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Well didn't the last update include the support for multiprocessors? You may want to try and disable this in the TF2 options

You mean Left 4 Dead?

Ok, its time to put your ideas to the test, if you were the head of a multinational game creating machine, what game would you create/re-make?? I have created a template below which should quicken the post time for most of you :D "insert reasonably old game here" with killer graphics

^ Live in Australia, never heard of a Chipotle < Needs to get home and play Empire: Total War v Relishes the fact that I have Empire: Total War

Do you have a firewall? If, when searching for servers in halo, you minimize the game you may find a firewall asking for permission to allow the program to access the internet.

One thing... it's not vista. With your specs you should be killing TF2. I suggest you uninstall and then reinstall steam, tf2, and any other steam game you are having trouble with. btw, FPS isn't affected by your internet speed, it's your ping which is effected. Any ping above 80 for me and I...

Well they both two different types of games, so go with the genre that you like the best i guess? Like fighting go with SF4 like FPS go for killzone 2

Query... HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU SPENDING GAMING?? It can either be per week or per day depending on how much you do. What game dominates most of your gaming time??? How much gaming do you WANT to do but can't due to foreseen circumstances?? (girlfriend ie girl who is your "friend")

Any application error logs? ('Manage' My computer, Event viewer, application). Couldn't hurt to do a reinstall of the program as well.

I, like yourself, hated vista for a long time and was adamant that I would never install it. Well until last weekend. I gave vista SP1 64 bit ago and I must say Im impressed. There's no way I will move back to XP as ive found the performance increase quite noticeable.

I think it was a bad idea removing certain elements of the game in GTA IV, its like giving us a sandbox to play in but no toys to play with! Probably 40% of my playing time with San Andreas was spent flying around, jumping off buildings to parachute down, or cruising around the country side...

My motherboard recently would sometimes hang at windows startup (black screen for about 20 seconds for no reason at all. Checked the motherboard's website and I needed a BIOS update to correct the problem.... Worth a shot for you.

Check this out Forgot the Administrator's Password? - Windows Password Recovery - Windows Password Reset Programs to reset/remove admin password, you need one that does it via boot CD/floppy

Yes as stated previously the fallout 3 game installs a beta version of .net Framework, if you upgrade it to the latest version it has helped some people out

You could throw your celeron into the motherboard if you want, it is compatiable. You might also want to 'reseat' the RAM. Make sure it is in properly EDIT: One of the pins from the 24-pin molex is missing? I've never heard of that before. Your PSU may power up but if the 24-pin molex is...