It isn't possible for a modem to obstruct or block ports, is it? I guess port forwarding doesn't like me.

If the modem is also a router, yes. The ISP may also block ports but they usually don't mess with game ports as far as I know.

I have just found the most retarded fix ever for a GFX problem.

So basically, when i first got my computer the drivers for my video card would cause my screen to go all crazy whenever I started playing a video game - I could not see anything, but the graphics card was still outputting correctly(as the screen shots came out correct). I upgraded my drivers and didn't think more of it. When I got my 2nd video card, I upgraded my drivers and the problem came back. Of course, that means that this was still a problem with Win7, except that it would also happen at random times when I wasn't doing anything 3D(related probably to the Aero feature of Win7)

I was about to go on Newegg and find a cheap new video card, but searched Google one last time.

Apparently the solution to the problem is to increase the clock speed on my video cards.

H264 .mov conversion to, say, .avi.

I found this little free thing. Agent, any other suggestions for utilities?

If my video card can handle this: at a steady 62 fps, then shouldn't I be able to get more then 20 in a battle in TF2? This has to be cpu related, correct?

Are you using multicore in-game for TF2? Have you tried disabling it?

Also, many months ago, there was a thread on the Steam forum regarding FPS. Someone mention a file that was being constantly updating while playing TF2 and this was causing low FPS. What the person did to fix the issue was to ask its anti-virus to exclude the Steam/TF2 folders from real-time monitoring and this solved his FPS problem.

You could try this. Also, I know when we were trying to fix Borderlands hosting that you had more than one firewall or something. Make sure you only use one firewall and one anti-virus. Nothing more.

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-01G-P3-N945- ... 980&sr=8-1

What do you guys think about this card for me...I was going to give my 2 or 3 year old 8600 something or other to the Igoo (well actually exchange it for the $20 I owe him...) His current card is failing, and he wants to be able to play this new RUSE game with his dad.

Is this a decent card, or should I spend $85 more for the http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... R&v=glance

Opinions??

errrr....on fuzzy's computer, not fuzzy.

Neeeed answers...

Is there anyway to see what the IP of a site is?