BTW, [b]any[/b] addiction can be harmful, be it cigarettes, drugs, or even gambling where the addiction is psychological instead of physical. Addictions take away from family time. Addictions take away money that could be used elsewhere. Addictions take away from other constructive activities. Addictions lead to unnecessary divisions in family and community. People who are addicted will often try to appease that addiction, and it's much more likely for a person to t
[quote]It's questionable whether this is a useful benefit to most PC gamers. If size and mobility aren't important to you, you'll do MUCH better with a desktop, period.[/quote] Size and mobility could possibly be important. A laptop would be useful for LAN parties, where you don't want to lug a large desktop to another location, or it could be useful if somebody has a job that requires a lot of travel. I've also seen people playing games at college between classes (and sometimes even in
[quote]Why is weed a problem?[/quote] It's a hallucinogen, it deteriorates motor skills, it generally has very negative effects on the mind, and can exacerbate the symptoms of many mental disorders. It contains 20 times more ammonia, and contains five times as much hydrogen cyanide and nitrous oxides as tobacco, and contains about as many carcinogens. The effects of second hand smoke from Cannabis are totally unknown, and indeed the effects of smoking it in general are not well
[quote]Psychoak got a good point on laptops. I've yet to find a good laptop for gaming that rivals any top of the line desktop though.[/quote] True, but you don't need a top of the line desktop to play the vast majority of games. Only Crysis really needs something with that much power. [quote]PC games will be around. Its existence will prevail as long there are PC gamers enthousiasts out there. However, PC games quality (decent graphics, gameplay, decent UI, and so on) will tru
[quote]Until they run into a bug that makes the game practically unplayable.[/quote] . . . which rarely happens, although there are exceptions. nVidia made the mistake of creating new drivers for a new OS and releasing a new product line all at the same time, which was asking for trouble. Once the drivers are stable, however, there's not much of a need to continue updating them. . . . and it's not as if the consoles have never had stability problems, especially with the new con
[quote]Two wrongs do not make a right, but two wrongs do require two wrongs.[/quote] I'm not certain I believe that. The only philosophy I know of that establishes that is the philosophy of revenge, not the philosophy of justice. [quote]If you educate yourself on the meaning of justice instead of listening to modern drivel, you'll find that by definition, he dispensed justice.[/quote] The reason for "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" philosophy found in many reli
[quote]My estimate would be that the VAST majority of PC users haven't got a clue these drivers exist, let alone know they should update them every once in a while, let alone know how to update them.[/quote] . . . and guess what? Most people will do fine with the generic drivers, and really don't need to be constantly updating them. Only the serious gamer trying to squeeze the last bit of performance of out his system is going to care about getting the latest drivers from the video card
. . . and I only update video drivers only once a month or two anyways ([sarcasm] Five minutes every two months, boy, that's really painful [/sarcasm]), and since my parents don't play games, their video card drivers haven't been updated since the day I installed them. . . . and even for myself, the current drivers are totally stable and fast and I really don't need to upgrade them anymore anyways. These days I mostly do it because I feel like it, not because I really need to.
[quote]He replied, I said thank you, hung up and then beat the living tar out of the punk. [/quote] You deserved the jail time. There's a fine line between giving aid and handing out revenge, and from the description you gave, you crossed it. Grabbing him and holding him was fine, but there is zero reason for you to beat him up. It's up to the judge to hand out punishments - it's not up to you, nor should it be. [quote]So the next time you see someone being hurt do not
Sorry to disappoint, but BioShock supports DirectX 10 if you have it, and it's not alone. Most new shooters are in fact taking advantage of DirectX 10 when it's available. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_10_support http://www.novatek.com.au/news/confirmed-dx-10-games.html "Minimum" and "recommended" requirements are just an indication of what machines it will run well on, not necessarily an indication of whether or not it takes advantage of DirectX 1
[quote] Most of the recent cards now are having trouble with DX10.[/quote] With Crysis, yes, but I don't think the DirectX 10 cards are having as much troubles with BioShock or other DirectX 10 games - Crysis was essentially designed to push DirectX 10 to its limits. Other games should work better. [quote]As I said before, you HAVE to maintain your PC, especially if you want to use it for gaming.[/quote] Not very often. Every few months worst case, every few years
[quote]I'm not convinced that comparing hardware specs between platforms is all that meaningful for that same reason. All the X-Box was designed to do is play games, and all the hardware and software are designed solely to that end. Plus, console developers know exactly what hardware they have to code for. Graphical capability is a result of more than just raw clock speed and memory these days; both the architecture of the hardware and programming play a big part as well.[/quot
I think all news organizations, "right" or "left," are way too focused on being there first and having "exclusive" coverage when they ought to be focused more on accuracy and fairness.
[quote]quad-cores are next to useless for most gaming[/quote] So is having a mid to high end 8 series video card. Are we playing GalCiv 2 or Crysis? Let's compare a GeForce 8600 GT (available for some Dell Inspirons) to the Xbox 360: GPU clock: Xbox 360: 500 MHz GeForce 8600: 540 MHz GPU memory: Xbox 360: 10 MB (Is this really supposed to play games??) GeForce 8600: 256 MB Regular memory: Xbox 360: 512 MB PC from Dell: 2 GB<br/
[quote]A GeForce 8300 is, for all practical gaming purposes, next to useless. Those low-end cards are designed more for people who want to watch hi-def movies or perhaps much, much older games on their PC. They are NOT designed to run current generation games and so cannot in any way be considered to be "gaming" machines.[/quote] Can't be any worse than my 6800, which could play most games before I retired it only a couple of months ago. It probably would've struggled with the new Direc
I guess this is an old post, but oh well, somebody else replied and I felt like joining him . . . 7. Agreed. It seems the new search is like a bandage for the huge organizational problems the Start Menu has, rather than a true solution. 6. Sounds like a hardware incompatibility. You're the first person I've heard describe it. 5. Please try here instead of turning it completely off: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=436&page=4 Yes, it's a bit annoying, but it's on
[quote]what's the difference between SP2 and SP3? [/quote] There are a few minor tweaks, but for the most part it's a wrap up of all of the bug fixes released since SP2.
- News organizations all over announce a change in their slogans from "fair, accurate, and balanced reporting" to "if it's shocking, we show it, even if it's just rumor and never really happened." - The two major political parties announce they don't care about the issues, as long as the money keeps rolling in and they disagree with whatever the other side says. - Senators admit they haven't looked at the Constitution since high school. In fact, all branches of government admit
1920x1080 is the "1080p" resolution for HDTVs. It's very unlikely your TV supports a higher resolution, even if your video card does. Sorry, but there's no way around it. It's just a limitation of your TV.
[quote]Yes, but you must have one. It may have been from an old computer, but it is fundamentally associated with a computer. You paid money for that monitor at some point, and therefore the cost of it is part and parcel of the cost of your computer.[/quote] Actually, somebody else paid for my monitor. My old monitor was a hand down from my parents, and my new one is a gift from somebody who had bought a new LCD one. In any case, I bet that TVs are generally paid for. Last I he
[quote]I think they need to start requiring logic in high school.[/quote] Well, what we are talking about here is highly situational: How much it costs to upgrade is largely going to depend on what you already have. Truth be known, this is a hard thing to generalize because it's a case by case basis. In addition, personal tastes also factor into the decision. I personally don't care about sound, so it's very unlikely I'll buy a sound card, even for gaming. So this is more a sta
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