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Nvidia GTX260/SLI Questions in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

I was hoping some of the gurus here on the forums could help me out with a couple of question. I have a BFGTech Gtx 260OC, the 192 Processor core version. My system can go Tri-SLI, but it seems hard to find that exact card now. It's either the 216 core version or the Maxcore 240 version that I can find. Newegg still has it listed, but unavailable and Bfg's site doesn't even list that one in their available products anymore. So my question is would these updated versions still

Reply to Forum Update - April 6, 2010 in Forum Issues GalCiv2 Forums

I'll just do another post. I just tried it with the off topic section of GC2 forums. and I can't see anything from it's four subforums. That's how it's supposed to work right?

Reply to Forum Update - April 6, 2010 in Forum Issues GalCiv2 Forums

I just tried to check it for ya but it seems every time I hit "save changes" it removes the check from the box. Is your check staying when you hit save? Edit:NM I went back and it took after hitting save a few more times. Now I just need to see if it's working ReEdit: I just checked using your links Mumble and I can't see the posts from the sub in the main either. I'll do some more checking though.

Reply to Gaming and The Cloud in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I just went and poked around Onlive's site gathering some info and they do make it sound enticing. I like the idea of being able to take my game from my PC and continue it on my TV or wherever I want and the initial lineup of games isn't sounding bad at all. But alas I may already be excluded if I wanted to try it, at least for high res. Says it'll run standard def off 1.5 connection, no biggie there. It's HD though that may get me saying they need 5Mbps. That's right at my DSL and I

Reply to Forum Update - April 6, 2010 in Forum Issues GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Mumblefratz" reply="44" id="2585464"] It was as if my KB stopped working. I had to click outside the box and back in to get KB control back. What seems to be happening is that at some points the editor goes wild trying to insert a bunch of html code. If you're editing in normal mode you of course won't see the bogus html but your cursor will act strange and not sequence smoothly over text. Also the delete key and/or the backspace key will no longer function. If y

Reply to Forum Update - April 6, 2010 in Forum Issues GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks for the improvements, I always missed having spellchecker here to keep me from sounding totally uneducated :) I've had a couple of strange freeze ups in the past couple of hours on galciv forums though. Once the entire browser froze while looking at the recent posts list. I had to grab the titlebar and pull it out of fullscreen for sec and it unfroze. The other was in the reply box. It was as if my KB stopped working. I had to click outside the box and back in to

Reply to Gaming and The Cloud in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Yea, I figure it to become a utility just like electricity instead of a luxury. Instead of tied to your address just tied to you and wherever you are you just login to the world wireless web. I guess then it will be more like a world wide shield instead of web since it will cover the earth solidly. :)

Reply to The iPad Thread in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]That's the box.[/quote] Haha [e digicons]:grin:[/e] I guess I should off looked at the pic full size. You got me on that one [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

Reply to The iPad Thread in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

Ackk!! I opened the thread and the glare off that pic about blinded me, Is there anything even on the screen [e digicons]:grin:[/e] Sorry I had to do it :)

Reply to Gaming and The Cloud in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I have a friend in Australia and I was wondering how this is supposed to work for those countries that the entire internet business model is monthly/GB limits. That also includes most satellite internet users here in the US as well. Thinking about it, I could only see this becoming the norm if/when most of the world has affordable, low ping(re: no satellite), unlimited internet. Hopefully that is what the world is heading towards. Highspeed wireless from pole to pole, but it's still a ways of

Reply to Gaming and The Cloud in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Until everyone has reliable fast internet access I don't see it. Where I live if I moved 2 miles in any direction I would be stuck on dialup. Where I lived before this(and the area my Mom still lives) the best you can get is a 28K unstable as hell connection. They still have a long way to go to consider America connected enough for this to work. That's just an overall problem that most can agree on(at least those in these areas), but there is a lot of personal reasons I would never agree with

Reply to The Official Bearer of the iKOOLAID has spoken! All hail Steve Jobs!! in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

I just love me some Apple bashing :). Most ifad come latelys seem to have no idea Apple is only still around thanks to Bill Gates and Microsoft. Thirteen years ago Apple was in danger of going the way of the dinasour till Gates bailed them out with $150 Million dollars and developing some of their apps for Jobs and Co.. The very next year the first iMac rolls out and they're back on the map. Of course all this was a big help for MS as well. They were in the middle of fighting off a bunch of a

Reply to The Official Bearer of the iKOOLAID has spoken! All hail Steve Jobs!! in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

Here's a little article about the some of the issues reviewers found after a weekend with it and sharing it with others to see their reactions/how they use it. Pretty much a lot of the same complaints mentioned here and elsewhere, but a couple of new ones I hadn't seen as well.

