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Have fun Remember to burn the negatives...

Not high enough for Joystiq to bother reviewing it. Minigames FTW!... not Some day, some human rights organisation will start a campaign to have mini games banned and there will be much rejoicing.

Pervert Physical media does indeed seem to become a dying breed. At least from a PC gamer perspective. Time to hoard all those old boxes and disks? They might become worth a fortune some century from now. When all is said and done though, most if not all of the stuff you can get in digital form from internet stores is unessential entertainment products. If you don't like the business model, time to find a new hobby. Reminds me that I still have a metal miniature army or two that needs painting

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Start of old thread End of old thread As they said down at the Casino, "Craps happens!" Let there be Fallout

Looks like I'm going for the XFX (Black Edition). Asus and Gigabyte has a reputation for not following reference layouts (according to a number of tech blogs and OC forums), Sapphire wasn't too impressive quality wise (although the speed and compatibility was execellent) and HIS and MSI is... completely unknown to me. So, the above wins by default

Watch at your own risk. You might end up sitting and humming "Get Perpendicular..."

Do they? I think this was the point all along. Games appear to be created exclusively to entertain, which doesn't fit with other definitions of art. That means so many millions people, musicians, poets, writers, singers, painters, actors etc. have been wrongly classified over the years. They weren't artists, they were... something else. Poor Shakespeare and Michelangelo

Executive summary: They had a royal family that, while not being particularly progressive, wasn't too oppressive either (all things considered). A junior member of the family then murdered them all and seized power, deciding to run the country in a completely authoritarian and abusive way. Nobody really liked the new guy.

Obsidian makes cutting edge knives!

DRM is just a way for companies to express how much they hate their customers. Some are in favour of brutal, corporeal spanking of their customers while others just tell their customers how much they suck for buying their products. It is not limited to the gaming industry, as the movie industry is very bad in this regard too.

Uh huh... That is why all we have left are bad shooters and RTS's Bastards, you've murdered all the good games.

Which is why those gangs are so eager to kill anybody who threatens their share of the transport market in Mexico. Street Prices were at the time of this article $175K (for what you paid $300 in the source country). The trafficking can employ a lot couriers and hitmen and still make some string puller filthy rich.

Good question. Is it on-line configuration? Your OP mentioned dual channel specifically. Edit: I think I found the place. Tried to run a Desktop Studio xps 9000 through the configuration process. Lazy bastards doesn't tell exactly for the configuration. 8Gb is explicitly mentioned as dual channel and 12 + 24 Gb as tri channel. No info whatsoever on the 9 Gb. Any chance you could ask your rep to verify? It does make a difference

I tried to go with the i5 for the Turbo Boost performance but as you've seen there isnt a decent video card option for that config. Ive decided to go with this: PROCESSORS Intel

The End?

Start of old thread End of old thread Zombi Holocaust. Yeah, I'm sucker for those old dead good movies.

I use it on rare occasions, like at gunpoint when no other option is available, and then only the pay without having an account option. Happens once or twice a year. Anyway, Samorost 2 added to the bundle. "Retrofitted" to the bundle for those who already bought it

A permanent residency application I got tired of always living on a temporary business visa that needs renewing. I think I'll stay for a while. Did the two sessions of my medical examination last week. I'm disgustingly healthy. I should do more violence to my body. Got a copy of my police record from Denmark. Waiting for the (similar) papers to arrive from New Zealand and the Australian Federal Police (I'm probably going to regret those speeding tickets).

I haven't played the games, so I didn't have any expectations before watching the first one. Same deal with Silent Hill

Aww... Finished second part of my test today. I think it went well, but reality will knock on my door within the next two weeks when I receive the score. I sure hope they assess the language and not the technical merits of my suggested urban infrastructure changes

Yeah, excuses. Pesonally, I think they should be given their freedom. I can't remember the group verdict on the Resident Evil movies, too lazy to browse backwards in this thread, but I actually quite liked those (bought all 3 on dvd). Sort of sci-fi'ish I suppose.

I wonder if you would think the same way when they come and pick you up in the night, because one of your neighbours reported that there has been a light on in your garage at night the last five days and you get stripped of your citizenship, locked up in a non-disclosed location with no contact to the outside world for an indeterminate period of time.

Heh, nice to know I'm not the only one in the world to have that particular experience. I've sort of got my mind set on this particular type of card though, not to mention already bought cooling solution for it (which wasn't cheap at around 150 Euro including shipping), so I just have to tell myself that it is better to burn out than fade away

Whee, so Powercolor, Asus, XFX, Sapphire, HIS, Gigabyte and MSI all make 5970 cards. That will help narrowing down the selection process... not Only difference seems to be $100 between the cheapest and the most expensive. I seriously considered the Sapphire Toxic, but I wouldn't expect the cooling solution I've ordered to fit the double ram. Added a WD 600Gb Sata3 Velociraptor (10K RPM) to my cart while trying to sort out the gfx question.