Quote from cyberjunkieCheck the price difference between the HX620 and the TX650. If it's tiny, take the HX620. Even if you don't care about modular, fewer cables and better airflow is a nice thing to have
It £22 more for the HX620. That and it has triple rails that give the same power as the TX's single, not sure if this is actually important or relevant though. One review I read said the triple rails on Corsairs all come from the same place so theres no benefit or some such rubbish.
Had a hunt around reviews, guides and peoples opinions and come up with this inital suggestion?
Inno3D GTX260 896MB Freezer X2 Fan:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/162001
Read some very good reviews of this card, plus the price is a lot lower than other 260's let alone ones with custom cooling solutions. The fact it's humongous is not a problem as the only other PCI card I have is right at the bottom and in a P180B case, there's room for a small child.
Corsair 650W TX
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135514
Still can't fully decide on modular/non-modular/single rail/split rails. But this seems more than enough and I have lived 22 years without a modular PSU without losing sleep.
My gf's sister hated Wall-E and said it was lame and boring. Nearly knocked her through a window.
Yawn.
Haven't even got the first yet.
Valve really need to get a new IP to rape.
Also, not looking to spend over £150 on the GPU, so thats pretty much the newer ones gone. Just can't justify that much cash at the moment.
I've been out of the tech race for years, especially the GPU side of things as I never needed it at Uni due to needed CPU/RAM power for rendering. My current GPU is a nVidia 7900GS 256MB and till last night I thought that was ok, after all it runs everything I play (HL2, TF2, Burnout Paradise) at 1440*900 at high settings, but no AA. It even ran Crysis at a decently medium/low setting where it looked nice and had 30fps.
I bought GTA4 last night and after spending about an hour trying to get it to let me set my res at 1440*900 I find it will only let me use low settings and then barely scrapes what looks like 5fps! It looks worse than San Andreas on low settings to boot!
Fuck you Rockstar.
So I need a new GPU and probably a PSU to go with it as my 450W probably won't cut the mustard anymore.
Core2Duo E6600 (2.6Ghz OC'd to 3.0Ghz)
4GB RAM
nVidia 7900GS
450W "Real-Power" Coolermaster PSU
Looking for decent brands in PSU's (Coolermaster have been good for me, no problems in 2 PSU's, but what else is there aside from Corsair?) and whatever wattage is deemed normal now. Plus whats the current high/mid/base line of nVidia GPU's.
I had a ATI card once and it was rubbish, nVidia have always been good to me but if theres a bargain to be had on the ATI said let me know!
Help!
P.S. If anyone has any cards they don't want....
Copied from another forum, probably mostly speculation but anyway:
[ Nasty Internet E3 Rumors ]
NONE are confirmed until E3 happens... take with a large amount of salt.
- Nintendo to release brand new Metroid game (as in side scroller) on VC only sometime this year
- New Hitman game will come out 2010 + will have new agent take up the role as lead char. Eidos and id were apparently 'burned' by film!
- New Tomb Raider to be shown behind doors, not online, will 'revolutionize' the series (for the better i assume).
- Little Big Planet on psp will feature 'sackgirl' as the game's main promotional item.. aimed at girls maybe?
- Microsoft to announce significant price drop in hard drives and wireless adapters as part of a 'friendly consumer' range.
- Fallout: New Vegas to release in December, will have several DLC packs weeks after launch.
- New 24 game exclusive to ps3, release to coincide with season 8 next jan.
- No news on new Mario or Zelda for Wii although Spirit Tracks is supposed to 'surprise fans'.
- Mass Effect 2 a timed exclusive on 360 and PC.. PS3 version to be released 6 months after the 360 and PC release.
- Bioshock 2 to have online side missions where player controls little sister... nothing major but interesting
- Recently announced expansion for GTAIV (the ballad of gay tony) will end with look into next GTA game, set to come out fall 2010
- Phil Harrison signs back with Sony..
