Recent content by radowl

Yesterday I combed over my system to turn off anything that isn't needed, then applied a bunch of settings to lessen the load on the vid card and CPU. Seems to have worked well so far -- my FPS in CSS stayed pretty steady. Norton is a resource hog, for sure, but silent mode pretty much puts it...

I think you're right: the video card is the weak point in the system, though the graphic settings are low and I can get 100+ fps on 32-person servers (had it running at more than 200 fps a few weeks ago). I'll watch my performance monitor during game play and it will sometimes lag terribly. My...

I asked this question in the wrong forum, so I'm asking again here. I want to upgrade my RAM (DDR2-667 PC2-5300). My Gateway 6850fx notebook has a 2gb and a 1gb stick factory installed, and can support 2x2gb. To save money I thought of just buying a 2gb stick of Kingston ValueRam and pairing it...