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Sorry man, this has been here before http://forum.techinferno.com/off-topic/869-astronomy-videos.html

This's fucking amazing! Comparison of the planets size

I agree with you...McAfee sucks!

The perfect place for iloveb00bs!!!!! and a few others im sure LMFAO

Driver Notes As part of the NVIDIA Verde Notebook Driver Program, this is a reference driver that can be installed on supported NVIDIA notebook GPUs. However, please note that your notebook original equipment manufacturer (OEM) provides certified drivers for your specific notebook on their website. NVIDIA recommends that you check with your notebook OEM about recommended software updates for your notebook. OEMs may not provide technical support for issues that arise from the use of this driver. RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS DOWNLOAD LINK: Graphics Driver - Verde 290.53 Driver - GeForce

Driver Notes This is the second beta release from the R290 family of drivers. For more information, read the 290.53 driver article on GeForce.com. This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs. Release Highlights (click spoiler) Download Link: NVIDIA DRIVERS 290.53 BETA

Yeah, the beginning of the game is awesome (the story is great and the first instance is fantastic) but it drops down a bit as you progress through the game and just becomes so incredibly similar to WoW, it's not fun. At least on the Empire, the quests on every single planet are like fighting the rebels. I don't get why they copied SO many things, it would be much better if they put more original things even if they weren't as good. If I hadn't played with my friend I think the grind would have killed me way before. I am currently almost (1 bar away from level 49 Bounty Hunter). Basically here are my thoughts: - the story is amazing at beginning of the game but waters down a lot as you level through the game - the quests become very repetitive, even character responsive become so predictable i already know if I press 3 at some point that the character always says a generic statements "Let's get to the point" - for Bounty Hunter, 1 out 6 companions on Empire side are evil (what the f...?) - PvP (if you want to call it that way) significantly behind WoW, since WoW right now has a lot of other interesting mechanics such as vehicles - space missions a joke (Wing Commander 1 from 1990 is light years ahead of this), even though the engine looks pretty cool and seems to have a lot of potential - not open world - all characters look very similar (compare to GW2 or even WoW and you'll know what I mean) - so many bad things copied from WoW its not even funny (e.g. why not copy quests from Fallout?) - to level properly you either have to: 1. do space missions (very arcady and shitty), 2. do grindy bonus missions on each planet or 3. do instances (WoW style but for 4 instead of 5 people) - annoying to be able to keep going either purely Light or Dark side (Dark side really purely evil, Light annoyingly good) - I started leveling alt but there is always just one planet for each level range (and except for the first, they are recycled on Republic side) and you can't choose, like in WoW, to level a certain range in a different zone, so it became repetitive Also note I am in the guild with my old WoW friends and my 2 RL friends, and with one I pretty much leveled all the time together.

I have just returned an AW M14X yesterday and ordered an AW M18X thru AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange System). Just wasn't a fan of the Nvidia GTX 555M Optimus GPU. The following is a list of features I ordered: Item Description Quantity Unit Price Ext Price System Color;Nebula Red Anodized Aluminum 1 $2,482.75 $2,482.75 Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 2860QM 2.5GHz (3.6GHz with Turbo Boost, 8MB Cache) Memory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz (2DIMMS) A/C Adapter: Alienware M18x 330W A/C Adapter Display Panel: 18.4-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 WLED Video Card: Dual 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580M – NVIDIA® SLI® Enabled Hard Drive: 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s Nameplate: Personalized Plate ("1SGRET") AlienFX: Mars Red Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit Adobe Reader Acrobat SW: Adobe Acrobat X Reader Optical Drive: Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW) Sound: Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio Wireless and Bluetooth: Intel® Advanced-N 6200 a/g/n 2x2 MIMO Technology and Bluetooth 3.0 Security Software: McAfee SecurityCenter, 30-Days Trial Hardware Support Services: 1 Year Basic Plan Pre-Installed Software: Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed Alien Wallpaper: Alienhead Chrome Red Standard Nameplate Trigger: Thank you for Purchasing Alienware [H][/HR] Total: $2,482.75 Estimated delivery date is 01/24/2012. So looking forward to this machine!

For the media panel, I used a thin credit card (expired) to gently pull it up by the corners close to the display (in the directions that the manual shows and pretty much as illustrated on the picture in the first post). I also used the card to pry open the top cover and the display's flimsy plastic frame - works like a charm every time :-).

since your just benching id say 95C should be your max... and never those ranges for long term or regular use.. damage will be likely if not careful but using the unlocked bios and changing in "thermal configuration" the throttle temp from 85c to 90c will help but you will throttle at that 90c no matter what. If your not getting bsods about voltage keep it at what you have... and if you can maybe go a little lower on the flex.. if you are just benching 3 flex should be close to sufficient for 45x but there are a lot of temp variations for all of us. if during the bench your speed drops and you were under throttle temp of 90c... add a little more watts to your watt limit... you amps are acceptable... raise them at this point only if raising watts hasn't helped maintain higher speeds. if bsods of voltage start popping up like 00000101 and 000000124 then add 1 flex... in 4.5ghz range you shouldnt need over 12 flex ever. i suggest backing down flex testing each time in your bench and then returning it to the last value that worked as that will be sure to keep you cooler and running faster.... if this dont give you 10k in 3dmark11 then go up over 4.5ghz a little... perhaps 4.525,4.33 etc but using same method bring flex up one at time only when proven necessary (ie a bsod) and raise watts and amps as well as you are raising the speed or it wont be able to maintain that speed. 300amp is well in safe zone or 2400primary plane... this number is actually not a literal limit... ie 300 amp will allow higher watts but doesn't mean the system will be really using a 300 amp max... its all tied in... raise watts and amps to same number and you should always be good ie you want 105 watt max try 105 watt with 105 amp max (stock is 97amp for reference) Superpi is easy enough... in unlocked bios go to second from last tab go to advanced cpu settings the one with primary plane and set active core from all to 1 or 2 the best is determined by trying it... but i had good luck with 2 active so one in super pi could cool while other calculated and they switch back and forth. Turn off Hyperthreading in same menu section too for this type of benchmark. For super pi you need to see fastest you can get your cpu so test run reboot adjust test and repeat... raise flex slowly and only when a must and also raise those watts and amps as you go too.. to get over 99 watts throttle stop or editing bios is only way if in unlocked bios you select msr lock disabled throttle stop can set over 99watts up to 1000something... again its not really 1000 watt and depends what amps are set to how it will run. good range is from 4.5-5.2ghz and all depends on how high your cpu can handle... if its around 4.8 id say 18-23 flex if 4.9 23 to 30flex and 5ghz+ from 30flex to 99 (99 is too high most ever needed on my last cpu ever was 73 flex at 5086mhz) not all handle that my replacement 2920xm i have for the moment only would of done about 4.9ghz super pi... hope this helps let me know.