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Zakariya S.

Zakariya S.

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Most Favorable Review

Best Wii game yet.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: Reflex Wii Game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: Reflex Wii Game

Pros: This game...is amazing. It completely smashed my expectations of what it would look like. The graphics are amazing....just pure amazing, I'm a PC gamer and i think the graphics are amazing (for Wii). The gameplay is extremely fun. The campaign is really fun and I haven't finished it yet. Did I mention the amazing graphics?Online mulitplayer so much fun. This game is preety much exactly like the PS3 and XBox 360 versions.

Cons: -It takes a very long while to adjust the dead zones, the sensitivity and ADS dead zones and sensitivity. -Wii zapper support isn't ideal for long hours of play -It's harder to snipe then on PC ( but I dont' have a $100 mouse now do I?)

Overall Review: This game is a port of the original version...it is exactly the same except for the graphics and 2 of the maps in mulitplayer have been removed. I'm a PC gamer and i think the graphics are really nice. Sure the PS3 or Xbox 360 or a gaming rig has much better graphics, allowing up to 1920x1080 and better volumetric lighting and a few other things, but really it doesn't really matter. Cod is a FPS game where your supposed to kill people, and this game has that and even more. If you have bought the original version before, there's really no reason to buy this one. However I did, and I dont' regret it. If you have a Wii and this is your first time playing it, your in for a really nice treat. Trust me, It's defintely worth a buy.

11/29/2009
Most Critical Review

Disappointed, but at least.....

Intel Core i7-920 - Core i7 Bloomfield Quad-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 1366 130W Processor - BX80601920
Intel Core i7-920 - Core i7 Bloomfield Quad-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 1366 130W Processor - BX80601920

Pros: It's fast, does everything my Phenom II can do and even better! The x58 chipset with triple channel RAM.......superb to say the least. This processor is highly overclockable. I can't say much more, as I borrowed my buddy's build for a week that he was away ( after much begging).It was nice.

Cons: I didn't pay any money for it, and I wouldn't buy it. The performance in all the games was actually lower than my Phenom II....that's because this build had a 4870 and mine had a 5870. I was getting MUCH lower frame rates in EVERY game I played(at 19x12 in Crysis there was a 19 FPS difference most of the time), obviosly because of the unfair GPU advantage. So I put in my 5870 and guess what? The Core i7 with a 5870 performed with average 3fps more than my Phenom II 955. That's it???Why do so many gamers buy this chip? I expected maybe 10 FPS seeing as triple channel DDR3 1600mhz @7-7-7-24 and with this CPU at 3.6 ghz would give SOME boost in performance, as my dual channel DDR3 had much lower bandwidth( I had 4 gigs, he had 6). Like I said before, there was none. I guess getting a Phenom II with a unlocked muiltplier was a smart move......

Overall Review: When I was building my own Phenom II rig 2 months ago, I chose not to go with the Core i7 as the x58 platform was about $200 more a 790FX build. That $200 could go into a MUCH MUCH beefer GPU which I thought would out-weight the CPU difference. My Phenom II rig which cost $100 less than my friend's Core i7, was a much much better gaming system. It's 2010 now guys, and the Core i7 is still being fully utilized by software developers and will most likely not utilize it. You should defintely go and dump $200 more into your video card budget rather than get a i7. I can still encode HD video, while playing a game and recording with Fraps and my games are still playable. You don't need 6 gigs of RAM, heck you don't even need 4. If you really like Intel, go buy a Core 2 duo/quad and save your self some money, money that could that could get you a better video card, much higher frame rates, at a very affordable price. I'm disappointed but at least, I didn't pay for it.

Worst Game ever

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: Reflex Wii Game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: Reflex Wii Game

Pros: It has a really good campaign mode ANDonline multiplayer( didn't say the online multiplayer was good, no servers). Has all the features of the original...and all the cons. It also has cons *exclusive for the wii*. This is my second review after 2 weeks of owning it. I've changed my mind a *little since I wrote "Best Wii game ever". Then again it could be when you compare all the other games........

