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  1. vanthus

    PCSPECIALIST crysis

    What is the difference between crysis & crysis war head,which one should I buy?
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    PCSPECIALIST How to fail the breathalyser.

    Thought this was quite funny from youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sADF-E2m7nA
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    PCSPECIALIST Far cry

    Tonight i am over the moon,after maybe about 2 years(on & off)i have finally completed far cry(please dont laugh)i really love fps games.can anyone advise a good one to try next as i couldn't face going back to this one even at a higher level,is far cry2 much different?
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    PCSPECIALIST Rma

    I am really at my wits end now with the problems i've had with this pc i received about 10 weeks ago,the latest one was tonight when i inserted a usb stick & heard the most incredible noises blaring from the speakers,i of course switched pc off in panic.Also sometimes i just need to touch the pc...
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    PCSPECIALIST sata ports

    I have 6 sata ports or sockets on motherboard,all of them taken up.Thing is ive got 2 hard drives & 2 optical drives & only the 4 devices are listed in ide ata/atapi controllers in device manager.I couldnt see where they are all going when i was swopping the gpu,would it be normal practice for...
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    PCSPECIALIST more display problems.

    Today my screen went blank for 2 or3 seconds then a warning popped up something like,display driver stopped responding & has now succesfully recovered.Ive only just replaced gpu on friday(hd 5870)plus downloaded latest ati drivers about 3 or 4 times since getting the computer about 4 weeks ago...
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    PCSPECIALIST warnings in event viewer

    Anyone had or know about these warnings i keep getting. Level Date and Time Source Event ID Task Category Warning 18/11/2010 07:06:52 Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance 500 Desktop Window Manager Monitoring "The Desktop Window Manager is experiencing heavy resource contention...
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    PCSPECIALIST lone file on d drive

    Anyone know why this file msdia80.dll is in my d drive all on its own?
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    PCSPECIALIST gpus?

    Calling on phoenix or sleinous,(or anyone who knows)I just cant get to grips with this,& i have searched,i have a 1gb ati radeon hd 5870 gpu,but the 6870 according to some posts is more advanced,indeed you would think that by the number, thing is 5870 is more expensive. im beginning to regret...
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    PCSPECIALIST buying games

    Could anyone give me their opinion on best place to buy games online?
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    PCSPECIALIST keeping games.

    Is there any way i can transfer my games from my old pc,i think its probably not possible to transfer likes of far cry & save the progress,but i have half life on steam,i cant get to grips with steam at all, is it possible to install same game & carry on as usual?
  12. vanthus

    PCSPECIALIST please help

    Everything has been going great with new pc I got days ago but now disaster has struck.As i said on another forum the other day about crysis i did install it.played for half an hour or so when pc started to get hotter & hotter,being where i am up here in scotland had this idea to put it outside...
  13. vanthus

    PCSPECIALIST crysis

    Just got my new pc last week & one of the first things i was going to do was buy & install crysis,but after reading some of the comments about it here i have second thoughts.Is it really a game i should avoid.I do have the system requirements,but all this talk about it being incompatible with...
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    PCSPECIALIST mobo problem

    Can anyone advise,i have an AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION mother board & im told to run software for turbo unlocker,how do you do this?i have run the disc & this is no where to be seen,good as pcs are(very good) they do not explain fully how to use the software...
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    PCSPECIALIST soundcard problem.

    Just got my pc hooked up today.everything was going nicely until i plugged in my head phones,pc immediately shut down & restarted.Thing is ive got a sound card but speakers wouldnt work with it so i plugged them into on board & they worked.both card & onboard appear in device manager(shouldnt on...
  16. vanthus

    PCSPECIALIST My order

    For what its worth this is what i have finally gone for.PCS has quoted 9 to 12 working days,reading between the lines im not going to hold my breath. Case COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE + 2 FRONT USB Processor (CPU) AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION...
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    PCSPECIALIST ordering tomorrow

    Altered a few things after advice given.have my reasons for getting windows7 pro,blue ray drive & sound card.any more advice on other components will still be very much appreciated(i think)Will it matter what optical device i put first? COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE + 2 FRONT USB...
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    PCSPECIALIST final spec

    This is what ive decided on after 2 weeks on this forum & checking up elsewhere.what i want is a medium gaming & good performance machine.still open to some last minute advice. Case COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE Processor (CPU) AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION...
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    PCSPECIALIST partitioning

    My first hard drive is a 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm) would it be advantageous to have a partition say of 250MB for the operating system?
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    PCSPECIALIST final spec,hopefully

    Will this spec suffice to play crysis2 on medium or if not low settings?not interested really in overclocking so not sure best processor cooling to get,but dont want one thats going to be noisy. Case COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE Processor (CPU) AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3)...
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