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Digital Illusions CE (DI), the Swedish developers behind the critically acclaimed Battlefield franchise since 2002, have revolutionized the multiplayer FPS gaming industry with their innovative open worlds and action packed game modes. They continue as the years move forward with each new addition and adaptation to the franchise.

For the most part, there are two main choices a consumer has when purchasing a new Personal Computer (or PC): buy a pre-built computer or design and build your own. Surprisingly the topic of Build vs Buy is more important than you might thing. In fact, this little conundrum finds itself in other areas of information technology as well (for example building software in house or outsourcing).

For those of you thinking, “I don’t need a new computer yet”… take this into account: – the average lifespan of a computer is only 3-5 years, according to this article. However, in terms of compatibility with software and new hardware it’s more like 2 – 3 years, depending on what it’s being used for. That’s not to say you can’t continue to use a 10 year old PC; however, it probably will not support newer programs and hardware.

Halloween may have come and gone but that doesn’t stop NVIDIA from dropping a new freakishly branded Halloween addition to the GTX 275 graphics card just in time for you to ask Santa to buy you one. It seems as though NVIDIA has set a milestone for Dual GPU’s alike. They have taken two different GPU’s and crammed them onto one card.

With the release of Modern Warfare 2 right around the corner, you cant’t help to feel a little anxious and a tad bit nervous that it will live up to its expectations. And Just when you thought the game we’ve all been waiting for couldn’t possibly have any hickups in the next 2 weeks before its released, Infinity Ward makes an announcement that could potentially cause them to loose their PC gamer backing. Well, I dunno if I’d even call it an announcement.