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So.. about Fallout 3

Good game, I find it a lot better designed than its predecessors. I had heard the main quest was very short, so I am having fun exploring and doing the other quests, which certainly seems to keep me busier than the MQ. Whenever I get lost a simple look at the quest screen and the map puts me...
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- Post #24
- Apr 17, 2009
- Forum: PC Games
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Will 16:9 resolution be the new standard for LCD monitors?

Not really, because width works best. I am not talking about exotic dimensions, but only the 16:9 and 16:10 widescreen formats. You have to use some common denominator, so we look at equivalent resolutions, similar screen measurements, etc. Diagonal size is misleading because that can result...
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- Post #93
- Apr 17, 2009
- Forum: Displays
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Will 16:9 resolution be the new standard for LCD monitors?

You have been confusing field of view and screen area in this discussion. Area = pixel x pixel at a fixed pixel pitch, or simply height x width in cm or inches (if resolutions and pitch are not equivalent). You get more screen area at 16:10 than you do at at 16:9 if one of the measurements is...
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- Post #88
- Apr 17, 2009
- Forum: Displays
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Will 16:9 resolution be the new standard for LCD monitors?

As far as I can tell the 16:9 monitors today are mostly TN. Looks like they are trying to make a cheap and popular technology even cheaper and more popular. I'd consider a non-TN 16:9 monitor a waste, to be honest. You lose overall viewable area. When configured properly a game in 16:9 seems...
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- Post #36
- Apr 16, 2009
- Forum: Displays
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Did Atari not learn anything from EA and 3 activation limits?!

This is pretty horrible. Imagine if more software took this approach - maintaining your PCs would become a total nightmare.
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- Post #129
- Apr 16, 2009
- Forum: PC Games
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Securom on Games

Thank you for this highly informative thread and for sticking with it. When I started gaming, the rule of thumb was that the original version worked if you could afford it, and the pirated version of the same game probably did not work well at all, but was really cheap or even free. For the...
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- Post #171
- Apr 14, 2009
- Forum: PC Games
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Will 16:9 resolution be the new standard for LCD monitors?

16:9 is a pretty crappy cheap format and quite useless unless you're gaming on a console or want to watch movies without the black bars - and even then not all movies come in 16:9 aspect ratio (far from it!) so you will still see black bars even on a 16:9 screen (it's either that or picture...
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- Post #20
- Apr 14, 2009
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

Possible new addition to the list - inexpensive H-IPS panel: Philips 240PW9 I've been shopping for a 24" monitor to serve as a good all-rounder (text document work, gaming, movies, a little graphical work) and was looking at the HP LP2475w, considered a good monitor from most points of view...
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- Post #6,724
- Mar 26, 2009
- Forum: Displays
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what kind of panel was the ComeMon CPD-174 LCD monitor?

I've been using a ComeMon CPD-174 heavily since around 2001 or 2002 and am astonished that it is still performing as well today as the day I bought it. But, at 17.4 inches diagonal, it has become too small for gaming and movie watching. Does anyone have any idea what kind of panel this...
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- Thread
- Jan 13, 2009
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Displays
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Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

Fun game, creepy, atmospheric, well-written. I never finished it, and I have not been able to install it on Vista (though I think that may be because of damage to the CD).
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- Post #13
- Dec 17, 2008
- Forum: PC Games
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Vista downgrade stats

Obviously, but why are you bringing that up? We would never put Vista on hardware that does not significantly exceed the recommended (not minimum) system requirements. As I said, we put Vista on new boxes that we build on a regular basis. It's not old hardware, it's current. It's not enthusiast...
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- Post #14
- Sep 10, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Vista downgrade stats

We've kept a couple Vista installs for general purpose, but everyone is back to using XP and the machines we installed Vista on have been downgraded (we didn't buy new Vista PCs, we tested the OS ourselves on the PCs we build on a regular basis). It doesn't look like we'll be buying Vista en...
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- Post #12
- Aug 21, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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P45 or X48 - Which is the best & newest?

The p45 is cheaper, uses less power, and (I think) runs cooler. Also, because there are more p45 in circulation than x48, I'd say BIOS and similar issues are likely to be resolved sooner and more thoroughly. Unless you are overclocking a lot I don't think you will notice a difference between...
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- Post #10
- Aug 20, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Gaming Motherboard Recommendations

I would pick an Intel chipset from Gigabyte or Asus, as Intel logic just works miles better than nVidia. Even then you have to choose from the p35, p45 x38, x48... all have several variants and many support DDR3. In terms of performance I do not believe there are huge differences between models...
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- Post #2
- Aug 20, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Vista downgrade stats

I am involved in 6 or 7 fairly mature tech companies, the largest of which is a 300+ person, 10 year old web developer and service provider. I can tell you that Vista opinions throughout the companies are pretty negative, I don't think you could pay our IT managers to upgrade to Vista for free...
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- Post #5
- Aug 20, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems

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