Recent content by oval53

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    I have two 30gb OCZ Vertex SSD drives

    do it. I have three in raid0 and it flies. Win 7 bootup ,45 seconds.
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    Will a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 fit a (E)P35- DS3R?

    Pasa, Hi, I have a ds3l with the 212. With the fan in the above pic config the fan just barely covers the first ram slot. Using ram with conventional heat spreaders I can angle the ram in and out. With the fan blowing up it gives about a 1/4 inch more space. BTW , I bought mine as a holdover...
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    What to do with Pentium II 233mhz MMX?

    You guys bring up great memories. I still have my cely 266a and my original diamond 3dfx w/ a whopping 4 megs of ram (Oh yeah it also cost $300 in "96). I wish I still had my trio 64+ and my NEC tile based 3d card . A three card system way back when. Josh
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    ATI 4850 TEMPERATURE discussion

    Modular: yes the 700 shoud fit just fine. I just took my 900 off my 3870 and put it on my 4850. Then put a 700 on the 3870. The holes are identacle.
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    ATI 4850 TEMPERATURE discussion

    Hi, I put a zalman vf900 on my card and it dropped my temps from 79-80 to 47-48 with a ambient of 26-27. Using CCC auto tune I am running at 690 - 1150 . That speed thing up quite a bit. Running DiRT 1680*1050 everything on/high and getting about 50-60 fps. A competant cooler is a must if...
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    AMD 4850 for $149 at BestBuy

    Hi, I just picked up one of these at the roseville (sacto) store . It rang up 199 so I ran back and grabbed the shelf tag that said 149 . The girl at the register called for a overide and one minute later I was walking out a happy customer. This card is replacing my 3870 that I bought from BB...