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    AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual Results

    Yeah, it's kinda hard to have sympathy for a company that threw away so much money towards its CEO. Remember those bonus's Hector got?
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    AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual Results

    On the bright side, maybe software will catch up...lol
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    AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual Results

    Also just wanted to say, even though I'm rocking intel right now, it'll be a sad day in tech if AMD goes away. Monopolies are bad news for us. :(
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    AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual Results

    It's hard to believe they could get away with that, because they may be able to artificially inflate their chips, but they can't control intel's pricing...unless there is some under the table price fixing.
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    Intel Atom Processors

    Yep I've been thinking of picking up a netbook, and I couldn't care less about gaming on one, but I'd like to be able to watch hulu without dropped frames. Basicly web browsing, email, office (they do this fine already), but with some more multimedia muscle thrown in for good measure. A...
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    Debating over upgrading from an e8400 @ 3.6GHz to a q9300

    cool, tell us how it works out :)
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    Debating over upgrading from an e8400 @ 3.6GHz to a q9300

    Which site are you checking Krakn3Dfx? I can't get abit.com/tw to load. Also heard Abit went out of business this month. I built my system last year with a ip35-e and a e4500 as a place holder for a cheap quad later on. If your right and we can use 45nm quads that'll be a relief, its...
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    Debating over upgrading from an e8400 @ 3.6GHz to a q9300

    I'd wait a bit longer for a better deal. Intel chips seem to stick around the shops longer than AMD, you can still find new socket 478 mobos and cpus. So I say wait, because what you have now is awesome, and get like a q9550 later when they're cheaper. edit I just noticed you have the...
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    Deneb preview

    I've been thinking of building a micro atx pc for a secondary machine. I assume with the lower power consumption of deneb, the 780g boards should be able to handle it? Also couldn't help but laugh at the translation for Casino Royale= "007 imperial gambling establishments" lmao.
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    OpenGL Fur Benchmark

    3091 o3marks default settings intel e4500@2750/ hd3870 cat 8.7/ 2x2 gigs ddr2/vista 32bit
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    How CPU bound would a single GTX 280 be on a E6600

    I played through Mass Effect twice on the highest setting with no lag at 1680x1050 on a budget e4500 clocked at 3.0ghz(would go higher but stock cooler), with 4gig ddr2 1066 ram, hd3870, and vista. The game crashed to desktop twice, but other than that I had no complaints. Other newer...
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    Q6600 or Phenom?

    Yeah I don't have much love for AMD. I still remember getting raped by them when they had the performance crown a few years back. Those x2's were damn expensive. Hell even the athlon64 before them were high. That said I will easily go back with them if they release a better product...
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    4870X2 vs GTX280 Poll

    I voted neither. I game at 1680x1050, and right now I have a hd3870 which works great with every game I play. If I did feel the need to replace it, I'd pick up a regular 4870(if someone releases a factory dual slot cooler for the 4850 I'd consider that one as well). My gpu...