Recent content by lurk3r

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    Gigabyte GTX 760 vs MSI GTX 760 - need help deciding

    I did alot of research in the last couple weeks when the stock on the MSI's had dried up, found something saying the rev 2.0 Gigabyte cards went with fewer heat pipes (not necessarily a problem), and were having issues with faulty caps, so I waited for MSI's to come back, scored one from newegg...
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    Displayport entering power save mode problem

    Yes, cables, even monitors, it started only on my main 27" dell, the mouse would work on the 2nd 24" Acerbut I could not get any real functionality out of the PC, I assumed for a while it was the monitor, but when both started I tried swapping the older 23" Acer I had upgraded from, so 3...
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    Displayport entering power save mode problem

    FWIW in the last 6 months my 5850 has started doing exact same thing, 2 monitors on DVI, nothing on display port. I've tried multiple different drivers that were supposed to fix the issue, in the end I gave up and disabled the screen saver and power the system off every night now. Watching for...
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    XFX Radeon HD 7950 Core Edition 900MHZ 3GB 5.0GHZ $239 AR

    I can't bring myself to jump on this since the reason I'm shopping for a new video card is that I'm on my third xfx 5850, but this is a sweet deal. http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=68593&vpn=FX795ATNFC&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1337 XFX Radeon HD 7950 Core Edition 900MHZ 3GB 5.0GHZ GDDR5...
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    Does anyone still get the AMD 7xxx bug where your monitor doesn't wake up from sleep?

    Upgraded to 13.4, issue changed and got worse, several CTD's, finally stable but when attempting to resume both monitors power back up with black screens and the main has a pink bar of about 6 pixels across the bottom of the screen, both on DVI and both ran like this for years, back to the buy a...
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    Does anyone still get the AMD 7xxx bug where your monitor doesn't wake up from sleep?

    Great to see this post, I've been shopping for a new video card because about a month ago my xfx 5850 started with this exact problem, it had previously had occasional issues on the 2nd monitor when resuming from a sleep, maybe 5 times in a year (I never power my PC off), but about a month ago...
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    My EVGA RMA experience...

    I just had a similar issue with XFX, the company has no phone number on their web page, and requires you to fill in a support ticket online to get support. I happen to have several computers so was able to do this, but their response time is horrible. Back in January the fan started making a...
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    Ceramic Knives 50% off

    I have had several, amazing for tomatoes, but the second the GF uses one on a plate it's full of chips. Still not bad for $5.99.
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    4/19/12 Steam Weekend Deal: Jagged Alliance Back in Action 40% off,Mount&Blade 75%off

    Yep, they ignored the thousands of fans that told them going RTS instead of turn based would be fail, and look at the results, I won't even buy it at $10.
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    Suggest me a mid-life-crisis ride

    Ya, I went with the midyear, even where I live outside of Detroit, where there's probably the highest desnity of old vette owners, (there's 3 where I work alone) I'll see way more of the "exotics" than I will see my vette. I passed a Lambo on my 6 mile drive to work today (it's gotta be the 4...
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    Suggest me a mid-life-crisis ride

    I'd go the other way, grab a nice E type Jag, midyear Vette, gull-wing Benz, whatever one turns you on the most. If you pay enough from the right people you'll get the toy in great running shape and have something that is much more exclusive than the standard "I'm a rich douche" Porche or M.
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    Everquest Next

    GOD was pretty much the downfall of EQ for me, the greatest accomplishments I can remember in any game were finally defeating the archlich in ssra (with only 35 people, fairly small guild in the day), NToV was amazing at the time, finally beating the Emperor in SSRA. The plane of fire was fun...
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    The 100 Greatest Cars of All Time

    I'm not sure how I feel about owning a car on the same list as the exploder and tarus and dodge minivan, the cherokee I'm ok with, the old boxy one not the new plastic minivan.
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    New Chrysler 200 Convertible - brakes emit ear piercing sound.

    Remind the dealer the 4th time a car is taken in for the same repair its officially a lemon. --edit -- yep looks like my memory was correct http://www.carlemon.com/lemons.html
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    WTF: local dealer advertising Nissan Altima @38MPG

    My 06 gets 27, my driving can pretty much be classified as city, and I drive it like I stole it. I'm sure if I gave it to my old man he'd get 35 hwy with no problem, and they made a bunch of improvements to the engine in the last few years.