Batwing~SPARTA~

I just tested mine, but i think i should try the "Vantage" test, checking DX 10 I guess this version 3dmark 06 checks DX 9 only http://service.futuremark.com/resultAnalyz...p;resultType=14 EDIT: .. and here is the 3dMark Vantage score... wow this is a really heavy test, I wander what PC can run it at full speed.. http://service.futuremark.com/home.action?...p;resultType=19

Happy Birthday

Hi Durka, in meanwhile you are wwaiting for the new PSU to come, if you feel the inspiration, you could test your 700w on your wife PC and see if it starts. To make this test, you don t even need to connect all the stuff in your wife pc, you should just connect the PSU to the MB and to the videocard (if needed). Do not connect to the HD either. If the PC boots up, you will see a message on screen like "no OS drive found", which is ok, because you did not connected the HD at all.. However, in this way you can test that the PSU is working because is powering up and booting the other pc. Theoretically speaking, if your 700 w is fried, it should not be able to power up your wife pc at all, if it does it (nad i hope not) it may mean something else is wrong on your MB. You could also try your wife PSU to power up your pc, if is trong enough for a bare start up. however you cannot CUT the power from the Nvidia in your system because that would result in a VGA failure and probably no screen or maybe not even POST. Remebr, to test a pure boot up, u don t even need to have the HD connected. Only MB and video card, if necessary.

yes, that make sense. if port 4231 is blocked at some firewall level, of course you r not gonna get the feed. firewall problem as I supposed. You should figure out what port you can use with your IT ppl there before changing it on your cam software. I think you just have to set a different port on the cam settings. No other changes, because usually commercial routers do not monitoor outbound connectivity, only inbound. Then if got the right open port, you should be able to see the feed at work. Good luck.

I installed in the past security cams a couple of times. I used a different set, with a VCR - HD unit and 15 cams connected. It was the VCR with his own software going on Internet through the router. I do assume the structure is almost the same. You said your camm has a software allowing you to see the stream. Just to recap a couple of points: 1) you said you tested the coonnectivity from your home. I do assume you did not have any problem to coonnect. install the active X when prompted and watch the stream, correct? 2) you say you are unable to watch the stream froom your work PC - You mean you work in your ownn company and you are responsible for your network security or you are in a corporation or elsewhere and your nnetwork security is company managed? I never met a problem like this, but i know some professional routers and Firewall deny stream video traffic based on incoming file extension, not only about the port traffic. If you are not the nnetwork admin at your job and you are not the one configured your job security router / firewall, you may ask to who is in charge for that. Symptoms you show are saying you get into the remote connection to your friend's home, getting through their router and getting to the Cam software, then when the cam start broadcasting, the stream is blocked, resulting in error message "cannot connect to IP cam". I would suuggest to disable any possible firewall you have at job to troubleshooot this problem. It is possiible you have multiple layers, your router there has a firewall and your PCs may have other firewalls or so called "internet security suite", especially if you are running antivir like Norton, McAfee, kaspersky and many other offering "full protection". If you totally shut down your "protection" and test the cam, if working you know who is the culpriit and you need to find what setting has to be set to allow the streaming traffic, probably wiith a call at the correct tech support. NOTE: it just came to my mind this, altough you said at job u tested also XP. Sometimes to install Active X correctly on Win 7 you NEED TO START IE AS ADMIN, whichh means right click the icon and choose Start as admin. I am sure you did it, but double check, sometiimes problems are way simpler than what they look like.

Hi all, I am pretty sure many of you know GTactix http://gtactix.com/ I was wondering if this tool can be useful on Arma 2 and if is compatible. I used it on GRAW 2 maps in the past and it was pretty good. Considering how multi-faceted can be the ground operations in Arma 2, is this an interesting tool or not?

well i guess the movie is a must to see simply because this movie os gonna be outstanding, not because there is a game about it. In fact most of the times games from movies just suck.

Yess .. I love this, I think it could be the movie of the year! It s a must in IMAX - 3D and 12.000 Watts dolby digital ! .. can t wait Dec 18

Hey, you know what Ebden... I truly love your way. Hoonestly, it's easy, straight to the point, achieve results in game and enjoyment doing it... welll.. i think Sparta doesn t really need anything else. Ranking may be a need for other groups but not for Sparta and i totally subscribe your style.

