Ya, and the preload is just that, the games are on your hard drive already, which sux, but oh well, you can uninstall them from your steam menu.

And NO GM will not work, the Lost Coast and HL2-Deathmatch ARE Source driven games, but they will not allow you to install mods or other games that require the Source engine, as the code won't allow it, it recognizes that you are using the "free" version of the source engine. Again, sux.

I use 3 partitions on my dual boot system, one XP, one Vista, and one for files and programs that will work on both OS's.

when you install Vista you will then be able to access those drivers from the third partition or HDD.

it is always best to do dual boot from clean installs of both os's

Here is one way to do it:

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_xp__stepbystep_guide_with_screenshots.htm

I'd like it if you're willing. =D

F.E.A.R. Combat

and if you have an nVidia card, you can get Half Life 2: Deathmatch for free here from Steam:

http://www.steampowered.com/nvidia/

both games are pretty fun.

and you are right, Warrock is kinda fun, but it needs help.

There is also numerous open source games available, Open Arena is one example, and if you have Half Life (the first or second) there are tons of free mods & total conversions to play.

I have no idea, but I'm curious to see if you're having the same problem that I am. When I go to use it, I can map all the buttons to it just fine, but you still need to mouse to look around, and that makes it absolutely pointless.director1234

I've heard of this glitch, I think it only happens in certain games, see if the game maker has any updates.

Xpadder

http://xpadder.com/

It works, it works on almost ANY controller and it's free.

Plus, it can't hurt to try it.

But IMO, game pads, no matter how good they are or the software is to program them, a game that is optimized for keyboard/mouse game play will not perform as well with a controller, unless that game allows for the differences in performance.

Now if a controller would come out that allowed a resolution change like the newer mice do, to allow for more precise aiming; well I'd buy that for a dollar...

I could be wrong here, but you can use xfire, msn and steam (though for steam, you need to add a shortcut to your steam games menu and launch the game from there to use the community features in steam)

but if everyone is using teamspeak, well, then you'll just have to d/l it anyway.

too many different voip clients IMO. someone needs to make a unified one, that will work universally, w/o hogging resources.

ya, i see that, i'm guessing that there may be some optimization issues with the initial drivers on various system configs.

like i said, Nurien, was different every time i ran it, though the numbers were similar, I would have expected closer results on a couple of the tests I ran, on one test, I think I got a 36 avg, 61 max, and 21 min then on one I think i got 41 avg, 68 max, and 24 min. this doesn't include when i overclocked to test, that time was higher than the rest.

this leads me to believe that my cpu took a chunk of the load, because I did not change the gpu settings.

in your case, i would expect that the normal gpu load went your primary card, and the physX calcs went to your secondary card, which could be, and my advantage could be my quad core...

i'm sure nvidia will have more info in the next few days after they here about peoples varying experiences

I got

39 avg

65 max

22 min

By GokuNeo

although it was different every time, sometimse higher sometimes lower. Oddly enough the first time was the fastest, as if some sort of memory leak not clearing even restarting demo (not from within program)

Interesting effects, the Kulu is kinda cool too, and I like the atmosphere of Warmonger, even if the gameplay is off, but it's just a demo right?

Specs:

Q6600 G0 @ stock 2.4Ghz

OCZ 2x2GB DDR2 @ 800Mhz

ABS Tagan BZ 800 Watt PSU

ABIT IP35 PRO MOBO

EVGA 8800GT SC

So I pretty happy with the results, I did get better results overclocking, but I like running stock for most things, since most things run well at stock (my mobo allows on the fly & per app overclocking)