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Quake 4 Performance Optimization Guide
Disappointed with your performance in Quake 4? If so, today's Quake 4 Optimization Guide may help. Stathi goes over all of Quake 4's video settings with a range of budget, mainstream, and semi-high-end PCI-E and AGP graphics cards. See the performance impact of each setting, as well as screenshots of what each setting does in this article!
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Lost In Poland: Part 1
Have you ever forgotten something you needed for a long trip, or better yet, had your bags lost entirely? If so, you can probably relate to Jakub's current predicament. Somehow our esteemed Games EIC managed to become the only Polish person on a press trip to get lost in Poland. After hearing his story, you may never want to fly abroad again!
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Battlefield 2 Optimization Guide
Are you disappointed with your PC's performance in Battlefield 2 but don't have the cash for an upgrade? If so, you may want to check out Stathi's BF2 Optimization Guide! Inside are descriptions and screenshots for all of BF2's video settings, as well as performance analysis for a variety of budget, mainstream, and high-end cards. See which settings run best for each class of hardware in this article!
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Building a $1,000 Gaming PC
What components would you select if you had $1,000 to build a cutting-edge rig for gaming? That's the task Brandon was given in this article. See which components he selected, why he chose them, and how his $1,000 system performs in comparison to a cutting-edge Athlon 64 FX-57/GeForce 7800 GTX PC in today's article!
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Eternal Battle Day 5: Building a High-Definition HTPC
People build HTPC's out of spare parts all the time. The problem is that you shouldn't be using spare parts - a high-end HTPC needs much more power than that. We're putting a 7800GTX in our HTPC, and showing off the design issues behind building a high-end HTPC with an off-the-air HD tuner. Even if you're not planning to build an HTPC, this is an important article to read to learn about PC video technology.
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Eternal Battle Day 4: Ultimate Gaming PC versus Ultimate Workstation Benchmarks
It's the main event: Performance Analysis. We put our flagship FX-57 machine against our Dual Opteron 252's through our gaming, digital photography, and digital video benchmark suite... and a new challenger arrives: the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ with a single NVIDIA 7800 GTX
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Eternal Battle Day 3: Stretching Your Dollar
The truth is revealed. We've talked about building the no-budget desktop and the no-budget workstation. What about the best-bang-for-the-buck desktop and workstation? What about other power supplies or products? Your answers are in here. Welcome to Day 3 of FiringSquad's Eternal Battle 2005.
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Eternal Battle Day 2: The Ultimate Workstation
SCSI vs SATA? ECC Chip Kill vs Regular DDR? NVIDIA 16x FSAA? In day 2 of Eternal Battle 2005, we build our Ultimate Workstation. Total cost? $9180.
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Eternal Battle Day 1: Ultimate Gaming Desktop
We're proud to present the 1st Biennial Eternal Battle: 5 days of system building guides. The plan?
Step 1: Build the ultimate gaming system
Step 2: Build the ultimate workstation
Step 3: Put both systems head-to-head
Step 4: In videogame fashion, reveal the true nature of the boss.
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Battlefield 2 Linux Server Guide
Want to set up a Battlefield 2 server for your friends? Are you in that left-wing liberal hippie "experimental" stage at college and have a Linux server? Well, we won't hold it against you. Jason's got a quick guide to setting up a Linux BF2 server here.
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Quake 4 Performance Optimization Guide
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Lost In Poland: Part 1
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Battlefield 2 Optimization Guide
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Building a $1,000 Gaming PC
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Eternal Battle Day 5: Building a High-Definition HTPC
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Eternal Battle Day 4: Ultimate Gaming PC versus Ultimate Workstation Benchmarks
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Eternal Battle Day 3: Stretching Your Dollar
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Eternal Battle Day 2: The Ultimate Workstation
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Eternal Battle Day 1: Ultimate Gaming Desktop
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Battlefield 2 Linux Server Guide
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World War II Online: Beginner's Flying Guide
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Introduction to High-End TVs
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Advanced System Building 301
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Windows XP Performance Optimization 101
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Half-Life 2 Optimization Guide
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Lost In Poland: Part 1
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Battlefield 2 Linux Server Guide
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World War II Online: Beginner's Flying Guide
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World War II Online Beginner's Guide
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Call of Duty Beginner's Guide / Cheat Report
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How It Works: Fragment Anti-Aliasing
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Book Review: Get in the Game
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Multichannel Audio Software Guide
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Multichannel Audio Hardware Guide
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Console Clash 2K2: Games
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Building a $1,000 Gaming PC
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Eternal Battle Day 5: Building a High-Definition HTPC
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Eternal Battle Day 4: Ultimate Gaming PC versus Ultimate Workstation Benchmarks
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Eternal Battle Day 3: Stretching Your Dollar
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Eternal Battle Day 2: The Ultimate Workstation
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Eternal Battle Day 1: Ultimate Gaming Desktop
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Introduction to High-End TVs
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Building a Basic HTPC
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Ultimate PC Buyers Guide
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Choosing The Right Power Supply
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FS HD Installation Walk-through
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FS Hard Drive Installation Guide
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Internet Connection Sharing Guide
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Build Your Own Computer
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FS Guide to Windows Networking
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FS Guide to Setup a LAN
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Quake 4 Performance Optimization Guide
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Battlefield 2 Optimization Guide
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Advanced System Building 301
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Windows XP Performance Optimization 101
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Half-Life 2 Optimization Guide
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Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide
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Need For Speed: Underground Optimization Guide
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Console Picture Guide
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FS Guides: Occlusion Culling
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XP: Getting Things Done, Part 3
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