Durka, before you switchh to diifferent driver, about the artifacts, try setting the game VIDEO MEMORY to Veryy high.. I had artifacts and that solved the issue permanently for me. About how to switch to a different videoo driver, Win 7 is not too much friendly, but is not even too complicate. First of all be sure you downloaded the drivers you want to install You need to open your hardware settings: 1) right click COMPUTER and choose Properties 2) on the left end side click on DEVICE MANAGER 3) open the Display Adapter and right click on your card, then UNINSTAL 4) CONFIRM ALL FOLLOWING STEPS AND BE SURE TO ACCEPT ANY OPTION INVOLVING A FULL UNINSTALL this may be different from card producer, I use ATI, so just be sure to clean all 5) shut down your PC annd reboot When restarting either Win 7 will start on bare basic resolution 800*600 or will install the basic drivers it thinks are good for you. Either way when Win 7 is fully re-booted, proceed installing the drivers you want and reboot the system again Then test the game. If still unsatisfied, follow the instruction again, remove those drivers and try other ones.

Durka, Did you find any of my suggestions of any utility for your case?

I am too Rookie to really express a comment on how Arma 2 shoudl work on stats, but my 2 cents are related to a generic concept. Ii would love to have a game keeping track of Order accomplished. A commander dispatch a squad to do something. Server keep track of that Squad accomplishment. Members will get 'points" because achieved an order as a Squad. A wounded felllaw ask for a Medic and the medic revive him, Server keeps track. A Squad Leader ask for a Pilot lift off or extraction and a Pilot respond, server keep track. This works for ground vehicles as well - Tank crew works as a Squad and achieve points achieving their objectives. CAS Pillots get points when answering calls for CAS. Any "point" is achieved only as Squad achievement. You have to be part of a Squad and your Squad have to be dispatched to a specifiic objective. You have to follow your Squad Leader orders to achive the Squad results. I do not know yet if Arma 2 allows this tracking system, but this would be cool. This is the only basic concept of Stats I can think about.

I am a bit skeptiical about all of those programs claiming those kind of magical effects for gamers. First of alll, programs like those one were created some time ago when our PC were cluttered with crap and poor resources. I saw HP and DELL pc in the past, with 2 GB ram or older, with 1 GB ram, out of the box with less than 15% Free memory just after start up, because loaded of crapware. There, a program like that could have been useful. You have very limited resources and too much crap running in background. If your PC is old generation and you have barely 2 GB ram, you may want to give a shot to a program designed to "try" to improve your performmances. Remember that Santa Clause does not exist.... Today PCs are running on 4GB, 6GB or more ram, huge hard disks and plenty of rooom for swap files. The last thing you need is some other crap running in background. Your PC already has all the resources you need to run 2 games at the same time, not only one. Keep your PC simple and clean is usuually the best secret to have streamlined performances. If you check your Taskbar or your Hidden Icons on Win 7 and you see more than 5 icoons there, start asking yourself some questions. If you check how much memory RAMm you are using at idlle and you see more than 25% (on Win 7, it could be a bit less on other systems and depends if you are running 32 or 64 bit), you have extra stuff you don t need. Win 7 is optimized to not use more than 20 - 25% of your resources in idle, including antivir and malware protections. if you have more than thhat, your performance may be degraded and you need too get rid of stuff you do not need.

