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    Best SSD choice /value/ performance

    The cheapest I could find the Crucial 128gb drive was 235, vs 189 for the Intel 120gb.
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    Best SSD choice /value/ performance

    Thanks much for the info so far! I just found the 120gb Intel X-25 for 189. Seems like a good deal. Maybe thats the way to go?
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    Best SSD choice /value/ performance

    So I am going to add an SSD drive to my system. It will ONLY have photoshop and Windows on it, NOTHING ELSE. I just want a few things to be quicker, ya know? And since I am due for a format and reinstall.... Question is, what SSD drive would you choose? Seems like the OCZ Vertex 2 drives are...
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    Hard drives: To upgrade or not?

    Ok, so currently I have 1x750gb drive with my OS, 2x500gb drives with stuff on em, 1x WD Black drive with programs, and 2x1.5 green drives externally for back up. I plan on adding a 2tb black drive to replace the 750 and 2x 500s. Question is, do I add an SSD for the OS and Photoshop, or...
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    Crysis 2 Graphics - Are we too soon to hate ? Cryengine 3 shots within

    If companies would make games worthy of actually enjoying, then people wouldn't be left with nothing to do but tear things apart. Whens the last time you've played a game that was actually engrossing enough story wise that you didn't want to put it down? The last time for me was Halflife 2...
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    HardOCP 6990 sneak-peak

    Of course its going to be blisteringly fast and brilliant and blah blah blah. Seeing the fps in games is almost pointless, as they are going to be damn good. All I want to know is how much the big b#stard is gonna be. THAT is what will determine if its worth it or not.
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    Anyone seen labels pealing off new video cards?

    IF i were EVGA and you asked to return a card because a sticker was peeling, i think I might actually laugh. Then send a new sticker, and some puffys just for fun. :D Actually, a big 35 EVGA sticker might actually be damn cool, except that you'd only see it when the comp was upside down. As...
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    Asus Readies GTX 580 DirectCU II

    You can add all the GPUs you want. Take up all the slots you want. Hell, use your own power station to run the thing, and cause global warming all by yourself. It still doesn't change 2 very important things. First, it still doesn't fix the fact that the isn't a single game out there that...
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    gts 450 or gts 250

    The GTS 250 is a strange card. I have one in my machine, and its been spectacular. I've been playing Black Ops regularly at 1920x1200, and according to the FPS counter I am getting 90 regularly. Thats with an i920 and 24gb of ram though, so who knows. That said, my little GTS 250 is helping...
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    3-4 monitors, different Res's, eyefinity?

    OK! Currently have 2 Dell 24" monitors at 1920x1200. Love em. Great stuff. I want to add a third. Thing is, I want to add either the 17" or MAYBE the 30", if the money gods allow it. What I need to know is what I need to run such a setup. I will likely go ATI (or AMD, whatever), but will a...
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    28" HannsG LCD is suprisingly good looking!

    LOL thats awesome. Gotta love home fixes. I bet it looks damn cool too.
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    28" HannsG LCD is suprisingly good looking!

    There was no back hand slap. ITs got nothing to do with it being expensive. IN fact, there was no insult, and the post was just a matter of fact statement tying to explain the difference between the two. You're the one that seems to have some buried issues with other people having expensive...
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    28" HannsG LCD is suprisingly good looking!

    This thread is funny. :) Theres a lot more to a monitor than size. The HannsG stuff is cheap, and for most people, just peachy. The Dell 27" is an artists monitor, and the differences between the two make for a huge gap TO THOSE THAT APPRECIATE IT. Comparing the two is like comparing a Ferrarri...
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    Is Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) still relevant today?

    I don't get questions like this. I play black ops quite a bit, 1920x1200. No AA, but thats fine. I have everything turned on, except shadows cause they look like crap anyways, and I destroy people regularly. The FPS code in the corner of the screen says I am getting about 90 FPS, and I have a...
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    nvidia: Why only 2 monitors?

    Why? Why do they only output 2 monitors when they have 3/4 connections? Is it just a driver issue that says do 2 only? I don't get it. If they would do more they'd be more attractive to people like me who wants a triple setup for illustration... any ideas?