Recent content by PaladinBlake

While I fully believe that many people have no issues playing games and balancing everything else in their lives, I don't think that's me. Unfortunately, I think I don't have the kind of self control I'd like to have.

I've tried cutting down, and it never works. Artificial impositions on how much I can play never lasts. At first, I'm able to cut down; but I always eventually rebounds back to my old ways. Essentially, there's a disparity between who I am and who I want to be. The person I want to be doesn't...

I'd been playing video games for as long as I can remember. They've always been a part of my life. Two weeks ago, I quit. Indefinitely. I got tired of spending hours a day on something that wasn't productive at all. I got tired of spending more time and energy on gaming than I did on my...

Everyone recommending Intel seems to have missed the point; he already has an AM2+ setup. It depends on his specific board, but I'm fairly sure that the AM3 processors will be backwards compatible with AM2/AM2+ boards, so upgrading to a Phenom II would be the cheapest and, in my opinion, most...

I hope you didn't buy Savage 2, cause the developer released it for free a few weeks ago...

Well, I take issue with the fact that you're critiquing a modern game with a 6200 FX. That is a very old video card, and I sincerely doubt that you were able to turn on all the graphical goodies. If you were, then that speaks of how optimized the source engine is, for a game to be able to run...

As far as I know, the Phenom II's aren't out yet. Really, the jump to a 9850 won't be a gigantic increase in your performance, so I'd wait until the the Phenom II is released before you do anything. At the very least, it'd knock prices down on the current Phenoms. Also, tomshardware blows...