Hi Durka, Unfortunately pinpointing a problem on a PC is not that simple. Due to to a majority of hardware differences each PC assume a sort of unique personality and behaviour. Today being a PC tech is almost like being a doctor and solutions are coming by a path of tests. First of all Win 7 is a quite different OS, so do not assume what was working on Vista will work on 7. Also 7 has a very stroong internal troubleshooot system and is better trying to have 7 troubleshooting the problem itself before changing commands on the starting line, just assuming they will work. Once again what is working foor me, doesn necessarely workks for you but u can follow this logical path: BEFORE REINSTALLING THE GAME: 1) set your graphic card on a complete default settings - if you modified any setting on the NNvidia control panel, rever to full default 2) completely clean youre start path on the shortcut to a totally default one. No -wiinxp, cpucount and other crap, just let iit start plain and simple, no MODs at thhe beginning, full vanilla version 3) In game set FULL SCREEN, your 100% resolution, start with a "High" settings on graphic and "default" on video memory - Video memory is quite a controversial parameter, I had bad artifact on my game (black crap on screen), I turned video memoryy on "Very high" and graphic is now excellent 4) NOW RUN THE GAME and see what happens. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS and probably you will.. 1) Right click on the shoortcut and click on Troubleshooting - The game is working with issues, so chooose the option that will say something like "this program do not install or RUN", then follow the compatibility option Wiin 7 will offer, you can choose between XP sp2 or 3, your choice. During this settings you will berequired to start the game before closing the troubleshooting window usiing a botton on it, go haead and do it, Win 7 need to test the ne config. Play for a while and see what happens, if you are still haviing major issues,, shut the game and exit the troubleshoooting wiindow, because it cannot help more than that.. 2) Stilll having artifacts or short crashes, here no one asked you if you are having crashes on any other intensive graphic application. Are you playing any other game? A game that push graphic very hard is GRAW 2, if you have it you could test it. OBJECTIVE would be to see how hot your GPU gets when stressed for 5 minutes at 100%. However, in my experience, when you have a problem on 1 GAME ONLY, that is not temperature but Video Driver issues. DO NOT ASSUME "LATEST DIVERS" MEANS BETTER DRIVERS. Actually on my Win 7 config (64 bit) I have to run a 3 generation older driver from ATI to have PERFECT performances ( that means a 3 months old driver). 3) Solve all of your problems on the Vanilla version first. Do not use any other MOD. Now you can start modifying your shortcut line if you feel it may help. ONLY 1 MODIFICATION AT ONCE, take a note what u did modify and test, if it does not help either remove thhat addition (it didn t help, right?) or continue withh another one, but always one at once and check. I also found this thhread on the Bohemia support forum, can be interesting for you to read: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=88632 IF ANYTHING ELSE WORKS Completely unistall the game, clean registry entries (use CCleaner), then reinstall and restart from step 1 above GOOD LUCK Just for your knowledge, my PC is running Win 7 64, I7 920 @ 3.6Ghz, 6 GB ram, 2x 4850 crossfire and my fresh install out of the box was perfectly working, expect bad artifacts, I changed Video memory to very High, perfect graphic and never crashed and that s it. I don t even need to run any Compatibility mode, it goes straiight to the game and works perfectly fine. My shortcut has no sppecial commands, not even the -nosplash

I can t wait to get the game finally working and be part of all of this ! Just one quick question: When you set this event on Fridays 20.00 GMT (3 pm EST), what about a US player connecting, say, at 22.30 GMT? Is the session still going on at that time ? and till what time usually is going on? Thank you.

I really think this should be your choice, for budget and performances http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16834220636 You can put 100 bucks on top of it and get the same model instead of 15" up to 17" http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16834220640 That depends on you.

Thank you for your concern, my friend. GoGamer CS is not existent at all. It is 1 week and a half now I am waiting for someone giving me an RMA number to send this crap back and have a refund. However i do consider it a closed case. i f I will be able to get the money back ok, otherwise doesn t matter. Lol, my g/f is going to make me a gift with another copy of Arma 2 for xmas hehehe so I'll be up and running pretty soon She decided to make me a gift with the TrackerIR 5 as well... so I am quite happy I have to wait a bit for that kind of full package I probably will ask her to buy the game straight by Bohemia, so at least i know who i have to call if i have problems Oh, and bytheway.. I see you are in St. Pete, I am in Tampa and CyLawyer is in Lakeland.. we should plan a meeting and a beer together guys !

