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Looking for a new gaming mouse? Check out what Logitech brings to the table!

All about stream processing units, how NVIDIA and AMD's architecture compare(ie Radeon 4870's 800 units vs GTX 280's 240 units), etc.

If you’re looking to buy a hardcore gaming laptop, the first thing you need to realize is that it will never be able to perform as well as a suped up desktop. A motorcycle is stylish and cool, but you can’t lift more than yourself and another person, and any long term riding will strain [...]

If you’ve been using Windows Vista for a while, you’ve long said good bye to the older versions of DirectX. Well, sort of. Coupled with the Vista operating system, an extensively updated and modified DirectX 10 (in particular, Direct3D 10) has gone hand-in-hand with graphics card manufacturers’ rearchitecting and upgrading their hardware capabilities. But what is [...]

Ok, so you want to over clock or are interested in over clocking but you just don’t know where to begin? I will give you some advice on the basics. First off, you need to find either forums or even youtube videos on people who have already over clocked the exact hardware you are trying [...]

The first thing I would like to say is that DreamScene is awesome.  Why Microsoft has not made much noise about this Vista Ultimate Extra I have no idea.  It seems to me like a great selling point.  Needless to say you are going to need a decent computer to be able to use it, [...]

So you’re looking into overclocking your Intel powered computer, but aren’t sure how the FSB, system, CPU, and memory speeds all relate? Well here’s some Speed 101 to get you going. Let’s start with the motherboard bus- the bus speed is simply the speed at which information can pass between the CPU and the system memory [...]

NEW GAMING / TECH FORUM HITS THE SCENE Show your support! Hey guys, Id like to share with you a new forum that has recently started. It is a QUALITY new forum for gamers and techies. Tons of helpful info is and will be here as the site grows with skilled users of the trade. This place [...]

Hello everyone. First off, sorry for the recent lack of posting. Second, it gives me pleasure to say that NostaSolutions will be adding a section to the site with links to PC hardware that is recommended by us! The link will bring you to the exact piece of hardware we suggest, as [...]

Ready for some good old action fun n’ gun shoot’ em’ up rootin’ tootin’ fun? You’re in for a treat then.  Killzone 2 pits you up with a warrior of the ISA, Vekta unlike  Killzone and Killzone Liberation where you are in your home planet, Killzone 2 takes place inside of the gears of the [...]

Hello, this is partner of Nosta Solutions, Psychopath and I am here today to give a review of Fallout 3. Let me start off by saying that this isn’t really Fallout, it tries to copy Fallout and it does it averagely. It is just that it isn’t really Fallout.  I feel that having Enclave, the [...]

You have all of your email for the past X years on your G-mail account. Not only that, but you had another email account setup to forward those emails to your G-mail account, and then you canceled the other email account. But you didn’t care because you had all those emails still in [...]

To access the BETA client, you don’t have to download it.  Simply follow these steps within your current Steam Client: 1.  Select File. 2.  Click Settings. 3.  Select the Account tab (It should be active by default). 4.  Under “Login as a different user”, you will see “Beta Participation”.  If it displays “Not Participating,” click “Change”. 5. A dialog box [...]

If you own Gears of War for PC and you still play it (ha ha), then you are getting this error when you launch the game: “You cannot run the game with modified executable code. Please reinstall the game.” Why? Apparently, the certificate for the DRM (Digital Rights Management) for Gears 1 PC version has [...]

It appears that large percentage of the people who own this game have this problem.  It is not always the same issues, however.  Some people have the main issue where during the cutscenes they just hear static, then it comes back for a second and more static.  Some people have that issue plus sound only [...]

Everyone please read this!  If you get a friend invite from the steam account “Marc James Ashley,” DO NOT ACCEPT IT!  If you accept it, your PC will be infected with a seriously destructive virus that apparently makes your hardrive unbootable forever. Also, if you get this virus by accepting the invite, every person on your [...]

What a pain!  A big problem resulting in this is commonly caused by a bad patch.  So don’t waste anymore time and download the fix for the issue below: Link to fix: HERE *Password to the archive is nosta12 and you have to open it with WinRAR Please let me know if this works for you or if [...]