By the way, how would one apply thermal paste to a graphics card heatsink or whatever?

Quote from JTbo :

So, tomorrow it has been one month since I did place order, still no parts, those 8800GT cards seem to be rare items :P

Even though I (unknowingly) got price raped by ordering an 8800GTS, at least I wont have to wait until January to get a good graphics card now.

I boned myself over and didn't listen to Jack when I got my rig. Ordered an 8800GTS along with my new rig yesterday, I plan on returning it as soon as it arrives and getting a GT. Hopefully they will allow me to replace the GTS with the GT on the 1-year payment plan I have.

Quote from Shotglass :

so what you meant to say was that the ai is realistic ?

WRONG. Don't let ignorance take you over. The dirt to Daytona AI are about 3-4 seconds slower than the real NASCAR drivers at Watkins Glen.

Looks like the new rig is mine
But, I have to wait until Christmas to put it together.

You want positive camber for the left tires, more for front, quite a bit less in back, and negative camber in the right side tires.

BTW, I signed it, im signature #10,545.

Quote from james12s :

it happened in caterbury, people moved near the speadway track then moaned and it got shut down, i agree that i would love to live next to a race track, alot of people dont realise how much technology from racing makes it way into cars, ide say to them, ok shut it down but you have to drie round in a benz patent motor wagon in the middle of winter lol, they should be building more race tracks not closing them

As I said, race tracks are being closed because of the idiots that move there and complain about the noise. Obviously they are too stupid to know that the noise would be present at races.

Another case of some idiots knowingly moving close to a race track, then complaining about the noise. Figures.

Quote from harjun :

lol, well my computer consists of a "E21xx-s!", and happily runs LFS at over 200fps, thus me calling is a Gaming PC, so please.....

Wow, just imagine an E6750 and an 8000GTS! (also from many reviews I read, If you have a case with good airflow, you can overclock to 3.2 GHz on stock cooling!)

I'd love to have it, but shipping rates between continents are astronomical, and i doubt any company would ship anything that large for non-commercial use

The LOD is the amount of detail you see of another car at a distance. The lower you have it, the lower the detail will be. Also, lowering it helps your FPS. But, I agree with what Jack and Harjun said, you need a better CPU.

Great video, absolutely hilarious!

Little did the two men know, the Acura had lost its steering, the throttle had stuck, and it was headed straight for them. Good thing there's a wall

Quote from harjun :

yes, make sure you don't go and skimp on the PSU, that's the main thing

I switched up to a 600W PSU, last thing I want to do is return and exchange for another.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16817190012
I find the Corsair's a bit too expensive for my liking.

Quote from Jakg :

I'd go for a better PSU and an 8800GT.

It says the 8800GTS needs a 400W power supply. Is there something other than wattage I should be paying close attention to in a power supply?

I got bored, and decided to "put together" a PC on Newegg, no intention of purchasing. Little did I know, the Newegg preferred account thing that allows you to go a year without making a payment just MIGHT help me talk my mom into buying it.

Samsung DVD+ burner- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16827151151
COOLER MASTER case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16811119077
Seagate Barracuda 320GB HDD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16822148215
Acer 22" monitor- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16824009094
EVGA Geforce 8800GTS- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16814130305
Xion Xon 500W Power supply- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16817190011
Kingston 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16820134384
BIOSTAR mobo- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16813138075
Intel Core2Duo E6750 2.66 GHz- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16819115029
OS- Vista Home Premium (Already own a copy)

Grand Total: $1,186.00

Hopefully I can get my hands on it, and feel free to make any suggestions. I do not want suggestions that go much higher though

I have taken a look at Geforce Go GPU's, and it seems that HP Pavilion DV series is it's prime market. Hopefully it will be the same for mine. Thanks for the info Jack

Dan, i suggest you invest in a new power supply along with a graphics card. Next time you upgrade something, hopefully you shouldn't have to worry about how much power it consumes.

I know you guys are going to say something along the lines of "Buy/build a desktop computer.", but that is not an option for me at this time. I would greatly appreciate it if I could be given a hand with possibly finding a good graphics card that would work with my HP Pavillion DV6000t (1.6 ghz Core 2 Duo, 2 gb RAM). I don't seem to be having much luck at the moment, but maybe you guys can lend me some info.

Poor Evo (and seagull)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4gDU8dNV-o

Paramore is a pretty good band, Hayley looks a hell of a lot younger in the acoustic performance than in the music videos

I bought myself a good forum attendant after work/school.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Also, at the rate that the US dollar is going, by the time S3 is released, it might cost as much as a small house.

Yes, I agree. The US dollar has been plummeting recently. Get S2 and a good wheel ASAP.

Quote from ldriver :

Nostradamus has writen something about it but i dont remember ...

"And a driving game will be created by three subjects that will shock the world"