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Where are the sub-$400 1070s?

Jet.com is where it's at for PC stuff these days: -Forgo free return shipping for ~$10 off -SHOP10 for 10% off -Use the Upromise portal for an additional 5% off -Upromise credit card (no annual fee) for an additional 5% off -Sallie Mae high-yield savings account for a 10% annual match on...
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- Post #17
- Aug 18, 2016
- Forum: Nvidia
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Battrlezone 98 redux $11.99 on sale, what do you think?

I've been a PC gamer for about a quarter century, and only three games ever truly captured my attention: -NetHack (ASCII Roguelike) -Battlezone -cRPG (mod for Mount & Blade Warband) Battlezone's graphics were astounding for the time, and it melded action and realtime strategy elements like no...
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- Post #9
- Aug 4, 2016
- Forum: PC Games
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Google/Motorola Mobilitys Moto X Outpaces Competition with New Innovations

Because maybe you don't like lag? Have you even used a Moto X (not played with one in a store; actually used one for daily tasks)? Moto X subforum on Android Forums are full of people like you that thought they could get any phone to do everything they wanted through...
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- Post #41
- Oct 10, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Google/Motorola Mobilitys Moto X Outpaces Competition with New Innovations

OK, here's an article where someone tried to emulate the Moto X experience on an HTC One GPE, and failed: http://www.geek.com/android/no-you-cant-re-create-the-moto-x-with-apps-1568497/ Have you found anyone that has successfully replicated the moto X experience on another phone? Devs are hard...
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- Post #36
- Oct 10, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Google/Motorola Mobilitys Moto X Outpaces Competition with New Innovations

It's fair to say that the Moto X combines the best aspects of IOS and Android (intuitive and lag-free, but you still have total control). Not to mention the phone just feels perfect in the hand. Yes, you can add Apps/launchers/ROMs/etc to partially replicate all or some of the Moto X features...
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- Post #32
- Oct 10, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Google/Motorola Mobilitys Moto X Outpaces Competition with New Innovations

Moto X forums are full of people that sold their S4s and HTC Ones in favor of the Moto X. You can't use a Moto X for a day without being won over by it. I don't know or care if it's "innovative" but it's the most usable android phone yet.
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- Post #25
- Oct 10, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Google/Motorola Mobilitys Moto X Outpaces Competition with New Innovations

The Moto X is so damn usable, I don't even think I can consider the new Nexus when it's released. Moto has raised the bar. -No lag, ever -Active notifications is a killer feature that can't be properly replicated on other phones with an app. -Moto Assist is brilliant; it immediately knows...
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- Post #20
- Oct 10, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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AIO Wireless available Nationwide!

Both AIO and GoPhone are operated by AT&T, they aren't MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) like Net10/Virgin Mobile/etc. So they have full access to AT&T's network (because they ARE AT&T), and I believe they will roam on other GSM networks just like an AT&T contract customer would.
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- Post #15
- Sep 6, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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AIO Wireless available Nationwide!

There are people getting those kind of speeds on GoPhone in metro areas, so GoPhone would have a serious advantage over AIO for you. Out here in the sticks, 8mbps vs. 4mbps weighed about as heavily in my decision as 2GB hard cap vs. 2 GB soft cap. In the end it just came down to timing; I didn't...
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- Post #12
- Sep 6, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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AIO Wireless available Nationwide!

I'm getting 8 mbps on HSPA+ on GoPhone in my area, so AIO would be about half the speed. Either one is plenty fast for anything you should be doing on a phone with a 2GB data cap though.
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- Post #10
- Sep 6, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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AIO Wireless available Nationwide!

I just bought a Moto X from AT&T off contract, and I was debating between AIO and GoPhone. As far as I can tell, AIO throttles to 8 mbps on LTE, and 4 mbps on HSPA+, and gophone doesn't throttle (you get same theoretical max speed on gophone as contract AT&T, but contract users get first...
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- Post #8
- Sep 6, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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GTX 660 SLI vs. HD 7950 vs. GTX 660ti

AMD 7-series=stutter in some games SLI=stutter in some games 660Ti=just works I'd say stick with the 660Ti until AMD works out all these stutter issues.
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- Post #5
- Jan 10, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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660 Ti vs HD 7950

I used to be the type that would always buy the higher-performance option (for any tech product), even if it meant I had to tweak to make it work properly. Thousands of "tweaking hours", thousands of dollars worth of failed components, and a new baby later, now I just want stuff to work out...
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- Post #29
- Jan 3, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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What was the last game you played that made your jaw drop?

The original Doom. The jump in graphics from Wolfenstein (the previous state-of-the-art shooter) to Doom was a quantum leap. Far Cry 1 was pretty awe-inspiring, as was Crysis 1. But neither made my jaw drop the way Doom did in 1993.
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- Post #77
- Jan 2, 2013
- Forum: PC Games
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660 Ti vs HD 7950

It looks like the consensus on that thread is that the AMD 7-series card produce superior average fps than their price-equivalent Nvidia competition, but frame latency is a very real and measurable phenomenon that is worse with the AMD cards. BrightCandle owns both 7970s and 680s, and confirms...
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- Post #21
- Jan 1, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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