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It's winter again and thus time for another Smug & Play holiday build. We're picking up right where we left off, testing out Intel's response to the AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 at the heart of last year's January 2006 ultimate Socket 939 build. We hope you enjoy this nostalgic look back at mid-2000s PC gaming and join us for more content with dubious production values next year!

All music heard in this episode comes courtesy of https://www.freexmasmp3.com/ under the Common Creative License.

Hardware Used:
CPU: Intel Pentium D 960 (SL9AP)
Motherboard: ASUS Commando (LGA 775, Intel P965/ICH8R)
GPU: ATI Radeon X1900 XT
Audio: ASUS SupremeFX (ADI 1988B)
RAM: 2x1GB OCZ Platinum PC2-6400 CAS 5
Cooler: Copper-core LGA 775 Cooler from some HP
Case: Raidmax Sagitta
OS: Windows XP SP3
HD: 500GB 7200RPM Western Digital Black

Games Tested:
Far Cry by Crytek, published by Ubisoft
F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon by Monolith, published by Vivendi
Crysis by Crytek, published by EA

Smug and Play is revisiting the most exciting era in PC gaming by playing through PC Gamer Magazine's famed demo CD-ROMs. In each episode of our YouTube show and podcast we share our impressions of the titles on that month's disc as well as the technological advances that enabled them - all with our trademark smugness.

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