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    So, like, can Anandtech stop banning me, please?

    I got banned the first time about a year while I was moving to another apartment. Had some trouble with my internet, talked to customer service, then got it working again, at which point I got my IP address banned from the anandtech forums; Not sure how banning works, but I couldn't even see the...
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    Compatibility between wireless mouse's bluetooth adapter and bluetooth headset?

    I'm wondering if I can connect an Avantree Hive Bluetooth stereo headset , which I'm thinking of getting, with the bluetooth adapter dongle form a Nexus silent mouse - this one: http://www.nxstek.com/nexus_silent_mouse.htm I don't really want to pay an extra $20 for another adapter, and the...
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    4K TV for $1300 that actually exists and is real; Can be bought. For money.

    http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/12/seiki-50-inch-4k-1300/ From a free-candy-at-unregistered-black-van-in-the-dark-alley company named Seiki (never heard of them). But, hey, a $1300 50" 4K display is a 50" $1300 4K display, regardless of it's very possible shortcomings. What says Anandtech...
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    Can't uninstall/re-install Phisix - Driversweeper doesn't work either.

    I'm trying to re-install an older version of phisx, so I can play Dragon Age Origins (I'm missing the phisxloader dll), but I can't uninstall my current phisx driver from the control panel or with Driver Sweeper. Doesn't work. The control panel "uninstall program" application displays this...
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    Price of GDDR5?

    Was wondering how much gpu and console manufacturers pay for GDDR5 ram. Obviously not all GDDR5 costs the same for the same amount, since different modules can operate anywhere between 3 and 6 ghz effectively (or even higher), so I'm not looking for exact prices. Anything will do, really.
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    Does Valve factor in retail copies when talking about their steam user base?

    Just like the title asks --- So when valve discloses that their steam community has grown to xyz amount once or twice a year, are they referring to people who bought games digitally from them, or do they include everyone who buys retail copies with steam as drm? I realize the answer may be a...
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    Apparently Squeenix's 'Agni's Philosophy" can run on a single gtx 680...

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20121129_575412.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20121129_575412.html%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DFow%26tbo%3Dd%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=X&ei=8rm7U...
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    So the WiiU's cpu is a 1.25 Ghz tri-core PowerPC 750...

    https://twitter.com/marcan42 Nintendo ... seriously dude? A PowerPC 750? Christ ... does anyone know the clock-for-clock difference between an IBM PowerPC 750 core and a Power5/5+ core?
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    :D Gaming controller with touchpad ... HELLO?!

    I think it's strange that nobody made this yet (or at least I haven't heard of anything like that - strictly as a peripheral), but wouldn't people want to buy a dual or single analog controller that also had a touchpad? I see sony is on the right track with this concept, looking at their PS...
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    How to uninstall windows "drivers" for third party products (graphics tablet)?

    I just bought a graphics tablet and the first thing I did, like a moron, was to connect it to my PC, forgetting that windows can't mind it's own god damn business for 3 seconds before installing crap you don't want without permission (then I saw a message on the driver package that I had just...
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    Smartphones going overboard with # of cores?

    So, with Samsung's announcement on their 8 core exynos, and intel's 48 core mobile processor set for the middle of the decade, I have to wonder if RISC software scales better with more cores than what we usually get on windows...
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    How to disable W7 automatic driver installation?

    Yeah, so I don't know how Microsoft managed to make all that money, or even stay afloat in the business world for more than 4.5 seconds before crashing and burning, but I'll assume it was all thanks to a Djini that they tricked into granting them infinite wishes (the poor bastard), because...
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    Vcore for unlocked phenom II x4 at 2.9 ghz?

    So I managed to unlock my athlon 2 x3 435 into a phenom 2 x4 B35 and now I'm I'm afraid to do stress testing because I don't know if I even got the voltage half right. I fiddled with the voltage control for a bit and then had to settle on something like 1.415 V because that's around what cpuz...
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    Mass Effect 3: Powers don't re-spec in SINGLE PLAYER...

