as some of you know ive been running STO on a dinosaur of a computer (8 years old) that blue screens everytime i try and run TS3. well as im whipping butt in the briar patch (my main is lvl 11 since i only get to play on weekends) the comps video card finally flew the 'screw you flag' and shut it all down. basically the comps shot and ill be offline till i can get a replacement. thakfullly its tax time and i should have my refund soon so its looking about 2 weeks give or take. my fun is now limited to forums only:(

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Admiral John Spartan
U.S.S. Resolute
NX-610950
Tactical Escort Retrofit

Fleet Crafter (in Training)

"Mr. Spock, the women on your planet are logical. That's the only planet in the galaxy that can make that claim." -- Kirk (Elaan of Troyius)

Activated Features

* Wrath of Khan Admiral's Uniform
* Star Trek Online - Preorder
* Star Trek Online - Retail
* Star Trek Online - Digital Deluxe

Well good luck with tax and your new hardware !!

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Captain Jonathan Barrett
Valkyries Tactical Division Delta Squad
The 12th Fleet
United Federation of Planets
USS Styx Rapier Class
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Never draw fire; it irritates everyone around you. (Murphys Law of Combat)

Ahh yes.. How fondly I remember tax refund time.. LOL My most favorite computer was ought with one.. May it rest in piece.. hehe

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well heres my nwe computers specs
Specifications
Processor AMD Phenom II X4 810(2.60GHz)
Processor Main Features 64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Cache Per Processor 4 x 512KB L2 Cache
Memory 6GB DDR3 (upgrading to 8gig)
Hard Drive 1TB SATA
Optical Drive 1 16X DVD?R/RW SuperMulti Drive
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 3200 (integrated card)
Audio Sound card - Integrated
Ethernet Gigabit LAN
Keyboard USB Keyboard
Mouse Optical Mouse
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

upgrading graphics card to probably this one
Specifications

* GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 250
* Core Clock: 750MHz (vs. 738MHz standard)
* Shader Clock: 1836MHz
* Shader Model: 4.0
* Texture Fill Rate: 48 Billion/sec.
* Stream Processors: 128
* Video Memory: 1GB (1024MB)
* Memory Type: GDDR3
* Memory Data Rate: 2240MHz (vs. 2200MHz standard)
* Memory Interface: 256-bit
* Memory Bandwidth: 71.7GB/sec.
* Bus Type: PCI Express® 2.0
* Display Connectors: 2 Dual-Link DVI-I
* RAMDACs: Dual 400MHz

add a 23" widescreen and a g15 keyboard and im all set to rock out

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Admiral John Spartan
U.S.S. Resolute
NX-610950
Tactical Escort Retrofit

Fleet Crafter (in Training)

"Mr. Spock, the women on your planet are logical. That's the only planet in the galaxy that can make that claim." -- Kirk (Elaan of Troyius)

Activated Features

* Wrath of Khan Admiral's Uniform
* Star Trek Online - Preorder
* Star Trek Online - Retail
* Star Trek Online - Digital Deluxe

Let me know how that works out for you with graphics settings all the way on high. I am thinking of upgrading my graphics card (mine is 2 years old).

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Vice Admiral Artelron
12th Fleet Intelligence Division
Current Assignment: Organizing the new Intel staff
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needing a new sig.. anyone who makes me one will get a free pie

can do and the best part is i can get the new one plus upgrades and accesories for less than 1100

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Admiral John Spartan
U.S.S. Resolute
NX-610950
Tactical Escort Retrofit

Fleet Crafter (in Training)

"Mr. Spock, the women on your planet are logical. That's the only planet in the galaxy that can make that claim." -- Kirk (Elaan of Troyius)

Activated Features

* Wrath of Khan Admiral's Uniform
* Star Trek Online - Preorder
* Star Trek Online - Retail
* Star Trek Online - Digital Deluxe

Picked a new rig about a 7 months ago from these guys
http://www.velocitymicro.com/

Under 1K, powerfull gaming PC room for upgrades

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Ensign Megadroid
Alpha Squad, Research Division
Assignment: 12th Fleet
United Federation of Planets
U.S.S Ormuz NCC-93717