Cons: Ok the original version had a few things I really didn't like....add that in with the Nintendo's Wii's own line of problems....I dont' even know where to start. First of all, this games controls are HORRIBLE. If you're like me and like quickscoping or sniping at all, dont' expect any of that on this version. The dead zones allow you to make a box, and if you point outside the box your camera moves in that direction. So if your one inch away from the edge of the dead box, you won't move. As soon as your out of it, you can do a full 180 spin depending on your senstivity. You have no options to keep the crosshair in the middle of the screen so your gun turns and you don't. It's almost impossible to make a combination of settings that will make this game even feasible for sniping. The graphics on the Wii....are bad. 720x640 with every single thing that made the original game stick out from all the other versions are gone. THE WORST PART OF ALL-

Overall Review: When you zoom in with a sniper scope, you lag. When your standing still, it takes a good second to get a zoom in, then it lags. Are you kidding me????? Nintendo Wi-Fi is bad. Even if you have the wired Wii adapter, it has problems, obviosly on Nintendo's side. You can take a random drag shot and see the guy hit the ground 3 secs later. You can take a dead on shot and hit nothing. THEN there's the original COD's problems. This game is all about spraying and perks. Get a light machine gun, stopping power, martydom and a pair of rockets. The rockets didn't hit your target? It's ok you can spray him with a 300 round shot. Still didn't do it? Wow...at least you drop a live grenade when you die. That outta get him. The only thing I regret is that Gamestop won't give me cash back. That's it....I'm never buying a Wii game again. I'm just gonna build my PC and never look back. What was I even thinking expecting a good game for the Wii. I'm just gonna play on my PC in full HD. Peace.

12/14/2009

Great router, bad instructions

D-Link WBR-2310 Wireless Rangebooster G Router IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11b/g
D-Link WBR-2310 Wireless Rangebooster G Router IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11b/g

Pros: Bought it from Best Buy and it has worked well. I'm playing Call of duty online with no problems. Strong connection (it's 2 feet away from my Wii =). This thing was well worth the money. I can go anywhere in my house and web browse on my PSP. It also comes with a nice blue ethenet cable.

Cons: The setup up disk had HORRIBLE instructions. The "internet" port on the back actually reads WAN. With my modem and computer both connected to the the router through the regular "1,2,3,4" ports, the computer rebooted itself everytime I tried to open Internet explorer or try to insert the CD. After an hour of messing around I looked at the bottom of the router and it had a clear picture with correct labeling of all the ports. After following that, everything worked fine. The router has a sticker that says something like "Don't touch, insert the CD first" when you dont' even need the CD at all. It will just make things way worse for you. I should have just done it myself instead of read insturctions, but I dont' like taking risks with electronics.

Overall Review: An embrassing ordeal for someone who builds computers.....wow. Anyways it's a good router and it works. 5/5. Here is how you manually plug it in. Modem--> WAN port (grey) Computer--> Lan port 1 (blue) You can hook up any device that uses Ethernet to connect to your LAN on the other 3 LAN ports. Good router overall.

11/29/2009

Great processor, bad pricing

Intel Core i7-860 - Core i7 Lynnfield Quad-Core 2.8 GHz LGA 1156 95W Processor - BX80605I7860
Intel Core i7-860 - Core i7 Lynnfield Quad-Core 2.8 GHz LGA 1156 95W Processor - BX80605I7860

Pros: Very fast, great processor, overclocks well, preety much runs everything very very well. This really is a very good processor overall.

Cons: It's cost/perforamnce ration: For an extra 20 dollars over the Core i7 920, your paying for half the PCIE bandwitdh, and half the memory bandwidth. That's right: no triple channel memory and even if you were running dual channel memory it would still have less bandwith then a i7 920 setup. So why does this processsor cost more? I have no idea.

Overall Review: I've never owned this processor, but I know more than enough not to buy it..... If your a fan of x8/x8 bandwith go ahead. If your running 2 single GPU graphics card, or one dual GPU card, you wont' really see a difference in this processor. I would understand going for a LGA 1156 build but if it costs more than a LGA 1366 build....why would you buy it?

11/22/2009

Nice, not for gaming.

Intel Pentium 4 530 - Pentium 4 Prescott Single-Core 3.0 GHz Socket 478 84W Desktop Processor - NE80546PG0801M
Intel Pentium 4 530 - Pentium 4 Prescott Single-Core 3.0 GHz Socket 478 84W Desktop Processor - NE80546PG0801M

Pros: This is a great Processor, can do any simple task i ask it to do and is really fast for a P4.

Cons: This thing is......horrible for gaming. It can't multitask either. However it's not meant for either.

Overall Review: Don't buy this right now. You can get a duo core for 10 bucks more and it will come with a CPU cooler.

10/25/2009