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    Upgrade now or wait?

    I went with the Gigabyte 7950 from superbiiz. Plus, I found a coupon code NYRESO2013 for $10 off any order over $99, so that paid for shipping and a little bit of the card. The code expires today FYI. Thanks again for all the advice and suggestions! The card should be here in a few days...
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    Upgrade now or wait?

    That makes sense. At first I thought the whole game package deal expired at the end of last year, so I was making sure it was still valid. It's good to know that it is. After I pay a couple bills, I think I'll order one of those 7950s. Just not sure which yet.
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    Upgrade now or wait?

    I just read this on AMD's site, which would seem to indicate that the promotion is going until 3/31/13. It seems the discount on Medal Of Honor expired at the end of last year. "Promotion Period: Promotion begins October 22, 2012 and ends on March 31, 2013. Medal of Honor Warfighter Digital...
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    Upgrade now or wait?

    raghu78: Wow, that is quite a reply! I didn't know any stores still had the game bundle. I thought that promo ended on 12/31/12. If superbiz is still offering it, then I'd gladly order there. Are they reliable and easy to deal with? I've never heard of them. If the 7950 can be OCed...
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    Upgrade now or wait?

    Termie: I'm OCed to 3.8Ghz. I'm not sure my system can do 4Ghz, but 3.8 is pretty close. Thank you for the card recommendations. If I get a card now, I'm going to take it to my next system (Haswell), which is why I was considering a GTX670 or 7970. While I have no problem OCing a CPU, I've...
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    Upgrade now or wait?

    Thanks for the responses so far. You all make some great points. The only time my current system feels slow to me is when I'm playing newer games. For everything else I do, it still seems quite speedy. Still, it would be nice to have a motherboard/system that supports USB3, SATA3, PCI-e 3.0...
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    Upgrade now or wait?

    Hi all! I'm using the system as indicated in my sig. I got some newegg gift cards for a late holiday gift. I'm heavily considering getting a new video card. At the same time, the current gen of cards have been out for a while. When asked in the comments during the live CES Nvidia blog where...
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    X58 memory upgrade help

    palladium, I used the Win7 x64 drivers for my Gigabyte motherboard. They worked fine in Win8. I'm pretty sure Win8 comes with drivers for X58, so it wasn't 100% necessary to install them. The only driver issue I've had is with an old HDTV OnAir GT tuner from Autumwave (now out of business)...
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    X58 memory upgrade help

    I'm on a dual boot system with Win7 and Win8. I've been using Win8 since installing it for the most part.
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    X58 memory upgrade help

    Thanks for all the replies! Wow, 48GB of RAM! That is a LOT! I can't say I notice my system slowing down or not handling what I'm trying to do. 6GB is probably fine for me. The only thing that slows my system down are some of the newer games. I'm sure that has more to do with running a GTX...
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    X58 memory upgrade help

    Hi all, For about the last four years, I've been running an OCed i7 920 on a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 mobo with 3x2GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 8-8-8-21 running in triple channel mode. I recently put in an OCZ Vertex 4 128GB drive in it, which gave it a really nice speed boost. A while ago, I won a...
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    Sprint HTC Hero or Samsung Moment? Why?

    Best Buy gave my family a great deal this past Saturday for the three phones we purchased there; they made the overall price the same as if we bought two of the phones from Amazon. I went with the HTC Hero. So far I really enjoy it. Texting on it is surprisingly easy, especially with the...
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    Sprint HTC Hero or Samsung Moment? Why?

    Thanks for the tip on the price at Best Buy! I wonder how long they'll have that price. It seems like there are great phone deals every week this time of year, so it's fine if my family doesn't purchase this week. Whereas before I was leaning more towards the Moment, now I'm leaning more...
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    Sprint HTC Hero or Samsung Moment? Why?

    I found the Moment's keyboard to be very easy to use, even with a couple keys in odd places. Hero's keyboards are usable, but I seemed to make far more mistakes with them. If Samsung was more public about their planned updates for the Moment like HTC is with the Hero, the decision would be far...
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    Sprint HTC Hero or Samsung Moment? Why?

    Thanks for the reply! I liked the Palm Pre's interface, but the itty bitty keys are difficult for me to use. I wish they had a model with a landscape keyboard. So that's one vote for the Moment due to it's speed.