Ok, here goes...
I have upgraded my motherboard to an Nforce 2 (couple with Athlon XP 2400+)
I have overclocked my bus speeds to 200 MHZ (works great with 1 gig of PC3200 Corsair XMS RAM @ Turbo speeds)
I have purchased a 9800 NP, and will flash tomorrow to 9800 Pro.
I have requested 5...
The answer my friends, is a little $10.00 insurance. Get the monthly subscription, then cancel and buy when it hits shelves. You'll be able to play SP and MP alike!
http://www.ukgamer.com/index.php4?single=942
This fricking sucks, I'm horribly addicted and the game isn't even out yet ; ) I'm consumed by the want to play this game and garner information about it.
I actually e-mailed both Gabe and Erik about how they plan on coping with the massive bandwidth strains at the launch of HL2, my suggestion was having certain servers that delivered the game, and certain servers that did the patching and so on, so as not to tax the WHOLE system at once. This...
We can only hope. Steam has recently died for me, I think it's updating or something? : ) Been dead for 24 hours now. If HL2 does indeed arrive earlier on steam than in stores, hell yeah I'll buy it that way!
What a peice of crap video... The quality was the worst I've seen in ages, sound was good though! IT stuttered like a mother on my mean rig and I have tons of codecs installed. Give us BINK CNVG damn you!
I think I'll bump this in case anyone missed out. Gosh, why do I have to work till midnight tonight! I just hope he gets some quality pics and info, I'd do anything to be in his place!
Dress nice, act calm, say you are here on behalf of fans from the HL2.net community, and you'd like to thank someone from the team if possible, you are doing this for thousands :) Maybe bring them some candy too, candy is cheap, and say hey, I wanted to thank you! Also, leave the candy in...