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    GTX670 Sli crashes constantly

    I recently got a GTX670 SLI from Gigabyte. It's the triple fan windforce and I've tried, but it just wont work. I've tried the 301.xx signed drivers, the 304.xx beta drivers, I've flashed the bios from the original shipped F2 to the latest F4 on both cards, switched the order of the cards, I've...
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    What are the benefits of a high 80+ rating?

    So from what I understand, a 80+ Gold or platinum rating give better power efficiency, but how about the performance of the PSU itself? Does a high quality gold or platinum unit have better voltage regulation over a high quality 80+ bronze or silver? I don't pay for electricity, extra...
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    How do people with modified cars work out insurance?

    I was just wondering, with these cars I see posted on here that obviously have mods that add a significant price to your car, who do you insure with? Do you find Hagherty's or Grundy's Premiums lower than say Progressive or USAA after you fill out the modification list? At what point do you find...
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    How does PCI-E lane division work?

    I understand new Z77s have 16 lanes, but if I have a PCI-E 1x sound card and I want to go for SLI GTX670s, does that means I'll have 1 card run at 8x, 1 at 4x and the damn sound card run at 1x, bottlenecking my GTX670s? Is the only way around this getting a PLX chip equipped motherboard?
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    The all important stripe question

    Alright, so I ordered a 2013 GT in Grabber blue but I'm conflicted on whether I should get White or Flat Black stripes on it. I'm currently leaning towards the 1970/2013 Boss stripes obviously without the 302 Boss logo and the 5.0 badge still on the fender, but what does everyone else think...
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    Did anyone else predict the X6 would become such a success?

    http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/256021/ I truly wonder, what I did wrong in a previous life that I would be condemned to live in a universe where 110k people thought the X6 was such a good idea they'd like to own one.
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    Anyone else interested in Shift 2 Unleashed?

    I do remember playing the first one and it did have its various issues, * overly nervous, twitchy handling * way too little tire grip (corners had to be taken way too slowly, a race car taking corners more slowly than most road cars?) * incorrect and way too soft suspension settings (on...
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    Any Mustang lovers here?

    I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on a Ford Edge Mustang. It's a 2001 GT Vert w only 70k on the clock. Automatic, which is non ideal, but I'm in Fairbanks, Alaska do there's little to no choice in any interesting cars up here anyways. Anyone have any resources and information on trouble...
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    Does anyone have experience in Alaska?

    I'm PCSing to Ft. Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska on July 30th. Does anyone know how it's like there? I'm a warm weather kind of guy, in Texas right now and originally from Virginia so I'm sort of lost here. I think I'm joining the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry. Is anyone familiar with that unit...
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    Which would you go for?

    I'm stuck in a decision between a 2005 Infiniti G35 and a 2005 Pontiac GTO. I'm looking to get one for ~$17K and so far I'm at a standstill. I don't race anymore, I don't mod my cars anymore, and I'm not looking for a track day vehicle, more of a everyday GT than anything else. G35 Coupe...
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    Is there a way for me to upgrade to Windows 7 legally?

    Hi all, I bought the Windows 7 Upgrade for my PC from the student discount page. I chose the download version to upgrade my WinXP install. Unfortunately, unlike other download versions, namely like on Microsoft store, it seems like I can only download the installer and not the .iso file...
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    I'm having trouble getting a good idea what my next car should be.

    I'm moving soon so I'm going to be looking at cars in the next 6 months because I won't be able to bring my car with me. I'm thinking it needs to do 3 things, 1. Reliable 2. Sporty or a GT car 3. Decent looking My price range is preferably~11k or under because I can cover that with...
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    Are there any good non vehicle BF2 servers?

    I guess what I'm asking is are there non nade/claymore spamfest Infantry only servers? As of now, on IO servers, the game is just a screwed up version of pacman where I dart along corridors avoiding the little round things all the time.
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    Are Gillette fusion and Fusion Power cartridges interchangable?

