Recent content by shade3413

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    4870x2 Banding issue

    Finally got my new rig together but at present it has ben producing white banding and a variety of artifacts on the screen during the boot process and on into windows vista. I have reinstalled the OS and formated the whole hard drive to ensure that was not the issue. The issues show up the...
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    New gaming build. £1200 budget

    After taking some advice and running on over to the muuuuuch better site Scan.co.uk I threw this together which is surprisingly in budget without cutting much off. Belkin F5D7001UK 125g Wireless PCI Adapter Saitek PK 02AV Eclipse II Wired Keyboard, BackLit Purple, Red + Blue Keys, USB...
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    New gaming build. £1200 budget

    Hmm the issue with downgrading the graphics card is will lower end cards be enough to handle a 24 inch monitor at 1920x1200? I'd rather him be running things comfortable on a 22 inch than struggling with high settings on a 24 inch at high res. Yes overclocking is an option and interest.
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    New gaming build. £1200 budget

    I am building up a pc for a friend of mine and he has a £1200 budget on the rig. His main intent with the machine is gaming however he may be doing some school work and watching videos on it as well. Currently I have a list thrown together but it comes out slightly above his budget. I wanted...
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    New pc build for 1920x1200 gaming

    Well I am kind of planning to buy it with two cards already anyway. I have heard talk about the 4870 x2 which looks promising but may be a bit of a long wait... no ideas on dates of that one. Also the 1gb 4870s may be worth a look?
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    New pc build for 1920x1200 gaming

    Ok I have finally saved the money necissarry to properly upgrade my system I haven't upgraded in around 3 years so this will be a major step up The PC is going to be used for gaming, work and watching videos. I have a 24" wide screen dell monitor so I know I need a video card capable of...
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    Is now the time?

    Nehalem is extremely tempting it looks like it will be an excellent achievement but then again don't they all before they come out? I am finding things arn't running quite were I want them to anymore. UT3 isn't able to be put on high settings anymore and crysis I haven't even attempted but I...
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    Is now the time?

    Ah sorry yes should have given the details Currently I am running a system containing: AMD 3700+ 2.21ghz 64 bit processor ATI X800 GTO Graphics card 2 gigs of some standard brand DDR1 400 RAM Along with a pretty standard motherboard and 2 hardrives that will be replaced as they are coming...
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    Is now the time?

    I am new here and have been out of the tech scene for scene for about 6 months having moved and about another 2 years before that only checked in once and a while. The last few days I've read some articles and brushed up on whats new and up and coming in terms of enthusiast PCs. I have the...