AVS Forum - HTPC GamingThis area is for the HTPC systems chat. If you are not an HTPC user, this is NOT the place for you. We expect to NOT SEE attacks made for from people who do not prefer this platform.GOG.com - Good Old Games- September 10, 2008 Anyone check this out yet www.gog.com I did, and just got my beta code. It's a site that sells old PC games, spiffed up to work in XP and Vista, with no DRM, at affordable prices. FOR EXAMPLE, Fallout, Fallout 2, Descent 3, MAXMAX2, etc. And we are talking about "affordable" as in, Fallout for $5.99. This is essentially Virtual Console for old PC games, the ground floor at least.http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1065265&goto=newpost Help...need the regulars to chime in here- September 9, 2008 Guys, my boss's just over 1 year old DELL Dimension 9200 (Core2Duo with 8600GT videocard) took a lightning hit while he and I were on a concall...he said the strike was close, popped most of his circuit breakers but only his Dimension fried up. PSU works, fans on the videocard and case kick on and the DVD spins up and then stops...but the machine won't POST. Tried pulling the RAM...it wont even give an error beep. Tried resetting the CMOS...same thing. Wont go into CMOS, can't even get the..http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1064977&goto=newpost DRM Hurting Spore- September 9, 2008 Check out the ratings on amazon of Spore. Most complaints are due to DRM. Sad to see such a great game being reduced to such a state...gg EA. http:www.amazon.comSpore-PcdpB000FKBCX4http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1064943&goto=newpost new rig in mind- September 9, 2008 I'm about to sell my current PC and already have a new rig in mind:D, This is what I was thinking of: (critics are welcome good or bad;)) AMD Phenom X4 9850 BE GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-DS4H (790GX NB and 750 SB) 2GB Gskill DDR2 1066 (using vista 32bit for now) ATI HD 4870 512MB Seagate 500GB 3GBs 32MB cache HDD Sony sata DVD-RW 585w36A PS (will upgrade later)http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1064741&goto=newpost Anyone get 1080P on Mercenaries 2 for PC- September 6, 2008 I can't figure out how to do custom resolutions with Mercenaries 2: world of flames. Any ideashttp://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1064018&goto=newpost |