Since all we have at this point are rumored specs on the 4870 it's hard to be specific. I'm sure once we get closer to June 23 we'll have a better idea.

What I will recommend though is that you don't just look at the wattage of a PSU. What is far more important is the amps it pushes and how many lines it has. Don't buy a cheap PSU regardless of the claimed wattage.

To give you an example. I have a Corsair HX520. It's only a 520w PSU but it has more amps than some 800w PSU's. My little Corsair has been powering an 8800 GTS SLI system now for over a year without fault.

I don't have any experience with other brands but I will highly recommend the Corsair series, they are probably one of the better choices out there. I would however get one of their higher wattage models for a newer system. Even if you don't choose a Corsair at the very least make sure you get a modular PSU, the non-modular ones tend to be of lesser quality and are 10x the PITA that a modular one is.

I have a thread going on the HardOCP forums but because I have such a specific question it's hard to find advice. This places gets a lot more traffic so maybe I'll get lucky here. (not that I'm a stranger to gamespot, I just never discuss hardware here)

In a nutshell my problem is that I live in South Florida and during the summertime my gaming room gets way too hot from the heat coming out of my computer. I made the mistake of buying an nforce 680 board which has the worst NB and SB heat output. My NB and SB run so hot that I cannot even hold my finger on either of them for more than 2 seconds. I also have 2 8800 GTS in SLI that throw a lot of heat out the back. If I lived farther up north and could have the computer in my 60 degree cold basement floor this wouldn't be a problem. However, in the summertime my gaming room gets to an ambient temperature in the high 80's anytime I do any gaming.

To solve the problem I'm getting rid of the nfarce and getting either a P35 or an X48, possibly a P45 if they are available before the end of June. I'm also ditching the 8800's and getting a single 4850. I'm also going to get rid of my generic mid-tower and pick up a full tower. I considered the antec 1200 but it is way overpriced for the features it has. If I had an unlimited budget I'd go for a silverstone. Anyways to get to the point....

I'd really like to hear from anybody that has a Coolermaster 1000 or the Coolermaster 1000 S, especially if you run your system in a high ambient environment, I keep my AC set to about 77 in the summertime.

I really like the Coolermaster 1000 for it's sound dampening and you get a lot of nice features with the case. The Coolermaster 1000 S has the 200mm fan on the side but you give up a lot of the nice features the 1000 has.

You'll have to go look this up for yourself but on the official Jade forums over at BioWare there is a posted work around for Vista to get it to work with auto-saves. IIRC it was something really simply like launching Jade as Administrator or something like that.

EDIT: Bah just noticed your second post - read the whole thread ftw before replying I guess. Anyways whatever the workaround was I know that it does work.

Far as I know you only need a silver account for any game updates/patches.

Whats a space sim then?mohammad93

The OP gave you two examples of what a space sim is. Try looking those up.

Crysis simply because it has a much higher replay value, as well as several really interesting mods in the works.

Bioshock, while a good game, is a one time play through and it's done.

(While these types of polls are fun, my real answer is that they are both good games and both should be owned and played)