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  Might and Magic 2-5, although they came out in the early 90's : Magitek
  • That's kind of too old in my book. Not that I mind. After all I played U7 a while ago and still love it, ... : yes4me
• nice optional features: - Networking - 3D : yes4me
• there will never be a best PC RPG. you need to encompass too much for any one development team to put to... : artillery
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  In my opinion, the best, most lasting, most replayable RPG for the PC is JAGGED ALLIANCE 2! : Poor Yurik
  • Runner up: Daggerfall : Poor Yurik
  • Ok ok... I heard that already... I am waiting probably like you JA3... but don't sweat too much. Even thr... : yes4me
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  Planescape: Torment is the undeniable winner for me : hawkeye
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    yeah ive heard thats awesome, but its hard to get nowadays : paganritual
    • negative, i got it a best buy for $10 last week. it was packaged with some game called soulbringer : synaptic revolt
  • Yes, evil twin. : lazarusb
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  morrowind is very cool ... but no weather other than rain and night (which isnt weather but im just makin... : paganritual
  • the first rpg i ever played was "bane of the cosmic forge" which i believe was the precursor to crusaders... : strider_
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    There are windstorms as well. :) : Delithio
    • yes, how could i forget those STUPID MOTHERFUCKING WINDSTORMS THAT NEVER STOP ... ARRRGGGHHH!!! but i sti : paganritual
  • what's wrong with the weather? It does everything except snow (because it's a damn volcano). : johnny appleseid
• planescape:torment is my favorite, but it doesn't have all that stuff you asked for :( but! if you have : strider_
• morrowind, probably. although there aren't enough monsters, the forests aren't very thick, and it doesn't... : vodor
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  leisure suit larry 1 : electric_monk
  • ^^^ that brings back memories. "You got toilet paper stuck on your shoe!!" : El Tigre
• Almost anything from BioWare, BlackIsle, Beth soft and Origin (RIP) : Overbyte
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  Planscape : Torment is the best RPG I've played in 22 years... : mrtony
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    I really liked Planescape Torment, check ebay or Amazon marketplace. For $10, you can get Fallout 1 an... : rainbowsheep
    • Walmart has Torment and something else in those "ValuePak" things for $10-$15 bucks. : Delithio
• Bg2 + TOB is a good rpg to play. good characters, good story, plenty of areas to explore. different paths... : clue
• from what you described morrowind by far meets those qualifications better than any of the others, oh and... : fragasm
• Morrowind and BG2+ToB are fucking win. You'll get a LOT of gameplay time from them too. They're differe... : DinK
• Final Fantasy 6 on ZSNESW over a network/hotseat-tpye deal. : Juno
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  Diku MUDs. Addictive as hell. : hamm
  • This is the best post of the year. : Deathlove
• Planescape Torment is an excellent RPG, with memorable characters, great dialog, and an interesting setti... : Finestaut
• Nethack : harvord
• Torment lacks forests, mountains, boats, and most animals, and it also lacks weather cycles, but it's sim... : EvilDolemite
• GOTHIC : SlamDunk
• Morrowind if you want first-person, NWN if you want isometric. : V0lk
• Either Torment or BG2 : x-eyd|mary
• There are way to many to choose from. Fallout 1 and 2 are great as is the Baldur's gate series. NWN can b... : Fyunch Click
• FALLOUT 2 : ctlaltl33t
• Gothic and ARX FATALIS if you ever played and enjoyed ultima underworld, GET ARX FATALIS, it came out ... : Nighteyes
• Anyone remember Septerra Core? I like the premiss but it seemed like they didn't do anything else right. : ilacas
• Nucular snow and acid rain? Then Fallout is yar game. : Mad Brahmin Disease

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  bf1942 : lacker
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    the XBOX, PS2 AND Gamecube consoles have all been announced and released since DNF was announced, right? : c0bra
    • DAMN MISREPLIES! : c0bra
• Pong. : declspec
• Deus Ex. : Rev. Trimble
• quake III? : AllYourBase
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  /looks into future Doom3 will be on that list. : stump
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    if id software releases 2 games in the time that it takes them to make 1, DNF better be at least twice as... : archon
    • prey : thekidd
• unreal tournament : burrito
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  don't do console games, those are way too easy : AllYourBase
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    we need an all inclusive list. I wanna see 1000 posts here. : burrito
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      consoles are wayyy to easy, every gamecube game, every xbox game, every ps2 game : AllYourBase
      • every GBA game. The GBA itself. : slax0r
• Max Payne : Shadore66
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  warcraft3! geez! : artillery
  • diablo2 as well? : vodor
• warcraft iii : darkling
• GTA3, HITMAN 1 and 2, warcraft 3, AOM, the list goes on. : Cosmicfool
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  ut2k3? : SPAZER
  • UT even : pyide
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  A shitload of Raven games : Magitek
  • sof2 was, sof1? : SPAZER
• Team Fortress 2! Oh....wait.... n/m : Edges
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  hyperspace delivery boy : cheshirecat
