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You mean the little USB flex light? I had ordered that online a few years ago. I chose the red as it lights the area without affecting your night vision. Several online outlets have them, Compusa.com, Amazon.com, NewEgg.com but I can't find the red one any longer.
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I ran my own PC consulting business as a sideline for 10 years. I've built far more than my share of PC's. I absolutely agree about the GPU and I've been looking at a 512 8800gts card. We just have a few financial irons in the fire currently and I've been avoiding spending money on non-essentials. 
I don't spend as much time as I used to for simming so my desire to keep up or keep trying to win the technology race has waned a little bit. This box is over two years old now and for me previously, that was unheard of.
I don't spend as much time as I used to for simming so my desire to keep up or keep trying to win the technology race has waned a little bit.
This box is over two years old now and for me previously, that was unheard of. i understand that one!!! i'm running a first revision q6600 on my box and am hungry for one of the new i7's! but alas.. money wins. still a very nice set up you have there!btw, the gts cards are great, but look into the 9800gt akimbo from evga. huuuuge heatsync lets you overclock it well beyond the performance of even a gtx.
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i understand that one!!! i'm running a first revision q6600 on my box and am hungry for one of the new i7's! but alas.. money wins. still a very nice set up you have there!btw, the gts cards are great, but look into the 9800gt akimbo from evga. huuuuge heatsync lets you overclock it well beyond the performance of even a gtx.
Have you seen the multi-screen setups for the 360 and particularly with Forza?
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do you mean have i seen that setup that i really want but will never have? its intense and awesome though i don't think there's a way to do it as a consumer.if i were able to make a crazy setup like that, i'd probably go your route and focus on a pc since it would be a much longer term investment. I do run dual monitors though.. just nothing crazy amazing like you
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do you mean have i seen that setup that i really want but will never have? its intense and awesome though i don't think there's a way to do it as a consumer.if i were able to make a crazy setup like that, i'd probably go your route and focus on a pc since it would be a much longer term investment. I do run dual monitors though.. just nothing crazy amazing like you
This first photo is the first Forza 2 setup that I found that got me to start investigating the reality that you could in fact run it on multi-screens
Further research at least shows me that it could be done on a little bit smaller budget. The problem is that it requires three Xbox consoles and three copies of the game, just to get started. Of course the multiple televisions or video monitors don't help keep the cost down either.
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This first photo is the first Forza 2 setup that I found that got me to start investigating the reality that you could in fact run it on multi-screens[IM]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/talon_90th/For%20posting/forza2.jpg[/IMG]
Further research at least shows me that it could be done on a little bit smaller budget. The problem is that it requires three Xbox consoles and three copies of the game, just to get started. Of course the multiple televisions or video monitors don't help keep the cost down either.
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those are amazing. yeah, i had heard of the need for multiple consoles. wow, i doubt i'll ever see a setup like that in my house lol. you know..at some point you just have to ask yourself; supercharger for the vette or video games
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I ran my own PC consulting business as a sideline for 10 years. I've built far more than my share of PC's. I absolutely agree about the GPU and I've been looking at a 512 8800gts card. We just have a few financial irons in the fire currently and I've been avoiding spending money on non-essentials.
I don't spend as much time as I used to for simming so my desire to keep up or keep trying to win the technology race has waned a little bit. This box is over two years old now and for me previously, that was unheard of.
I don't spend as much time as I used to for simming so my desire to keep up or keep trying to win the technology race has waned a little bit.
This box is over two years old now and for me previously, that was unheard of.
I have similar but only with dual monitors for playing my PC Racing (GTR-2, rFactor, F1 Challenge), Hockey, Sub and Air Traffic Controller sims. Oh, I play Velocity's Jetfighter: The Adventure and MPS F117A Stealth Fighter on my still working Compaq 286e-after that, those flight sims got too complex for me.
Thanks for sharing your play time and toys with us!
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I have similar but only with dual monitors for playing my PC Racing (GTR-2, rFactor, F1 Challenge), Hockey, Sub and Air Traffic Controller sims. Oh, I play Velocity's Jetfighter: The Adventure and MPS F117A Stealth Fighter on my still working Compaq 286e-after that, those flight sims got too complex for me. Thanks for sharing your play time and toys with us! For driving you should take a look at the Matrox hardware for triple head gaming. Having a the surroundings buzz by you on the two side monitors is really amazing. 
Do you have the Corvette for fFactor? If not I included a download link in a previous post in this thread. I strongly encourage you to get it. It is very, very well made and the driving feel is very good.
MPS F117A, Wow! That really takes me back.
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Yes, got the C6 download. btw-now that I got your attention
, how does one get the full color brochure for the '09 C6? I got the '07 and '08 but when I called GM Customer Service, all I got sent was a tiny booklet.
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Thanks-been on the Matrox page to check it out. I know them well since my Compaq Deskpro XL (Pent Pro) still has the Matrox card in it. Did I say I collect all my Compaq DeskPro Desktops? Yes, got the C6 download.
btw-now that I got your attention, how does one get the full color brochure for the '09 C6? I got the '07 and '08 but when I called GM Customer Service, all I got sent was a tiny booklet.
Yes, got the C6 download. btw-now that I got your attention
, how does one get the full color brochure for the '09 C6? I got the '07 and '08 but when I called GM Customer Service, all I got sent was a tiny booklet.Of course if you don't mind paying for them that popular auction site always has them available and as noted earlier in the thread, The National Corvette Museum always makes dealer brochures available for sale.
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Grassroots Motorsports magazine (my favorite car mag) did a story not long ago on iRacing and it sounds like an outstanding simulator (not a game) that doesn't require huge $s to get started with.
They laser scanned the surface of all of the tracks in the package. If there's a small bump on corner entry on the track, it's in the game.
They laser scanned the surface of all of the tracks in the package. If there's a small bump on corner entry on the track, it's in the game.
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Grassroots Motorsports magazine (my favorite car mag) did a story not long ago on iRacing and it sounds like an outstanding simulator (not a game) that doesn't require huge $s to get started with.
They laser scanned the surface of all of the tracks in the package. If there's a small bump on corner entry on the track, it's in the game.
They laser scanned the surface of all of the tracks in the package. If there's a small bump on corner entry on the track, it's in the game.
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I've got Forza Motorsports 2 on the Xbox 360 with a "Playseats" car seat that holds the microsoft steering wheel and brake/gas pedal. I only use one monitor but it's big at 62 inches in HD. I shot this video with my video camera over my shoulder. I edited between the actual run (3 laps) and the saved replay of the run at Laguna Seca. Whenever you see the tac on the right that's the actual run and with no tac is the replay. For someone that wants to get into these games this is probably the cheapest and easiest way to do it. The Xbox is around $300, the Playseat was $300 and the steering wheel/gas/brake pedal was $100 and the Forza at $60.
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3 Laps at Laguna Seca
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I've got Forza Motorsports 2 on the Xbox 360 with a "Playseats" car seat that holds the microsoft steering wheel and brake/gas pedal. I only use one monitor but it's big at 62 inches in HD. I shot this video with my video camera over my shoulder. I edited between the actual run (3 laps) and the saved replay of the run at Laguna Seca. Whenever you see the tac on the right that's the actual run and with no tac is the replay. For someone that wants to get into these games this is probably the cheapest and easiest way to do it. The Xbox is around $300, the Plsyseat was $300 and the steering wheel/gas/brake pedal was $100 and the Forza at $60.
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3 Laps at Laguna Seca
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It still looks great.