Recent content by goofyballer

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    What's the best way to apply thermal interface material?

    I'm using a Xigmatek S-1283 with Arctic Silver 5 and a Q9450. According to the instructions on AS' website, the best way to apply the TIM is to make a single horizontal line across the CPU's heat spreader, such that when the heatsink is pressed down it spreads the TIM out into an oval shape...
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    Really weird 8800 GTS slowdown problem

    OK, so the problem happened again, I went into display settings and changed my desktop resolution from 1600x1200 to 1600x900 and back again, and it seemed to 'reset' things and video stopped being choppy. I understand this is mostly a hardware forum and this probably isn't an appropriate...
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    Really weird 8800 GTS slowdown problem

    OK, so thinking about what Tick said about it maybe being a D3D vs OpenGL issue, I tried to figure out a way to test both out. I have a small little game called Armadillo Run which uses OpenGL which appeared to run ok, but it's a pretty simple game so I wasn't sure if it meant anything. I...
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    Really weird 8800 GTS slowdown problem

    Thanks for the responses guys. Mogadon - 640MB version. It's happened with multiple versions of the Forceware drivers, including the current ones. I tried stepping my overclock down to 333 MHz and then stock speeds/voltages (except for the RAM, which I'm running at 2.2V (because that's what...
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    Really weird 8800 GTS slowdown problem

    I just built a new computer a month or two ago (with a lot of help from you guys here picking out the parts) with the following specs: 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, OCed to 3.3 GHz (370 MHz FSB) 2 GB DDR2-800 Corsair RAM Leadtek 8800 GTS video card Antec P180 case (plenty of cooling) Seasonic 500W...