  • ZIING! : on_a_beach
• AoM : sys$manager
• 8 different dance dance revolution games : AllYourBase
• Doom 3 most probably. : Nullzero
• the entire gta series : -=ZooL=-
• raven shield, rogue spear, rtcw, nfspu : SPAZER
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  i can't remember when dnf was announced : electric_monk
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    4/25/97- On Monday 3D Realms will announce that Duke Nukem Forever, a sequel to Duke3D that should be rel... : burrito
    • my god hahahhaha : sikander
• maybe FF7, definitely FF8, FF9, FF10 and probably FF10-2 and FF11. : slax0r
• nolf2, nolf1 ? : Malk
• swat 3 : SPAZER
• mohaa : SPAZER
• DIAKATANA : burrito
• jedi knight 2 : Malk
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  Golden Sun, Golden Sun 2, Metriod Prime, Metriod Fusion, hell, the entire GBA library up to this point. : slax0r
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=6029058 : Cosmicfool
    • sorry, didn't see that. i'm not too familiar with pc games. : slax0r
• Quake 3 : TheCrazyPickleMaker
• BF1942 : TheCrazyPickleMaker
• Extreme Painbrawl. Empire Earth. Tribes 2. C&C RA 2. Simcity 3000. Ground Control. Hitman 1/2. The... : hodapp1234
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  Empire Earth : hodapp1234
  • whoops posted it again ;( : hodapp1234
• quake4? :( : on_a_beach
• americas army : SPAZER
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  unreal 2 : SPAZER
  • maybe : SPAZER
• All of the Above ^^^^^^^^ Oh yea...I am the one. : dysfunctional
• chess, othello, checkers, unga-ooga (pointy stick), unga-ooga-ooga (pointy stick 2) : hawkeye
• Jedi Knight 2. Episode 1. Episode 1 Racer. Civ 3. Commandos 2. Commandos 1. Fallout Tactics. C&C R... : hodapp1234
• most ps2 games.. all Gamecube games all Xbox games the fall of napster seen 2 differnt presidents (cl : locobastard
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  this thread really puts things in perspective. and oh, what a sad sad perspective it is. i still thin... : voltron
  • i'm sure they're doing it just to inconvenience us all : vodor
• Why is this post messed up? By: Burrito <letter icon> It's not all on one line. : c0bra
• BMX XXX : sansonuke
• All of "The Sims" : *metal*
• Black & White : Nighteyes
• Tribes : Vorlonesque
• too easy, virtually every game release in the past 4 years : jidar

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  its pretty amazing how it worked out really well. I have no complaints at all. except maybe to see the ... : jedi_27
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    That's another good thing about the xbox though...We have enough harddrive space so we can actually get p... : wykd
    • Just as long as there is more "content... ie maps and shit" I'll take the patch. : marblehead
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      i am not sure how i feel about that. its one thing to add features and give the users what the want. bu... : jedi_27
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        There's still a very rigorous approval process that MS makes all games go through. This will mainly be fo... : Flawless Cowboy
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          very cool. yeah i have seen those METROID Crash posts, i would like to know if Nintendo had different ve... : jedi_27
          • I would take those with a grain of salt, any game could just randomly crash for unknown reasons. If th : ghost in my shell
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    I was really sketchy about the setup with my linksys router but it worked like a champ. The fuckin scrat... : marblehead
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      scratch off serial thingy ??? : jedi_27
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        Yeah... On mine when I went to register it needed a serial number / code thingy... It was on the inside o... : marblehead
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          wow thats hmmm interesting and odd. : jedi_27
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            Didn't you have to enter a serial / code ? If so, how was yours printed? : marblehead
            • Mine was scratch-off also... : wykd
            • on a white label sticker. which by the way was a bitch to find, since there were several : jedi_27
    • Scratch off serial numbers??? o_O : Odoyle
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  I was pretty damn impressed by how well it worked too. Very smooth games with nice and clear voice com. : Degenerate
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    Shackmessage me with your Nic... I'll look you guys up tonight when I get home... : marblehead
    • http://webpages.marshall.edu/~smithmichael/shack/tags.htm : Degenerate
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    have you tried any of the other games besides MA ? : jedi_27
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      nope not yet. That Wacked game scares me. : Degenerate
      • Cool... thanks for the info man. : marblehead
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        it sucks, stay away from it ;) : jedi_27
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          You guys play much Moto GP... that game has consumed me... : marblehead
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            i did during the BETA, i loved it. but since MA came out i have not gone back to it. maybe we can get a... : jedi_27
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              Cool man... I should be home around 8pm EST... I'll look you guys up. : marblehead
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                don't count on DG3NR8 being there, he might be drunk way before then ;) : jedi_27
