Hyperstrike

Actually, if you're going with one of the self-contained solutions (like the Corsair H line), I'd say "It's an option". Especially since it's generally quieter than stock HSFs and takes up less space around the CPU socket than decent air coolers.

Well, every few years you want to renew your thermal interface material on the chip.

But a lot of the self-contained cooling systems you pretty much never have to change anything with them.

If you're looking for sites that have "build it" matrixes, try iBuyPower.com and CyberPowerPC. Maybe Falcon Northwest (just be warned, Falcon is one of the "pricey" custom-builders).

Unless you're moving around a lot and playing CoH from lots of locations, I recommend you stick with a desktop system. They're your most powerful option for gaming. They're also a better bang for the buck than "gaming laptops.

Also, Macs are NOT gaming laptops. You can play some games on there, but your best option is a Wintendo setup.

Well, some of this HEAVILY depends on your budget.
You could drop $500 for a brand new GTX 680 or a Radeon 7970. But you want to make sure it makes sense for your budget.

Honestly, I recommend going with nVidia for your card. Currently it has fewer issues in CoH in general.

I'd recommend a minimum of 8. If you want to go higher, and your budget allows for it, knock yourself out.

Raw clock speed is the worst identifier for gaming prowess.

Currently the most economical chip for gaming is the i5 2500K.
If you want something beefier multi-threaded, you could step up to the i7 2600K.
If you want the "latest and greatest", possibly the i7 3820.

Do you need a monitor? Need to buy the OS too? Recyling anything?

Looking to buy or build?

Alienware machines are overpriced entry-level gaming machines. You're paying for a "famous" name on a Dell computer. Don't buy from them. PERIOD.

Half the fun in Twinshot's arcs comes from Dillo's dialog.

When I first saw Depp made up, I was like "What the hell is Eddie Izzard doing in this film?"

Incorrect.

Reread what I said about multi-purpose and multi-platform.

Moreover, OGL is directly extensible by people other than the controlling body.
DX isn't, it's a black-box. You take the feature set you're given and work around any limitations.

DirectX is a set of multimedia APIs that includes Direct3D, DirectSound, etc, etc. It's primarily oriented toward gaming.

Not sure who told you AMD was "focusing on OGL".
Pretty sure whoever it was lied.

You may be having "environmental" issues in that install (as in something in Windows is broke).

Especially if those AMD/ATI drivers were "sticking" in the system registry.
If you have already bought an nVidia card, take the above advice and grab yourself a driver cleaner program and purge any ATI graphics stuff from your system.

So would you get ticked if someone referred to you by the diminuative "goatsy"?

Plus, isn't it **ragedowngradetopremium** now?

The thing is, OpenGL is a multi-purpose, multi-platform tool.
That's like griping about your Swiss Army knife because the scissors on it aren't as good as a pair of Fiskars or a set of tin snips.

That, in and of itself is worrisome.

As I've said, there's a marked difference between how DirectX games and OpenGL games will run on an Intel graphics chipset.

Simply because *Insert DirectX Title Here* runs fine has next to nothing to do with how well CoH will run.

Because, contrary to popular belief, he's not a twit?

There will be posterior repercussions!

Wow. Of all the other nasty show-stoppers in the game right now, I can sure see why this one took priority!

So I better treat you right?

So...basically whenever I log onto the market and claim my inf.

What day?