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Don't forget about Overlord, the undisputed champion of Australian ESF ;)

I'd look at something like this: CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078 - Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100 $119.99 Mainboard...

It doesn't change the fact at all that unlocking cores is guranteed to work 100% of the time, even if you combine it with a good bard because its all cpu dependant. Again, AMD disables them for more than one reason and if you unlock them only to find that they are unstable, then you don't have...

Intel is a no brainier in this day and age and the fact that AMD hasn't had the performance crown or been anywhere near close to intel in terms of performance since 2006 is really beginning to show. When intel released Core2, AMD grew incredibly lazy in their CPU department. Its one of the...

Made a mistake, its actually a 4gb kit in the link, but that's what I get for compiling a list in notepad before i post XD Although having said that, 8GB is not a bad idea in the long term, being only about roughly $35~ dearer (IIRC) than the same 4GB Kit. You can save or put money else where...

How about something like this? Core i5 2400 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115074&cm_re=Core_i5_2400-_-19-115-074-_-Product Gigabyte P67A-D3 MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128487&cm_re=gigabyte_p67-_-13-128-487-_-Product MSI 2GB...

The definition of maxing Crysis is Very High, not high. I know this for a fact because looking at benchmarks shows that a 5770 gets 40fps @ high settings without AA applied @ 1920/1200 and below, not very high settings. Also using third-party texture packs or script mods from incrysis doesn't...

You're hijacking the OP's thread now? :p I doubt you can max every game out there - no offensive, but that is some small talk/bragging that doesn't really mean a lot. Sure - you can max some games - but not every game (Crysis would struggle in V-High). Brands really don't matter these...

Any DDR3 memory should work any DDR3 motherboard with the exception of earlier DDR3 ram modules. If you are trying to use older ram modules - the reason for your computer locking up is simple (Well it should be, considering that manufacturers state the voltage ceilnig for ram on their...

Most GTX 460s you will find left today end up being either the 768mb model or the 1GB SE version - A crappier, cut down version of the original GTX 460, which hence if you find someone claiming 'This a 1GB GTX 460', double check to see if its the SE variant or not. With this in mind: Buyer...

You'd probably want something along the lines of at least a Radeon 6850, 6870 or a 1GB 6950 if you can afford it. Its not just the GPU you want to worry about though. What do you plan on pairing it with CPU wise? Of course a good GPU is important, but do give your CPU choice some consideration...

None of them is better, there both POS cards that fit into the same low end segment. The CPU won't matter at all because you are already GPU limited by a crap card for 1 and AMD's 'vision' platform is just how they markert their platform - its not like its inherently better than a nv gpu on the...

Whats the point in buying the cheapest low end DX11 cards? Defeats the entire purpose of DX11's enhancements altogether... Its not like you have a choice when buying new cards now anyway - DX11 is pretty much supported on all newer cards. With DX11, Tesselation and DirectCopute are...

I think you may be better off saving some money if we consider two things: 1) You won't be OCing your CPU 2) A GTX 570 is sufficient enough for 1920x1080 Although OCing isn't really that hard at all for Sandy Bridge, but you'd want to get a better HSF rather then using the stock Intel HSF...

Most likely the G210 out of the two. Though TBH, they are both crap on a stick as far as gaming is concerned and are better suited for Browsing/E-mail/General use machines more then anything. If you want to get something that'll play games and your budget was limited, say look into at...

This argument is not entirely true. Core architecture itself is not based off Netburst at all (P4 architecture), it is in fact based off an enhanced P6 Architecture (P6 itself was used for the Pentium 3 line). The P4 has a much larger Pipeline (31-stage) compared to the core architecture's...

I'm hoping that wehn sandforce release their new SF2000 controller the year that drivers based on the older SF1200/1500 controllers get a heck of a lot cheaper. ATM I'm tempted towards purchasing a 120GB Patriot SSD for $199 AUD, wonder if it can get any cheaper lol... Looks like I'll be...

Confused the version numbers btw, 266.35 is the driver that appears to work fine with anything HL1 atm. Anything 266.58 or newer atm seems to give HL1 issues, so hopefully this will be fixed unlike UT2004 which got neglected for a while with newer drivers and strange performance side effects...

Despite the fact that this is a older/dead thread, I'd thought I'd get this out there. Any driver release newer than 266.35 at this point in time seems to cause slowdowns for HL1 mods (and yes, this includes esf), so best to avoid them for the time being unless you have newer cards that rely on...

Probably a good thing you're sticking with AMD for the time being as it is anyway seeing as intel's chipset issues aren't doing them any favors ;) (Note: Usually I would say go intel, but the sandy bridge chipset flaw is too hard to ignore right now at this point in time) I can't see much...