Reply to 2012 in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Kinda hard to swallow a civilization being able to foretell the end of the world, but not have an inkling to avoid their own society's destruction. :)

Reply to EARTHQUAKES!!!!! in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Byebye Cali, was nice knowing ya. Say hi to Hawaii when you become neighbors [e digicons]:grin:[/e] Seriously though, there has been some crazy tectonic activity here in the last few months. I hope this isn't leading up to something even more catastrophic.

Reply to Just Cause 2 in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

After getting my controller setup I ended up back on KB/Mouse anyways. Didn't like trying to drive with an analog stick without having analog, I was all over the place [e digicons]:grin:[/e] . After playing with the mouse sensitivity settings I think I have it where I want it. I went and raised some hell at the NPP with the Ultars(or is it Ulars) and am having a blast. Since I game in moods I normally have about four different games being played through at once. An action game, a rac

Reply to Impulse gets Total Annihilation! in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I wouldn't mind seeing TA:Kingdoms on Impulse either. The game probably wouldn't of been so looked down upon if they had just not called it a TA game since obviously it isn't, but I found it to be a lot of fun. Played it almost as much as the original TA.

Reply to Just Cause 2 in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Umm? I'v mapped my controls nicely to my n52 and mouse (needed to put one macro on the mouse for the side button to jump).[/quote] I had to google n52 to see what it was :) . I'll try to use my Logitech profiler to map over controls, just usually lose the analog part if the pad isn't supported directly in game. Still would be better then driving with KB/mouse though. [quote]It is definately a multi platform release, but that doesn't mean port. I have a 360, but theres

Reply to Just Cause 2 in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I really want to like this game, but I am having a hell of a time getting into it. Maybe it's the controls. Seems like it would be more fluid with a controller(especially for driving), the mouse just feels a little "off" though I can't pinpoint how. The lack of any controller configs besides an Xbox360 controller is almost a gamebreaker. If I had a 360 controller I would probably have a 360 and not be playing it on the PC to begin with. Whenever I see that I think console port and that opens

Reply to The Official Bearer of the iKOOLAID has spoken! All hail Steve Jobs!! in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

Wow. You guys sound like CRTs were 20 years ago or more. I still have Viewsonic CRT I bought for $150 about ten years ago(about the time LCDs were coming out, but still sucked for gaming) that I still use as a second monitor. I decided a long time ago I'd replace it when it died, but after thousands upon thousands of hours and probably close to a thousand games to grace it's screen it's still going strong. It looks like someones taken to already trying to make an Ipad killer. Another

Reply to What Are Your Current Impressions of Windows 7? in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Much like Vista, W7 turns off drives not in use. But unlike Vista I haven't found a way to stop it doing it yet.[/quote] Not sure if this will do it for ya since currently I just have one multi-partitioned HD on the system, but try... Control Panel>Performance Information and Tools. You'll see "Adjust power settings" on the left. Then go to change plan settings. From there hit "Change advanced power settings" and you should get a treed window. Select hard disk and ch

Reply to What Are Your Current Impressions of Windows 7? in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

I was one of those that stuck with XP as long as I thought it viable. Had it from a few months after it came out up to a month or so ago. Had it perfectly stable and suited to me. More importantly all my games, whether designed for Win3.1 up to DX10 only worked on it.(a little trickery for DX10 :) ) Win7 brings some fresh air with it and I have very few complaints. My biggest gripe of course being some older games that won't work and may never work right on it. For instance, I have to

Reply to What are you currently playing in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

NFS: Pro Street(a better game than I thought it'd be at first) The Witcher Borderlands I'm a wait for prices to drop type of guy, why I am usually playing last year's games :) .

Reply to Impulse gets Total Annihilation! in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I finally got around to grabbing this excellent deal. One note that may or may not help others concerning the color mess at >1024x768. Everytime it does it to me at 1440x900 I just hit F2 to bring up the menu, hit options then sound. I don't even have to hit any actual options, just the act of clicking on "sound" to bring up it's menu fixes the colors right up everytime. This is on Win7 64bit, fullscreen and may not work for everyone/setup. This fixes it until my desktop changes background

Reply to Impulse gets Total Annihilation! in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

OMG! Who needs SupCom2? The game SC2 wishes it was is here now! [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]