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Today was yet another winter LAN party to break the boredom of winter. Even with several no-shows and an over 3-hour setup this one went quite well. The hardware highlight was definitely John's massive 30" monitor. My new Nvidia 7800 video card was too power hungry for even my new 500w power supply, which meant I had to declock it to 80% just to keep from rebooting. Consequently, Mark is now the proud new owner of my 7800 while I return to my less power-hungry 6800. I also had an opportunity to put my new Poweredge 2400 machine to the test and it handled the traffic quite well. Lisa not only got interested in the games, but provided teehee convulsions which put Ron on the floor, disabling him. Unfortunately nobody took the opportunity to pelt him with an airsoft gun.