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Unfortunately our host had a RAID array failure on our box. Once the box came back up, we then found that we had significant database corruption in phpBB, our forums.

We are working on a mix of recovery and rebuilding. We have a solid backup of the Drupal database, but have found that we don't have a good backup of the phpBB.
Our staff is actively working to rebuild and fix the corruption.

EDIT:
Unfortunately until this is resolved we have needed to disable any new users from registering with us, although we hope to enable this very soon, our existing members are welcome to login and post as normal.
We have re-enabled user registration.

With Spring buzzing in soon, the WSGF is offering a stand sale through the end of March. Purchase a WSGF Edition or Triple XL Stand, and an ICE Cube, and get three option kits for free. The three kits are the Alignment Kit, the Short Cable Kit and the Clip Kit. Together these will help you with the Spring Cleaning of your desktop and gaming rig, and help you keep everything nice and tidy.

AMD recently held a conference call to clear up concerns and misconceptions regarding its product roadmap for 2013. The bottom line is that they are focusing on the existing HD 7000 series for the better part of 2013, but will launch new products into the channel before the end of the year. The recent "Sea Islands" product roadmap is geared toward OEMs who turn out yearly product updates.

Bulleted details from the call are as follows:

Have you visited True PC Gaming? If not, you should. They are a great indie PC gaming site, and are friends of the WSGF. Here are some highlights from last week.

Last week was a good week for monitor fans. TFT Central completed their review of the 21:9 Dell U2913WM, and updated their review of the new Dell U2713H.

Reviews:Dell U2913WM and updated Dell U2713H.

Is AMD's latest bundle any good? It's their second stab at a major bundle in just the last few months. In the latter part of 2012, AMD launched a marketing tie-in that bundled several games with its top end video cards. The one thing that stood out with this promotion is that the games were both (1) good, and (2) not old. To much surprise AMD's "Never Settle" bundle included then-current high profile titles such as Far Cry 3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs and Medal of Honor: Warfighter with its AMD Radeon HD 7800 and 7900 series cards.

The whole reason to buy a new graphics card is to play newer games. The catch-22 is that after the purchase you often have little money left over to purchase said games. In the past, gaming bundles usually included lower end titles, or favorites of yesteryear. While it was great for a marketing campaign, these bundles often proven to have limited value for gamers. A good bundle to be the tipping point to splurging on a new card. And AMD is hoping you see things that way.

I'm pleased to announce that we are offering two new options. The first is a set of cable clips to help with cable management. This $10 kit provides four more bar clips, and three more pole clips. The second is a production quality mod to wall-mount a WSGF Edition Stand. The kit includes the pre-drilled pole and three sets of mounting hardware. The kit runs $50. Additionally, we are now offering stand-alone sales of our stand option kits. Previously these kits were only available as part of a stand or upgrade kit purchase. By adding the Option Shipping product to your cart, we can now cover shipping on stand-alone options.

Over the past few days we have been working to add the proper data elements to our games database, so that we can log support for 21:9 2560x1080 monitors. We have also added elements for testing the 2560x1080 resolution, as well as fields for the 21:9 support method (native, .ini edit. etc), HUD placement and whether the 21:9 aspect ratio introduces any unique anomalies into the game play.

Have you visited True PC Gaming? If not, you should. They are a great indie PC gaming site, and are friends of the WSGF. It's been almost a month since we did a round-up, so the list is quite long.

Podcast Episodes:Episode 25 w/ skipclarke from the WSGF!!!; Episode 26, the TPG Best of 2012

Game Reviews:Cognition: Episode 1; Black Ops II Multiplayer; To The Moon; Tales of Another Galaxy; Captain Sim 767; Grimind; Reality Show: Fatal Shot; Drop Operative; Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Click through for the full article which also includes the list of interviews, software reviews and hardware reviews.

Now that the holidays are over, we're back into the full swing of things. And that includes bringing you this week at TFT Central. The last two weeks bring a few news updates, and a very in-depth review of the Dell U2713H.

News:
More info on the upcoming Dell U3014
Two new panels from Samsung - SB971 27" 2560x1440 & SC770 10-point multi-touch monitor for Win8
ASUS PA249Q ProArt monitor with Wide Gamut LED

Reviews:
Insanely detailed review of the Dell U2713H monitor. This shows how a proper review is done.