    I was just wondering, are the 2 interchangeable and if so, what is the difference besides higher price? I have sensitive skin and thin whiskers so the low spacing on the blade works wonders, but I have a Fusion power so it costs quite a bit to buy new cartridges and for all intents and purposes...
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    I'm in a bit of a special situation, questions on supplement stack

    I have a Army PT test to pass on thursday. I need to score 180 and I'm 90% sure I'm almost there but not quite, maybe a minute short of my 2 mile run goal. I need this just once, since it is for a promotion so I was thinking of doing a ECY stack on Thursday morning (my PT test is Thursday at...
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    Does anyone in the Army know if BCT affects your first assignment?

    I ship out Nov 10th to BCT and I was originally scheduled to go to the "more difficult" Ft. Leonard Wood, but recently got switched to Ft. Jackson, aka Relaxin' Jackson. I'm male and a 68W (Healthcare Specialist aka Medic) so I was hoping to shed some light on whether this softer BCT would...
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    Are there any good linear, story driven games right now?

    I figured out I need a extremely good story for me to finish a game, something with a premise to hook me in, characters to keep em interested and a good ending to get me to finish. I actually breezed through Mass Effect, COD4, RE5, NWN2, etc because of the clear cut objectives. I get bored...
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    Does a pc require more amperage during boot up?

    Hey guys, I have a pc and it has trouble on cold bootup. It rarely posts on the 1st try, requiring many restarts to post. The thing is, if I just restart it while everything is warm, it posts 1st time every time, but after turning it off, it requires quite few cycles. During normal...
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    What companies offer moving and storage?

    I need to move my things out of my house by Nov 10th, delivered 1100 miles to Texas and then held until at least Feb 28th. I don't have a lot of things to move but I need it done, what companies besides PODS does this? PODS will only move the massive boxes across country and I would fill up...
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    Does anyone have Frontlines: Fuel of War running smoothly on Windows 7?

    I just picked up this game from Direct2Drive's sale: I have a PC running: Core2Duo @ 3.5ghz 4 gig DDR1000 ram HD 4870 1GB 500GB HDD defragmented every week (consistently under 4% fragmentation) ATI CAT 9.7 Windows 7 RC 7100 I have the graphics settings maxed out (1280x1024, Very...
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    EA has sunk it's teeth into Bioware.

    Mass Effect's Bring Down the Sky was sold on XBL because MS requires a fee for non demos IIRC. The PC Download was free though. Now Pinnacle Station was released yesterday and it's available at the EA store for $5. http://eastore.ea.com/store/ea...00/productID.152041300 Goodbye Bioware...
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    For anyone that's been through Army Basic Training lately

    The Army is pushing for 20-30k fast shippers, to ship end of september/early october and I'm currently schedule for shipping out Nov 10th. Unfortunately, this means I have christas break for 3 weeks during BCT making it 12 weeks 4 days. I get to go back tomorrow and repick a ship date. Is...
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    Anybody else have this weird steam problem?

    When i open steam to their browsr page, sound for any other application cuts out. If I exit steam (exit app, not close out window), my sound come back. I have a Xfi XtremeMusic(Not XteremeAudio rebadged Audigy2) with Vista 64 drivers installed on Win7x64 RC7100. It works perfectly fine...
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    How do you train a dog to not be afraid of stairs?

    My 2 female roommates fell in love with a dog named "Kyan(pronounced like Porsche Cayenne)" and brought it home last night. It's a 6 year old mix, looking at it's head, looks to be part bulldog and part some massive breed. He's at least 100lbs and absolutely afraid of stairs and the balcony...
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    The King is Dead, Long Live The King

    http://www.autoblog.com/2009/0...kaway-series/#comments Source: Autosport My prediction is Williams will dominate F1 in 2010 because they're 1 of 2 teams left that actually built F1 cars in the last few years, problem is no one will care when Räikkönen, Hamilton, Button, Massa, and all...
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    Has anyone enlisted in the army as a naturalized US Citizen?

