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Jewish conspiracy?... Man, it's a shame such notions are still collectively accepted, if not shared. It's incredible what an influence religion has on politics. It really shouldn't matter whether the president was christian, jewish, muslim, or whatever, but as an american presidential candidate you seem to have to be christian, in no case related to muslims, and be perceived as bowing to jewish interest groups. What an old fashioned cr**

Carrie, the remake from 2002. I don't care if the cgi effects are cheap in such a film, but damn, I hate that setting. It also was too slow for a new movie. And the bastards that deserved the slow death of the soul they inflicted upon Carrie died far to... well, random and physical. To the good things: Carrie was superbly played, mobbed to death and abused by that "christian" mother of hers... So was her despiccable mother and that devilish friend of the blonde rich girl. Furthermore, I now want to see the original.

Probably can't help, because I never liked racing games except mario kart and toys like steering wheels hooked up to my computer, so I'm not a good advisor when saying: get the PSU and go SLI.

New Order - Crystal ( ) Here comes love, it's like honey You can't buy it with money

Thanks! Yes, that's what I've heard about it from others too

Thanks! I'm unfortunately already past that in my current playthrough, but I'll remember it for next time

No romance stuff, or if, then very, very optional and integrated into story line (like in MotB, where Safiya actually has a reason for her interest). ([edit to answer above question] Yeah, because we're too cool. Actually, because it is just strange if NPCs are acting attracted to a PC with Cha 8 whom they spent two battles with and who doesn't show interest in dialogues. Also, because if I want a romance, I have RL - if I want to run around with a warhammer, smashing goblins in an old Mine, sacking a town or rescue kids from a monster using divine magic, I play a game. [/edit]) Like in MotB: No hatred among party members No epic stuff, no fast leveling. Prettier PC choices, esp. Half-Elves (no more pig-faces, please), Elves (which do now have one new, acceptable because non-alien-like model), Gnomes and female Dwarves. Also please allow us to use some "normal" options for the genasi, such as normal eyes, hair or skin colour. Like in (most of) MotB: No forced companions. No stupid 4E draconians. If I play a Drow, I want to be hated. If anything is forced upon us like the Hunger in MotB, do not frustrate average players with it to make them use cheats. No world destroyer epic final boss. Like in MotB: Ties to the FR and its history, make the unusual stuff seem normal (as it should be for the characters in this world). It would be nice if the revisited stuff like the Crossroad Keep could be integrated such that the choices of a PC in the OC would matter... Well... I'll play it either way, it's just a matter of ok, good or superb

Damn, I'm not insulting enough even if I specifically try Disturbed - Defy

The way things look right now, it may be able to compete with the 260, with a lower price tag, even if nVidia lowered their recommended price today. We'll see on the 25th... All the rumors right now aren't very convincing and quite contradictory, plus, even if any of them were true, all the rumored benchmarks are made with unfinished drivers, and only the usual benchmarking programs and Crysis (plus sometimes CoD4, World in Conflict) are used which doesn't reflect the performance of games I'm interested in.

disturbed? man, you've got an awful taste in music... you are completely clueless, "good music" must be a term you never heard of, eh? Helium Vola - Lucente Stella

How does it sound? What speakers/headphones are you using? I ask because by the end of the year (yes yes, a long time still ) I'll build a new rig, and I haven't heard much of Creative's PCI-Express X-Fis (except the xtreme audio, which doesn't count)...

280? Frigging waste of energy. Waiting for the first reviews of the 260 and the soon to be released atis (maximally equal to lower performance, hopefully lower energy consumption, lower price). [edit]got the numbers wrong 208 -> 280

*g*Anyway, where does one get to play head basketball? Must have missed this each time

Moonspell - In and above men Hell yeah

Just take those headphones off already Mortiis - Smell the witch *dances*

Ashes to ashes (no idea what band this is from, sounds kind of 80ies gothic...)

it may be worth noting that it's only part of the truth, but I feared it was more than enough information for one post in a recommendation-thread already. There are just some things left out (like the 9 series supporting hybrid power, or probably rather nVidia allowing them via driver restriction to do so).

