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by franpa
Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:38 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: upgrading video card from geforce 6600gt PCI-E
Replies: 5
Views: 15783

yea, i got a 600 watt thermaltake power supply, got it like 4 years ago :P
by franpa
Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:43 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: upgrading video card from geforce 6600gt PCI-E
Replies: 5
Views: 15783

i think im gonna settle on the 7950GT, its a huge budget inflation, but... what ever.
by franpa
Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:38 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Fav. firewall
Replies: 12
Views: 25669

Trend Micro Internet Security does a fine job at pissing you off if you set the security high enough to have to click 50 prompts EVERY time you want to play a game online ;)

i turn off most of the prompts and manually work the firewall ;P
by franpa
Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:16 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: upgrading video card from geforce 6600gt PCI-E
Replies: 5
Views: 15783

upgrading video card from geforce 6600gt PCI-E

hi, I'm looking at spending 200$ (AUD) or less on a video card and don't know exactly what to get, theres not much point in getting a geforce 8xx0 video card because a new direct x standard is expected soon. I've looked and still have no idea what would provide equal or better performance, what i do...
by franpa
Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:34 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Tell us about your computer!
Replies: 287
Views: 464948

hey, got my memory, so now my pc is complete again <3 i got a gig of ddr2 800mhz ram while i wait for ddr3 to become available near me. also, CPU temperature dropped from 60 degrees Celsius to 15 degrees celsius ;) (25 degrees approx. when under load) and the CPU fan runs incredibly quiet compared t...
by franpa
Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:19 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Tell us about your computer!
Replies: 287
Views: 464948

2 dual cores does not equal a quad core (it does equal 4 cores tho) :P quad cores are inferior to dual core processors at single threaded programs.
by franpa
Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:47 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Tell us about your computer!
Replies: 287
Views: 464948

yes but physicaly its only 2 processors each a dual core, neither is a quad core, larry used the term quad core wrongly.
by franpa
Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:47 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Tell us about your computer!
Replies: 287
Views: 464948

means he has 2 processors each with 2 cores...
by franpa
Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:18 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Tell us about your computer!
Replies: 287
Views: 464948

less backwards compatible :P
by franpa
Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:26 pm
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: opens and closes in XP ( NES Emulator)
Replies: 32
Views: 22879

heres the best idea you will get ! RTFM !
by franpa
Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:25 pm
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: Crusader No Remorse Problem
Replies: 37
Views: 28739

ah, open the CFG file with notepad.
by franpa
Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:27 pm
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: Crusader No Remorse Problem
Replies: 37
Views: 28739

so you installed it to c:\Crusader? well then, try looking in the games configuration files if it has any and change the path to look at C:\ instead of C:\Crusader .
by franpa
Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:46 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Tell us about your computer!
Replies: 287
Views: 464948

heres a update to my computer, im getting the motherboard and CPU next week (which is really soon :)) and have already gotten the new DVD Burner. if my memory is incompatible then ill upgrade it to 6400 800mhz memory or if possible, get some DDR3 memory :). edit: adjusted the memory setting. -------...
by franpa
Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:14 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: World of Warcraft
Replies: 19
Views: 26340

ah, ok then :) lol abyss is almost as hopeless as me, maybe even MORE hopeless :jester:
by franpa
Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:02 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: World of Warcraft
Replies: 19
Views: 26340

www.blizzard.com go find out about starcraft NOW!
by franpa
Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:47 am
Forum: General Off-Topic
Topic: wardrich appreciation thread
Replies: 15
Views: 15589

wardrich wrote:
franpa wrote:who's wardrich? never heard of him before. . . xD

WHAT? GET OFF MAH FOREMZ
YEAAAH, WARDRICH. I WAS JUST KIDDING, YOU ARE MADE OF AWESOME AND UM, AWESOME! HELLZ YEAH!
by franpa
Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:22 pm
Forum: General Off-Topic
Topic: wardrich appreciation thread
Replies: 15
Views: 15589

who's wardrich? never heard of him before. . . xD
by franpa
Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:36 am
Forum: Game Creation
Topic: TinMan47's Lounge
Replies: 97
Views: 218694

hahaha tinman47 is so fucking cool, I want to marry him :)
by franpa
Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:11 pm
Forum: Game Creation
Topic: TinMan47's Lounge
Replies: 97
Views: 218694

tinman has a thread thats over 4 pages long? oO these forums have degraded so severely it isnt funny.
by franpa
Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:39 am
Forum: General Off-Topic
Topic: Linux_Partition
Replies: 21
Views: 37722

hehe to remove partitions under winXP, just run the disk management tool and right click on the other partitions and choose delete :) of course this does not let you adjust the windows partition because windows is in use -.- thus if you wish to extend your windows partition you will need some third ...