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Yeah, kudos for working out how to draw a good character.

It's more a point of personal interest ... my father fought in both theatres of WW2, so I'm about as familiar as I want to be with the conflict, AND I don't particularly enjoy the "kill the N4z1z0rz!!!1" theme of games.

If the PC is in the upper, newer spec, then there it is negligible (i.e. < chance of console game not working) that the PC won't play any game.

I read a review recently (Custom PC, I think it was) that found too much RAM (4GB) caused other problems with caching, etc, and made performance worse.

Maybe. I'm not a big war fan (first-person perspective: quite a fan of general's-pov countries versus each other, type war).

Which explains why you don't know what you're talking about. The Quake games changed FPS forever: they married great technology and narrative AND great sound track (music by Rob Zombie and Sonic Mayhem); Quake 3 Arena is STILL one of the top three online shooters. FWIIW, Quake 4 is okay, and I'm enjoying playing it. It is MUCH better than Doom 3 (I have the expansion on order: picked it up for

Um, I waited until I could get the Collector's Edition of Quake 4 (which includes all the Quake 2 games) was available for a bargain price:

Just as some consumers look for better long-term value, some are happy to pay a premium for higher quality. ^_^

Should be fine ... one of the E3 presentations mentioned that the minimum video spec was Shader Model 2, which is well within the 6600's remit.

Don't forget harddrive: the Raptor is brilliant and arguably more important than CPU. Gromnir makes a good point about the monitor: you'll be staring at it for a long time. Your choices are all great, maybe use OCZ RAM ... you haven't mentioned sound card or I/O (mouse and keyboard), either ... After playing Quake 4 today, I now have less games I want to play (FEAR, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, etc), because my 'puter is not fast enough to play them ... *goes off to play Tomb Raider on the PSone ...*

I'm not a fan of foreign alphabets ... I have enough trouble trying to learn English ...

Well, Europeans have always had a soft-spot for appeasement, success notwithstanding ...

As I have only just purchased I am not able to be a lot of help, in a timely fashion (yes, Eldar, you convinced me to at least attempt to learn Attic Greek).

Best advice I can give you is don't scrimp on your health. Find the best qualified doctor you can: an orthop

After you! Seriously, you are advocating an isolationalist policy AND a unilateral ELE forced-termination policy. Simultaneously. Okay, maybe this is more appropriate for you ...

Cows are known to eat dirt when they are lacking in key nutrients (that are

My bodily fluids are protected as I do not drink water processed in public utilities ...

It's funny 'cause it's true!

Iraq did not put the Constitution of the United States of America in danger. Al-Qaeda did, or so the American media says, and Afghanistan was "cleaned" for harboring them at the time of the 9/11 attacks. Doesn't anyone remember G.W. Bush's "mission accomplished" speach on that aircraft carrier? Iraq was supposedly invaded for having WMDs that could possibly threaten the US(and the rest of the world), WMD that were never found, either because they don't have them anymore or because they are well hidden and the inspectors didn't have time to do their job properly before President Bush launched his famous pre-emptive strike. American soldiers are still in Iraq because if they leave, there will be a civil war for control of the territory(and oil) that used to be kept in line, albeit with an iron fist, by Saddam Hussein. If my country would be invaded I would fight to the death to protect my family, my home, my rights, my way of life. Which is why I would've liked that my country had mandatory military service incorporated in the education system, so that I would have the means, the skills to fight. Joining the army to fight and die so that men of power can have more power does not seem quite right to me. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Astr0, the point is that the Armed forces are at the command of the democratically elected government, and not able to create their own policy. Even if the most Senior General disagrees with the government's policy, to oppose it would be a coup. And that would be against the (legitimate) government, which would in fact be against the people of the country. Change the policy through the system.

That's one beefy memory module.. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> :"> 1MB. " Really enjoying the second (Greco-Roman) level (starting with St Francis' Folly). Just took possession of:

No computer can keep up with proofing Volo's work ... "

... And the US hasn't signed up to any treaties with the International Court, so there is no jurisdiction for their authority in US legal space.

Alzheimer's is a sure sign you are not a young pup anymore ... "

Right, so no-one is calling for blood; let's tactfully close the curtains on this one, then.