I have an i5 2500K and nvidia 9600 GT with proprietary driver. For some reason, this set up on 12.04(and was same on 11.10) seems to work fine on boot up, but after about 30 mins of use, games and other accelerated surfaces start running at about 5fps. This is fixed by a reboot to start it all ov...

In Diablo II, it was widely accepted that repeatedly killing the Act bosses on Hell difficulty (along with a few other certain areas) yielded the best equipment. However, I remember recalling that the Diablo III game designers wanted to move away from that, and instead have people go through enti...

In Diablo II, killing mobs in certain dungeons/areas resulted in different sets of equipment. Is this still the case in Diablo III, or do the higher Acts result in better equipment than the lower Acts?

You can often find Resplendent Chests in the bottom of optional dungeons, and sometimes randomly on the field. Are these chests worth constantly looking for, or is there a cap to the types of items they can drop?

Now that a secret level is confirmed, is it as good as the old Secret Cow Level in Diablo II in terms of drops? Does the heavy cost involved in getting there (150,000+ gold) make it worth (equipment wise) to spend the time and money to gain access to the level?

I insert a USB drive into my PS3, go to settings --> system settings --> backup utility, click through the screens, choose my USB drive... and it tells me "USB Drive is locked." There is no physical locking mechanism on the drive I've tried reformatting as FAT32 I've even made sure the allocati...

I'm on Act 1 of Nightmare difficulty with my Witch Doctor, and i have a weapon that has +150 intelligence and 20.6 DPS. yet i can make an axe at the smith that has 45+ weapon DPS. is giving up that much of a primary stat worth the extra weapon damage? Also, are the caster variant type classes (W...

While playing in normal mode, I only had to repair my items right after dying (because I'd lose 10% durability). I'm now playing on nightmare and I noticed that every time I visit the merchant, my equipment needs repair even if I hadn't died since the last time I visited town. Do items degrade di...

When playing with my friends, what do we see when browsing the merchant's wares?

I got a Plan: Staff of herding in the ACT IV. My Blacksmith is at level 4, but I tried to use it and didn't work. How can I do that?

I currently have the Templar follower, kitted out nicely. He's the only follower I've used on my Wizard, so I want to experiment with the other two. If I recruit a different follower and then switch back to the Templar, will he retain the equipment he currently has or will that be lost? Do I n...

Frost Nova's Shatter rune claims that "A frozen enemy that is killed has a 50% chance of releasing another Frost Nova." Meanwhile, Ice Armor causes melee attackers to be chilled or frozen for 2 seconds. If an enemy is frozen by Ice Armor and killed while I have Shatter equipped, can it release a...

Am I able to use a controller to play the PC version of Minecraft? If so, can I just plug it in and play or do I have to do something else before being able use one?

Leah is kind of a central NPC in Diablo 3, and she seems to have an extensive history with Deckard Cain, often calling him "Uncle." However, the game is pretty light on details as to who she is, precisely. It's clear she's not ordinary, for instance: I'm not super familiar with Diablo lore o...