Sweet, thanks. Time to figure out how to make video card not too hot when I'm playing The Witcher. Heard that it overheat badly so I need to set it at lower temp.

Again, appreciated it a lot.

Thanks for the tip! I was scared to install it because of overheating issues so I just left it under my bed for a year but I'm glad to know that there's control panel/pages will allow me to adjust the fan speeds.

In case of event that new video card may fail, is it possible for me to install old video card without using the software cd?

Gotcha thanks!

Gonna install the card tomorrow. XD Wish me luck! It's my first time trying to do something like this, lol.

Sweet, thanks for the tip! Perhaps, this video card will allow me to play Mass Effect 1 at last. :D :D :D

I already own the enhanced edition but will definitely purchase this one next week. It's not a big deal to pay five more dollars to support the great company like GOG. Thank you for the release.
And now on to buy The Witcher 2! If I only had this much time to play...

Thank you, Gog, for allowing me to steal this for $5. That. I mean. freaking 5 bucks?

Yes, I would take advantage of that deal. So should everyone (:

Not necessarily. It could be keeping chunks in memory until it has a full file to write, or it could be writing it all as it comes in, writing them to the disk using a method your disk defragmenter application would frown upon. Either way, at 6MB/s (my max DL speed), it's hardly stressing my disk. Slowing that process down would just make it download slower, or exactly the same (I bumped mine up to 6 concurrent connections, but it could also possibly run 1 connection at 6MB/s too depending on GOG's servers).

Don't confuse threads for connections, they're entirely different and I doubt they'd have one variable control such different aspects of the application. The app is multithreaded to begin with, and for me at least, it's currently idling at between 33-36 threads. Connections is solely describing the number of connections to the server that are being made. That's done in the event that if anyone's internet connection is fast enough to take full advantage of a server's maximum outbound throughput per conneciton with bandwidth to spare, they can make additional connections.

It's actually pretty similar to the way most usenet applications work now, downloading chunks, combining them, and checking parity. That final CRC check happens on the final 2gb file, btw (and actually, if I were a betting man, I'd say it's probably using the same checksum used by the installers when they're first launched to check file integrity), so I don't think it's killing two birds with one stone by scanning the chunks as they're made. The progress bar doesn't indicate that either, in any case: one color indicates download progress, a second indicates combination progress, and a third indicates crc check progress, and they're not at all running in sync.

Umm you need to ground yourself by touching something that's actually grounded (such as a radiator)... nor will a wall or door frame really as it ideally needs to be metal, you need something that's properties act as a good connector. The best thing to do is to sit between your pc and your radiator and touch one with each hand at the same time then don't move your feet after because moving can build up a new static charge.
Also to pop out the old card you'll find a little lever which you just push up to pop the card out, if you don't you might have a hell of a time getting the old one out and also you might snap this lever (google PCI Express slot or AGP if you want to see what the slot looks like.)

Good luck with Mass Effect, I had a hell of a time getting it working (in the end I bought it on the 360) well worth it though.

Thanks very much for the advice. However, I tried to install the video card into CPU but the space inside were too tight and small for the video card. It doesn't help that the size of video card is about brick. X.X

However, this experience has inspire me to start building my own future PC. :D

Nonetheless, I'll be buying this game to show my support, even it will lag so badly on this PC.

If it's opposite the floppy disk drive you could always take that out as they're hardly used nowadays. You could also raise or lower the hard drive if that's what's obstructing the card. I'm guessing your case has a micro-atx board though and a small case which really isn't ideal for a hefty graphics card anyhow due to the heat. (A high powered intake fan at the front and a similar one at the back would counter this fairly well.) You could also consider just purchasing a new case for the time being, something larger and better and transferring the contents of your current one into it until you can afford newer components (remember that you'll probably have to change the motherboard at some point so don't waste money buying outdated RAM such as DDR2 when your new board will likely be DDR3.)

That wasn't my intention, was just making sure the best advice was given and elaborating on what you'd already said :).

Yeah, I built a gaming rig a few years back in a shuttle case with the fan setup I mentioned and it was great. If you turn a small case into a wind tunnel it can actually be better than a larger case where an additional top mounted fan is needed to really push out the heat. The only problem is that when it's a very hot day and it's sucking in hot air, it can suffer a bit (though this is true of all PCs really.) It's worth mentioning that if the card keeps reaching silly temperatures and the rest of the components are fine then your card's heat-sink is either clogged with dust or Johnny in the Factory has been way too liberal with the thermal transition paste.

I'm relegated to gaming on a netbook at the moment... but I'm still gonna take advantage of this awesome sale... soon as my money transfer clears with paypal =D

...then when I have real money and can buy a real computer I can play this awesome game =D

Next week on GOG join us for the exciting lesson on how to repair your broken toaster! Really guys, you were great for helping him out, it shows a lot of class, but, maybe it would have been a great oppurtunity to use that handy dandy new PM System GOG installed ;-) I don't mind though, and props to you guys and GameRager in particular for the Downloader assist last week. It's good to see not all people on the internet are teenage in act and deed.
By the way, Nearly everyone who has played the Witcher and lived to tell about it loves it, so if you guys have never played it and like RPG's, then welcome to Earth, its a great old planet, Stretch your legs and Get Witchy on it! :)))

Okay now that I've gone and bought The Witcher I just have one question left to ask. What gfx card should I look at getting to play it on? Seeing as most of my gaming time is spent on consoles I'm not in the market for anything particularly fancy as my PC really only has to deal with games from GOG and the odd indie game off Steam.. A 1gig PCI-E card should do the trick but can anyone recommend a good model to look at?

I'll gladly accept PMs so as to not clutter up the thread too much!

(I'm currently running a 4 gig i5 system and Win 7 64bit and using onboard gfx if that makes any difference.)

Thanks GameRager. I'll have a look and see if I can grab hold of it here in South Africa.