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Don't know what prices are like in America, but over here in Oz you can get an AMD CPU as cheap as chips. My 6400+ cost the same as the cheapest Intel still on the market (about $200 AU). Plus, it'll be a long time before it needs upgrading, saving me both money and trouble down the road. GPU...

I just upgraded to Vista, which is actually pretty good. However, there are two problems I have found: 1. Kept switching resolutions when first installed. 2. Some programs and games don't run. For the first, I had uninstalled XP, reformatted my HD and installed Vista. When I started...

After months of testing and thousands of ideas, I gave up and upgraded. Now have the following, which cost me $1100 AU: Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit OEM MSI K9AG-Neo2-FD Mainboard 3.2GHz AMD Athlon X2 6400+ Black Edition Dual-Core CPU 256Mb Galaxy GeForce 8600GTS (Factory Overclocked...

Don't play WOW for 12 hours straight. Easy fix. Lol

I tested with the house fan, and got some pretty good results. CPU temperature dropped from around 55 to 35 (running at full speed) and motherboard dropped from 40 to 30, and I did not get a slowdown at any stage during my extensive testing (played games). This tells me I need better airflow...

What driver is your card using? If you go into Hardware Manager (assuming you are using windows) and select you video card properties, you can change which driver you use. There is also a rollback driver button, just in case your card is still using the updated driver.

Test Games Games I've tried are Xpand Rally Xtreme, Oblivion and Counter Strike Source. All had same results, so I tested with Xpand Rally Xtreme: Had same results running on 800x600 with minimum view distance, no anti-aliasing, lowest texture quality etc. as I did with 1280x1024, max view...

I have recently put together a computer with the following specs: AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ Dual Core CPU XpertVision GeForce 8600GT 256MB GPU Asus M2N-MX SE motherboard Corsair XMS2 1Gb RAM x2 Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA HD LG GSA-H62NBBK DVD Re-Writer It is in a PowerHouse E18 Mid...

Toffee is good... Pour loads of sugar into it and then dunk it into high-concentration hydrochloric acid - instant, burning, expanding toffee!