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Read the review. The 1900XT is roughly 20% faster than the 1950pro in Anandtech's tests.

[Q=jssheridan]If it was sent up as a 'Gun' device where you shoot a subcritical mass projectile of HE U-235 into another subcritical mass of HE U-235, then that is very unlikely to fizzle. The velocity of the projectile needs to be fast enough. I think the 'Little Boy' device was 300 m/s. The...

My system (Gigabyte DS3, Kingston DDR2-750) posts fine at 667mhz / 4-4-4-12 timings. I haven't run any stress tests, and I'm not likely to for a while. I can't move this up above 'lukewarm' until I find out if this memory can bust past 433mhz, and I'm not likely to do that, as I'm running...

I'm in agreement with this. There's no sense in getting anything over DDR2-533 unless if you absolutely must overclock your processor... ...except that DDR2-667 prices are running equal with DDR2-533 prices right now. So you might as well get some slightly uplevel stuff, as you won't be...

In the furniture industry, those able to move to flatpack designs (Bush and O'Sullivan come to mind, but the original and reigning cham-peen is IKEA) have both provided much lower costs to the consumer while outcompeting all other companies. It's been such a wildly successful technique that it's...

They don't come right out and say it, but the X1900XT gives you, on average, more frames-per-second on the dollar. If that's your main concern, then don't get the GTO. (Personally, performance for me means frames-per-second plus noise and heat. I was about to get a Sapphire X1900XT 256, but I...

I know this was probably discussed back when the issues with the 7900GTX came up, but I can't find the thread. So - it looks like Samsung sold eVGA some pretty crappy chips. What sort of actions do you take if you're a company like eVGA? (Besides switching memory manufacturers to Infineon, of...

So the memory may not be able to be clocked up to GTX spec? That didn't bother me. If it fails within a week? No big deal - lifetime warranty. I've been living without games for four years, another month won't hurt. I wasn't feeling bad about this purchase... ...until now. EDIT ...

Do you have an Intel board or an AMD board? If you have an Intel, I'm certain that it's acting as it should. If you have an AMD - and a processor that should be using the memory at DDR2-667 speeds - we have a problem.

I've got a DS3 and the kit on order - ETA 10/09. I'll let you know. (I should mention that the SPD data for the memory kit includes lax DDR2-533 settings @ 1.8V. I'm told that many high-end memory sticks don't include any SPD data except for the highest rated speed and timings, and that this...

Decent Kingston 2GB DDR2-750 kit from ZipZoomFly w/ free shipping. Timings are 4-4-4-12 and SPD settings include DDR2-667 timings at 1.8V. Link is here. A review at HotHardware is here - you'll see why it's not a wonderful deal. It has trouble hitting very low latencies at low speeds. But...

In for one from NewEgg. I'm upgrading from an Athlon Thunderbird 900mhz / GeForce2 MX to an E6400 / 7900GTO monster. This will be interesting. And, in a side note, I bought memory from ZipZoomFly (about which I will post shortly) on 9/30. They still haven't shipped the memory or posted the...

I just got the following back from Gigabyte : Dear Customer, The C2 stepping was only released by Intel at the end of September. It probably be in early November before this version chipset is on the retail/distribution level. We will not distinguish stepping versions of the 965...

What if we're not interested in performance differences? I'd prefer to buy a board that doesn't have odd issues with reboots or high-voltage memory, so I'm hoping that the C2 stepping goes towards solving these issues. Also, a forum poster at HardOCP claims to have recieved the C2 stepping on...

It's now at TigerDirect... with a rebate. Link to order page Link to rebate $220 AR with an extra $12 for shipping.