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    Router Brands

    I gotta say first of all I would much prefer wires and do run unsightly wires myself, thats a small negative for the performance I gain over wireless but I suppose it depends on what you do really. Router wise I used to use Netgear but it seemed to be struggling, I had about 3 wired and 11...
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    What was your first gaming machine or pc

    My first PC was an Intertan 386 SX running at 25Mhz, It had 2MB RAM and a 40MB Hard drive, I remember upgrading a DX maths co-processor, one of its special features was its 512kb VGA card. No CD ROM Drive because they weren't invented till a few months after I got it. Prior to that it was...
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    Answer with question??

    Yes it is but where is the statement?
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    N64 best games anyone?

    I've gotta go with Golden Eye, many a 1v1 night after the clubs
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    Disk Space Policy Change

    LOL Im sure X10 dont just have 1 x 2TB drive, im pretty sure they are using a SAN and thin provision everyones account to some extent. If you have an unlimited account your space (folder) will grow as required.
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    who is COMPUTER Engineer here

    I sell Servers, SAN storage and virtualization solutions for a living.
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    20 ways to protect your google adsense account-earn money safely

    Thanks for the update I havent looked at any adsense stuff will be taking a look soon.
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    Free Software Suggestions

    I found this useful in the early days for designing the site Software Category: Web Design Software Name: Web+ Starter Edition Short Description: WISYWIG takes the fun out of html Link: http://www.serif.com/web-design-software/
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    My BF 3 Settings - whats everyone else getting

    You can download an application called fraps, just install that, press f12 in game and your fps will come up in the top left hand corner, you can also do video capture with fraps as well (although I saved a full screen hi-res, high fps video with 30 secs of footage and took up 1.2GB - so...
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    My BF 3 Settings - whats everyone else getting

    I dont run windows with a swap file on my SSD drives, also run a few Virtual Machines as well, would thoroughly recommend an SSD drive though. Anyone out there on BF3??
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    My BF 3 Settings - whats everyone else getting

    Just thought I'd give you my fps with my 2gb 5970, tested using fraps (using driver version 10.9 - 10.10 still seems very flakey and messes up in Windows a lot imo) System is 4.4GHz i7 930, 24GB RAM, Win 7 64bit Ultra, lots of watercooling 1920x1200 All settings on Ultra no AA = 110fps...
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    Input wanted for new tech book

    Personally speaking the hard stuff will come with time if people are willing to learn, the most difficult part initially was actually getting everything setup, I have been in IT for 20 years but I come from a hardware world and software is an entirely new thing for me to get my head around. I...
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    Post your specs

    24" 1920 x 1200 Screen and a 20" 1920 x 1080 screen i7 930 at 4.6GHz check link :) http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1376404 (CPU temp 39c) 24GB RAM now 2GB XFX Radeon 5970 (temp 30c) PCI-e OCZ Revo 120gb SSD and OCZ Vertex 2 120gb SSD Lots of watercooling All crammed in a...
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    Whats The Last Game You Bought?

    Battlefield 3 on pre-order, still have months to wait for it though :(
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    Windows 8 Dev Preview build

    I will try and have a look at some point, I have a spare HDD or two laying around which I can install to, but still happy with Win 7 at the moment, its a shame Win7 wont have the same sort of lifespan as XP which because it was out for so long like server 2003 has become a really stable platform...
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