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If you already got the WC loop cooling the CPU, then you can probably pick up the 275 block(s) fairly cheaply. Used and especially outdated waterblocks are dirt cheap, just browse ebay and PC trading subforums... If you would need to build an entire loop from scratch, then yeah I agree it...

Tharic-Nar, thanks for the digging! That appears to be a new (or very, very updated version) plug-in... the last time I tried a Firefox plug-in that enabled Opera-like customization and tab-functionality the results were less than pretty. And very crash prone. As you said that doesn't exactly...

Crysis Warhead ran significantly better than the original Crysis ever did, and the last patches for Crysis even helped that game a little. From what I vaguely recall from an interview transcript, Crysis 2 will keep much of the same graphics and should be very playable, with some extra tweaking...

It should display correctly with black borders. :) HDMI is a two-way interface, so yes it should work fine regardless of what type of signal is sent through it. The monitor itself will be able to work with it as long as it's within the display capabilities of the device. In fact I stream...

For the Windows dialog box thing, I sometimes get it with systray icons but just selecting a command from the box or right-clicking a different systray icon gets rid of it. I also notice that issue with dialog boxes within the browser window (such as forum tooltips) when I have multiple windows...

I love game physics for exactly this reason. Totally unrealistic, but totally hilarious when crazy stuff like this occurs. :D

Portal II is already up on the store, not quite listed for preorder yet though... Frankly I bet their revenue is even higher. Much, much higher, if TF2 is any indication at all of what to go by. And given so many games tie in their multiplayer matchmaking system into Steam Friend's list...

Tech-Daddy, thanks for the update! That's a very huge thing to do and I'm glad the family appreciates the gift! Thank you for such a generous act of kindness, this world truly needs more of 'em and more people like ya. :)

My apologies then as I misunderstood your question! Probably the biggest reason you don't see 3D, multi-display, and PhysX combined is because 3D capable monitors are uncommon and expensive... and I've yet to hear of any games that actually do 3D well. Although that may just be me, as I...

Or first laptop... just a fraction of the price paid for mine would be a hugely capable system today, it's so saddening in a way! More as to the topic though, I've seen two deals that beat the best deal I could find on my father's 50" plasma by $100 already, apparently post-Superbowl is...

Haha, the more converts the better! ;) Unfortunately there STILL aren't any "official" tools to do this by Microsoft. This seems to be because they are concerned about piracy. Enterprise system admins can use a program to roll out installs via this method but it's not tailored for a single...

"His case was unique" probably just means nobody has come forward or was heard until now, I'd suspect. Or didn't lose enough images that they cared to speak out about it. 4,000 is a great deal of images, work, links, and commentary to lose. But that's why a "backup" is by definition a...

Did your friend change the boot drive or change the drive interface, for example from IDE to AHCI or AHCI to IDE? Simply changing which port the boot drive is plugged into can change this too because boards can have up to three individual controllers each with their own IDE/AHCI mode setting on...

Given how much money they toss around for the staff and players for the NFL in general, an iPad is nothing by comparison. It's surprising they haven't done so sooner given they can quickly update and change material to all players & staff at once at a moment's notice.

The phsical hardware aspect of Physx/CUDA aren't features that get "turned on" and cause the card to draw additional current. They are parts of the core that are already active and already always on even if not being utilized in software due to how they are built into the core's processing units...

What sort of performance figures do you see with your current RAID setup? I've seen NAS boxes test up to 100MB/s throughput via Gigabit ethernet using RAID 5. It depends more on the type of RAID and the CPU powering the NAS than anything else for the most part. Oh, and network configuration so...

Software is still software... every single ebook, and e-reader has programs that officially (or unofficially) convert between ebooks, PDFs, and even Word documents. Amazon has an application that will convert Kindle books for you, another exists for Barne's and Noble's nook book reader. To be...

The problem with SMART info is that it doesn't always mean anything... or it might even be normal as those results could be typical for old drives that have seen some wear. Here's what I'd suggest. Download SpeedFan and go to the SMART tab. There's a button that will perform an online...

A few console gamers I know loved that they didn't have to deal with DRM nonsense like this... with this title it's pretty clear there's one less advantage with console gaming now. I'm sure this will be only the start, regardless of how well or poorly this game sells.

Actually "typical" Microsoft would be to buy them out... but that isn't an option here. Did find the story to be hilarious. If you can't beat 'em then just copy their work, eh?