Recent content by Medion

Shortly after Acroig sends me an infraction for personal attacks (which I deserved), he responds to a post of mine with a personal attack launched at me, then closes the thread. While I did use the word "retarded", it was meant to be aimed at the comparison, not the person doing it. I'm familiar...

I ask this, because I've come to have a different perspective on things lately. And please, don't take this as "I'm an NV fanboy, I hope AMD goes out of business." I consider this a speculative question with no totally right or wrong answer, but rather, multiple viewpoints that are all correct...

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/11/ocz-debuts-alchemy-gaming-peripheral-line-with-elixir-keyboard/ For people who use basic keyboards, like me, this looks pretty sexy. Anyone seen them in stores/online anywhere yet?

Release Date: July 8, 2008 Pre-Order ($36.99): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832233005 Demo: http://www.gamershell.com/download_27216.shtml Just starting a thread for the full release. Already pre-ordered mine, and supplied a link for anyone else interested in doing...

These prices are the lowest observed prices on www.newegg.com as of October 10, 2008. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAQ: Q: What is the point of this thread? A: To make it easier for you to find the right video card for yourself, in...

Background: These benchmarks aren't going to seem very impressive. Due to me playing World or Warcraft for too darn long, I've fallen way behind on gaming. I'm now forcing myself to finish my backlog of games before buying anything new. I'm pretty close to buying something new, and as I do...

The Radeon HD4850 has done something that no GPU has done for several years...it's effectively simplified GPU shopping. You typically want to find your budget for a new GPU, and then find the best performer in that budget. Going by street prices, here's how this effectively shaped up about 2-3...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&Subcategory=48&Description=&Type=&N=2010380048&srchInDesc=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=&PropertyCodeValue=679%3A32704 Sick deals. Cheapest one is $122.99 after rebate. The PALiT Sonic (1GB, overclocked) is $149.99 after rebate. EVGA's card...

One of the HardOCP forum goers got his card, and compared it directly to his 8800GT in Crysis. He paid $189 for the card. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1316858 On one hand, I'm impressed, as the lower 4800 model compares favorably with the 8800GT. I would have liked to see other...

On the setup to my left. Yup, a 9600GT. 1680x1050, no AA, 16xAF, max quality CP settings. Min-4 Max-29 FPX-10.15

I went looking for these head to head comparisons a few weeks ago, but couldn't find any. So, I've decided to do one in case anyone else ends up in my situation. I was building a new PC, and the mobo came with Realtek's ALC885 HD Audio codec, which is currently their highest end codec (their...

MS tries to keep everything to a standard, to limit the diversification needed for programming on the PC. However, I'm not a fan about how they can't practice what they preach. One obvious example is how they nuked DirectSound3D in Vista, converting all DS3D calls to stereo. That was some...

Not the most reputable source, but... http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7713&Itemid=1 Here's how I see this. NForce is not exactly a quality chipset. They're unstable with poor driver support. The main reason to buy it is SLI, which NV have kept from Intel. If...

I'm curious to see where people stand on Vista in relation to XP. Since I'm mainly curious about Windows adoption, Mac OS and Linux won't be options here.

Well, my nForce4 SLI died on me. Problem is, it's Socket 939, and you know how AMD just LOVES to release new sockets more than new CPU architectures. So, getting a new S939 mobo was out of the question. This meant a new mobo, which meant moving to DDR2 or 3, and a new CPU. So I said f*ck it...