Originally posted by creaky:

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They're only intelligent if they use reasonable amounts of memory :)
That's odd about GTA4, as i'm not into PC gaming i don't know it's specs, but i do know my xbox 360's haven't got that much RAM!. In fact i just googled it because i didn't know how much, it seems the 360 has a whopping 512MB RAM. I rest my case :)

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Originally posted by creaky:

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No, just airing my frustration with Microsoft (for example). Some company's coders take the proverbial, personally i think they just take advantage of the fact that modern machines can utilise loads of memory, and relatively cheaply. I'm certainly not anti Microsoft but i'm here running 'Macpup Foxy 3.0' which is basically (the latest) Puppy Linux 4.30 and it and all it's programs run very lean indeed (in fact the whole point of Puppy is to run in a tiny footprint), i find i spend more time (and more productive time) in this freebie lean OS, as time goes on i'm less and less interested with Windows 7 (well apart from XP, i'm still fond of that, but only because it's so stable). This machine's a C2D but Puppy is a joy to use on my P4 2GHz with 512MB RAM and in fact is equally a joy to use on the Athlon 2800, though that has got a gig of RAM (however Puppy uses virtually none of it). Just fired up the Athlon and the OS itself is running in a mere 157MB :o

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Originally posted by creaky:

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GM - The old xboxes are mainly for watching movies across the network, they're all softmodded and run 'XBMC' ie xbox media centre, the old xboxes are impressive as they'll even play 720p rips (with a bit of lag in fast moving scenes, but as most of my movies are under 720p it's a no brainer). Not bad for what are in effect P3 733MHz PC's with a huge 64MB of RAM :)
They are great for games too but i have them mainly for movies, i have one in each room, all networked. I softmodded my first xbox in Nov 2007, if you're interested here's my notes on said exercise ~ http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump.cfm/557450/3558187
The kids love XBMC, they have it down pat. And my main old xbox in the lounge has an infrared kit that i'd bought from the US, it basically allows turning the console on and off remotely via the standard xbox remote controls. I've got another 4 or 5 spare consoles, i might rig up another one for my computer room as i sent one back with the kids yesterday, eldest wanted her own multimedia console, they're fantastic things, wouldn't be without them.
Oh and sometimes we have 3-way Halo or Halo2 matches over the network.

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Well im confused LOL! Newegg has 2 different 955 Phenoms. And yet they're charging MORE for the supposedly inferior model. Unless they're in the process of changing they're prices ;) The cheaper model is supposedly the C3 stepping which runs cooler(Also has less reviews because it's newer). The C2 model is more expensive. Kind of strange! Looks like my future model came down a few more dollars :D

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcom...bop=And

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We tested several safety features and found we could squeeze more than 10% extra from each PSU. Of the three models tested, the Modu87+ 700W power supply delivers the most impressive result. We managed to draw up to 45% more power than its normal rated output. All of the other safety functions such as OCPs and Short Circuit protection also performed as expected.

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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My HAF 932 Hits 22 ½ inches without the wheels.

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