Posted 11/06/2009 at 02:58:10am

I have owned a lot of dlink routers in the past but they all fail within the year. I still run a 1g 8 port switch from dlink but Linksys WRT54GL router http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16833124190 has been the best router I have ever owned. Never failed, never loses connections, and runs flawless gaming applications. The only drawback is the firmware and interface is old and hard to configure. But you can of course change that with the help of a MaxPC article.

Posted 10/27/2009 at 01:00:29am

I used the family pack as listed on the forms and below. Not a problem at all - did a clean install with it. No hacks or anything. Just had the RC installed and active (which I have been using for months) - drop in your disk and do a custom install to delete and reformat. Perfect!

Posted 10/26/2009 at 08:31:11am

Really - 64bit is the only way to go imo - add more memory and I have not had any problems finding driver for newer hardware which most of us who even look in MaxPC direction usally have anyway. 64 is also snappier - running a i7 with 6gigs in tri is just fun with Photoshop/Lightroom 2.

Any games I would play today also work just fine - Warcraft, Left for Dead.

Posted 10/26/2009 at 03:36:19am

I was running RC 64 Ultimate on 2 computers and did a clean install with Win7 RC on computer easily. I bought a family pack home Win7 64 and just dropped the disk in the computer turned it on. I selected custom and deleted any parts and formatted a few times. Went through the rest of the set up and skipped adding CD key etc. Just made a login with PW. Updated all that Windows had on site and restarted. Entered CD key & Activated Windows and everything went smooth. No problems at all and installed on a clean disk. Search turned up no widows.old. Glad I could do it off of that instead of going back to load Vista/XP OEM's. Installing 64 over 32 you will have to do a clean install and the same goes for the other way. Vista is the only in place upgrade I know of that works with Win7 install but has to be the same bit 32/64 or you we have to do a clean install. XP users must do a clean install. Doing a clean install is really the best way to do if you can. Just move all your files you want to keep onto another hard drive or USB key and format the "C" etc for you main operating system. I have a core i7 system and Windows found just about everything right away with exception of updated video drivers for Nvidia. What I did here: http://www.maximumpc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=99327

Posted 07/17/2009 at 04:34:28pm

 Man, my Atari 2600 is still running Adventure at blazing frame rates. Why would I need an upgrade?

Unitymind

Posted 07/10/2009 at 12:41:45pm

Is Sony going to open up their movie collection to netflix streaming now? I bet just Sony TV will be able to play Sony movies lol...and where is the netflix app for Sony Playstation 3! Its a joke it gets on TV first but not the PS3.

Also where is the iphone Netflix streaming app!!!!

Posted 05/07/2009 at 03:10:54pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE

Posted 05/07/2009 at 03:01:52pm

I have a 920 and just slightly raised it to 3.0 gigs without even breaking a sweat. The 920 offers little in improvement over the a 2 core or 4 core when it comes to games. I had to turn off HT for World of Warcraft since it would only run on one core causing horrible frame rates.

Posted 05/07/2009 at 02:55:09pm

The price is on par with the iTab :, although an iTab with service will probably cost around $799.

For $500 though and $10 bucks for almost every book is crazy. Who has time to read, iPod plus all the hours of free podcasts and once in awhile audible.com is all I could ever ask for when at work.

You know this is in response to something with a 10 inch screen.

Posted 04/28/2009 at 04:09:46pm

I just built a brand new machine with an i7 moderately overclocked to 3.0 @ 1600mhz memory (6 gigs) with a GTX285 (oc'ed)

I was getting 14-20 fps while raiding during boss fights with everything on ultra settings (WTF!). I did some research and turned off hyper-threading and it went up to ping 60fps. I saw with HT on only one core was being used instead of two that they have it optimized for in the game. The game is very CPU intensive since my old Core 2 DUO oc'ed like a dream to 3.6+ on room air and always pinged even in dal around 50-60 (mostly 60). Just OCing the processor a few hertz I saw a vast improvement. In game like L4D I get very clean powerful gaming and I am happy with the overall system. I would have never upgraded to the core i7 and spent the money on it if I thought I would get such poor results in Warcraft (since it is the most used thing on the system). Encoding DVD or whatever I have always used Anydvd and the mobile dvd application they have to convert anything for my iPod and it takes the same time with the 2 core and the 4 core.

Having to turn off the "hyper-threading" to get better performance in Warcraft is a fail imo. Gordon this would be a good topic on MaxPC podcast. Why do I get suck-crap performance?

I still love my system :)  - but really if you just want a KA gaming system built a dual core system with the highest speed you can find and spend extra money on some nice graphics card(s). The x58 board is still way overpriced. 

Any input appreciated.