Recent content by ColonelPanic

Firstly, you cannot overclock the Alienware's default Intel CPU, in this case the Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz, as the CPU ratio multiplier is locked. So while the Turbo Boost may seem impressive at 3.8GHz that is the highest the system will go unless you are willing to spend even...

Do yourself a favor and build a machine from scratch. That way you only get what you want/need and save a ton of cash. For example, a "high-end gaming computer" from Alienware cost over $3000 and pales in comparison to my ~$1300 custom rig. Depending on your use case scenarios -- aside from...

Completion of the "Liberty" policy tree?

As pedantic as it may sound, "PC" should be changed to "Microsoft Windows," as every home computer is a PC. If I could get the same GPU performance in Debian GNU/Linux that I can get with Microsoft Windows 7 I would switch in a heartbeat. However, since the game is specifically designed to...

Allow for reforestration (As seen in [civ2]/[civ3]) Hide nationality of privateer (As seen in [civ3]) Use of nukes triggers global war (As seen in [civ3]) Climate change from pollution (As seen in [civ2]/[civ3]) Diplomacy relationships chart (As seen in [civ3]) Create airbases (As seen in...

When I was playing Civilization II in the late 1990s I figured out how to more effectively utilize nuclear weaponry without increasing world pollution. Granted, this solution mainly deals with naval-centric games but it works nonetheless. Use your nuclear weapons to destroy incoming naval...

The deciding factor in Civ V performance is the GPU -- Graphical Processing Unit -- rather than the CPU. Take my current setup for example. In terms of my CPU I use an AMD Phenom II X4 960T for my professional workstation and gaming desktop. Normally the 960T features quad cores and a stock...

American Civil War. However, the first thing I'm doing is making a simple mod where the CSA does not have a blue-on-red icon color scheme: I'll probably borrow the color theme from the Germans -- dark grey and light grey -- in keeping with the "Blue and the Grey" theme.

Thanks to this thread I was able to start up Civilization II in Windows XP Mode on Windows 7. The game works flawlessly but I would like to add this to my Steam library. Clicking on the link located on my Windows 7 desktop will load the game via the virtual machine but I cannot associate this...