Companions named cohorts? That will join? Please no forced partymembers with inaccessible inventory! Thank you Storm of Zehir could be nice, but I'm not hyped really. Does anyone know anything about Zehir? A 4E god, apparently, and what else?

you get to the level of Keenan? Today I learnt a lot of background stuff on databases, and in a learning pause I optimized my system for the summer (and the electricity bill...) by undervolting CPU and Ram, and by installing an old, active NB-cooler to the bridge-chip of my graphics card. Little hotspot, that one... The card is severly underclocked now in 2D-mode, but unfortunately I can't adjust the voltages. I wish I had a current analyzer to see how much this procedure helped.

"45 nm CPU" means that the new Intel processors are made in a more advanced process using smaller structures. The E6300 for example was created in a 65nm process. Smaller structures mean possibly less power consumption and possibly faster clockable. 1333MHz FSB means that the communication between components on the motherboard (like the processor and RAM) uses this frequency. The FSB however doesn't play a large role, as it would have to be significantly faster (like 2600MHz) to bring benefits, so the next generation of Intel processors (coming by the end of this year) and their motherboards do not even have an FSB anymore (nor do AMD processors). Regarding the graphics cards models: nVidia chose a completely stupid naming convention, well stupid only if compared over the generations, as it does make sense in one generation of cards... They used a number, where the first part signifies the generation (currently available are 8 or 9 - examples: 8800 GS, 9600 GSO), the second part the place inside the generation (4, 5 = low end, 6 = mid range, 8 = performance to high end - examples 8800 GS, 9600 GSO). They sometimes added suffixes, but not all for all generations and places inside the generation (examples 8800 GS, 9600 GSO). It goes like this ("<" meaning "is slower than"): Generation 8 8500 < 8600 < 8800. Then they added suffixes: GS < GT < GTS < GTX < Ultra. For the 8800 GTS, three variants exist: 384, 512 and 768 MB Ram. The 512 is newer and faster than the others, except at very high resolutions and anti-aliasing options, where the 768 variant still leads. Generation 9 9500 (do they exist already?) < 9600 < 9800. They used the following suffixes: GSO < GT < GTX < GX2. BUT [*]Note that the 9800 GTX is the same card like an 8800 GTS 512 MB with slightly higher clockspeeds and a new name. It is slower than 8800 GTX at high resolutions and anti-aliasing options. [*]The 9800 GT is the same as 8800 GT with a new name. [*]The 9600 GSO is the same as 8800 GS with a new name. This also means that the 9600-Series are notably faster than the 8600-Series with any suffixes. This also means that the 9800-Series are more or less the same as the 8800-Series with the same suffixes. That means, a 9600 GT is faster than a 8800 GS, but slower than an 8800 GT (or 9800 GT), and thus should be cheaper than an 8800 GT. If it isn't, it's definitely not worth buying. Confusing, huh?

The thing with nVidia cards and Ram is that if the Ram is full, your game will begin to run very slow. That's why, if you want to go for resolutions beyond 1280x1024 with antialiasing, you'd better take a card with 512MB Ram. If a 8800GT is too expensive, how about a 9600GT? What else do you need explained?

What's the connection between 3GB modules/kits and triple channel ram? [edit] Oops, ok, ic now. Three ram-slots --> 3*xGB Ram

Some things worth noting: * All the named components are about 2 years old. You'd not have an up-to-date system. * ASRock is a brand for cheap motherboards. My girlfriend got one as a replacement for an ASUS, and it's actually better... You can get lucky with ASRock. * The E6300 isn't on sale anymore. It is clocked with 1.86GHz, thus a rather low end processor, even if it's a C2D. If you want to play current games, try to get a better processor, e.g. a e8200 or greater. General advice: Try an internet search site of your choice and enter <product name> review . Pay attention to the review date, and do read some from serious hardware-websites, not only price-grabber & co. customer reviews. Check the official website of the component's manufacturer and check for compatibility-info (e.g. does the mobo really support the selected cpu? do I need a certain bios-version?). If you want the configuration to last for several years, make sure components are up-gradeable (do current high end processors fit the mobo? how about maximum ram-capacity? etc).

Fields of the Nephilim - Blue Water I think Brad Pitt must have seen this clip... Compare certain characters played by him with with this clip from 1:15 and on

Fields of the Nephilim - Sumerland (Live Version from Earth Inferno)