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    Looking to build a new rig (~£600)

    Hi guys. Been a while since I've wandered in these parts but I remember you were pretty helpful and knowledgeable back then. As it says in the title I've got £600 to spend on a box and another £200 give or take to get a monitor and speakers. I'll actually be buying this in a month or so...
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    Is it time to get a Macbook?

    Does anyone know if it's possible to source a bigger hard drive from somewhere that isn't Apple? I'm perrenially tempted by Macbook Pro but the hard drives don;t seem big enough to me. If I were to buy one it'd have to last me three years minimum so I'd want a lot of space for accumulating...
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    The *Official* Eve Online Thread

    Only just got into playing it with Trinity and I hate Hactors already. Got caught by a Phobos going through Rancer, lost my shiny Vexor. Gone back to mining for now to for a change of pace and lack of gatecamps. I'll be back though just you wait...
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    MacBook or MacBook Pro...

    With the macbook, does it really want an extra gig of memory? I'm looking longingly at the black macbook right now but something in me rebels at the thought of paying ovr 1000 quid for a laptop (that said, me being a little short on cash right now it'd be a while 'til I get it anyway, if I do).
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    Asus XG station

    Oh, that sucks. Woulda been quite handy for me 'cause I have no desire to buy a big shiny gaming PC but I DO want to play EVE with the Trinity graphics and I'd like the Total War games to scale to my monitor playably. Ah well. Any idea if it's possible to make my own or is that (as I suspect)...
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    Asus XG station

    Anyone else remember the external GPU Asus did for laptops? I can;t seem to find it anywhere. Was it ever released? Or was it such a limited run they're all gone? *extra-hopeful* any chance of OCUK getting hold of one at a decent price?
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    M2:TW, best nation on grand campaign?

    Venice is pretty fun. You're odds on for the papacy early on which gives you a hell of an advantage when the French and Milanese get all uppity on you. Still not easy holding it all together but very fun.
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    Medieval 2 Total War requirements

    1 gig runs it just fine. A 3.2 Northwood p4 actually runs it very nicely. With XP anyway. Vist is probably worth the second gig if you have the cash left over. The problem we have is that the 5600XT (AGP no less so we can;t snap up a 7600 to crank it all up) can;t actually handle it for any...
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    The *Official* Eve Online Thread

    # Umm, english? Sorry but my whole EVE experience so far has been mucking around in a trial account and being excited at being able to fly a Merlin and finding some unguarded missiles with a Launcher before getting cocky and subsequently podkilled in 0.5 space.
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    The *Official* Eve Online Thread

    Now that my new laptop is in the mail, my brother and I were thinking of strking out as a pair, one miner, one fighter so we could slip into tougher regions without having to run screaming at first sight of a pirate. Can anyone suggest a decent way to start? Obviously the fighter would go...
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    The *Official* Eve Online Thread

    Cheers mate (it was a bit late to ask but I'd just seen this thread and realised quite how annoyed I'd be if I couldn't play EVE).
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    Warhammer - DoW or MoC

    I'd go for Dawn Of War (though, to be entirely honest I don;t like the playstyle as much as some games, graphics are cool though). MoC sucked.
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    The *Official* Eve Online Thread

    Anyone know whether Eve will play on integrated graphics? My old laptop (Radeon 9700) could render it OK but didn;t have enough RAM but it farted out just before I got some more RAM for it. My new one has the x1100 chipset which I THINK is about as powerful but I'm not sure... Any help?
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    Wii UK Release Dates Confirmed : Wario Ware & Excite Truck

    Hmmm, if there's a warioware pack I might just be forcing certain people to take me shopping n my birthday :D
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    The *Official* Eve Online Thread

    Ta mate! *disappears from human ken for the next two weeks* ;)
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    The *Official* Eve Online Thread

    Anyone got a trial invite to spare? Been looking at this game quite a bit and it temps me ever more but I don;t want to lay out cash unltil I've tried it.
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    What Gamecube games should us Wii owners have?

    Skies of Arcadia is a must if you like Japanese RPG's. Viewtiful Joe is pretty good for hard-as-nails old-skool beat 'em up games.
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    Is the PSP going the same way as the Dreamcast?

    Skies is better on GC (unless you're an audiophile at the expense of everything else). Shenmu though... pure awesome. And almost impossible to find *sobs*. Jet Set Radio gets an honourable mention too.
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    Nintendo Wii

    Supply seems pretty good but you're best off preording to make sure.
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    Please explain this Conroe business to me!

    These days, the GPU is what's gonna burn the power. If you feel like splashing out a Geforce 8800GTX and an overclocked E6600 would be a good pairing (it'd match the last generation multi-GPU setups and leave the FX-62 choking in the dust). If you're gonna do that then at least a 450-500 watt...
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