I've been looking at laptops recently to help pick one out for my sister. She needs a new laptop and only uses it for web surfing, emails, office related tasks (Words, Excel, publisher, etc) as well as watching dvds and tv shows online. So she doesn't need alot of power, however, because she uses it to watch shows, a 15" screen would be ideal and the small netbooks are out of the question. Also she only wants to spend $500. My parents are going to pitch in to help as part of her birthday/christm...

The story is that I recently picked up a job (which I wasn't planning on), and since I have all my required expenses already paid for (rent, utilities, food, etc), I decided I could put this extra money towards a new computer. I already started this off last week--after we finally got power restored last Wednesday night (was out since Sunday afternoon), the power supply unit had finally given up the ghost. Since the case was really beat up (was second hand when I bought it a few years back), I d...

Hey there, I am doing a study course in class right now and I am asked by the instructor to look at the the price vs. performance ratio in a good AMD X2, or a good Intel X2 Processor.Then I am supposed to do a report on one and I am finding it hard to choose between the two that I found to do my report on, here they are... I have found out that Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 Wolfdale 3.33GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor is a good bargain for the price of 269.99 USD, and it has a very goo...

Guide to PC gaming By Gilgamesh Intro The computer is home to a bunch of good games, and still is. PC is hands down always the most advanced, most noticeably in the graphics department. If your new to PC gaming, or just confused in hardware requirements, terminology, or w/e then read on! Building your computer, its so easy a Caveman can do it! If your thinking its too hard to build a computer, and only the geeks can do it, or that its too expensive then your wrong! With a bit of studying, resear...

Istaria on Linux Created by Jacob Strandlien. Feel free to use and distribute. Yes, I managed to pull it off. It took months of tinkering with it off and on, but last night, I finally got Istaria fully-functional in linux at 10-15 fps! I'm finally free from the Tyranny of Microsoft! And as I promised on Order's marketplace channel last night, here's a complete, step-by-step how-to, from installing the operating system to getting rid of screen flicker when Istaria runs. I explain things in enough...

The MSI GX700 lists on newegg a few hours ago for $ 699 Stunning. Maybe too stunning to be really good (quality) ? www dot newegg dot com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152082 Brand MSI Model GX700(9S7-171948-225) Color Black Piano OS Windows Vista Home Premium CPU Type Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 2.4G Screen 17" WSXGA+ Memory Size 3GB DDR2 Hard Disk 320GB Optical Drive DVD Super Multi Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T8300(2.40GHz) 800MHz FSB 3MB L2 Cache Chipset...

Hey everyone. I posted something along the lines of this already in another thread (entitled "crap..." I believe) but thought it would make a good focus discussion for people who have lower end computers or just want help understanding the visual settings of the game. Now, in the game options there are a variety of effects. View Distance - How far the game renders into the background. Easily one of the most straining setting on a video card. Setting this lower will gain FPS (Frames Per Second fo...