I took 5 minutes to build up the same ALIENWARE config on Newegg and here is the result: Total $1,820 taxes and shipping included. So, for me, if you wanna give me $680 in profit, I can offer you lifetime warranty and come to your place to make coffe sometiimes ;) Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price select item 1 quantity of item 1 LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS50 - OEM Item #: N82E16827136167 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options27-136-167|hide options27-136-167) Service Net Replacement Extended Warranty Plan The product will be replaced and shipped directly to you at no charge(more info27-136-167.0.18) 1 year: $6.99 2 year: $11.99 $28.99 select item 2 quantity of item 2 COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail Item #: N82E16811119196 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$10.00 Instant $99.99 $89.99 select item 3 quantity of item 3 Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives -Bare Drive Item #: N82E16822136284 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $109.99 select item 4 quantity of item 4 Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive Item #: N82E16822136358 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $54.99 select item 5 quantity of item 5 GIGABYTE GV-N295-18I-B GeForce GTX 295 1792MB 896 (448 x 2)-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - Retail Item #: N82E16814125254 Return Policy: VGA Replacement Only Return Policy $509.99 select item 6 quantity of item 6 Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE ... - Retail Item #: N82E16817371025 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options17-371-025|hide options17-371-025) Service Net Replacement Extended Warranty Plan The product will be replaced and shipped directly to you at no charge(more info17-371-025.0.18) 1 year: $16.99 2 year: $25.99 -$30.00 Instant $159.95 $129.95 select item 7 quantity of item 7 Kensington Ci70 K64392US Black 27 MHz Wireless Slim Desktop Set - Retail Item #: N82E16823155028 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options23-155-028|hide options23-155-028) Service Net Replacement Extended Warranty Plan The product will be replaced and shipped directly to you at no charge(more info23-155-028.0.18) 1 year: $9.99 2 year: $16.99 -$10.00 Instant $30.00 Mail-in Rebate23-155-028 $74.99 $64.99 select item 8 quantity of item 8 Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model ... - Retail Item #: N82E16820226040 Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy $135.99 select item 9 quantity of item 9 ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Item #: N82E16813131365 Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options13-131-365|hide options13-131-365) Service Net Replacement Extended Warranty Plan The product will be replaced and shipped directly to you at no charge(more info13-131-365.0.18) 1 year: $29.99 2 year: $49.99 $289.99 select item 10 quantity of item 10 Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail Item #: N82E16819115202 Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy $288.99 select item 11 quantity of item 11 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM Item #: N82E16832116754 Return Policy: Software Return Policy $104.99 Subtotal: $1,808.85 Calculate ShippingZip Code: . FedEx 3Day Express Saver -- $136.62FedEx 2Day -- $205.06FedEx Standard Overnight -- $245.88UPS Guaranteed 3 Day Service -- $10.10UPS 2nd Day -- $118.93UPS Next Day Saver -- $127.89 GO Shipping: $10.10 Redeem Newegg Gift Cards Card Number: Security Code: Apply Apply Promo Codes: Enter up to 5 promo codes, Please note that stacking is not permitted. Promo Code: Apply (For Example:code1,code2,code3,code4,code5) Promo Code: $0.00 No Interest for 12 Months on orders over $999 with your Newegg Preferred Account. Subject to credit approval. Grand Total: $1,818.95

I do really like this config in general but the only point I have to desagree is the videocard choice. Actually, also if you are looking for an Nvidia 260 or possibly 2 of them to go SLI, Newegg is having those cards for about $185 -$200 each. So you go SLI, which is a technology that sometimes fails, exactly like Crossfire. When i say "fails" i mean that occasionally you have incompatibilities with games full supporting the SLI or Crossfire technology. If you buy 2 of them, you go to about $400 bucks, so my point is: For that money, why don t you get a fantastic HD 5870 ? First of all is a fully DX 11 card, this you will enjoy in the next few months, second is 1 card only kicking the arse of those 2 260s and not having compatibil;ity issues whatsoever related to SLI or CF configs. Plus it comes with the new Eyefinity ATI system, driving up to 4 monitors on one card for hyper high resolution. If one day you'll decide to run 3 30" monitors for a full immersion game experience, this card does it and does it pretty well, check on youtube for the Eyfinity videos. And a personal comment about SSDs. Still too much expensive and the performances do not justify them, exept for the fancy thing to have 'em on board. Think instead a pair of pretty quick HD with some good cache, set them in RAID 0 and here you go, high performances for lower price and way larger storage capacity. To give you an idea of what I am saying look at this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136358 The SSD medic is suggesting is 60 GB fro about 200 bucks - Here you have WD 7200 rpm with 32MB cache quick drives, take 4 of these babies and put them all together in RAID 0 and you have 32MB cache *4 and 2 terabytes of high performances for $220 ... ahem.... It's quite self explanatory. However you can also find 10.000 RPM high performances drivers, you get 2 of 'em instead of 4 and you still pay way less than 200 bucks and way more storage than 60 GB. I am running a config with a I7 920 OC at 3.6, 6 GB ddr3 and 2x HD 4850s CF and I am having great performances. Honestly i would not think a second to get a 5870 if i had 400 bucks to put on the table right now.

