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All these posts and so few ParagonWiki links.

Invention System
Invention Origin Enhancements
Invention Origin Enhancement Scaling

These and the links contained within them should be informative.

IOs are crafted from dropped recipes and invention salvage, plus a bit of inf via crafting stations. You can also get recipes with AE tickets or from the market. You can also buy crafted IOs at the market that other players made. Normally they aren't inexpensive. Common IOs may be depending how many players are trying for the crafting badges that grant them a portable crafting station.

As for me, Common IOs become interesting at Level 15 when they are a touch better than +3 DOs. And since IOs don't level rot they are good until you can replace them with SOs or higher level common IOs 10 or 15 levels later. A level 30 is about a +1 SO, level 35 a +2 SO and level 40 a +3 SO. Common IO recipes are available at all crafting stations or sometimes at the market for a lot lower price.

Most Uncommon, Rare and Ultra Rare IO in IO sets are multi-aspect and can enhance two or more aspect types with the sum greater than a single aspect IO. Because of this you can achieve similar enhancement of a power with fewer slots by mixing similar sets. You end up sacrificing set bonuses to a degree for more slots to spread around. This has been called Frankenslotting.

Then there is pimping out your character with IO set bonuses, that if done right can make your character into unstoppable killing machines. Well, a heck of a lot better than straight up common IOs or Frankenslotting. Also a heck of a lot more expensive either in inf spent or time farming thousands of critters for drops or AE stories for tickets (think skee-ball tickets) that you can exchange for recipes or salvage.

Where to begin, where to begin.

The monitor in the package deal is 1920x1080 but only has analog VGA or HDMI. No DVI port. So you will need either a DVI to HDMI dongle/adapter or a video card with HDMI out to have a better quality digital connection to the monitor from the video card.

I assume the iBuyPower rig costs around the same as the BestBuy combo deal. You admit yourself that you will need to buy at least a better PSU for that HP box and possibly a $150 video card as well. The monitor in that combo is $250 at BestBuy and you can get similar ones online for a bit less. So that's almost a wash.

The iBuyPower rig is considerably more powerful CPU wise (i7-860 Vs Phenom II X4 820, ~20-30% faster in games) not to mention it comes with a PSU and descent ultra mode capable video card now instead of when you can afford it later. The 4 Vs 8 GB of memory isn't as important as you may think. Manufactures toss in more memory because it's relatively cheap compared to a better CPU or even a lower end gamer video card. It's cheap pinstriping and floor mats for PCs. The average Joe and Jane can grok that 8 is more than 4 and that must be better but are ignorant over differences in performance between different CPU brands and models or even what components are important to overall performance.

Open secret. Most if not all 32 bit applications, which is like 99% of what you will likely run over the next few years, can't use more than 2GB. So unless you run a lot of memory hogging applications at the same time, you will unlikely notice the difference between 4GB and 8GB in your system.

Well, the 9300M GS better than integrated graphics. But with only 8 SPs, it's not all that powerful.

Comparing it to the 8400M, it depends on which 8400M. It'll be faster than the 8400M G but not the 8400M GS or 8400M GT (yes it's annoying but their significant differences between those suffixes).

I was in a rush earlier to look it up. Here is the official support info on the subject.

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Only original Ageis PhysX cards work with this game. Side effect of being one of the first games that supported PhysX. Later, before PhysX was sold the nVidia, the PhysX software interface changed and only newer games that were written to these drivers maintained compatibility when nVidia bought up PhysX and added emulation support to their graphics drivers. The few games that supported the original interface code like CoH/V were left behind.

There are rare times when I taunt at range.

One, when there is a need to separate closely spawned mobs. Two, when I see one critter breaking toward an injured, out classed or overwhelmed teammate. Lastly if the alpha strike is very mez intensive. In that case a separate myself from my teammates so any AoE mez attacks don't spill onto any mez susceptible teammates.

First, apologies for whatever misunderstanding we have between us. You have to understand that the guidelines that Positron gave us for minimum UM settings was a desktop 9800GT which in laptop land is equivalent to a GTX 260M, found only in higher end, expensive laptops ($1500+ here in the US, over £1000 in the UK).

Then again, what you listed as your friend's computer isn't anywhere close to your original description. It's not a 2.2GHz P4-M, it's a 2.13GHz Core i3-330M, which is 7-8x more powerful. It's not an ATI mobility card but an nVidia 310M. And it's certainly not £300 but before VAT is £486.

Now looking at a review of a similar laptop over at Notebookcheck, same CPU, GPU and screen resolution, the comments on gaming performance isn't all that positive.

Well when you get one of these marvelous inexpensive UM playing laptops please post a CoHHelper report so we will all have an idea what to look for here in the states.

