Chowser

looking to upgrade the video card in my computer before I give it to my son for school/college. it's only got a 375W power supply, so I wasn't really looking to do that big of an upgrade. (yeah, Dell power supplies suck) it's currently got a GeForce 7900 GS with 256MB Ram. (this is what it came with in 2007) I was looking at replacing it with this Radeon 3870 I don't think it'll overtax the power supply. The computer is: Dell XPS410 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo 2GB Ram Vista Home Premium 500 gb HD (Raid 0?) 2 DVD burners nothing else attached. There's plenty of room in the case as the only card inserted in there now is the 7900GS. His montior will actually be my old 32" Sharp LCD hooked up by HDMI hopefully. If not, he can have the 22" Dell LCD and I'll buy myself another monitor. Will he notice any improvements with the 3870 card, or should I just leave him with the 7900 GS. The 7900GS was good enough for me when I played Oblivion and Crysis (medium settings only), but since I built my own computer with two 9800GTX SLI'd, I'm pretty much spoiled. I don't want to replace the power supply since I still have some warranty left in the stupid thing (work made me buy it since they paid for half of the system) If anything happens, I can swap out the video cards before the tech gets here)

Just backordered 30 PMAGs. Ouch. At least I got them at cost. Now to wait a few months... You'll be surprised at the 21SF. It still is thick, but feels much better than the 21? Not sure about the 21, the only thing I have to compare with is the 20 (10mm), but I believe the 20 and 21 are the same size. It's huge. I was planning on buying the 21SF and 30SF as a package, but will get a rifle instead. (Our LE dealer was running a special, buy both at LE price and he'll toss in 3 extra mags). The 30SF is just a little smaller than the compact line (19/23/32), but just as thick as the 21SF. The 36 is very nice, but for us, the factor was your back-up should be able to use your duty mags, that's why most of us got the 32/33 as back-ups. Off-duty, we still carry what we can make do with. I was planning on getting the 30SF as my off-duty, but can't really justify is since I carry a 32 or an HK P2000 off-duty all the time. (I gave up on the HK45C as an off-duty, it's as large as my 31) For work, I'm still carrying the 31 and my 32 on my body armor as a back-up. I thought about getting the 33 for an ankle gun, but I don't like the way an ankle gun feels.

I'm picking up my copy of COD5 tomorrow. I'll start playing Friday. I'll probably wait for Left 4 Dead until it comes down in price. I still haven't opened up Gears of War 2 yet. I changed my gamertag from Sarge051 to Chowser51

Did you find the two ghouls in the tunnel? One of them asks you to find Sugar Bombs for him. In their area is a room with some radioactive canisters. There is a manhole cover in there that you can take down, then follow the arrows to find the Family.

Arise!!! Ok, I am not bumping this to start any conversations on the Election. No politics here please. Have any of you noticed increased sales at your local gun stores? Or even online? I wanted to get some more mags for my M4 today and I noticed that everyone local and online are backordered on Magpul PMAGs! Backordered till late December. My local dealer can't even get an answer on when they'll be in, he did say sales were brisk. I was able to order 4 HK SA80 mags for the M4, but I'm kinda partial to the PMAGs. I only have one HK mag right now, 2 PMAGs, and whatever came with the M4. I backordered 30 PMAGs, so hopefully they'll get to me and the rest of the guys before 2009 so I can put them on this year's budget. I still haven't gotten around to getting a personal AR yet since I keep the city's M4/MP5 with me all the time (why bother driving back to station when I can go right to the scene), but I hear rumors for 2009 that our policy is going to state, leave city owned weapons in our lockers when not on duty. I'm debating dropping some $$$ on an S&W MP15T. My dealer has an un-shot DEMO unit (it's the one in the display that everyone looks at) for $899. He's gonna hold it for me until Friday, so Jsarclight, should I drop the $$$ on that or not???? He said he got it in this summer, so it's a relatively newer one. I'll have to go in and check the date.

My coworker bought Fallout 3 for his 360 and even on my aging Nvidia 7900GS (256mb), it looks better on the PC and I don't have all the settings set at max either. I have an 8600GS on my laptop and that looks even better. Haven't seen the PS3 version to compare yet. For these type of games, I prefer the keyboard/mouse set up. For games like Gears and COD, I'd prefer the 360 controller. Also the cost of video cards have come down. I was planning on getting a cheap 9800 to replace the 7900, but why bother, the 7900 is running things fine.

For games that aren't multiplayer (like Fallout 3), I'll buy it on PC to save $10 as well.

