Recent content by astrotzky

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    Is this a good gaming system?

    This is what I have decided: 1. Motherboard: I like the Maximus II Formula one, even if it's expensive. 2. CPU: will buy a dual-core. I will buy a quad when at least 50% of the games I play can take advantage of it. I will also get it cheaper. Now, I know E8600 it not worth the money, but...
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    Is this a good gaming system?

    The RAID0 will be on the Silicon Image controller (hardware). I don't know how good it is. I though I will see a 1.5 increase in speed. That said, you got me thinking about RAID0... You said it's not always notable? I'm asking because I will also do some programming and my IDE (IntelliJ)...
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    Is this a good gaming system?

    Hello, I plan to buy a new computer soon and I thought it's wise to ask more people about my choices. Here is what I have in mind: Motherboard : http://www.asus.com/products.a...l1=3&l2=11&l3=709&l4=0]ASUS Maximus II Formula[/url] (200 EUR) CPU ...
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    ATI/AMD driver stability

    I'm not trolling. This really happened to a friend. I don't know if the particular card was damaged but until he changed it he kept getting those, multiple times per day. Again, It might have been that particular card in which case it might happen to NVIDIA cards also. I'm just trying to...
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    ATI/AMD driver stability

    Hi all, I want to buy a new computer soon and I am a little undecided on the video card. I have a budget of 2000-2500 EUR so I want top notch. The thing is I will probably keep this system for 2-3 years so stability is the most important thing for me. The way I see it I can choose...