Recent content by midnilux

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    AT's latest video card testing results

    That's the best part of switching to nvidia so far... don't have to deal with BS like physx not working, and AA that is locked in some games to nvidia only cards (which is retarded, and you can usually overcome it with 3rd party tools, but it's still annoying).
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    Why hasn't a third vendor come in?

    I don't think so, low end notebooks are already dominated by Intel. It's the midrange where ati/nv (especially nv) are rising. If you just need a piece of crap laptop that can't play anything it will likely come with intel gfx, nv's integrated graphics on midrange notebooks are amazing for...
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    Dual Card Scaling

    I have always avoided dual gpu solutions, my first was 2x 5850s and for what I payed ($580 total, $290 per card about a month ago) it was really disappointing. I'm running two GTX460's now and get better performance, less noise and less heat, all for only $460, I actually only ended up paying...
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    AT's latest video card testing results

    GTX460 shines in SLI mode, I have two in SLI and they are better than my 2x 5850 crossfire set up was. They also run much quieter, cooler (especially with a good double fan cooler like Gigabyte's version) and they are easy to OC by 20%+ at stock voltages, my old 5850s could barely handle an...
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    New GTX460 slower than old 8800GT

    He had an attitude saying "what's your point?" to someone who was giving helpful info. That came off as snotty and arrogant, hence my insult, but anyway, moving on...
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    New GTX460 slower than old 8800GT

    His point is that DirectX11 is more hardware intensive, idiot. Anyway, like someone else said do a clean install of the drivers, uninstall all graphic drivers with driver sweeper and reinstall the latest. Please be more considerate when participating in our technical forums. Personal insults...
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    How did anandtech get Badaboom working with a GTX460?

    The official website says Fermi cards are not supported yet. However the anandtech review of the GTX460 shows benchmarks of it running badaboom, I have installed the trial version on the website (v 1.2.367) and it will not detect my GPUs (I have 2 in SLI, tried with SLI disabled). When you go...
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    Good defragmentation tool?

    I'm looking for a good defragmentation program, any recommendations?
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    Please interpret these numbers for me (RAM question)

    I use corsair "value ram" ($99 per 1GB stick) and I overclocked my core 2 duo by almost an extra 1.5ghz and they have me no problem. Kingston's value ram sucks complete ass though, even though its about the same price.
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    Noob builder seeking advice

    Agreed, DS3 suppsodly is more durable but eh, the only way mobos break in my experience is if they are cheap garbage, or if you are just stupid and mishandle them, so for all intents and purposes S3 and DS3 are the same thing.
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    Ram: 1GB stick in single channel, or 2x512 in dual channel?

    If I have a motherboard that will only run ram in single channel when there is only one DDR2 stick in it, would it be worth it to return that 1GB stick and just get 2x512's and have it run in Dual Channel? I can't afford to buy another 1GB stick for it, so the best I could do is put two 512's...
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    How do I get digital audio to properly work?

    Well I bought 4 cables similiar to those, and it seems to be working now, should surround sound automatically be enabled for games or do I have to set something else up?
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    Need help from upgrading from 3500+ system to AM2 or C2D

    All things considered an e6400 is a little bit better than a 4600+, probably more equivalent to a 5000+. But not OCing a C2D is a crime, its too easy to get an extra 1-1.5ghz out of it just with stock HSF and default voltages, and when you do that it will blow away anything you can get from...
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    How do I get digital audio to properly work?

    I'm guessing line in is like if I had a portable cd player or something and wanted it to play through my soundcard? And finally what about the subwoofer, do I need any cables for that or anything? Or is just those 4 pairs of cables?