I still haven't opened up Gears of War 2 yet. I'm too busy playing Fallout 3. I just hopped back on the COD5 beta last night (it's over today folks) just to get used to the controls again. It doesn't feel much different from COD4 except for the lack of Modern Weapons. I started with COD4, so I've never played a Treyarch version, but it plays alot like COD4, so I have no gripes. Yeah, I hate when the dogs come after me, but I don't mind when I send them out. Did they ever fix the glitches on Roundhouse? I'll probably be changing my gamertag soon, if I do, I'll post it here. I'll be picking up COD5 and WOW:WotLK on Thursday.

I still had some problems after disabling FFDshow audio stuff, but I added Fallout 3 to my firewall to allow it to do whatever, and I turned off my virus scanner while I play and I have no more problems. I do get some graphics flicker because of the stupid sidebar, so i have to turn that off as well when I play.

I haven't bought it yet, waiting for a used copy: This is my current schedule: Call of Duty 5 or Gears of War 2 (picking only 1), then Fallout 3, then either Fable II or one of the other two depending on which I get first. I'll get either COD5 or Gears2 new first, then I'll pick the others up when I see used copies while I finish whatever I got first. I still have to finish SW:TFU, I'm only on the 3rd level, kids won't ever give me enough free time to play. I'm still working on the COD5 beta right now.

I just got my code today, I never played Resistence 1. If 94medition doesn't want my beta code, I'll either play it or post it here for someone that is willing to give it more time than I can.

Works fine on my Razr V3xx and Razr2. Just need to figure out how to get rid of that AT&T logo...

I was leery of COD5 because of it's WWII background, but since playing the beta for a couple of hours, I am hooked, I've already put away my copy of COD4. Of course, people are already glitching and jumping out of the map. But that's to be expected with any online game. Even without the lack of modern weapons, I still like it. This FPS will tide me over till Halo 3:Recon. I'm gonna pick up Fallout 3 also since I liked Elder Scrolls. Don't forget Gears of War 2 is coming out as well.

two thumbs up for Dax415 for some fast shipping!

Haha, turned it in.... but I did read the novel that takes place before the game...can I get a half nerd badge? I never left the Citadel (yes, I'm that close to the beginning). I was searching for all the workers/repairbots/see I can't even remember what they were called. Maybe I'll give it a shot during Xmas break.

Ok, any idea if/when a subtitled version is coming out? I see this on ebay, but am leery of it http://cgi.ebay.com/Macross-Frontier-Free-...id=p3286.c0.m14 (i know, bootleg, bootleg)

ack, saw you guys on Gears tonight, couldn't join you as my Gears disc is all scratched up and I get booted alot. Waiting for the fall update and hopefully it'll remedy my problem (plan on borrowing a coworkers disc for the hard drive install, he's borrowing my COD4 for the same reason). Then again, Gears 2, COD5, Left 4 Dead, Fable II, etc. are all coming out soon. Got Dead Space here that I haven't unwrapped yet. Never did finish Mass Effect, Ace Combat 6, Dead Rising, or Assassin's Creed yet either. Only games I finished are Halo 3, COD4, Elder Scrolls + expansion.

I'm gonna be what I am every Halloween for the last 10 years! I'm dressing up as a cop, except this year, I am going to hang a lightsaber off my duty belt. I finally got a convertec clip to fit on it.

haha, I had the same problem when I started MGS4, I had just played through MGS2 and MGS3. Now, I started over MGS4 for the 4th time, I keep getting COD4 controls and it mixed up.

ditto it says digital screen transfer. does that mean iron on? I'd rather not pay $20 for an iron-on. I want something that can withstand being washed after every use and that can withstand being rubbed upon by body armor If I can get a good jpeg of it, I'll just have my t-shirt guy do it.

I like the #21, it's not too dark, I had some valks panel lined with it, but I think I sold them all. If I can find it, I'll post some pics. --- Does anyone know if Bandai is ever going to release fighter mode only models?

not sure if this is his current website, but you could try emailing him using the address posted there: http://www.geocities.com/takatoysperu/Taka...ss_sticker.html i think i still have some of his stickers lying around, i'll check when i get home. here is the only complete set I have left, the others I am using: this is Takatoy's older STICKER sheet which is a combo of 1/48 and 1/60

$80 for a 320GB 5400rpm a good deal for the PS3? I have the 80 gb version, but if I can upgrade, why not. What is the speed on the stock 80gb hard drive?

does the black lion's tail stay up when in Voltron mode? That's the only problem my original diecast one is having. the tail likes to fall down.

Here's another question, do you recommend we buy one with machinedfx's LED installed already or just the empty saber? Now, do I want mine weathered...or pristine like AFBB... decisions, decisions....