I managed to get metro to barely run on my craptop when my rig was out of comission (it's not of the newer generation of games where there's all kinds crap you are not allowed to turn off) I have RadeonHD 3400M and a 2.5ghz Penryn Core2 Duo if that helps you figure it out.

Also idrc at this point I'm just going to eat my rice with way too much soy sauce on it (because fuck not having a heart attack) and play halo g'night Jesus

Let's back it up a little bit here. I know that the iPad is wildly popular and useful but isn't the RT supposed to be the competitor to that? This will always be a fairly niche market. Windows (x86) tablets have been around for a long time already and guess what? they have always been pricey. I don't see much of a…

Yeah as with most consoles early games are laggy, look poor, or a combo of those. These ports are very much post dated and rushed out the door. I don't exactly think they are a good barometer of what the WiiU is really capable of. I've played some truly horrifying ports on my PC, Xbox360, and PS3 as well so it's not…

One word that sells it PRO, if this comes with that level of support from Microsoft then it is worth every penny. This isn't a toy Jesus it's a serious tool for people to do work on, the apps for a tablet interface are already there. Also last time I checked you cannot get any comparable windows tablet in that price…

No they don't, they helped develop it. Anyone can use it if they pay licensing fees to the group that made it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association

You would see no gain from this on standardized hardware. Since the bus is tailor made for it unlike when you have people putting in their own processors (or upgrading putting the memory controller on chip allows you to use the same socket/chipset designs for longer.) But there is no real performance advantage if you…

That's just because people want full leaves if you aren't putting it in a bag, full leaves are also easier to preserve. Just a simple way to increase yield it certainly isn't the crap tea.

Yeah, doesn't Asus advertise that they use their Xonar chips and designs on the motherboard now?

Mine, I AM a gamer, but this is also my workspace for digital projects. Actual electronics projects are done at a bench behind here, I'll do a little housekeeping and upload that later.

Yeah I think mine cost me about 100bucks the 50 dollar ones are worthless you may as well get a 20dollar no name or omega card. I don't do any audio production I do live sound, so I guess my hearing is sensitive compared to most people but I still have tinnitus (I don't know how it happened I'm always careful =( but…

True, I Don't feel like I wasted my money on my X-Fi branded card, it's been doing exactly what my motherboard couldn't. It has very much become a niche market.

Hmmm like I said the biggest difference for me has been the power output and being able to properly drive my higher impedance headphones without a separate amplifier. You are probably right with modern boards I haven't used onboard in a while, or bought a board that cost more than 150dollars recently.

True, I haven't used on board sound in 6 or 8 years I wouldn't know. Obviously It's "good enough" I just don't feel like it's worth sacrificing unless I need one of those PCIe slots. Obviously budget builds the motherboard audio is awful compared to aa dedicated soundcard but still "passable" and not a priority if…

Yeah it should be fine, they have a very sensitive input (I have to leave windows at level 5 or the pot is too sensitive) so you won't need the added output power of a good sound card which is probably the biggest quality gain I get from mine when using my amplifiers or headphones. Even then a decent Creative sound…

I would certainly add a decent sound card, and for speakers there is really only one all put together package worth a damn which is the Klipsch Pro Media system. Optimally you would hook your PC up to a receiver through the motherboards optical out and have a real 7.1 system in the room but that's a bit overkill for…

Hmmm I know when I was in high school/didn't have a job I pirated everything. Since it was more along the lines of,"Well, I don't really have any money to give you guys". Now if I'm hesitant about a game I'll torrent it then I'll buy it if it's any good. I know I'm probably an exception though =( I like to give these…

I love the look that the scratches and chips have made (I am aware that graceful wear has always been a key feature of apples mobile products.)

Very strange that they wouldn't include support for the Ethernet adapter.

Yeah I guess, I think I would have a hard time justifying it when I know how durable and compact the regular Wii is already though. I could see mothers that don't want to take the chance on a used one getting this. I like the design it reminds me of the edges on the American Super Nintendo, the red is just as…