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    Help w/ Mini Tower WC setup

    Good morning Anandtech forums, I have the itch to switch out my case for something significantly smaller. I currently have a full tower ATCS840 with a CPU/GPU block, 3X120 radiator setup, xpsc single bay res, and d-tek dbx pump. I am looking at the Fractal Define Mini...
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    Ccc 11.11

    http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx Release Notes Thanks IGemini for linking http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalystSoftwareSuiteVersion1111.aspx
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    Graphical Anomaly?

    I'm trying to trouble shoot this issue and think this is either isolated to my monitor or my video cards. Hardware is in my signature. I initially noticed this issue on my desktop. There will be random pixels seemingly being out of place and will flicker between the correct color and...
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    US ITC ban on Nvidia patent infringement products

    http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/misc/29467/itc-readies-us-import-ban-nvidia-based-products-rambus-overjoyed "The US ITC (International Trade Commission) has reached a conclusion regarding the patent infringement complaint filed by Rambus against Nvidia, the determination basically...
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    1055T w/ 95W TDP

    http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/hardware/28938/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1055t-95w-tdp-sale-japan "Codenamed HDT55TWFK6DGR, the 'new' AM3 CPU is manufactured on 45nm technology, has six cores clocked at 2.8 GHz, 6MB of L3 cache and an integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. The 95W Phenom...
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    quick motherboard layouts pci layout rant

    I've been looking at the 1366, 1156 and 890fx boards recently and have noticed that tons of boards have the pci-e (1,4, ect.) almost exclusively positioned one slot below their first or second PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots. I can't understand why the manufacturers are doing this. All highend and...
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    when are 890FX coming?

    From what I've been able to find on the 890fx chipset, everything said that they were delayed until April. Well, it's April and will be May this coming weekend. Are they releasing this week? I've been able to find MSI, Asus and Biostar have boards to offer but no relase date or performance...
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    5870 & 5970 launch drivers v. 10.3

    http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3196/high_end_radeons_then_and_now/index.html Pretty good article showing the improvements over the last 6 months.
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    PowerColor RMA Gone GREAT!!!!

    I have been without a card for a few weeks longer than was the standard stated RMA period on their website. Frustrating but ok because I have a second card in the system right now. Here's how this went down. I was having issues with my 4890 LCS not sending a signal to my monitor at start up...
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    BIOS Issue?

    Ok. I think this should go in here or the OC forum... I powered on my system today and had an issue. The system information did not match the speeds (cpu, fsb, mem) that I had set for months and were running without issue yesterday. I went to the bios and even the HDD was set to IDE instead...
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    How do I enable AHCI on my X48?

    So I've ordered a x25-m and can't wait for it to get here. I've been reading over what I have to do to set it up properly. From what I've read, I need to enable AHCI for trim but I'm not sure how to go about doing that. I'm assuming that I go to my BIOS and under SATA mode and switch it to...
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    8 pin PCI converter to 6 pin PCI

    First post in PSU forum- I have a 750w CM Real Power Pro PSU. It has 2x 8 pci and 2x 6 pci connectors. I am my current GPU requires 2x6 pin and I am thinking of adding a 2nd GPU for crossfire. My problem is that I have only the 2x6 pins currently connected to the existing GPU and 2x8...
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    Adjusting Video Color Settings w/ ATI

    I had an nvidia card for a while and just upgraded to an ATI card. With nvidia there were options in the control panel that allowed me to change color settings like distinguishing between vga connector or hdmi and allowed me to make other adjustments that made video much clearer. Basically the...
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    Liquid from Res is going OUT THE IN port

    I just got my CM ATCS 840 and took the loop from my armor and added new rad and res to the loop. The 3*120 radiator is mounted in the top of the case, and I have a XSPC single bay reservoir in the third highest drive bay so I can pop out those brackets when I'm filling the loop for easy access...
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    Started w/ Armor LCS and now I'm switching cases

