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Thanks I'll try it; just a bit hard to reach the lever to push the card out on the motherboard - I'll get around to it. Thanks again.

So after what I presume was a bumpy ride for my pc in transit using national post services, my graphics card produces artifacts on startup. But when I boot into windows 7, the artifacts are gone and windows reports a code 43 'the hardware reported errors' for the graphics card. So is it somehow usin...

I've tried reseating everything but to no avail. I'm taking it into the repair shop for a diagnosis. I expect its the motherboard. Will know in about 3 days. Thanks for the suggestions though.

Recently, I left my PC in the hands of my sister who unwittingly tried to change earphone jacks behind the PC. I wasn't there to witness this so I have no idea what she did, but it won't even power on now or enter the BIOS. The PC has been working stable for the last 6 months. At first I thought thi...

sure gideon, thanks. I'll give it a look. ATM im just waiting to get that patch. Fixes a lot of things that I'd like to see fixed (and then I'm going to start over too hahaha, at lvl 24).

heck yes getting it. :D. Hope it'll offer something more than crysis did.

Sacred 2, eve-online, final fantasy XII

oh btw gideon maybe you can post a screenie of where to find this guy who collects instruments?

I got sacred 2 and so far I'm pretty impressed. Reminds me a bit of dungeon siege II which i really liked. playing light campaign with seraphim. I also played a game over the net with a friend using battleLAN and it worked out pretty well so far, except for some lag :/. I think the patch would solve...

Eve-onine, cnc 3 tiberium wars, bioshock. just finished mass effect, great game.

12822 @ stock

Guess if I pushed to 4 ghz I would hit 14k. Happy enough tho.

There is a 1gb variety of the hd4870, by connect3d, and I assume other companies might come out with something along the lines of that in the near future. Might be worth waiting for.

This tbh. Now you just need a thousand batteries too...

The best use of the lcd for me is instant messaging when playing games/browsing and not needing to alt tab. Other features, meh.

cheers for reply, guess no name brands can be hit and miss, ah well.

I've got a psu problem. Simply, when I connect the 20 pin and 4 pin connector of my 550w psu to the motherboard and I hit the on button it refuses to power up (no led indicators on the motherboard or anything). How i realized this was due to the psu was when I connected the identical connectors of m...

Thanks for responses guys. I've resorted to the E8400 in this case, only slightly more expensive than th E6850, and dual core seems the way to go for gaming atm. What sort of OC can I expect with stock cooling on an E8400 (supposing a good motherboard)

So I'm building a new (gaming) rig and would like some advice on what CPU is better for gaming purposes: an E6850 Core 2 Duo (3ghz) or Q6600 (2.4ghz think, quad core). It boils down to the fact that currently few games make use of quad core processing, and as such the higher clockspeed of the Duo wi...

Well the arguments stand that gaming is different from other media's in that people are more engaged in it; in movies, they watch someone pull the trigger, in games they do it themselves. That is not to say, however, that movies and games are dissimilar, but gaming does provide an extra edge. Indeed...

This is a thread for discussing the nature of violent computer games. Do violent games encourage aggressive behavior in reality? Or do they help in relieving stress? In addition I'm conducting a one minute survey on this issue, and would appreciate it if any could take it. http://www.questionpro.com...

really? http://rr.pc.ign.com/rr_obj/016/016746.html and those are the reader reviews for the "old" eve, as you put it. True, this game might have not been so good upon its initial release in '03, but plenty gamers were very pleased with the game back then. But thats besides the point, I wa...

yes, most excellent eve is, however, its a tough competition between eve online and WoW. it depends what you're up for, but in some cases i would choose eve above WoW.

sorry for bein a pain o's but i'm having a problem with my pc. I cant seem to use my keyboard in games. i am unable to hold down a key as after a while it doesnt register as though the key is not held. I have a microsoft wireless optical desktop comfort edition... i have exactly the same model as t...

aright, ill try get my hands on that stuff. arent i running a risk tho, cuz cant that stuff eat thru the plastic? anyways, im willing to try, cuz silver polish is the same as brass polish basically. if it works, ill credit it as "ultimate dammod supreme life-saver ps2 disk cleaning method"

my story just gets sadder. here's why: Exhibit A - my first original GT4 bought. arrives here with no cd inside: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v678/100pesos/DSC02536.jpg As luck would have it tho, we were having friends visit, and they managed to buy me the game. they arrived here, and i played ...