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If you're looking into 260s, this might be relevant: http://en.expreview.com/2008/08/21/nvidia-...-mid-september/

If you say so... Mr. Mills: Indeed it is, or rather will be, when it's finished. Sometime in 2009, and it will be awesome, with all nukes and laserbeams

Sentenced - Excuse me while I kill myself

Oops, yeah, can't change laptop cards normally, unless you've got a "gamer" laptop anyway. Just a proof that cards for $ 30 do exist: click me

Poor bastard One Minute Silence - Holy Man

The performance should be exactly the same between 9800gt and 8800gt because nothing has changed as far as the "stats" are concerned. There are of course pre-overclocked versions in different flavours, but the base speed is identical.

Not soo strange a mobo imo, just quite old. It may compromise upgrades, if the max. supported processor is a Phenom 9600 (but I'm not sure of that, it's just the newest proc. I could find on it, can't find the official support list). The processor is ok (speed probably about a C2D e7200 or e8200).580 W is easily enough power from the PSU, if indeed it does deliver it and isn't a no name product. And man was I happy when my mobo had an integrated graphics when my graphics card decided to strike (even if in the end it turnded out that it wasn't the graphics card that was causing it, but the pci-e slot which died because of a north bridge failure...). The next mobo I'll buy will probably again have an integrated graphics card, especially if they get that HybridPower / PowerXPress working for desktops and all graphics cards. Oh, and Will the almighty: I'd ask them if they could insert the new version of the 6000+ processor, uses less power and could be a bit faster (The part number would be ADA6000DOBOX) Don't know whether you can change the setup and wheter the mobo is fine with this new processor. If the mobo can't take it even if you can change the setup (without additional cost, that is), ask for the 6000+ (89W version) instead, that's a version just as old as the normal 6000+ but draws a little less power again I follow that notion. However, some people prefer a rig they can just plug in and it works without having to do plugging and wiring instead just directly pressing the power button. I understand that too.

Well, yes and no. There are (going to be?) some with the new G92b chip, and some are offering the new HybridPower feature, while some really are nothing but 8800 GT relabled... I suppose for SLI to work you'd need two completely identical cards (not in terms of brand, but in terms of chip etc.). Wait for someone else to answer, or use google, I'm not quite up to date with that.The 260 has become an ok deal now, I think, as it's become a whole lot cheaper since launch to counter ATI's offerings. Here's a review, the prices have changed since, so the conclusions have changed. Don't let my aversion towards SLI stop your plans Bokishi and Rosbjerg can tell you first hand what I only read and concluded blindly without ever having used it.

Apparently. They all put in a fast (or at least as multicore as possible) processor, and ridiculous things like a 20-in-1-cardreader, a no name mobo (possibly with no upgrading possibility and without BIOS updates), a no name PSU, no name RAM, and a dirt cheap graphics card just for the sake of having one in. Just the impression I get when reading what systems you come up with Other alternatives for pre-built systems seem to be gaming systems, and then they cost you thousands... or office systems, and then you can't play at all.

Fanyboys *gg*

Patrick Mills: ... You're a game designer, you should know what art is. And Krav Maga is about as much art as using a sniper rifle. It's a combat system and nothing else. Jason Bourne: Yay, thanks for the info. I should have a look at the making-of, and the books too probably... Sawyer: Sounds good Looking forward to trying it out.

This is normal for every game. Also, KOTORII is an old game, you should be able to buy a very cheap graphics card (30$ or something like that) that can run the game. Zulk: Could the problem be related to crossfire? A 3870x2 alway runs in crossfire mode (unless you own one of these special ASUS cards where you can turn it off), so maybe there's a driver or another workaround that will work. Probably google for crossfire issues with KOTORII.

Apart of not liking dinosaurs in a DnD game I think its leg is damn clunky when compared to the high poly rest of it. Wow, thanks for the screens

Firstly, while the 120$ premium for 100MHz is hefty, you get a newer generation chip that sucks less current. Still, it won't be nowhere near as much faster as the price suggests. Secondly, what do you do whith your PC? Because if it's only surfing and office or programming work, watching movies, listening to music etc., there's definitely no need for a quad core. If you're compiling a lot, converting/editing movies, rendering or something like that, the quad core will bring noticable improvements. Games are getting slightly better on this front, but even if the future brings a lot more games that can do something with four processors, who knows if 2.4 GHz will suffice by then? Well, I'm sure someone can be more concrete than I am, citing numbers or something. That would be helpful.

Why? What's the price of these two? Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to buy a single graphics card for the same money? Even if the fps you get with the single one are the same, it will play a lot better (google for micro stuttering), and you won't depend on driver compatibility with every single game you play like you do when using SLI. Again: Why? This chipset is two years old, and as far as I know, nVidia chipsets don't do all too well when compared to the Intel ones.

Depends on how you define "good"... It's even slower than the 9500GS you cited on the last page. It's a 20$ graphics card, so what do you expect?

I actually think this is the case, have read that somewhere, it's called "image based rendering". Also, see for more on cinema 2.0 (also see the realted videos) and here for more on image metrics.

Probably something like The Nomad Soul?

Krav Maga is no art. Bourne (also?) does Jiu Jitsu in the movies. And you forgot to add Taekwondo to your list, on which it should be because it lends itself well to movies and games because of spectacular kicks.

Yes. I think he misunderstood someone's statement concerning "single warranty", because each component has its own warranty instead of just one for the whole system if you buy individual components.

I'm really not into Heavy Metal at all, but these guys I accidentaly heard just rocked at the Summer Breeze, and the singer was as funny and likeable as, well, no one else on stage I heard so far with his basic and knowledge of german

I just noticed that there are quite some tracks of BG2 that I like, e.g. Escape Dungeon, Pirate Isle, Trademeet and Druid Grove. They're memorable and BG-ish enough imho. In BG1 there was the main theme, a fight theme, one quiet cello piece that played at night, and one track in Baldur's Gate City, that struck as memorable. So I take back what I said above and extend my statement to BG and BG2 (excluding TOB).

Not my theme song fortunately, but awesome none the less: Mountain Goats - No Children I hope that our few remaining friends Give up on trying to save us I hope we come out with a fail-safe plot To piss off the dumb few that forgave us I hope the fences we mended Fall down beneath their own weight And I hope we hang on past the last exit I hope it's already too late And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here Someday burns down And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away And I never come back to this town again in my life I hope I lie And tell everyone you were a good wife And I hope you die I hope we both die I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow I hope it bleeds all day long Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises We're pretty sure they're all wrong I hope it stays dark forever I hope the worst isn't over And I hope you blink before I do And I hope I never get sober And I hope when you think of me years down the line You can't find one good thing to say And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out You'd stay the hell out of my way I am drowning There is no sign of land You are coming down with me Hand in unlovable hand And I hope you die I hope we both die Youtube clip (warning: contains violence and a bit of nudity)

The only reason I was interested in the olympic games (except hoping for bad mistakes by the hypocrite nation that is china) is gone. A colleague (Manuela Bezzola) lost the first Taekwondo fight already Ah well, life goes on, and she's still pretty damn good, otherwise she wouldn't have been there