any of the different screen protectors? this thread can address all iPhone and iPod and mac products.
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would one thread (this one) be a good place to post any news that interests you coming from the show?
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What racing games, arcade & console, would you say were the great games prior to Gran Turismo? Pole Position and Bump N' Jump are pretty legendary. Bump N' Jump Firebird
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http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/cpu/evga-dual-lga1366-monster-sighted/ Sixteen threads of l33tness. Discuss.
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Hey Camino, I gotta know, how old is your computer, and whats pecs does it have? Go to My Computer, right click and select properties, and tell us what it says. What operating system does it have? I have more questions for you after.
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did a little calculating on a simple formula for power draw in the present and future HD5000's from amd/ati... curious if you think they are realistic based on what they've changed this generation. i think it could be very realistic....? obviously the rv870 and "rv840"s are real world numbers.
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Post your PC hardware in this thread! It'll be great to see who has what, and if anyone wants suggestions for parts, they can always look at this thread for ideas. Captain's Fragbox CPU: Phenom 955 OC'd at 3.7GHz MoBo: MSI 790FX GD-70 GFX: Radeon 4870 1GB HD 1: OCZ Vertex SSD 30GB HD 2: OCZ Agility SSD 60GB RAM: G.Skill 1333MHz DDR3 (7-7-7-21) Power: Corsair 750TX Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Heatsink Cooler Master HAF 922 Samsung 21.6 Monitor The Hyper 212+ heatsink is fantastic for the money. It keeps my 955 at just under 40 Celsius under load on Prime 95, even after a few hours. Idle is 26 degrees, which isn't show stopping, but it only really works …
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Well the time has come to give my comp some major upgrades. Besides the additional 2 gigs of Ram (for a total of 4) and the GTX260, I haven't really done anything to upgrade it since I built it in `06. That's all about to change: GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 Scythe DFS123812-3000 "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 38 mm Case Fan (for improved intake) Plus I've got Windows 7 Pro 64 bit ready to go on the new HD. Should be a wor…
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Pretty exciting, since I could see the test flight from my work. Unfortunately my camera is a POS: My town's claim to faim: the largest freestanding building in the world and Boeing. If you haven't heard about the 787 before, it is the first major airliner to use mostly composites for its construction, resulting in improved fuel economy and range. It has been delayed for nearly 2 years now, but just had its first successful test flight this morning (like 30 minutes ago).
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Dodgefan, and CaddyKing and myself are in on this game, and I was wondering if any other C&G'ers have a Steam account with TF2. If you do, post your SteamID, and next time we're ingame, we'll try and grab you. For those of you who don't have TF2, do yourself a favor, and check it out, because it's mad fun!
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I am always contemplating building a machine that will be good for games but I have no idea where to buy stuff or even how to do it. Anybody have any advice for a novice on how do build a bad ass computer? :sign0200:
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