Posted 03/18/2008 at 09:56:30pm

I've wondered about that. I started my 680i rig with 4 gigs of OCZ 4-4-4-18. Ended up after days of frustration finding a bad stick (one). Worked fine after that. Then another went bad a month later... Found out because I upgraded my ram to Corsair (8 gigs, which I HAVEN'T had any problems with)and put the OCZ in another rig I built. THEN another few boots later, the computer became completely unstable. I ended up buying 2 gigs of Corsair for that new pc and now it runs just great. I threw all my OCZ out, but found it hard to believe that such a reputable company made such faulty RAM. Now I know I could have just gotten bad product... But with this article about the 680i and DDR2 I wonder... I'm wondering now even more because I just ordered high end Kingston DDR2 9200 for my rig with the 680i because I am not satisfied with the current performance!!! (yes 3 times changing the RAM) I'll keep you posted...

Posted 03/18/2008 at 09:43:27pm

Umm... I don't know. Good info. I've only played UT3 for the last couple months, before that nothing in many years. My kids play CS and TF2, and it seems just a natrual thing for them. It's been a blast for me too, but unless I was willing to just keep on getting killed I wouldn't have developed the skills to even be aware of all those points. Time in makes a difference, at least a little one for me. And don't get me wrong, I'm still a LONG way off from being good, but I have gone from unbelievably horrible, to not so terribly bad. Oh and this is only on Team Deathmatch... -lol I guess I just wanted to say to all those who are new to FPS to just hang in there. Time will make you better AND more aware of your environment.