So it looks like you were having issues before the total lost of your video. from what you are saying you tested your roomate videocard and is not working either. This let me think about a serious issue with your motherboard chipset controller. First of all you should test your cards once at the time, on your roomate system. you don t really need to install drivers, you just need to see if it POST and is displaying something on screen, also basic resolution 800*600 would be anough to see that the card is working. If is working, then your problem is on your motherboard and your cards are fine. You said you were running a SLI, so you have 2 slots for videoccards. Try to install your roomate card (the one known as "working") not on the primary PCI-x slot but on the secondary one and see what s going on. However, if your cards are working on the roomate rig and not on yours, your Chipset is failing. The Northbridge, which is taking care of the video data lanes is the culprit 99% and the only solution is replacing the motherboard.

Quick update: I am giving up. GoGamer provided me a new key and guess what? It was disabled as well ! I don t know what s wrong with that store, but they really are making bad business. On the other side I have to say Tech Support from Bohemia has been at least nice enough to explain me that legally they cannot give me another key, because legally Keys are belonging to the vendor providing the software, so the only path to go has 2 solutions: 1- either GoGamer provides a working key - which looks like is not gonna happen, because they have only disabled keys... 2 - return the game for a refund and buy somewhere else. BI Tech Support also suggested me the option to buy the game directly from their distribution from http://www.sprocketidea.com/joomla/ then BI is directly responsible for tech support, keys and whatever comes with. So, final verdict, if GoGamer gives me the option to return and re-fund I'll get my money back, otherwise I'd lost my 40 bucks and I'll buy a copy from BI trusted site. Oh well, thinking all of this is for a game, which should provide happiness and joy, so far it gaves me only headache At least I've lernt something: stick with trusted providers you know also if it costs a bit more.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone !! "Contact, Turkey 100 mtrs in front of us!"

Lol, yeah.. However it looks like I am ground zero again... After i sent my key to the BI tech support, the guy replied to me and said "That key is invalid, you should contact Gogamer asking for a new one" Duh !!!! I sent another reply and CC Prazek, explaining for the n time that Gogamer is not reacting friendly. They are giving me hard time to have another key and BI should take ownership of the problem being the producer and being the one who has power to enable or disable a key. I just feel like they are bouncing me here and there and each one is not assuming their own responsabilities. It is the first time I m having an issue like this and it sounds so frekking unbelievable! I am not even the only one having this problem.. it is just incredible how no one gives a shit to solve a problem, which is potentially an eaasy solution... GIVE ME A FREKKING NEW KEY AND EVERYONE IS HAPPY! lol.. and this is all about a "game" which is something created to deliver "good time and happiness while playing" !!! lololol..

Well, yes, i m quite happy of that indeed, lol.. i just don t want to raise my expectations too much However my mail was in any way accusatory and was a solid request of help from an happy customer who is not so happy right now ;) Very similar to my post on their forums, i think Mr. Prazek understood iin full my feelings. This is nice indeed.

Ok guys, So yesterday i sent an email to BI PR Manager Jan Prazek, it was a solid mail with some light "legalese". Just this morning i got a reply from Mr. Prazek apologizing for the situation. And he escalated to an internal tech support in BI. At the same time i got an email from the BI tech support rep. who is taking care of my case and I sent him the Key to evaluate what the issues is. I would say at least BI is moving in a very nice direction. I n meanwhile yesterday I had a phone conversation with a supervisor at Gogamer CS who requuested for me to scan my Key to show it and start a procedure to 'possibly" get another key. Hiis argumenntation was quite ridicoulous. He continued to insist something is related to Pirate key generators and also if he provides me withh another key, i have no certanty it will work. Lol. I told him if he really believes in what is saying, they should shut down the sales of Arma 2 right now, because tomorrow, based on those BSs, he will have 5000 upset customers unable to play the game !! However, one way or another i m going to the right direction. Just remember.. use always your solid experience. honestly i decided to go via Gogamer instead neweggg.com ( where I bought everything I have), because the first had a deal 10 bucks cheaper.. So, you know whhat, buying at Newegg for 10 bucks more, i was playing with u right now... lol.. evvery day I have to learn a new lesson Peace...