Getting a laptop for £300 that can run ultra mode is as likely as Karen Gillan, Amy from Doctor Who, becoming my wife.

£1000-1500 is much more likely. I'm not even sure you can escape from integrated graphics for only £300.

Map pack at Vidiotmaps.com (now at Badge-Hunter.com).

Link since the new site is confusing.

Edit: Oh thrills, you now need to register to get them. Well that made them 1000% less useful.

Oh I would so not recommend placing a probe between the heatsink and the heatspreader. The purpose of the thermal paste is to fill the minute unevenness between the heatspreader and the heat sink, there shouldn't be a lot of it, ever.

Anyways the sensors built right onto the CPU is more than adequate to provide valid temperature readings as long as the software you are using is calibrated for the model of CPU. CoreTemp is quite good as well as the applications from Intel and AMD.

No, submitting bug reports via /bug command makes the issue noticed. While developer responses to issues voiced here since this issue was release is commendable, it's still a rarity. /bug will get it added to issues to be investigated.

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Great news.

Here's another review of that laptop with actual gaming benchmarks.

And another.

I can say that I've played so long that I can't conceive a case where I wouldn't take at least one of the "prereq" travel powers anyway.

For me CJ + hurdle is a great indoor travel power and the shorter jump height and range makes it easier, for me, in PvE combat to move tactically.

Probably 2/3rds of my characters are CJ/SJ/Hurdle which most of the remaining hover/fly.

Benchmarks but the i3-530 anywhere from 15-60% faster depending on the benchmark. So it is an improvement.

Video card however isn't as the old school original 8800GTX is about 25% faster than the HD 5670.

"It's a crack in the skin of the world."

Which is why I think they need to put the market fee on a sliding scale to suck more inf out of the game on those big ticket items.

2 Billion was a joke pre market and even during the first 6 or so months. But after AE, the inf fix for level 50s, the insane drive to purple out characters, all has inflated the inf supply that it's approaching the post WWI Germany wheelbarrow of cash for a loaf of bread levels.

Which is rated at, surprise, maximum combined power on +12V1 and +12V2 is 30A, just like the Dell. Yes the Seagate does have a higher maximum power output and any practical 3.3 volt or 5 volt power use won't steal from the wattage at 12 volts, I don't believe it'll make a difference (meaning I believe your Dell PSU shouldn't have a problem).

I have no idea where your friend got 32A requirements from, and from the look of it, you are quoting some other card because of the two 6-pin connector requirement, the HD 5750 and 5770 only have one. Officially ATI and XFX only list a 450 watt with one 6-pin video card power connector or two PATA drive power connectors to use with an adapter as requirements, nothing on 12 volt wattage minimums. Also video card manufacturers quote inflated requirements to compensate for cheap or older PSUs that don't have as much wattage available at 12 volts as newer efficient PSUs designed to the latest standards.

I seriously doubt your system with an HD 5750 would crack 250 watts, closer to 200 unless you stuck a bunch of lights and hard drives into your system or have a ton of USB powered devices (I'm talking about fans, soda coolers, nerf missile launchers).

Yea, that's what I remembered, 360 watts at 12 volts (30 amps x 12 volts = 360 watts). I think your PSU will be fine for an HD 5750.

Next question is will it fit. Dells tend to use what's called BTX motherboards, which are upside down and backwards when it comes to expansion slot locations. Sometimes that means there isn't a spare slot for double bracket, double wide video card. If you don't have an adjacent slot there are HD 5750s that don't have a double wide bracket, then the only question is if there is space for the fan/heatsink since that will still stick beyond a norm of a single slot.

Of course if your current video card is double wide with a double bracket this concern is moot but if that isn't the case, well, might help if you would share which Dell model you have. Should be listed in a CoHHelper report.

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The HD 5750 is a little bit faster than the HD 4850 (3-4%) however the HD 5770 uses 30-35% less power (only in the 75-80 watt range). Less power means lower heat generation, etc. However the HD 5750 still draws around 30 watts more than your HD 4670. And yes the HD 5750 is roughly twice the performance in games, in general, compared to your HD 4670.

Second, will your Dell 375 watt PSU be able to handle it. IIRC that Dell PSU does come with a 6-pin PCIe video card power connector and can provide most of that power at 12 volts where it counts. But I would suggest you take a look at the sticker affixed to the PSU that specifies the amps available at 12 volts and if it does have a 6-pin PCIe video card power connector. If it does and since the HD 5750 is such a power miser, then I don't see why not.

For comparison purposes, the HD 5670 doesn't need an external power connection, uses a lot less power than the 5750 (even less power than your current HD 4670) but is still 30% faster than your HD 4670. But I'm sure je_saist will be along to point out that the UM possibilities of the HD 5670 is borderline at best.