Jabo

Glad to hear you're OK Trib. Stay safe m8 Jabo

It's about an hour (or 50 miles) from me JP. Any good for ya?

I don't meet the recommended requirements. And neither does my PC Jabo

Nice, very good

Oh I'm sure we can arrange something. Who's paying for the scotch though?

All I know about Newport Pagnell is that Aston Martins come from there. You spending again JP?

Why?

I think the creative problem is sorted now, although the vista drivers should work in any case. I'm using onboard sound without much in the way of problems unless I start fiddling with it. Jabo

Ouch. Thanks for the heads up Jim, looks like a gfx card upgrade is all I'll be doing for now.

Well, I'm still gonna invest in a better graphics card, but it looks like my Q9650 will fit the bill. Woot! Jabo

I don't think there's a lot to choose between them Jack, both are a digital signal and are cross-compatible to an extent. Did you get a DVI lead with the monitor? If so, I'd use that and save the money on an HDMI lead. Unlike blu-ray players etc, I think you'll find an HDMI output from a graphics card does not supply the audio component (it's certainly that way on laptops). Jabo

Agreed, I'm not actually upgrading until I've had hysterics over <10fps in COD. My now (sadly) ageing 9800gtx does not cut the mustard for RoF though (gfx memory apparently), but seeing as COD is more important, I'm happy to wait

Don't forget though Sid, that FT's now officially on the Olegian calendar, so today could quite easily be yesterday, or even last week. Jabo

Sounds a bit like the old project management adage, "the first 90% of a project takes 90% of the available time, the last 10% takes the other 90% of the time." Oh well, it'll be out sometime, and having waited this long, another month or two won't make much difference. Jabo

I suppose I'd forgotten about dual-GPU cards, but it doesn't affect me in any case as I won't be running one any time soon. While the Maximus IV is a (very) nice board, at £300+ it's a little pricey for my wallet, so I'm thinking of the Pro or Deluxe ASUS P8P67 with (after your earlier posts and some more googling) a 2500K (for now). As it is, I've bought the memory and it arrived this morning. I obviously had a moment though as I seem to have purchased 8GB of the Corsair Vengeance (4 x 2GB) rather than the 4GB I was originally going for. So all I need now is a board, processor and a graphics card - lol @ me. Jabo

Another new ASUS board released - The P67 Sabretooth. I suspect it's overpriced at present as all the ASUS P67 boards (except the Maximus IV) are cheaper now. Not fully SLI/Crossfire compatible either as can only run one card at x16 not two. I feel it's a dud at this price. Spec here.

I agree Perf, I'll likely have to upgrade to get the most of of COD, but I'll sit tight until I see how it runs on my rig before dashing out to buy new kit (except 8GB of DDR3 which will arrive on Monday - rofl) Jabo

Nope, forthcoming Cliffs of Dover 'Surrender Monkeys' expansion. Yep, looking for JP as I recall, Great vid Kimo m8! Say what you like about the French they can build a good-looking aeroplane... Jabo

odd about these gfx problems, is it confined to the ati boys? I know jim uses ati, but pook & tonar? I'll have go have a look for the spitty folders when I get home. Jabo

Naturally, all Painless' friends live in his computer

Good point but I'm no overclocker and that button looks awfully difficult to push. Jabo On a more serious note, overclockers.co.uk are doing 2x2GB of Corsair Vengeance ddr3 for £59.99 this week. Might take advantage - it'd be the right memory regardless of the mobo/processor.

Overclockers do some nice pre-overclocked bundles, so you don't have to do the hard work yourself - includes mainboard, memory and processor. See here.

Brilliant, wish I'd been there (work ( )

2500k is an i5 isn't it? I've been using inboard sound for ages now without problems, so don't need any cards over and above the gfx. Mmmmmm

50 not out, good work. Happy birthday Mr P Jabo