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As some of you might already know, I'm a huge simulations fan ... SimCity, The Sims, The Sims 2, etc. Well, I just bought a new computer a couple of days ago, and it's running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. I installed The Sims 2 and all of the expanion …
I'm thinking of upgrading my gaming comp without spending to much. I thought changing the motherboard, cpu, and videocard and keeping the rest may work. Instead of dropping 3 to 4k on a blazing fast new setup. Drop maybe 1k into this one and be able to handle most of …
...and I'm also newbie, so this post could be moved if I miss the tread. Anyway,as I said, I speak (and write) english quite bad,so I'll try to be short: I need a, say, pro-opinion about characteristic and performance and possible problems about machine I'm testing right now. It's intended …
Quick! Tell me what Linux would be best for exploring Linux itself, and for programming languages and gaming? I am going to put Linux on my computer, but there are like 3,000 different kinds, and I don't make decisions. What's the recommendation?
Hi, Iwas having major problems with my desktop pc with admin problems and graphics card problems... so...I have opted to buy a laptop (mainly for school work)... BUT i would like to know if the specs for this laptop would run Counter Strike 1.6 smoothly or not: ( i know …
I found an ancient OEM version of Age of empires II and its expansion pack on a windows ME cd yesterday. Does anyone still play it? wanna have some mp matches?
basicly i want to set up a lan in my house and want to know what ill need and how to do it i want to have a wirelss conection to an upstairs computer for internet and then be able to plug pcs in downastairs and play games on lan …
Hi there, This problem is so annoying. When I am playing games (FSX, FS9, COD2, BF2 etc) my computer randomly freezes. I can't do anything, no ctrl-alt-del, alt-tab or slt-f4..nothing works! my USB ports also die, my joysticks lights go off. There is nothing I can do but reboot. There …
i own a compaq 5410us, 1.3 celeron 512mb running windows xp home, i use this mostly for gaming and lastnight i went to bed and left my game running, when i woke up the screen was froze, i couldnt get cntl-alt-del to open up to close the window so i …
I am going to build a computer for my 12 year old son for christmas. He now has a newcastle 3000. agp card, 1meg ram. I was thinking of amd 3700, 1meg L2 cache. pci express video card. I cant afford a FX processor. I have heard that a dual …
Hey, My problem is that my system freezes when playing games, I played war rock for around 5 minutes then it froze and I had to restart, it's been doing it ever since. My CPU runs at 34c idle or when just a few programs running and around 39c when …
Pentium D 945 (3.4Ghz) ECS P4M800 PRO-M Corsair 512 MB DDR2 128MB ATI Radeon 9200 PCI WIndows XP Professional SP2 First thank you for reading my post. My problem is simple and very complex :rolleyes: I have recently built the above mentioned system, this is a PC for my wife …
against orders i am posting a question... my system has some probelm.. hen i start a gam it shuts down after the intro movie.. its not the problem of the graphics card has it worked in a worse syste than mine . the error log is... FATAL ERROR! Program: f:\warcraft …
Hey all im sitting here at work bored half to death and listening to my Ipod. My only support call today was the receptionist not being able to work the phone switch properly and only involved pressing a C. But i just thought i might kill some time and start …
I suppose one must have been of sufficient age in the 1980's to remember the 80's gaming scene. I was 10-years old in 1981. What games do you remember from this era?(primarily I speak of arcade games as well as Atari game systems) What did you prefer and what did …
i a m here to solve a problem of mine.. it is ths.. my system has some probelm.. hen i start a gam it shuts down after the intro movie.. its not the problem of the graphics card has it worked in a worse syste than mine . the error …
my system has some probelm.. hen i start a gam it shuts down after the intro movie.. its not the problem of the graphics card has it worked in a worse syste than mine . the error log is... FATAL ERROR! Program: f:\warcraft iii\war3.exe Exception: 0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) at 001B:0306A6A8 The …
This problem only happens when I play Age Of Mythology at any given time during the game. Its happened on other multimedia programs but not offen. Just more so now when I run the game. The computer system completely freezes up including the cursor. And the speakers start buzzing loadly. …
Hi Everyone , ive just brought Flight Sim X for my dad on the back of the package it says , 32mb min graphics card ! He has a Sony Vaio with a ATI X600 and its so laggy and ideas i maybe able to try or does it just …
This is a problem with a Dell Dimension Xps Gen2. Myhusbands comp started getting green lines appearing on his screen .About a dozen vertical, maybe half inch wide. Sometimes he reboots and it goes away, sometimes he reboots several times and it goes away. He uses his comp mostly for …
Hey all you knowledgeable computer people! I use my PC more and more these days and know very little about it. I have dozens of questions from uninstalling programs I don't want to what are all those programmes running in my processes list in task manager? I don't know where …
Hi everyone im new to this forum and would just like to ask anyone from the UK who knows much about good prices of PC componants and also compatability because i would like to build a gaming machine of my own to run all the latest games like BF2142 etc. …
Hello, I am kinda getting into MAME arcades and what not, and My questions is related to that. I have found many front-ends for mame that run on window and linux. There are many great ones, but none of them have one particular feature I am looking for. The feature …
I've decided to take on a quick approach to something different besides what's taught in my class right now, but I digress. I was wondering what would be a smooth way to integrate not just one, but more than one characters in a turn-based fight. Do you think randoms determining …
Hey guys. I am currently considering building a PC. I have a budget of around £600 (that's $1,150 in USD) although I could probably stretch it a bit. I will mostly use it for gaming. So could anyone suggest a good setup? For now, I will probably stick with my …
i press on the launchpad that works the online agems where ya put ya password and username and all that and when i do that it frezzs it doz it with ever online game i got it stops at the launchpad for ever on line game i have the net …
I have been thinking about getting some upgrades for my computer. But I dont know what i should get. I play a lot of games on and offline so I cant just get cheap old upgrades. please help me!