- PS3 Slim does exists but will NOT show at E3... apparently sony are waiting for current PS3 stock to sell before an announcement
- Capcom re-booting Resident Evil series for 2010. no other details though.
- Assassins Creed 2 to feature online co-op with unknown younger child as the second character
- Final Fantasy XIII - North American PS3 Release: 12th Jan 2010
- UK broadcaster Sky TV will feature on Xbox Live, like NetFlix, allowing for tv, movie and documentary streams
- Forza 3 to feature motorbikes, increased online player size and Live connectivity to YouTube
- Gran Turismo 5 on PS3 coming early next year, looks INCREDIBLE!
- Guitar Hero 5 to feature support for DJ Hero decks; DLC to be released that mixes both games together for simultaneous play.
- Modern Warfare 2 to feature online cross-platform play on 360 and PC... includes 16+ new perks and sizeable maps (depending on players)
- Rare release Perfect Dark on XBLA during Microsoft press conference on June 1st... GoldenEye to also come sometime this Fall.
- Max Payne 3 to feature online play for up to 16 players and uses slow-motion in a 'completely unique sense'.
- Metal Gear Solid 4 + Oxide is Xbox 360 exclusive and features Devil May Cry sections where you play as Raiden; will last about 10 hours
- Wii HD exists, costs $300 with bundled Red Steel 2 + motion plus + hd capabilities... goes up to 1080p HD res.
- Halo 3: ODST is the first of two Halo 3 story expansions. ODST out November 17th. Halo 4 in early stages and still years off
- New Guitar Hero game for PSP called 'Roadie Riot'..features classic GH game as well as side-scrolling sections + story ala Brutal Legend
- The Getaway re-announced for PS3 and (oddly) PS2.. developed by sucker punch, Sony published.
- And lastly for today, new colours for the Wii will be shown at e3 and rolled out at Christmas. pink, black, red and blue were confirmed.
Gunman Chronicles
I was probably the only person who liked it and thought it was amazing at the time. 
Quote from st0lvenice read.but they lack another sniper, the one from Stalingrad.
Well the Russian one from Stalingrad was apparantly exceedingly generous in his kill reports and still didn't even come close to the Finnish guys kill count.
Looks good.
Just have a free demo that is time restricted (an hour or so) of race restricted (i.e. you can only have 5 races online before you have to buy)
Flour in the hair dryer is always win.
For cleaning, really depends on the dirt. Hot water with vinegar (lots, buy a big 5l tub) should cut through most grease. Then get out some brillo pads (depending on surface) and use your muscles.
One of my girlfriends course technicians (Photography degree) makes his living between being a techie and selling stock images.
She also makes a fair bit of money off the back of her projects as she usually appeals to hearts and minds with her animal portraiture. Quite often gets more than enough to cover the cost of the prints/ink for her degree (often £150+ a month). Helps obviously being with like minded people and have the network that the course brings.
One thing for sure if that "joe public" definitely won't respect you doing portrait style stuff with a compact. All they see is big bodies and big lenses and anything less is amateur.
Quote from VoodooBensheefor my son
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Fantastic game, don't just let your son play it. Myself and my girlfriend are having a whale of a time playing it co-op. Trying to get 100% completion now in Free play
Quote from duxCheap, good looking, extremely reliable (it's a honda) good MPG ratio and handles awesome.
You missed out terrible visibility and a rock solid ride.
I'd have the Scirocco as it's basically the prettier sibling of the Golf.
After seeing EagleEye in the cinema, I wanted the punch the attendant for letting me waste my money on that. A chick flick would have been more interesting.
Regardless of what Albatros does to his map, the people at RnL will still hate it 
Always were lame.
Now fast zombies with guns....
Play through it on Hard.
Fuck me it was haaaaard. Took me months to get through it, had to sum up each encounter with its pros/cons on whether to fight or run like a girl. Big daddys took 6 direct hit grenades to kill lol.
Started playing on Easy and found it boring, I'm halfway through and can pretty much kill anything with the wrench and a Plasmid hit.