                • Wed is the night I always go out too. I'm usually home between 10:30 and 11. If I'm able to play anything... : Degenerate
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              Yeah I still gotta try that game :) : Carnivac
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                cool we should try and set up a shack game later tonight then. it can handle 16 people ;) : jedi_27
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                  16 people in one race? that's awesome. I might be able to come in 15th! : bringer
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                    whatever dude! 15th is so mine! : Degenerate
                    • sober or drunk its yours ;) : jedi_27
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                      I'm first everytime... until the first turn : marblehead
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                        the first two turns are killers. thats when you lose 1/2 the pack to people going in to fast and taking ... : jedi_27
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                          Yeah... I'll think I'm doing well around the first turn then BLAM!! Someone runs into me... It's always f... : marblehead
                          • hehehe i know, i remember my first few races, its just funny to watch. so then i started cutting the cor... : jedi_27
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                          You can take other people out?! I love this game already! Do you get chains and stuff too like in Road... : bringer
                          • no those weapons will be downloadable later ;) : jedi_27

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  5 here - mainly because I refuse to watch any of the Godfather movies. : hamm
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    why for tanto? : mindfuck
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      I guess because they're overhyped and I don't want to be let down. Plus I don't really like gangster movi... : hamm
      • you can't say a movie is overhyped when you haven't seen it. godfather 2 (and 1 to a lesser extent) is o... : ignatius
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        How can you say they're overhyped without having seen them? Do you just discount anything with strong pop... : Vis Inack
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          Wow.. are you and ignatius brothers? ;) No, ok seriously - point taken about the overhyped thing but I h... : hamm
          • that's fine... i guess. godfather 1 did kinda start out slow. but even knowing nothing about that movie... : ignatius
      • whoa...you two are weird :) : thekidd
  • i liked those. : ignatius
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  Which 4? : mindfuck
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    Schindler's List, LOTR (why is this on there??), Memento, and Star Wars. : thekidd
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      You make me sad. You like Donnie Darko so I know you can appreciate a good movie. You should see every on... : mindfuck
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        I really want to, but I have to go through the trouble of renting them, or borrowing them. And I'd proba... : thekidd
        • Netflix is your answer my good man. : mindfuck
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      i thought lotr was good in theaters, good but not amazing, but i've watched the dvd soo much since i pick... : ignatius
      • i don't know if the theatrical release of lotr deserves to be in the top 10, but the extended edition doe... : electric_monk
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  i've seen 7, im missing citizen kane (i really gotta see that soon), casablanca (meh) and Shichinin no sa... : Morgin
  • I can honestly say that citizen kane is a strange movie... but a good one nonetheless.. roooosebud : Maddog_Delphi97
• Seen all of 'em up to #17 (wth?). Memento was a good movie, but #10 best of all time?? : smax
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  ive seen 9, never saw that japanese one, but ive always wanted to : qatsi
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    Seven Samurai is fucking amazing :( : roushimsx
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      maybe il just buy the DVD, if its not too much $$$ that is : qatsi
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        It's kind of pricey, as it's a Criterion disc. Actually, I saw the Kurosawa box set tonight, 3 movies ... : Vis Inack
        • http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&dept=0&WLBS=fs%2Dweb6&sku_id=0665000FSM1... : qatsi
        • 4 disc set. Sanjuro, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Hidden Fortress. all 4 movies kick extreme amounts of as... : roushimsx
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      somebody posted a badass wallpaper for the movie. : fatbeaner
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        heh, that was me. I just scanned the Criterion cover and touched it up a bit. If anyone wants it, I'll ho... : roushimsx
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          i want, very badly, i still have the same Donnie Darko WP from a week or so ago : qatsi
          • I want both wah! : thekidd
          • hop on #jpn on enterthegame and I'll dcc you the 1280x960 version (or the full uncompressed original scan... : roushimsx
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            Eh? Donnie Darko? Where? What? Why was I not informed? Link me plz. : mindfuck
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              http://www.temporary-insanity.com/darko/caps.html http://www.temporary-insanity.com/darko/caps/darko094.... : qatsi
