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Awesome boarder....I love my Ariens but I wish it had the heated handles. Nice!
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I didn't realize it had them until after we had decided to get this one, but once I did see the button for it I was much happier. My hands get very cold, very easily and with the little blowing I've done with this one so far they've been great for keeping warm. Also, it sure goes through the packed down stuff

 
It is a sweet machine. If your hands were getting cold you could had just saved a bunch of money and bought a better pair of gloves...

I'm actually jealous.


 
It is a sweet machine. If your hands were getting cold you could had just saved a bunch of money and bought a better pair of gloves...I'm actually jealous.
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Like I said, the heated handles was just a bonus that I wasn't aware of initially. Mostly wanted it for being able to go through more snow, wider path, and easier starting. The push button chute controls were a big driver as well.

 
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I just bought a MSI geforce 210. It was $12 after rebate. I plugged it in. I saw an increase in my score on the Microsoft Experience Index, but not as much as I wanted. I went back upstairs and started filling out the rebate, but since the pci-e x16 2.0 card worked in the 1.0 slot on my mobo, I stopped my rebate process before I cut into the box. *shrug* I am having second thoughts on my upgrade strategy.

 
WayneKerr what are you looking for in a video card? One for gaming?
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Ya, this will be for the mame/emulator and steam machine. The card falls into casual gaming which I see now as solitare only. This is the link for the card I am having second thoughts about. So lemme just say that I am trying to maximize the purchase here. The reason I went for a 2.0 card was so that I could carry it over to the next PC I build up (when the AM3+ boards come out.) Other than being cheap, the problem I am having is with perception. I was able to see an increase in 3 of the games I play: Lumines, Trials 2 and some vertical shooter I forgot the name of. When I launched hyperspin, it choked on the beginning animation a little bit. Also, I only have 1G of ram right now.So don't know if the slow down was due to lack of ram or the video cards 64bit interface. I was hoping the 512M of RAM would compensate more. All I have to go by staticstically, is the Aero score went up to 3.7 and the gaming graphic score went up to 4.8. Not what I was expecting.
I spent last night comparing geforces and radeons. I am considering a GT430, GTS450, or a radeon 5570.

 
How big is your case you are putting this card in? Also how powerful is your power supply, meaning how many watts? Do you have 2 cables for the 6-pin power for the new video cards?
 
How big is your case you are putting this card in? Also how powerful is your power supply, meaning how many watts? Do you have 2 cables for the 6-pin power for the new video cards?
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Its a small PSU, like 300 I think. I have another one thats rated higher, but I have to take it out of the old PC. When I went down to check, I got distracted by Portal, which looks fine, but could be better. The monitor is holding that back a little. I'll check in a bit.
 
Its a small PSU, like 300 250W. I have another one thats rated higher, but I have to take it out of the old PC. When I went down to check, I got distracted by Portal, which looks fine, but could be better. The monitor is holding that back a little. I'll check in a bit.
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The other PSU is an Ultra X-Finityâ„¢ ULT-XF500 which does have the PCI express graphics power connector according to that page.
 
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