Recent content by GearJunkie

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    How to check if my video card is working properly.

    You could run various [free] benchmarks (3dMark, Heaven, Etc.) and compare your results with other similar systems. These are also pretty good at showing artifacts, if your card isn't working properly. I just got a new 660 and ran these programs to verify that the card is working properly...
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    Slow USB Speeds with New Build

    Thanks again for the replies! Sorry it took awhile to respond, my system was down all weekend. I think mfenn and ketchup79 hit the nail on the head. I even had a crash due to an IRQ conflict. I'm only using the Intel USB 2.0/3.0 ports, so the Asmedia controller should have no effect...
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    Slow USB Speeds with New Build

    The Asmedia controller is disabled. I'm just using the intel controller.
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    Slow USB Speeds with New Build

    Actually, the media card reader isn't even connected yet.
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    Question about PSU fan direction

    There might be increased dust with the fan facing upwards??? That's the only issue I can think of.
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    Slow USB Speeds with New Build

    I finally got everything installed last night. The system passed 4 passes of Memtest86 and 8 hours of AIDA64 torture testing overnight. Everything seems to work except one thing... I am getting dog slow USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 transfer rates. The USB 2.0 makes transfers at about 150k/sec. The...
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    Windows 7 Installation -- Order of Driver Installation

    Thanks for the replies! There is an opion to disable the Lucid MVP - maybe this also disables the iGPU. I'll go for this and just not install the drivers for it. Thanks for your help!
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    Windows 7 Installation -- Order of Driver Installation

    The problem is there is no way to disable the iGPU on my board. So - is it better to leave it hanging without a driver, or to install the driver for it and set it as a secondary adapter? To me, it seems like there is the possibility for conflicts either way???
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    Windows 7 Installation -- Order of Driver Installation

    Thanks for the quick replies! So is there any reason to install the HD 4000 drivers, without the Virtu MVP drivers also being installed? Thanks.
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    Windows 7 Installation -- Order of Driver Installation

    I’ve just built a new machine (see specs in sig) and am now ready to load Win 7 x64. It's been a LOOOOONG time since I've built a new rig and I'm a little unclear on the latest driver installation procedures. Below is the sequence of the install that I plan to follow: 1. Windows 7...
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    Post your videocard history.

    I upgraded about once a year... Diamond Stealth 64 Intergraph Rendition Verite 1000 (The first 3D acceleration for Tomb Raider!) 3DFx Voodoo2 Creative Riva TNT 2 Ultra ? Ti4400 ATI Radeon 9800 BFG 6600GT BFG 6800 Ultra EVGA 8800GT Sapphire 4890 Sapphire 5770 Asus 5850
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    AMD Catalyst 10.9

    The Release Notes list that there was a Profile update for BFBC2. Ummm... what exactly does this mean???
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    Boot times: ASUS vs. Gigabyte

    Thanks for the tip nenforcer, but I have the BIOS nice and tight. Everything is disabled that I don't use... SAS, sound, firewire, express gate, marvell controller, 2nd ethernet port, etc. I've had a few different ASUS X58 boards, and they all seem to take at least 10sec to post. But thanks...
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    catalyst 10.8 posted

    I think most of the probs were related to crossfire, but I thought I remember reading about various issues for single cards, too. Related to clockspeed increases at idle, and vsync issues...
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    catalyst 10.8 posted

    ... still waiting ; )