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I have decided to begin stocking the WSGF Edition & HD Triple XL Stands personally, and shipping them directly to users. I worked out a deal with Ergotech so that I could take stock of the stands, and handle order processing myself. This allows me to ship same day (schedule permitting), and manage stocking levels better. This will provide you with better faster shipping, better service, and hopefully keep us from stocking out.

I have ordered 50 WSGF stands from Ergotech; 25 of them arrived last week, with another 25 arriving after the first of the year. I also have a stock of ICE Cubes, Short Poles and VESA Plates that I will be keeping here as well. I will be "downgrading" the WSGF Edition stands to make HD Triple XLs, for anyone who wants one of those. I will remove the tall pole, two pivots and the mini bar; replacing them with the short pole. I will then take the tale pole, mini bar and pivot, and create a 1+3 upgrade kit that I can then ship direct as well.

It's a pretty big investment to order 50 stands, but it's the best thing to do for me, you the customer, and the future of the product. So, if you've been waiting to order a stand - now is the time.

As part of our ongoing efforts to help better serve out community, and make the WSGF the bestest it can be, we've set up a site survey via SurveyMonkey. Your input will help us ensure that the site is being designed and shaped to meet your needs.

We Are Back!

So after just 4 days of downtime (friday evening to tuesday lunch time), we have managed to complete the major migrations and updates.

We are now rocking back on the phpbb forums which has proven to give us much better response and performance across the entire site, we hope you enjoy these improvements!

While the major migrations have been complete, there is a couple of smaller bugs that we are working on to resolve. If you do happen to spot a bug, please be sure to let us know in the following thread..

We'll be right back!

As part of our never-ending efforts to improve your experience here on the WSGF, we will be performing a major migration and update to the site. Two years ago we moved from a variety of web platforms to a single Drupal environment. We expected that there would be issues after the migration, but we never anticipated the impacts to the site's speed and usability. And, we never anticipated that we wouldn't be able to fix any issues we were faced with. But, that is where we are at.

AMD recently launched a new bundle to help sweeten the deal in when purchasing a Radeon HD 7000 series card. Great news is that they are offering not only free games, but new popular titles. As someone said in response to the bundle, "AMD is actually giving away games people want to play". Up for inclusion are Far Cry 3, Hitman: Absolution, and Sleeping Dogs, plus a coupon for 20% off Medal of Honor: Warfighter. As would be expected, the bigger you buy, the more you get.

AMD has also released an improved Catalyst driver suite, that brings marked improvements to a number of popular titles. We haven't had a chance to test the new driver, but AMD claims the new 12.11 driver bring an average of 10% improvement across Borderlands 2, Dirt Showdown, Skyrim, Sleeping Dogs, Starcraft 2, Civ5 and more.

Tom's Hardware has published their latest iteration of Best Gaming CPUs For The Money, so if you're in the market for an upgrade, and have a fair idea of what your budget is, you should check this article out.

Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: October 2012

Though it's not listed in the change notes for the Oct 1st patch, NCSoft has updated support for NVIDIA Surround. They have fixed the stretched character selection/creation and the stretched cut-scenes. The HUD is also perfectly centered on the triple monitor setup, rather than half on and half off.

Tom's Hardware has published their latest iteration of Best Gaming CPUs For The Money, so if you're in the market for an upgrade, and have a fair idea of what your budget is, you should check this article out.

Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: September 2012

TechPowerUp has news of a leaked 21:9 panel from Dell. The post includes two pics (included here) of the monitor. The model is U2913WM. Breaking this model down we can deduce:

• U - Ultra Sharp line (so IPS panel)
• 29 - 29"
• 13 - 13th series (same series as the 27" U2713HM)
• W - Ultra WIDE (???)
• H - LED backlight

This is the second 21:9 panel announced from a mainstream manufacturer, with LG recently announcing their 29" EA93. With these announcements, we can hopefully see 21:9 hit mainstream availability and acceptance.