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Be nice, but tbh if I was going for a track slag I'd want a convertible I think. But sure, as a track car I'm not convinced there's many better choices out there: Light, fun, revvy, parts plentiful etc.

They are, but tbh I'd say they're too subtle given the fact they're not exactly cheap.

Apex Rotary will do you a warrantied rebuild for £2200, which includes porting and the standard 500mile oil change afterwards. Pick a non-runner up for a grand, do the rebuild and then you're good for another 40k miles at least. Sohn adaptor only another £200 too. They're an absolute bargain of a car. Makes me want one now!

My honest opinion is that a standard Cobra or Scorpion exhaust is going to be perfect for you. They're the go-to option for backboxes, and you can always adjust the y-pipe & cats if you want more noise later. They sound sporty without sounding obnoxious. They'd be my choice for sensible money if I were buying tomorrow.

Makes sense, now that McLaren have gone orange. They don't want to be mistaken for that POS

Horrible, isn't it? I don't know why it takes so long.

Well spotted, that man!

I hate Radeon cards, their driver support has always been so poor compared with Nvidia. Even if on occasion the hardware has been better, I just can't bring myself to ever consider one.

Agreed.

If we're talking about cards with excessive heat, I had one if the original 5800Ultra cards, like a bloody Hoover when that fan kicked in!

This is the same bit of kit I installed on a mate's Gallardo the other week, much simpler to set up than the D1 was.

The important points are where it takes you from 20 to 40. That's the difference between it being playable and unplayable. True, but they were spikes rather than overall higher numbers. At that point, I'd simply lower the gfx quality setting to achieve a more stable frame rate.

That's fine, but why didn't you just say that in the first place?! And for clarity, never have I given anything than genuine and helpful advice to ANYONE who has ever PMd me about tyres. If they make the effort to ask then I always make the effort to give a reasoned and detailed answer. I know I can come across as brusque in open forum if people are asking stupid questions, but I refute the allegation that I'd ever do that when someone genuinely reaches out for advice. How do you feel about modern BIOSeses and other programs that self-boost CPUs and gfx chips without intervention? Any good, or be just as worthwhile turning off?

FF does it too, but sometimes it still gets things wrong which is where the macro comes in handy. Or even just filling in email addresses or using it for bbcode, that's also helpful.

That kinda shows my point off for me, most of the time it's only an extra 5-8fps despite a whole ghz o/c. If it could take you from 45fps to 60fps then yes, absolutely worth it, as if you're not gaming at 60fps on the PC then you might as well be on a console.

I love the macro features on my Logitech one, but oddly not for games: They're so helpful for filling out webforms with your name and address! I was looking at the keypad things yesterday, like the ones that also have a mini joystick by the thumb? Never tried one though, can't work out if they'd actually be any better or just a bit gimmicky.

Really you'll need to take it for a long run and put it under load at various rpms, exhausts never sound quite the same at static.

Is this the test with the blowing exhaust?

Oooooooh I see what you did there

Come on then, what's the trick? Don't be subject changing now.

Condescending much? Erm, eff you buddy, I used to do some serious overclocks back in the day, but then I realised it was a law of very much diminishing returns and I'd rather play games than run stress tests. Fine, oh mighty wise one who is clearly the god of all things, enlighten us. Tell us how you're going to revolutionise the PC gaming industry outside of putting a bigger fan/water cooling/pelting cooling on a chip, all of which costs money that could go to a better card in the first place.

I bet 90% of people on here have no idea who that is/was, y'know.

I wish

Why would you buy a cheap keyboard? It's the one thing you interact with every single time, a cheap and uncomfortable one is going to ruin the experience. It's like getting a cheap crappy seat for your car: If the rest is amazing, matters not if you're uncomfortable. And I was kidding about the 5400. Can you even buy drives that slow any more?! You're right about the PSU though, I forgot that bit. I like the Corsair modular ones, means you don't have a ton of spare cables floating around. Stock cooling is fine. Nothing in my setup is any different than how it came from factory, and I've no desire to faff around with overclocking for an extra 2fps. Just get a better gfx card in the first place

I wonder where John Titor is these days?