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The GC controller is absolutely perfect, except for the tendency for the sticks to not center after heavy use (minimized on the wavebird0, and its lackluster button positions for fighting games. Also, lack of analog buttons. It is clearly the most comfortable however. I can also say that Microsoft outdid themselves on the 360 pad, its easily the best PC compatible pad out now.

Bahahahaha yes. I approve.

I am always surprised at how many people would pay you to build them a computer, you just have to ask. Its really quite an easy way to make money if you know what you are doing.

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I can guarantee you that 99% of people out there that work and service computers don't have a degree of any sorts. It isn't something you learn by schooling, and I personally know that the real world experience that I have fully qualifies me to do the work that I do. In this business, you learn by experience. I can only assume its the same for him. Age isn't really a factor either, as I am only 19.

The HD3850 still outperforms this slightly, but its still a good buy. I don't know what nVidia's deal is with a 192 bit interface, the 384 MB of memory isn't enough to make up for it. They would get better performance with a standard 256/256 interface.

The Core 2 Duo is actually an assload faster, not even near the same speed. Also, it was more the issue of cooling the Pentium D chips over anything else that made BTX arise. Many OEM companies still use it, as it is technically a less expensive platform, since they can easily cool the processor and everything else with one fan. Saves cost in the long run. BTX was really a last ditch attempt by Intel to force AMD out of the OEM market at the time, since (conveniently) the BTX form factor does not work with processors with an on die memory controller. This is due to where the memory is placed on the board. It will likely fade away into oblivion once Intel's new Nehalem processors come into production later this year, as they will have an on die me memory controller.

Huh. I didn't think companies required you to do that anymore.

You mean like verizon DSL or Cable? That wouldn't have anything to do with it, this is likely a problem with your router.

That sounds like a scratch, you could try a Disc Doctor or go to blockbuster and get them to fix it.

In other words, he is a giant tool.

Are the revised 65nm 360s out yet?

What few of the people that are bitching realize is that this is a necessary step if they want to have bearable load times at all. Blu-Ray has ass horrible load times, period. It simply cannot read the data fast enough off of the disk to make load times bearable. Rearranging the information on the disk helped a bit for Oblivion PS3, but they were still worse than the 360 version. This has long been the weak point of Blu-Ray, especially in the realm of data storage. If you seriously cannot wait 20 minutes you need to have a longer attention span.

Just for future reference, never ever EVER buy a hard drive off of ebay. Magnetic storage is so cheap nowadays that its better to buy new and have the assurance that what you are getting will work. People like to put broken or near-failing hard drives on ebay in the hopes that some schmuck will take the bait.

Get an old Linksys WRT54G and flash the firmware with DD-WRT or Tomato.

*opens mouth* *closes mouth*

...yeah, you will probably need to replace it. I suggest the Corsair 450VX.

WiC isn't THAT demanding graphics wise, I can play it at an average 30fps on High with a HD3850 and a X24000+ at 1440x900. Crysis will kill pretty much anything, I thought that was universally understood.

Probably not actually, what brand is your current PSU? The rest of it sounds good, ive heard of people getting the e2160 to 3.2ghz on the stock cooler, more with water or larger air.

He could theoretically keep it for a bit, but if he wants to play upcoming games at higher resolutions he needs to upgrade. I can almost guarantee that above 1024x768 a 256mb X1650 will choke on Crysis/World in Conflict/etc... Anyway, the real bottleneck is his processor. If he has what I think he has (a single or dual core 939 Athlon) then World in Conflict will be either unplayable or slow.

You are going to need to be more specific with what processor you have, as it determines what kind of RAM you can get, and overall if your current machine is worth upgrading in the first place. Also, if you want to play anything more demanding than Half Life 2 that X1650 has got to go. Also also, this needs to be moved to tech help.

Adam Sessler proves once again that he is the last remotely good thing about G4. http://youtube.com/watch?v=VBTh1xy5XAI

I have one if you want it, I can get it to you tomorrow.

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