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    Huge Role Playing Game....?

    Hey all, About a year ago I heard of this online role playing game that was huge. I guess people subscribe to play it. It apparently takes a LONG time to play and is based a lot on Moral Decisions. Do any of you know what this game is? It was a game that I think most of the public...
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    Playing games while in school - ports blocked

    Hey all, I am trying to help a friend out. This friend is in college right now and last semester was able to play games (like Warcraft, Counter-Strike...etc.) while on the school network. Some people ruined it for others. While playing these games doesn't take up a huge amount of...
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    Annoying XP My Network Places....Help

    OK, here's the deal. I am so annoyed by the fact that Windows XP puts a discription in front of the computername in my network places. I am in a 1200 node network here and I have to look through about 200 Servers/PC's in My network places to get to things sometimes. I loved how Windows...
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    How do you all feel about Jesus?

    Hey all, I just wondered if any of you here ar Christians? You don't have to be one to answer this question obviously, I just wondered. How do you all feel about Jesus? I am a Christian and I love Jesus very much. I just wanted you all to know that you could ask me stuff if you wanted...
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    Help with Cooling this system (pics inside)...

    I desided to start a new thread cause I was done bashing Arctic Silver :D So here it is -------------------------- :D Here are some pics of my case and the inside. Any thoughts on cooling etc...? http://www.server-mechanic.com/amd/blacktower.jpg...
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    Is their a Xi-Base Member Gallery....like HWC had?

    Just curious... Is their any type of Xi-Base members gallery? I know HWC used to have one............still does I think! Just wondered :rofl: Laterz
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    Arctic Silver 3 Sux!!!!!

    Hey all, Just wanted to let you know. I built a box with an Athlon XP 1800+. I built it about 4 weeks ago. I first put it together with the factory (retail) thermal pad on the bottom of the heatsync. The processor ran at about 104F (40C). I then took it back out and carefully scrapped of...
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    Cisco Certification or Not...?

    Hey all, I have a quick opinion question for you. I hope it's in the right forum. I didn't think it fit in hardware. I am an MCSE, who is not sure which direction to go next. I feel that Cisco may be good, but it is losing market share. I don't know if I should get started on CCNA, or...
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    Gonzo's Avatar...

    Gonzo, That is a crazy avatar. :D The person hitting the drums looks like they are using cheer leaders *pom-poms* every time they spin the sticks. LOL I just thought it looked kinda weird. I don't have a problem with it.....just noticed the pom-pom thing. HAHAHAHHA :D :worm:
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    Another Pentium lover just turned AMD!!!

    Yo, Just wanted to say that I just turned into an AMD Lover. I'll never go back to Intel. I had no idea how much of a bad a$$ processor an Athlon is. I just bought an Athlon XP 1800+ (1.53GHz) and it BLOWS AWAY the Pentium4 1.7GHz boxes I have a work. What a difference. Long live AMD...
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    Athlon Temps not being overclocked...??

    Hey all, Quick question...But Before the question: I hate Celsius temperature listings :D I'm a good old American and I use Fahrenheit. I have an Athlon 1800+ that is running about 109 degrees Fahrenheit. Is that good. Is their a temperature that I should watch out for? Without...
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    MSI K7T266 Pro2 losing IDE Drive after cold reboot....help!

    Hey all, I just built me a new box, and it works kick butt. I however have one problem. If i simply restart the PC, all is fine. If I shut the PC down, and wait a minute or two before I power it back on, it can't find my IDE drive. So I then go into the BIOS and auto detect and it is fine...
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    How do each of you bring in the Flow?

    Just curious.... How do each of you bring in the Flow? a.k.a - What do you all do for a living to bring home the cashflow? ------------ I'm a network engineer (MCSE, MCP+I). I work on servers, switches, routers, and the like to keep up a network of about 800 PC's. About 1000...
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    Wassssup with tha Gainward GF2 Ti 450....?

    Hey all, Just bought a GeForce2 Ti 450 by Gainward. Hope it's a good card, I have heard good things about it. I'm hoping that this will be a better card than my GF4 MX440 64MB DDR (which I have been disapointed by). Got it for $85 on NewEgg. They had a GeForce2 Ti 450 TV and a...
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    Question about GeForce cards - and stuff...

    Hey all, I know GeForce cards seem to be the shiz-nit :D right now, but I have a few questions. First off, I hear that there is a GeForce 3 (regular) and a Geforce 3 Ti 200 and Ti 500. I also heard that the regular GF3 smokes the Ti200. What gives?...and can you still get 'em? It...
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    OpenGL or D3D for UT with GF4?

    To those of you who have GeForce cards of some kind: If you play UT (Unreal Tournament) what do you use? OpenGL or Direct3D I have a GeForce 4 MX440 64MB DDR, and I use OpenGL for Counterstrike and it plays great (100 FPS). I however am getting about 60-75 in UT with D3D. I can get...
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    Question about HardwareCentral (HWC)?

    Hey all, I used to post quite a bit on HardwareCentral. Lately they seem to have like nobody posting. Did all the HWC folks come here? What do you all think of HWC? I posted a question here this morning and got more replys in 1 hour than I have in 2 days at HWC. You guys...
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    Need higher FPS with my GF4 MX440 64MB DDR...

    Hey all, I think I need some help. I just bought an Abit GeForce 4 MX440 64MB DDR. I love playing UT, Counterstrike, and Tribes2. It looks good in all the games but the FPS is down. I just moved from a Voodoo5 5500 64MB AGP to this GF4 MX440. The FPS are worse in UT and Counterstrike. I...
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