              • here's the one I used, was just a cap from the darko website http://www.shackspace.com/~halfway@shackm... : halfway
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          I'd like to see this! : Vis Inack
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            im gonna see Roger Dodger and Far From Heaven this week. you seen these movies good sir? : fatbeaner
            • Ooh! I really want to see Far From Heaven. It's playing at a kind of out-of-the-way theater around here. : Vis Inack
        • please good sir. : fatbeaner
• ive seen about 90% of those movies. dont know if thats a good thing. : fatbeaner
• I have seen 9/10, missing Seven Samurai though I did see parts of it. : TreMetal
• Seen 8. Never saw the Godfather series. : roushimsx
• I've seen 8 of those. I haven't seen Godfather, Part II or Schindler's List. : slax0r
• i've seen the top 30 except for #17 & #27 : ignatius
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  holy shit... 46 of the top 50... : CrimsonHandHiro
  • and 10 for 10 on the top ten... : CrimsonHandHiro
• Just 5 for me. Been meaning to see the others, though. : futant
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  yay, i've seen 81 out of the top 100, but IMDB rankings are still lame. : voltron
  • I agree. the ratings are all fubar'd : roushimsx
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  7/10.. Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and Shichinin no samurai. I don't know why Memento is there. It i... : dopeman
  • Seven Samurai is good but a bit on the long side. it was remade for the gaijin as The Magnificent Seven ... : ariakaz
• 68/100 Not bad. : Duke Nukem Forever
• I dont agree at all with those ratings, although its good to see Shawshank redemption right up there. : moshman
• The sad thing is I own over 75% of the top 100 films on DVD. : Fyunch Click
• 104/250, 8/10 : electric_monk
• 9/10 - haven't seen Casablanca : ariakaz
• ive seen 43 of the top 50 : nurall
• momento = highly overrated : ctlaltl33t

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  sounds like bad RAM or a bad HD to me. Maybe even the HD controller on the MB is dud, but something is ce... : moshman
  • maybe I should have read your post better. Could very much be a dud HD or RAM controller on the MB. If ... : moshman
• try installing 2000 on it. if it works with 2000 then its prolly your copy of xp. perhaps you got your co... : electric_monk
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  WHat about swapping out the CD-ROM, and seeing if the problem follows? : Phearsome
  • Sorry, I missed that line. : Phearsome
• Hmm, sounds like you were pretty thorough in your hunt. The only that's leaft really is the motherboard a... : nomaad
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  http://www.memtest86.com/#download0 copy errors indicate bad ram. Run the installer and boot to a flopp : indeego
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    question once i take off the heatsinkfan and the processor off the mobo. to swap it around. i have to re... : plastiqued
    • yes. Get high percentage rubbing alcohol, lint free cloth, and a razor blade to do it. : indeego
    • It's fine if you're just testing, but when you're assembling it for the 'final' time you should reapply i... : nomaad
• When i was attaching the hsf to the cpu. and pressed down on the latch. i heard a pop. at first i though... : plastiqued
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  why-o-why are you trying to use a 2400+ with PC133 RAM? Also, I had to update my BIOS to use my 2200+ so... : drucifer
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    2200+ with pc133 ram! CUZ i had to work with a limited budget ! i already updated my bios.. : plastiqued
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      you should have gotten a slower processor and faster ram. It would have been more of a performance boost ... : drucifer
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        what processor+ram+mobo do you suggest then? : plastiqued
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          nforce + XP2000+ (o/c'd to 2200 speeds) + Corsair RAM expensive tho :) : moshman
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            i need ideas for a good quality but affordable board that supports the 2200+ : plastiqued
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              I have the Asus A7N-266VM.. stable and extremely cheap (atleast here in Norway) I run a 2200+ on it (N... : timm
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                which company's produce nforce2 chipset boards? : plastiqued
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                  ok obviously many. but whats a good quality/cheap nforce2 board : plastiqued
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                    i saw a review of asus's nforce2 board thats sposed to be pretty good. : electric_monk
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                      It's Asus' board I'm going for (Dual LAN, SATA, FireWire, USB2, 333FSB, DDR400, ATA133.. where can it go ... : timm
                      • so sexy... must... buy... now... nforce2 + xp2800 = teh win. it nearly knocked off the new p4 : electric_monk
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                    I've got an MSI nforce1 board that has served me VERY well and it was quite cheap (115€ at th... : moshman
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                      the newer MSI boards are really solid. I would recommend them. : drucifer
                      • Yeah, I am gonna get an MSI board again, they have made a good impression. Unlike, VIA, Abit, Creative an... : moshman
