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Nice LAN setup ‘In the Lan of Games’.

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Electronic Artists (EA) have announced that they will be releasing a sequal to the PC killing Crysis. But! will it be as demanding as the first game was? When Crysis was first released people were going out and spending thousands of dollars on computer parts in order to max our Crysis. I can remember when folks were saying, “Hey, i run 2 8800 GTS’s in Sli and i can play Crysis on high”. That setup is realy quite out dated now, and looks to be that they just wasted their cash on two crappy cards. This is a perfect example of how quick technology is moving, whats great today will be crappy in a few months, and the only way to keep up will be to update which means you are spending your hard earned dollars.

Now, by the time Crysis warhead will be released, it would have been about one year since the first game was realsed. This means one years worth of technological improvements, which should mean where in for a killer. A monster of a game with the best graphics we’ve ever seen on a PC game yet. If Crysis Warhead is to live up to its originality, i believe graphics wise we’re in for a treat. But, there’s that problem again .. will your PC be able to cope playing the game? If you are looking at buying a graphics card now, by the time Crysis Warhead is released it will be out dated. Even before the game is released, it’s causing problems for it’s fans. EA is even selling its own branded computers guaranteeing to perform well while playing the game. But i highly recommend you don’t purchase this PC, and by saying that .. do not buy any PC’s or parts from LightStorm Computers.

Will Crysis Warhead live up to its hype? maybe, maybe not. we will just have to wait this one out.

Let us all welcome the return of Awesome PC Setup Saturday! It has been awhile since the last one was posted but we are ready to present more of the best setups available so you can decide how to improve your system or just admire what others have created.

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Case: NZXT Alpha Black Steel ATX Mid Tower. Buy here.

Following up on one of PC Curb’s previous posts on top graphics cards, we have decided to make an updated version of the list including the new ATI 4000 series cards. We have reviewed the cards and added new cards that have popped up in the last couple of months and removed cards that have been discontinued. Here are the Top 8 Graphics cards that are currently on the market.

1. ATI 4870×2 2Gb Gddr5
2. Nvidia GTX280 1Gb Gddr3
3. ATI 4870 512Mb Gddr5
4. Nvidia GTX260 890Mb Gddr3
5. ATI 4850 512Mb Gddr5
6. 9800GTX+ 512Mb Gddr3
7. 9800GTX 512Mb Gddr3
8. 9800GT 512Mb Gddr3

This is a heplful video from Google’s youtube page that outlines the key features of Google Chrome Beta and demonstrates how to use them.

If you’ve been to Google’s homepage lately you would have heard of the new browser that they have released; Google Chrome. The beta version was released today (3rd sept). it will be interesting to see how much market share Google can grasp in compeition with Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Features:

• Blacklists for protection against phishing and malware.
• Sandboxing for malware protection.
• Plugins run in separate processes so if a website crashes it will only take down that tab and not the whole browser like in Firefox.
• Fast website loading time.
• A new tab page that makes regular browsing more efficient.