Recent content by redpoints

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    Building the ultimate computer

    i can just picture the fat, zit-faced, 35 year-old nerd masturbating in his parents' basement looking at big numbers of computer specs sigh...
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    Yellow power connector on X850XT

    I cannot find any information on what the yellow floppy type molex connector is on X850T radeons is. The big purple one is the 4-pin molex for power, but the smaller yellow one is not described in any manuals i can find. Anyone know what it is for?
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    Question (About CPU Heatsink Fan)

    don't worry, if the fan doesn't work, the CPU will quickly reach shutdown temp and just crash the system. It will not be damaged. You can always leave your case open and watch it turn on when you power up too.
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    1 Gig VS 2 Gig RAM Benchmark

    Concilian, you're describing various component bottlenecks, and yes, I realize that 1 gig of ram will not be a FRAMERATE bottleneck for most games today, i don't see anything in the benchmarks that indicates load times will be significantly improved with 2 gigs as opposed to 1. I wasn't...
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    1 Gig VS 2 Gig RAM Benchmark

    Thanks Blain, that was what I was looking for, not the useless "believe me so and so yadda yadda will/won't need bla bla" type answers most people come up with. From seeing your benchmarks, I won't bother with a second gig of memory.
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    1 Gig VS 2 Gig RAM Benchmark

    First post here, i tried lots of searching but with no answers besides guesses and conjecture. Does anyone know of any actual benchmarks comparing the performance of 1 gig vs 2 gig ram in gaming? I have Kingmax PC4000 memory, 2 x 512, running in dual channel and i really want to know what...