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                      btw whats so great about the nforce chipset. compared to the kt400s and kt333's from via? : plastiqued
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                        the nforce2 is about as good as a kt400, only its not via. : electric_monk
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                          KT400 doesn't officially support DDR400.. and I don't think it even supports 333FSB CPU's. Also, nForce2'... : timm
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                            me too... next computer = nforce 2. next server = nforce 2 w/igp : electric_monk
                            • When my nForce2 comes (hopefully today), I'm putting the old nForce1 into the fileserver/gameserver. A be... : timm
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                        stable as hell, its not VIA, it supports DDR400 and 333 FSBs (I think), excellent onboard DD5.1 sound (it... : moshman
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                          thats dual ethernet mister : electric_monk
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                            dual ethernet? really? : moshman
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                              yeah, the Asus I'm getting has dual ethernet. Not all boards do, though. : timm
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                                dual ethernet onboard makes me hard o_O : electric_monk
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                                  Yeah, it does have a nice ring to it ;) I just need to figure out how to trunkate (or whatever it's ca... : timm
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                                    u mean like load-sharing? : electric_monk
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                                      Apparently, load balancing != trunking. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=6007888 http://www.shacknew... : timm
                                      • I will ask Zoesch if he knows anything about it. : moshman
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                                        i don't know anything about it, seeing as i've never had enough money for that sort of thing. : electric_monk
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                                          don't you mean bridge connections? : plastiqued
                                          • joke? : electric_monk
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                                            Bridged Connection (which you can do in WinXP), is just like setting up a common point for two networks, ... : timm
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                                              care to explain in more detail? : moshman
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                                                aaah, d'oh. So it has nothing to do with increasing bandwidth, just a "meeting point" for 2 seperate netw... : moshman
                                                • Yepp, that's more or less what it is, if I understand it correctly. I also though that by bridging the... : timm
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                                                Network 1: 2 computers Network 2: 3 computers To make those two networks connected, you either have t... : timm
                                                • .. err: the result would then be that computers on network 2 could connect to computers on network 1, etc... : timm
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                                          It's not a money issue for me either way (I've got like 3-4 NIC's just laying around), but now that I'm g... : timm
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                                            ok so i won this 2200 at the amd reality check I'm looking at a ASUS A7N8X-deluxe (SATA is enticing) fo... : plastiqued
                                            • I'm usure what the prices over there are compared to here, but I got $140 sounds like a greate deal. (Min... : timm
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                                              I would get 512mb, makes a HUGE difference in XP I find. Generic RAM is good enough, but get at least PC... : moshman
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                                                Yeah, 512RAM is a good idea. I just installed an additional 256DDR PC3200 in my rig (totalling 768MB),... : timm
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                                                  why is pc2700 cheaper than pc2400? is pc2700 overclocked or something? : plastiqued
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                                                    PC2700 is the way to go. I'm sure there's more demand for PC2700 than PC2400, which is why it's cheape... : timm
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                                                      so if i get the dualddr board would it be better for me to get two sticks of 256 over 1 stick of 512? : plastiqued
                                                      • yes, that is always a better idea IMO. Incase one of the RAMs goes dud or whatever. : moshman
                                                      • DualDDR (nforce 440 or something?) has performance inprovements with 2 banks filled, but personally, I'd ... : timm
• Try a beefier powersupply. I had a similar setup and was having install issues and some stability issues... : bamfsog