Steam users have several reasons for backing up some of their Steam games. Maybe they want to move the games to a new computer so that they do not have to download the games again there, or they would like to save their single player save games to copy them to another system or preserve [...]

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Especially gamers need to make sure that their video card drivers are up to date. Why? Because those drivers may add new features, improve compatibility of games or the overall performance while gaming or performing other gpu intensive tasks on the PC. Up until now, this had to be done manually. Gamers had to check [...]

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Valve’s Steam platform offers a very comfortable gaming platform. It is probably one of the best examples how an online distribution system can be successful. Not everyone likes Steam on the other hand, which is understandable as it has its quirks and problems, just like any other kind of gaming platform. One of the most [...]

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Regular readers know that the main drive of my new PC is a 80 Gigabyte Intel Solid State Drive. The hard drive is excellent and works well in combination with the 2 TB hard drive that I use for data storage and some larger programs that do not require a fast hard drive. I sometimes [...]

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Valve is currently running a games sale on their Steam platform with games up to 75% off their usual price. The games that are offered for a discount change regularly with some bargains being offered the whole time. Current deals include a THQ and Lucasarts Complete Pack as well as discounts for Dragon Age: Origins, [...]

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Steam is the Internet gaming platform created by Valve software. Users can purchase games online, download and play them right away. It is becoming increasingly popular because it provides a solid copy protection mechanism that is integrated into the Steam platform. It is not that bad for customers either because Steam games usually do not [...]

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Team Fortress 2 is an awesome game. If you are a gamer who loves sharp textures you might find the following console command for Team Fortress 2 useful. The command is mat_picmip -0.9 and has the effect that the textures in the game look much sharper than before.

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Source Engine games are Half-life 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike Source and others. Those games, or better part of those games, can get internally defragmented and can’t be optimized using a software that defragments Windows hard drives. It is a good idea to defragment those games regularly to speed them up.

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I was really looking forward to play Team Fortress 2 once it came out on October 10th and decided to read a lot of news regarding that release to be up to date. My heart began to beat like hell when I realized that it was possible to make the purchase at an discount right away and be eligible to play the Team Fortress 2 beta right away.

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