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Just wanted to say my forum account updated the password almost instantly but I'm still waiting for something from the customer account. Checked all possible folders on the mail server. OK it hasn't been 24 hours yet, but still makes me wonder.....:confused:

I may be mistaken but the image on the Club 3d site seems to show an extra power socket - black in the middle (I wondered cos my 9800 has these on tho its not an identical card, & I haven't seen one without that power lead) [pic from their listing.] So maybe ask vendor if it needs the 6-pin leads?? You might also want to verify the 12v cos amps on this are critical for modern cards. You can have all sorts of issues if the rails/amps aren't put to the card correctly. There should be a table showing values on the side of the psu. Club3d say - Minimum 450W or greater system power supply (with 12V current rating of 26A)

- that is my immediate response after just trying the demo (I'm not really familiar with the ToW series). After briefly attempting a mission I found the death clips interesting & potentially useful but troublesome becos of the forced camera position change. I would imagine the feature would be cool for watching a replay as the brief cinematics do show what the engine is capable of & adds to the 'entertainment' value. Failing integration with a full 'replay movie' capability, the suggested mini-screen view would be a useful alternative.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_404 I've seen a fair few of these but not in ref to BF games...

Having done a few timed tests:- with CPU Control - level loading - approx 20 secs (w/out- 23-4 secs) WEGO turn calc - approx 7 secs (w/out 9-10 secs) I think that is enuf to warrant it's continued use...

Never heard of a quad core that doesn't allow power management of individual cores or a mobo chipset that doesn't allow that. I've seen a lot of 'entry' level mobos for under $75 which have core related PM enabled. That feature has been around for quite a while (I've been using it on quads for over 2 years.). I believe even the really basic intel 'quad' (core duo? Which is really 2x 2 cores) allows core power management. Don't see how shutting down cores would 'improve' performance of software in normal circumstances. Its coded to use x cores, single, double, multi, so the software is generally going to ignore what it doesn't use I think, active core or not. *** That aside I found that using the CPU control app does impact my overall system performance. On auto it does seem to effectively pipe-line stuff to the less used cores. I think this is especially useful in ref to active background apps whilst CM is running. However I am finding it difficult to definitively benchmark CMSF in the different CPU states. e.g. running a saved wego turn in - auto; with specific cores assigned; or w/out core management. I can see <70fps when theres a lot going on & in a relatively slow scene the gain is 10-20% according to Fraps. Running the game in real-time I see no slow-downs & it seems to perform best with cpu control on auto rather than me forcing it to use only cores 3 & 4 for example. Calculation time for turns seems quicker but I haven't put it to the stopwatch. Time to load a few more saves I guess. I guess the main thing is it isn't 'hurting' it, I have maxed all settings & enabled vga driver side optimisation - quality optimized & multisampling at max Q etc.

I was thinking of giving this a try - CPU-Control just start CM alt-tab out & assign cores to the exe. Seems to be working OK.

Discs are laminates, if the layers are separated they will not read back properly. I've had discs in the past that had a kind of 'ghosting' on the 'surface' where the layers had parted making them useless. Maybe something like this has happened to your disc? As to the lock-up - if the OS is locked into reading a disc it will often just keep trying & lock the ROM into that read state. Commonly bad discs will stall a PC simply because the PC can't finish the seek commands. If the ROM won't open/eject the only way to break the looping is a restart.

On a similar note to the German replacements dilemma was Hitlers obsession with elite formations (Stag-beetles being a case in point ) One has to question the logic of formations such as Lehr which used up the most qualified teachers in one mass instead of spreading the expertise poool though-out the units needing men. Once gone who was left to help the green troops.... & as an aside, I am beginning to really look forward to this game!