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According to eVGA there is no new BIOS update. Did you use an Nvidia bios update?

I haven't been able to find a thread addressing this so I thought I'd ask. I have an eVGA 6600GT and have heard the Nvidia drivers have built in temperature monitoring. However, under the GeForce 6600GT tab -> additional properties, there is no option for monitoring the GPU's temp. I have...

You can always spend $33 for the import version: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=32-128-127&depa=0

You can also download THIS utility from Intel. It's a hyper-threading test utility. Presumabely if HT isn't enabled or you don't have it then your computer will fail the test.

He said he tried it to no avail in his original post...

Yeah, you'll probobly want to if you're looking to keep pace with newer and newer games. You'll find yourself in the same spot if you went ahead with the 3200+ upgrade - down the line you'll have to upgrade video and ram and say to yourself "now it's my proc holding me back and those dual cores...

Dual core might indeed be where it'll be at in a few years but, as i understand things, you're not going to see a huge increase in gaming performence right now. As games exist now, they're mostly single threaded applications and thus aren't really going to use the advantages that come with a...

I don't see how the statement "Don't have sex, but if you do, use a condom" is contradictory. Since the topic is sex education it implies that you're talking to people under 18. The smart thing, i would argue, is to try and teach a teenager why they shouldn't want to rush into having sex at...

If you're looking in the $200 price range I'd suggest an NVidia 6600GT. Few bucks cheaper and better than the X700 IMO. If you can afford more, try an X800. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-122-201&depa=1

An update in the event anyone else has a similar issue. For unrelated reasons I adjusted my monitors refresh rate from 60Hz to 72Hz and now the transparency setting appears to be working fine.

I have a 6600GT running on forceware 71.84. I have enabled nView in the card/display settings and was looking forward to testing the window transparency option. Unfortunately, I only get the following message: Has anyone else had this problem? Is it fixable or is there a work around? This...

I have tried both manually assigning it an IP and letting windows automatically obtain an IP

I have 3 laptops, two of which are identical in hardware configuration, OS, and drivers. I'll refer to them as laptop 1 and laptop 2. They both have built in 802.11b wireless and are running WinXP pro with the latest updates. The XP 'security center' has been disabled and I'm running no...

edit: done (thanks Squalish)

Here's a good piece on the matter... http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0328-30.htm