Recent content by Toroid

Probably the files that are accessed frequently are not fragmented, hence no difference. Also, the reason why the other defraggers complain about fragmented files while Vista does not, is because (by default) vista ignores fragments larger than 64MB. :) I use Diskeeper 2009 Pro as my defragger-...

Mass Effect is way more fun than FarCry2..better storyline, better presentation and better gameplay. FarCry2 wins on graphics, and the fact that it's a 'proper' FPS rather than the pseudoFPS/3rd person view of ME (if you care about that sort of thing), otherwise it's just a run of the mill...

Nope, not near the Super Duper Mart, but just right outside the Megaton Gates. And it was pretty much an unprovoked attack, ...the deathclaw was generally minding it's own business but Harith decided to mess with it, with predictable consequences.:D Yet another time, near Fort Constantine, I had...

Maybe he got killed by some creature if he ventured outside Megaton. (don't know if megaton NPC residents can do that though). The NPCs seem to be totally outclassed by some of the nastier creatures like the yao guai and deathclaws. When I was exiting Megaton once, I saw Lucky Harith, the...

Best browser? What a silly question. Everyone knows it's Opera.:D j/k. I do use Opera as my primary browser...it's fast, customizable, stable and has a small footprint.

I use Diskeeper 2009 Pro; works flawlessly for me. Automatic background defrag and maintains the files on all the drives in good shape. Set once and forget all about defrag, diskeeper will do it all.

Convert to MP4 using Handbrake (free). HandBrake There are presets for the ipod touch and iphone. I use 2 pass encoding with the presets and the final output is good enough for me. File size for a typical movie is ~500-600MB. You can also queue multiple files for encoding. Encoding time can be ~...

I'll throw in another possibility in addition to a bad HDD: bad RAM. If you have multiple sticks of RAM, can you try booting up with individual sticks and see if the problem is replicated? This can be checked pretty quickly and easily. Maybe also try plugging the stick(s) into different slots...

October 23, 2077. I doubt I'll be alive to see that date, but good luck to all you youngsters who make it to the vaults on time. Keep those PIP-Boys in good condition, and don't forget to repair your weapons and power armor regularly. And watch out for the Yao Guai....

Incorrect. Defragging has nothing to do with the magnetization of the grains. Defragging makes logical files/fragments contiguous in order to minimize wasted seeks and consequent delays in file read/write. File fragmentation is specific to the file system and has nothing to do with the...

TBH, I actually kinda liked FC2's foliage. Better than Crysis atleast because i could never turn on the AA on in crysis, so it was jaggy. I liked the Oblivion foliage/forest + grass quite a lot. I think that would be one of the better renderings of foliage that I've come across in a game.

I prefer FC2 to crysis simply because it runs much better on my system. In terms of graphics, FC2 is no slouch; I like the way the African environment is rendered, especially the foliage and the lighting effects. No bugs of any sort for me so far, and the game is very stable. Crysis began to...

I bought FarCry2, and it runs pretty well on my E6550, 2GB, 512MB-8800GT, XP pro rig. With 2xAA, 16xAF and almost everything except shadows (medium) turned to Very High, HDR Off, Bloom On, I get about 23-50 FPS at 1920x1200. If I go down to 1680x1050, it runs really smoothly. Played only for...

Yeah, you need to definitely upgrade the videocard. The FX5500 is not sufficient enough for NFS. Off topic: NFS:MW used to stutter for 1-2 secs every few minutes on my old 3700+ San Diego, 1 GB, 7800GT 256MB system at 1280x1024. Perfectly fine framerates 99% of the time, but the ridiculous...

Maybe some bug in the analysis or idle defrag algorithm of PD? Could also be due to metadata like the hiberfile or USnJrnl constantly changing? Anyway, defrag shouldn't kick in unnecessarily. My Diskeeper 2k8 which is set on full auto defrag for all drives kicks in only for a few minutes daily...