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NickdoesET

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  1. Happy Birthday NickdoesET!

  2. Happy Birthday NickdoesET!

  3. Et to well Welcome

  4. Lain lol you play

  5. I share Maddox's astrological sign.
  6. PCI-E's link negotiation sorts out throttling the x16 card to a x1 link assuming you can connect it physically. Adapters/converters make this easy and are pretty simple to find online. You can also mod the slot or the card if you're feeling brave (not a great idea). Similar adapters to run x16 cards on a x1 link through ExpressCard can also be found (laptop with 5850--yes please?). Powering the card could be a bit hit or miss and there is a bit of a performance hit to think about. The converters aren't very large, but most cards are probably too big for the case. As I said, this isn't a great upgrade path to take for rather obvious reasons, but if you were going to do it you could find a card with a shorter, non-standard PCB (Gigabyte makes tons of them) that might fit with the right aftermarket cooler. Still, I doubt OP's system has a PSU that would safely power anything worth buying. Your recommendation to save for a new system is sound. I only posted so that OP's aware of the (rather esoteric) option.
  7. While less than perfect, you could get an x1 to x16 converter (~$50) and run any x16 card over a x1 lane. I'm not suggesting you do that because it's not exactly cost effective (great for custom docking stations though), but that option is at least there.
  8. Hmm, well, there doesn't seem to be much of a clear premise here to expatiate upon. If it's meant to be "we're trapped in a labyrinth of suffering (life), therefore..." then I'm not sure I'd grant that as true to begin with.
  9. Afaik the only reason to change this is if you have a legacy card that would use 3dfxgl or for specifying the path for opengl libraries on Linux (and that shouldn't really be necessary most of the time either).
  10. NickdoesET

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    I don't think he's trolling. Avenged Sevenfold is definitely on the pop end of the metal "spectrum", if you will. For comparison here are some examples of the far other end of that spectrum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EDtJBzakK0
  11. Loose-aggressive any/SMG.
  12. Readers poll is pretty whatever. No Shawn Lane no list, really.
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