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By the bonfire if you go around it there is another of those gas switches. Then go through the house and flip the switch. Job done.

Aslong as you removed your old drivers first and installed the latest nVidia drivers then yes, the game should set the video settings to what it believes is right for your computer. However it is often worth fiddling around with these settings as usually the settings will underestimate your...

Laptop graphics cards are physically soldered onto the main board so unless you have one of the recent alienware laptops it is likely that you will not be able to upgrade to a better video card on your laptop. I don't even think ATi make a 9600XT mobile chip.

The x800 se will perform better than a 9800 pro and about the same as 9800XT. To be honest I'd save a bit more and get a x800 pro/vivo.

Yes, that would work, but make sure you delete all remenants of the old drivers before changing (especially if your changing to a different chipset as well). My last motherboard change I went the non-reformat route but encountered numerous problems and conflicts, even though I thought I had...

Beta 4.12 is apparently best for HL2. I had a 10 fps increase with them in the VST.

Leave the max mem/core finder overnight and then lower that result by about 5mhz to be on the safe side.

90nm run cooler and are, aparently, excellent overclockers. So if you are a keen overclocker then the 90nm is definetly worth the extra cash.

'computer says no'

A 6800gt is fine as it is easily clocked to an Ultra, and you don't need to flash it like with the X800. The ultra also performs ever so slightly better due to its constantly improving drivers.

If you can stretch a Athlon64 2800+ with a motherboard would be fantastic and you would see a huge improvement in how you play your games. I think 2800 and a mobo would be about the $250 mark though. edit: Just specced the 2800 with the mobo in my sig (the epox, very good imo) and it came to...

But you can't actually surf the internet with either the PS2 or Xbox, so they must have some sort of PC.

To be honest i don't think i'll have the patience to play through the whole of HL again. I know what happens so might as well crack on with HL2.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1329858,00.html :laugh: teh Guardian is l33t @ Tr011in.

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Your best bet is replacing the heatsink altogether, as WaryWolf suggested. Its a very easy to install and if you keep the old heatsink it means your warrenty remains in tact ;)

looks good, but you do not need the registerred ram, it will slow your computer down, and is more expensive. Normal 3200 is fine, and if you do not want to overclock then corsair value is also fine.

THe 9600 se is quite diabolical. It is not much better than a 9200 if i remember correctly. 9600 pro is probably minimum to run HL2 decently

Well my friend, you are most certainly in the minority. Personally I wouldn't risk installing it until M$ release an update for it or something.

EVERYTHING!!! seriously though, compatability issues, don't expect all your games to run like before. Stability as well. Lots of other things as well but i cant be arsed to list them. *sigh* if only Micro$oft learnt how to release an OS update like Apple.