hey, I play a lot of games online but some of them i cant play because i dont have the right stuff. I was wondering how often i should upgrade the following: motherboard, graphics card, prossesor, sound card, RAM, and any other upgrade that i didnt say.
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Hi, I have been thinking about upgrading my computer because it pretty much sucks. I mostly play game online like battlefield 1942 etc. but a lot of the games i want to get i cant play them because my computer sucks! well i really need to know what the best …
Hello, Couple quick things: 1. This post is only really of relevance to those living in or around NYC, or with friends/family in NYC. 2. Please don't consider this as spam, as it's not a plug to watch a TV show, buy anything, etc. 3. This is just a way …
I dont know if this is the right place to put this but I wanna build a server to play battlefield 1942 online with but I dont know how to could some one please tell me how to and what I need to build it?
everytime i play cod2 (just about) the game freezes at any point either on startup screen or in game. It freezes then the screen goes black and a small box with dvi written in it comes up in the corner when the image returns. at this point i cant mve …
[I]Heya all, My name is Shanda and I am in college for gaming art and design to make video games for everyone. I'm 21 yrs old and about to wed. [/I]
I want to get a 256MB Video Card that is less then $200 But will be good for gaming in the future. What should i do? Any Ideas?
Ok so im a student, just going into my senior year. my highschool is highly technological and all that fun stuff. so instead of waiting for my grad presents i would like to buy my self a labtop but i dont want just any labtop that is mobile. i want …
can anyone send me the details of writting a code for games in vb.net with an example
Hi, I recently got a new computer built for me, but when I am playing games, specifically World of Warcraft it keeps restarting itself. When I first had the computer less than a week ago I played Quake 3 on it and it seemed fine, then I put in a …
Hi guys. I am a huge gamer but also love macs. Hard to be both and I would love to have a computer that could run high quality games but also be as shiny organized looking as a mac. Anyway, with the new intel core duo processors in the MacBooks …
Hello everybody. I came upon this forum when I was actually looking for an answer to fix my pc upon the error of Generic Host Process Win32 error. Just tried one of the sollution given by 'somebody' to download this program from [URL]http://www.firewallleaktester.com/wwdc.htm[/URL]. If I'm correct, this helps to close …
Hi...I am trying to install a game for my daughter and it errors saying something about JIT debugger any help would be appreciated...Thanks! also on the game I am trying to install it errors and wont play after i install it...it says direct 3d renderer creation error.
So I bought World of Warcraft today and I loaded it onto my computer, Once it was done loading I clicked on it to start playing but it said " Windows is unable to start 3D accelaration make sure your video drivers are up to date." How do I know …
which one is the best? i have seen many people talk AMD is a better catch for gaming than going for intel based CPUs. which one is better? Has anybody experienced this?
It may offer a functional distribution of Linux, but the Linux kit for PlayStation 2 is also very much about making PlayStation 2 hardware accessible for learning how to develop games, and in the past year that the Linux kit has been available, we are pleased to say that several …
Hi, at the moment i am running:4x512mg kingston ram (2gb), amd 3800+(939), 580W psu, asus a8n sli, 200gb hd, + xfx 7800gtx extreme edition. I am wondering if the cpu is bottlenecking the systems performance at all (when playing games etc.) and if so what new processor would be appropriate??? …
I'm looking for a MicroATX format Socket 478 motherboard that has onboard PATA RAID. This is for a middle-end gaming/entertainment rig. I can't find it! SATA RAID is everywhere, and the closest I can come is a PCI RAID card. With limited PCI expansions, I'd rather keep it on the …
Hello, I just recently registered on this website as i have a problem. i used to have a nvidia geforce 5700 graphics card and i just recently updated to a nvidia geforce 7600 PCI-express graphics card and a 2.8ghz ASUS motherboard. All of my games worked fine before i got …
ok here are the specs - water cooled Athlon 64 FX-55, 2 6800 ultras in SLI, 1 gb corsair (i think) RAM, 300 gig seagate baracuda, A8N-SLI MB PCP&P SLI PS. ever since i built this bad boy i never was satisfied with the performance. i obviously built it for …
I have a amd 754 pin cpu and im thinking of upgrading to the sli board they have for that processor but i hear it cant use the new sli drivers. Thats what it says from the shop im thinking of buying from. Does that mean i just use the …
Hi All, I am an experienced Java developer and since a few weeks I joined a project which involved real time rendering of 3D objects and interaction with those objects. I have a problem for which I hope that an experienced 3D programmer can help me. Usage: [LIST] [*]I’ve rendered …
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