    Has anyone enlisted in the army as a naturalized US Citizen? What documents do you need to provide? Would a social security card and passport be fine ro do i need my naturalization certificate? On one hand I had to show all that proof to prove I was a citizen to get my passport anyways, but...
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    Carbage

    Link doesnt work. Edit: OP below. Popped my timewarp thread-steal cherry. Replace ***** with ebay and it still doesnt work. edit 2: replace ***** with cgi . ebay .
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    Has anyone thought of buying an Alfa Romeo?

    Has anyone ever owned an Alfa in the states? Prices for Spiders are very nice, 65k miles, 91, $8.2k http://washingtondc.craigslist...va/cto/1188128285.html 66k miles, 88 $5K http://washingtondc.craigslist...oc/cto/1191894230.html How often do these need repairs? Where do you get Alfa...
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    iPhone transfer

    Say I have a friend with a 1G iPhone and I'm also an AT&T customer. He upgrades to the 3G iphone and hands the 1G to me, can I put my sim card in and use it without an iphone plan? I already have all the minutes and texts i need and I dont want ot sign up for AT&T internet so I don't want to...
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    Does anyone like te look of the new Z4?

    I've been looking at the new Z4 and every critical review is parising it over the over one's looks, but am I the only person that thinks the design is too busy? There are no ricey lip spoilers and vents, but FFS, theres like 5 million dips, bumps, crevices, creases and bends everywhere. It's...
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    Taxis in Champaign, IL

    I leave tomorrow since the semester is over and I usually have my friends drive to the airport but sine I'm leaving late, no one has a car right now. does anyone know of a good taxi service in Champaign, IL that can get me from campus to Williard Airport? I've used taxis 3 times and only...
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    At the EOL of Win7 RTM, what will happen?

    My rig has completely switched over to Windows 7 RTM 7000 as the main OS because it is simply awesome compared to Vista and XP. I find stability, reliability, etc much better. The only problem is, come August, Win7 will be phased out for the official release, so I have 2 questions: 1. When will...
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    No One Lives Forever 2

    I've got NOLF2 installed on my Windows 7 box and it hangs at the loading screen every time. Anyone know what compatibility settings I have to put? Has anyone gotten it to work at all? Windows 7 RTM 64bit E5200 @3.3ghz 4gig ram HD4870 1GB with cat 9.3 Xfi XtremeMusic
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    Demigod community questions

    Alright I'm going to admit, I'm no hardcore gamer. I'll play games, but I'm not one to play them on Hardcore difficulty ore enjoy playing in clan/guild matches or whatnot, I just want to play game and have fun, not obsess about every little detail. I'm not bad, but I'm far from good. A year...
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    Does Military Plice actually translate into municipal, state or federal policing jobs later on?

    I was just wondering, does serving as a MP in the army ready you to become a police officer or federal agent fully, partially or not at all?
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    Dawn of War II questions

    Basically i have a couple of problems I'm playing and I have taken pains to capture every shrine/foundry/relay and defended/taken out every Tyranid boss but it seems sort of futile. I take them out in 3 days and after killing them they pop up again. I've probably done 90+ missions at this...
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    Ford Contour SVT?

    Does anyone have experiences with a 1998-2000 Contour SVT? Anyone know how reliable buying one now would be? I worked at a ford dealership so I know during that era Ford/Lincoln/Jag had problems with burning out coil packs(maybe only applies to the AJ V8) and fragile window regulators. The...
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    What is the future of S775?

    I know Socket-B/LGA1366 is here for the high end performance area but does S775 still have life in it? Will it still be a viable platform for the foreseeable future as far as mainstream computing is concerned? How long a lifespan does it have left if you had to guess? I'd just like to know...
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    What's the career path like for enlisted personnel in the army?

    I've always wanted to be a groundpounder, 68W Combat Medic since I was very young and I've been given the opportunity to basically revamp my life. I know there's this huge thing on these forums against non college grads, but how about Combat medic to say, later in life after I'm no longer...
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    Is there an alternative to Fraps?

    I'm not sure if ti goes in here ro software, but vid cards has more traffic so here goes: I have Fraps installed, but I find the fps counter font and overlay to be massive. I'm running Windows 7 x64 so Ati Tray Tools or anything that adds its own driver(Rivatuner, etc) refuse to work (yes I...