Recent content by thefuzmixman

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    wireless recommendations?

    lol, if we could get to it by normal, accessible router settings I'm assuming it woudn't be illegal? anyhoo so I went out and bought a 50ft ethernet cable and have it tucked away behind most of the furniture. It was actually extremely cheap at 9.99 and will do until I can upgrade the gear...
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    wireless recommendations?

    yeah, i've tried changing channels..the other networks around me are using 1,6, and 11 so I 'm using 5.
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    wireless recommendations?

    unfortunately, i can't really do much else. I'm stuck with a computer in another room inside of a tiny apartment. I used to be connected directly to my router, but now that I use wireless, the performance hit is tremendous. I get 3 to 4 bars, and at 4 bars the connection strength is 67%. This...
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    Questions before Windows 7 upgrade

    Hey guys, I'm an XP gamer about to upgrade to Windows 7 finally. I got a new video card and another stick of ram. I feel like I've got an adequate system to upgrade now. However, I've got questions before I tear the plastic open... I think can still send it back at this point. ;) 1.) Should...
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    8600gt - acting erratic

    I got the card off of Ebay from one of those "established" sellers and was told it was new. I paid right around 50 bucks for it. Ok after a closer inspection, i don't see any missing or bursting capacitors. The card does feel extremely hot though and I've done nothing to tax it.
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    8600gt - acting erratic

    Well if those are normal temps, what do you suppose could be the issue? If teh heat isn't crashing my apps - the big question is what is and can it be fixed, ya know?
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    8600gt - acting erratic

    Hey fellas. I'm having the strangest issues with my graphics card. It seems to overheat to extremely high temps without even taxing my pc. Just running a game can take it from 50c to 75+ until it decides to crash to the desktop. Before the crash occurs, i get polygons that seem to "stick" to...
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    gpu @ 99% usage

    Thank you so much for all who've replied. So if i get more RAM, will i get better performance in large scale PvP raids? That's currently my biggest gripe.
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    gpu @ 99% usage

    I just thought of something while checking the Device Manager for problems. Could i get better performance from a dedicated soundcard? Right now i'm using the onboard sound on my mobo. I have an old M-audio mobilepre laying around that i can use. It's an external soundcard running through usb...
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    gpu @ 99% usage

    Thank you, yes i didn't know if it was indeed normal for the video card to be at max load. I also am thinking that WoW is asking for more then people say it does. Indeed it does. So are you pretty much saying that performance i get now, i normal according the hardware I'm using? What is...
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    gpu @ 99% usage

    There seems to be a problem with my hardware when running Warcraft. i have frequent moments in-game where i get low framerates. Pretty much in tandem with 99% usage spikes when looking at the log. The highest temp gets is about 60c. I tried a different online game to compare performance...
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    xp won't recognize both cores - can't flash bios

    hey guys, I purchased a Zotac N73V motherboard with the nforce 610 chipset recently. To go along with it, i bought an intel e2180 processor mainly because of it's reputation as a very strong overclocker. Well, all was good for about a week after installing my new components until the other...