Recent content by Paktu

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    Mouse is laggy in both games and on my windows desktop- is my R9 280X to blame?

    It appears you are correct. I guess the past issues with the card were making me think otherwise. Thanks for your help!
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    Mouse is laggy in both games and on my windows desktop- is my R9 280X to blame?

    About four months ago I bought a used R9 280X off eBay, I'm assuming it was previously used for LiteCoin mining. After a couple months I start noticing unusual corrupted frames, especially in games. A few weeks back I removed and installed the latest AMD drivers for the card which seemed to...
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    Radeon 5850 fan is louder than normal. Warranty has already expired, what do I do?

    I tried cleaning out my case and spraying with some compressed air to no effect. It seems like after a while, the noise gets less noticeable as the computer heats up. Would WD-40 do anything, or is that a stupid question?
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    If I RMA a Radeon 5850, what card am I likely to get as a replacement

    That's what their website says, but Newegg told me yesterday to contact Sapphire anyway because Newegg's warranty is only 30 days.
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    If I RMA a Radeon 5850, what card am I likely to get as a replacement

    Bought the card back in November 2009, and it's starting to die- green lines and dots all over the left side of the screen. Since this card has been out of production for a while, what is the manufacturer (Sapphire) likely to give me as a replacement?
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    Upgrade my HD5850? To what? Or should I be looking at upgrading other components?

    I do see slowdowns in some games, especially the Oblivion mod Nehrim. Not unbearable but it would be nice if I could fix it.
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    Upgrade my HD5850? To what? Or should I be looking at upgrading other components?

    It's been 18 months since I built current my PC and I'm starting to think about possible upgrades. Here's what I have now: i7-920@3.66GHZ EVGA X58 SLI LE 6GB OCZ Gold DDR3 Antec 550 Watt PSU Intel X-25M 80GB SSD (and 1TB external drive for media) Audigy 2 ZS with 2.1 Logitech speakers...
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    Just got a Droid Incredible...where can I find a newbie guide on how to root/hack it?

    This is my first smartphone. While I have plenty of experience messing with PCs, phones are new territory for me. Does anyone have a guide the recommend that will show me how to get the most out of this phone?
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    Wrong forum please delete

    delete
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    HD5850 Overclocking

    I have a Sapphire 5850. Never flashed the BIOS, just used the AMD GPU Clock Tool. I'm running Furmark now and MSI Afterburner is showing my clock speeds at 825/1175. Maybe some cards are locked and others are not? EDIT: Check this out...
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    i7 920 D0 @ 4GHz needs lower temps

    I have the same processor which I'm also running at 4ghz. Cores 1 and 2 seem to top out at about 81C with Prime95 running, while cores 3 and 4 don't really seem to go above 76C. I'm using a Titan Fenrir for my cooler. Are these temps cause for concern? EDIT: Just tested it at 3.66ghz and it...
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    Passing a piss test

    I think drug tests are stupid too...BUT, insurance companies are not the morality police. If their actuaries didn't have statistical proof that drug testing reduces workplace accidents, they wouldn't offer discounts to companies that have them.
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    5870/5850/5770/5750 stocking status

    MSRP is an arbitrary number. If the 5850 had an MSRP of $500 but you had the opportunity to buy one at only $315.99, would you be in this thread bragging about what a great deal you just got?
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    Passing a piss test

    The majority of low level jobs don't require a drug test, generally it's only in places where you're driving a car (testing gets them a discount on insurance I think) or operating machinery. If you don't want to stop smoking pot, then just apply at places that don't test. You mentioned you're...