Please see my response to your previous post, and best of luck!

Boz

If the paste is spilling over the sides you've applied it incorrectly. Too much paste will result in poor cooling, which can lead to overheating, reduce overlock potential, possible CPU shutdown, etc.

The best thing to do is remove the cooler, clean both the bottom of the cooler and the CPU of all thermal paste, and reapply it properly. If you're a little unsure about applying thermal paste, you can use Arctic Silver's guides, which are really good. A quick Google will give you a ton of guides to applying thermal grease.

Good luck!

Boz

An 'international' GTA would be difficult design-wise seeing as with the whole 'realism' approach it would be nonsensical to let all the pedestrians speak English with Hollywood accents, and it would be unpractical to let them speak the native language in question.

DraugenCP

[QUOTE="DeX2010"]India :) It would make for some funny lines and good gameplay - also driving will be way harder - if you've ever been to India you'll know what I mean by that :)DecadesOfGaming

probably not much driving, just traffic jams

An X1950GT is a much faster graphics card than an HD 6370. Sure your card is old, but this is a notebook IGP, it's not really meant for gaming machines.

It will play the named games as both can scale back to run on pretty old hardware, but that with limited graphical quality. A lot of new games are simply out of reach. To any slightly serious gamer such a chip is definitely no-go.

eBusiness

Earthquake, original Samurai Shodown; that guy was so cheap.

You are tasked with designing Grand Theft Auto in a city outside the U.S. What city do you choose and why?

• Do you run a Yakuza theme in Japan?
• A crime syndicate in Moscow?
• A gang in Rio de Janeiro?

Personally I'd like to see something in Mumbai, India. It's a location that is largely overlooked, very interesting, hugely populated (larger than NYC by population) and would make for a very interesting game.

Happy gaming,

Boz

You'll still be able to run on very high settings given the monitor is only 1366x768 native resolution. My aging Intel Core 2 Duo e6550 and x1950GT graphics card run WoW on high settings in a full 25-man raid environment at 1680 x 1050 at well over 30 FPS, and this laptop is leaps and bounds ahead of my setup.

Boz

$270, wow! I was thinking of getting something in that range instead of upgrading the speakers, since i rarely bump those loudly because people will just complain. They would have to closed though as i listen to Metal as well so open phones are a no go :) Stay away from Yamaha, the receivers i see are Denon, Pioneer and Marants for higher-end, thinking about a Denon myself because i'm out of HDMI slots. Has anyone tried the bithead for $100 from Headphones.com?X360PS3AMD05

1. Amplifiers are not necessary to provide higher volume levels, though that is a side-benefit should you enjoy listening to your music at higher volumes. Amplifiers provide a higher dynamic range, meaning the soft sounds are softer and the loud sounds are louder. You also need sufficient power to push your drivers; some are more power-hungry than others, and will sound better with superior or higher-powered amplifiers. So even if you "rarely bump those loudly," you'll still see some benefit from a high-quality amplifier.
2. Yamaha makes excellent amplifiers; I'm not sure where you got the idea that they do not. They have three lines of products: The HTR, RX, and Aventage lines. They are designed mostly for different distribution models, but in general the HTR is going to be a more mainstream and entry-level line, the RX is your full-line of receivers (including the amazing RX-Z11, which is over $5,000), and the Aventage line that caters more towards high-end home-theater and digital media users. Yamaha's modeling system general sees a sizable improvement in quality in the 1,000's lineup, meaning the RX-A1000 is a significant improvement over the RX-A800, but the RX-A800 is not as significant an improvement over the RX-A700. Think of it like a car: The Subaru Impreza 2.2 and Impreza 2.5 are essentially the same car, though one has a more powerful engine. You have to step up to the WRX to see a huge difference.

Denon, Pioneer, Marantz, Onkyo, and many other manufacturers have both good and bad products in their lineup to appeal to a variety of customers. Rare is the firm that can be profitable long-term appealing exclusively to high-end customers (though it does happen).

Boz