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    Trying to install Windows 7 64 bit Pro and having trouble.....

    Thanks, VirtualLarry, you rock! This is much, much faster than installing off of optical disk.
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    Trying to install Windows 7 64 bit Pro and having trouble.....

    Bingo!!!!!! Won't work in UEFI mode. Change to CSM and no problem.
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    Trying to install Windows 7 64 bit Pro and having trouble.....

    My wife's new laptop came with Windows 8, which I despise. I bought her a 240 GB SSD to speed up her laptop. After physically installing the new SSD I booted to the laptop BIOS and set the computer to boot from USB first. I have an image of Win 7 Pro 64 bit. I used Win 7 DVD/USB Download...
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    Did I buy the wrong vid card for my build?

    Yep, this new system is a huge upgrade over my gaming laptop (i7 720qm @ 1.6 and Radeon 5870m) and my current tower PC (Core2Quad Q9500 and Radeon 3870 512MB). Total cost for the parts in my initial post was about $630. I found a deal on a Crucial BX100 500 GB SSD on Amazon earlier...
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    Did I buy the wrong vid card for my build?

    I picked it up like new for $120.
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    Did I buy the wrong vid card for my build?

    I found an overclocking guide online for this particular 7950 card. It looks like it can easily be overclocked to stock 7970 RAM and GPU speed without even a voltage bump. Maybe I didn't buy the wrong card after all.
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    Did I buy the wrong vid card for my build?

    I'd be happy with 30 fps minimum frame rate with medium graphics quality. I don't have to play my games with maxed out eye candy. Also, it's not a first person shooter where high FPS is really important.
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    Did I buy the wrong vid card for my build?

    I don't have access to gaming sites at work, but would Witcher 3 be doable at 1080p? I can stand a few black bars on my monitor's screen.
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    Did I buy the wrong vid card for my build?

    All: I just bought parts for a new gaming PC and am wondering if the video card I bought is a little weak for my purposes: I have a Samsung 25.5 monitor at 1920x1200. CPU: i5 4590 @3.3 stock with 3.7 Turbo Boost RAM: G. Skill 2x4 GB DDR3 1866 CL 9 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97...
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    What vid card for my current set up?

    I have an older PC with a Core2Quad running stock @ 2.83 Ghz. I have an ancient ATI Radeon 3870 card and am looking to upgrade my vid card to play Witcher 3. I'm not in the market right now to replace my CPU, mobo and ram. My monitor resolution is 1920x1200. What's the best video card to...
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    Does KOTOR hold up today?

    Kotor has more awesome sauce in it than episodes 1-3 all together. AV1611
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    They're still patching Vampire Bloodlines!?

    Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines is an awesome game. I've played through is at least half a dozen times. I started with a Ventrue male and have played Malkavian (great fun because of the dialogue choices. Malkavians are all crazy), Brujah, Toreador. About the only one I was never...
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    what was your first pc gaming memory?

    Dungeons of Daggorath for my Tandy Color Computer II with 16k ram. The game was on a cartridge that plugged into the side of the computer, but your games were saved to a cassette drive............ yes, as in music cassette for you young 'uns. D of D was an awesome game.
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    Wife's friend want me to find them a new to them PC

    What do you guys think of this one? It's an Ivy Bridge i3 with 4 GB ram, 500 GB HD, 15.6" 1366x768 res, UMA (shouldn't matter for these people). www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HRLSS4U...productDetails Sorry, can't get it to NOT hotlink
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    Dead Deal, Select People $50/$75 off some Kindle Products

    I guess I AM special. :) Too bad I don't have a need for a nice tablet.