X850

I want to get a AMD Phenom II system soon and I checked some graphics card benchmarks to find a card for the new machine that would bring both performance and value.  Seems the ATI Radeon HD 4830 is a good choice in the 100€ segment (http://www.hpm-computer.de/product_info.php?info=p9565_Sapphire-Radeon-HD-4830-Dual-Slot-512MB.html).
Usually when you check grahics card benchmarks you don’t [...]

WOPR in COD4

Now that COD4 runs I started playing the SP part (that is really great fun btw) and see what I found in the missile base… the good old WOPR computer from my favorite movie Wargames !
So here it is:

Original Wargames trailer (1983):

COD4 runs freaking fast on my [...]

Activision doesn’t like my Athlon XP CPU

I got Call of Duty 4 from a colleague for free some time ago (he didn’t play it anymore so he gave it to me). I installed it but it crashed… OK. Now that Call of Duty 5 is nearly out (and I downloaded the Beta) I gave COD4 another chance. I installed all patches [...]