    ...and google is flooded with worthless "halp how do I respec my powers in multiplayer?" type crap, so don't get on my case for starting a new mass effect thread. So I reset shepard's and two squad mates' powers from the med bay and rearranged them, but the in-combat power icons are still...
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    How can apple sell 2880x1800 displays for a sane price...

    ...While other manufacturers would demand both your kidneys for a 20-something inch monitor? One argument I remember hearing is that the price would go up exponentially - up from 15 inches, but there are 80 inch 4k tv's coming out this year (for a pair of kidneys, true); On the other side of...
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    What do "bits" in old consoles stand for?

    So I googled it an wasn't able to find a good answer for it. It's pretty common knowledge that the NES was 8bit, the SNES and Genesis were 16 bit and the N64 was a 64 bit console. But what exactly does that even mean? It can't be referring to the amount of memory the CPU can address, because...
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    Gamepad with a trackpad?

    I can't get used to aiming with the right analog stick in games (like I kind of got the trick, but it still feels uncomfortable and overcomplicated) So I'm looking for a gamepad that has a trackpad in place of the right analog stick - preferably; It could also be something like the psvita's...
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    [W7] Can't use explorer search bar (because persistant right click menu?)

    Whenever I try to use the explorer search bar a "bing" sound plays when I try to type something in (it doesn't actually type anything, but I get the sound). At the same time a right click-type menu ... thing pops up (when I left click the search bar to enter my query - the one with "cut, copy...
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    [samsung ue32c6700 tv][windows]Can't run full 1080 image.

    I finally hooked up my main rig to my samsung tv, but I can't get it to work properly at it's native 1080p res. What happens is that the edges of image "overshoots" the screen's limits, and I can't see half of my task bar, half of the first column of icons etc. I've tried setting the...
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    What's the point of intel's core "U" processors?

    What's the point of those 17w ulp i cores with low clocks, like the i5-3427? From what I can tell, they're not really a different product, just downclocked versions of what already exists. You could just get a regular "M" chip and manually underclock it, right?
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    Ion rocket engine powerfull enough for space flight?

    Was wondering if an ion rocket engine could be made powerful enough to lift a spacecraft in orbit, or even out of orbit (or at least LEO), provided it has an adequate (hypothetical) power source. From what I know, ion engines are great for propelling a spacecraft that's already in space to...
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    Dual display affect GPU performance?

    I'm thinking of connecting my TV to my desktop, which I plan to only use when my crappy 17" inch is turned off (and vice verso). Will having two displays connected to the GPU hamper performance when one is off?
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    (nVidia) Want to change aspect ratio from 5:4 to a wider one (with black bars)

    I tried to change the aspect ratio of my 1280x1024 monitor to a wider 16:10 or 16:9 ratio - for games, but the result isn't quite right. First I set the resolution to 1280x800 in the "adjust size and position" tab of the nvidia control center, left the scaling mode to "aspect ratio" and set it...
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    Whacky idea #7549: Why don't manufacturers integrate an ARM chip on the PCB?

    ...So PCs can run both Windows/OSX and Android? Android is sort of a 'lite' operating system and doesn't need powerful hardware, since it's designed to run on ultra mobile devices, so only a low performance chip would be needed to get the job done, like a cortex a-9 or a qualcom. They are...
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    Could the hd7970 have been designed with 40 ROPs?

    Could it have had 40 ROPs instead of 32, or does it need to follow a special format that's dependent on the memory bus - like how the 384bit gtx480/580 had 48 ROPs, the 320bit 470/570 had 40 ROPs and the 256 bit parts had 32? I see that each ROP on tahiti is arranged in clusters of 4 ROPS, each...
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    Will dx11 games run in dx11.1 with these new GPUs?

    I know it's probably a silly question, but I don't know much about the subject. So like the title asks, will it be possible to run current dx11 games in dx11.1 on the 7000 series cards or better, in windows 8 or any os that supports dx11.1? --Or to run said games more efficiently (faster)...
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    Unskippable cutscenes need to die in a grease fire already (ME3 spoilers)

    I don't understand why developers still think it's fun to include several-minutes-long cutscenes in their games, especially when they are on their second or third (or 14th) installment of a series, when there had been ample time for costumers to express tumor-inducing discontent at the practice...
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    What type of HDMI does a samsung UE32C6700 have?

