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    New Laptop suggestions

    I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 9300 after my old Inspiron 3200 finally kicked the bucket. I have to say I am totally happy with my purchase and at 1600 dollars it was an awesome deal. ( I had a code for 800 off and 100 dollars off for a instant rebate) Some of the specs: 17"...
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    Apple 30inch Cinematic Display for PC use

    I don't think there are any mainstream PC Video cards right now that offer Dual link DVI on a single port capable of supporting 2560x1600. (I could be wrong though) Well the 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm 200 does but that card is expensive. Edit: Typo
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    which x800 cooler?

    VisionTek x800xt with Ati Silencer 4 @ 555/550 (1100) Idle - 39c Load - 60c And I could go a bit higher also ..well according to ATITool but there is no need at this point. yes you void your warrenty if you remove the heatsink/fan Edited: added new temps, tightened down the heatsink.
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    Trying to find water blocks for Nvidia 6800 PCI-e cards...

    Okay from what I can tell. The below is a picture of a 6800gt agp 6800gt The following picture is a close up of a 6800gt pci-e board. (note the HSI bridge chip under the core) 6800gt pci From what I can tell there is no difference in the mounting holes or the memory. The only...
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    which x800 cooler?

    Well I use the ATI Silencer 4 now on my x800xt with no problems at all. I am not familar with the zalman cooler so unfortunately I can't give you a comparison of the coolers. The thing that I like about the Silencer 4 is that it has a bracket that cools the ram chips on the other side of...
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    need help installing ati 8500dv

    What are your system specs? For example, make and model of your Motherboard, things like that. Could be quite a few reasons for the blank screen. Without more info its impossible to help you. Edited for spelling
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    OCing my older video card

    Well if your getting a 6800gt then you can really play with that card. Heck you could do what a friend of mine did. He just slaped on a 80mm fan to the top of the passive heatsink. Basically he just took some long cable ties and secured it to the card. It worked and the 9200se...
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    OCing my older video card

    I would take the passive cooler off, apply some good thermal paste, and add a active cooling solution. I would only do this if you had the parts laying around. You need to just go out and get your self a OEM 9600 for like 80 dollars. That would blow the socks off the 9200se. Also it...
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    9600 LE: what is it???

    Well the only reference I could find to a 9600Le was on ATI's website stating that ABIT made a 9600LE with 256mb ram. But searching ABITs site I couldn't find that perticular product. Kinda weird. There seems to be alot of foriegn websites mentioning both a 9600 Le 256mb version and a...
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    Trying to find water blocks for Nvidia 6800 PCI-e cards...

    Hmmm I thought Dangerden had water blocks that will fit 6800 series cards. Do the new PCI-E cards move the mounting holes around or is there other obstructions that prevent the 6800 series water blocks from working?
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    BFG GeFoce 6800

    I don't think I would recommend XFX to any one. There is nothing wrong with BFG.
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    Can anyone identify this GFX card please

    Wow I could see how you could think it was a pny mx400. It looks very close. But the heatsink/fan is different and the chip that is between the heatsink and the front of the card is in a different position than the one in the pic. But again the picture is too low of res to really be...
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    Can anyone identify this GFX card please

    Yeah it looks AGP to me. Possibly a Voodoo card too. Maybe a voodoo3. But it is just a guess.
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    Can anyone identify this GFX card please

    Well I am assuming your talking about the video card 3rd from the right. Looks like an Nvidia lay out but not sure. Early geforce boards used to have that L shaped memory lay out like that. But identifing the board from this picture will be next to impossible unless someone actually...
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    6800 Vs 6800gt Both Bfg Ocs, Upgrading, Help, which should i go w/

    If it is in stock at that price I would go for it. No shipping , instant gratification sounds like a good plan to me.