    As the title asks. Their home page is about as informative as a superball commercial, and I can't find the instruction manual. So what type of HDMI? 1.3a? 1.4a? And as a side question, that I hope isn't for the wrong thread ... If my TV doesn't support HDMI 1.4a, will I be able to...
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    If the next gen console games will be made for 1080p...

    ...Then how will they run on 720p TVs, which I assume a lot of people will still own? Will the games be optimized for 2 different resolutions, or will the be output at 720p or less, and then up-scaled to 1080p like they are on the ps3 and xbox360?
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    Best source for new game releases and future releases?

    I'm looking for a website where I can find a list for games that have been recently released and/or will be released in the following months (doesn't really have to be a 'list' but it'd be nice if the layout would be convenient to browse). Can be a forum/thread, or a regular web page, I don't...
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    AMD Q4 2011 quarterly earnings

    Hope it's not a repost. Put it in VCG because it's a wash and the most successful products form AMD are their GPUs. I would comment on the figures, but the truth is I have no idea what half of that even means. If anyone can tell me what their actual net profit is, I would appreciate that...
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    SWTOR rumored to be the most expensive piece of entertainment ever made.

    http://www.vg247.com/2012/01/17/analyst-ea-has-invested-close-to-500-million-in-swtor/ Probably not going to ever play it myself because lol mmorpgers and whatnot, though I can't help but smile at any overwhelmingly positive piece of news about PC gaming, like ridiculous amounts of money being...
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    Web source for video game sales figures? (besides vgchartz)

    As the title goes - I'm looking for a site that keeps track of video game sales. The reason I'm not content with vgchartz is, as you might have guessed, that they don't account for digital distribution which, basically, means that the sales figures for PCs is misleading and totally worthless.
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    Is this hybrid-apu-thing chip design possible/feasible ?

    I'm thinking a true hybrid apu, one that uses it's components, or part of it's components to do both 3d render stuff and "regular cpu stuff", unlike current apus, where the cpu and gpu are designed to do completely separate tasks. I got the idea from the way multi core cpus handle multi...
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    Unresponsive "clicling", though I'm getting feedback

    I'm starting to have some issues with my cursor when left clicking to select some stuff. First I don't think I can change the volume in on a youtube video embedded on a forum page (the volume bar always comes up, but clicking anywhere on it does nothing). This does not happen when I watch a...
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    (Gaming) Lowering res. from 1440p to 720p...

    Are there any diminishing returns on performance increase in a video game from lowering in game resolution from a native 2560x1440 resolution to 1280x720 (exactly 4 pixels become 1), like there is for, say, 2560x1600 to 1920x1200? In other words, is there a performance hit when gaming on a...
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    CPU usage spikes way high when opening task manager

    It's not a problem or anything, my PC runs just fine, but I just want to check if this is normal: Whenever I open task manager with ctrl alt del the cpu usage briefly spikes up to 60~70%, then quickly drops down to 0~1%. Again, it's not an inconvenience - but is it supposed to happen?
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    Comparing current x86 and ARM chips (performance)

    So, in light of the recent ARM threads in the forums, I would imagine that some people are curious how an ARM chip, or any risc based chip found in tablets would hold up against the closest comparable chips Intel or AMD sell and by "some people I actually mean me, of course ... also now I'm...
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    Overclock ceiling diff. between PhIIx6 1055/75T and 1090/100T

    As far as I can gather, the phneom II x6 1055T and 1075T don't have unlocked multipliers like the models above them, but I've heard that they too can go near 4ghz. Is it true? What do the 1035/1055/1075T owners think? Also, when overclocking these lower, non "BE" models, do you need to lower...
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    Automatic updates F**** up my rig (every time)

    Crashes like an ass hole (constant bsod) and it's a lot slower. Seems to happen every time there are 90 freaking updates ready to install (after I install them). I'm going to reinstall my windows, but in the mean time, I'm hoping for an answer on how to best manage them (you know like tips and...