    So I started my watercooling system adventure w/ a standard thermal take armor LCS combo that served me well for about a year +. Now I've added at dtek fusion v2 block, an ek x-48 chipset block and a 4890 LCS model from powercolor. Finally, it's become apparanet that I have to upgrade the...
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    LC a 4890

    I've looked all over the place and have yet to find any info on ati 4890 waterblocks. Powercolor is releasing a LCS series 4890 for msrp of $339 when I read about it last. It looks like the same block they had on their 4870 LCS card. There is a hot deal thread where 4890's are going for around...
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    BlackBerry Pearl MicroSDHC

    Hey all. This is my first post in the Gadgets forums so be kind if it's been discussed before. I have a blackberry pearl flip. The model is 8220. I've bought two separate brands and amounts of microsdhc memory and the phone keeps showing significantly less memory than the listed capacity...
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    Open Box 295 GTX for $341

    MSI 295 gtx at Newegg
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    Looking at Crossfire 4870s

    I'm thinking about a possible upgrade to 2x4870's 1 gb's (Holding my breath on the 4890s) in the next month or so. I'm doing my due diligence and looking at a couple of sites to see what prices are doing and which cards are getting good reviews. Here's one that's interesting based on being...
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    4890 blurbs

    Fudzilla Techtree I've run a few searches over the last week and this is the gist. Not sure how much stock to put into these two but supposedly the launch is only a month away. I would think there should be more info coming out about the card in the next couple of weeks. Does anybody have...
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    Upgrade to 45 nm

    I am looking ahead to about 2-3 month from know when I should get a little bit of money back. I am thinking of upgrading something in my system but not the mobo or mem. My system is in my signature. I am currently considering- Blu-Ray drive upgrade to a q9650 or q9550 See if there is a GPU...
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    GULP! H20 Tradegy?!?

    So here goes. I was tweaking my set up by with a new chipset block and ran a leak test which my loop passed. I then attached the cpu block but needed an extra set of hands for the chipset. I ASKED MY GIRLFRIEND, who has smaller hands than I do, to tighten the block while I kept the hoses out of...
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    Help on Picking Out Mem

    Ok so I'm going to give my old mem sticks to my gf and am making a minor upgrade to just dual sticks of 2x2g. (currently at 4x1g). Here's what I'm tossing around. 1066 mhz at Cas 5 or 800 mhz at Cas 4 The price is very close and I know timing is important but so is speed. I don't...
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    9800 GX2 EOL and thinking of switching GPU

    Let me start off by saying that I don't have a problem with the GX2's performance as far as FPS or display quality in general. It's been a great step up from my 8800 GTS. (TYVM EVGA) However, from the beginning my card has been hot. I've worked with overclocking my system and monitoring...
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    One Program Constant Crash, Still Stable?

    I ran prime, othro's, memtest, ati tool, etc... Pass all of them, stay with normal temps. Never have problems with any games, video, basic word processing. However, internet explorer is the bane of my existence. It randomly crashes and then I'll restart it. It does this on any clock speed I...
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    WHQL 177.41

    Anybody notice improvements with the much hyped new drivers? I'm not talking about futuremark but real games? UT3? Any other physx supported games?
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    SLI or Crossfire WC set up

    So I took the leap did the WC thing and love it. My temps dropped 28C on load from my after market air h/s. I don't plan on upgrading anything else for a while except a GPU block for my GX2. With that being said I know that the placement of my pump/res being mounted on the bottow of my case...
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    Pump L/H

    So I'm looking at WC and I see $100 pumps doing something like 900 l/hr and some pumps doing 400 l/hr. How fast for cooling a quad core at 3.2-3.6 ghz should a pump be? I'm not hung up over noise levels just want some good safe temps for my cpu. Any experienced WCers have advice? What sort...
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    Help! I own a 1k+ Space Heater

    To start with my system is in my signature. I have a midtower COOLER MASTER Mystique RC-632S. I love where my system is at performance wise and would like to get my cpu clocks higher but my temps are too high for my liking (70+) after running Prime95 or OCCT. In addition, after gaming for...
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    NEED HELP IDENTIFYING PROBLEM

    Hi all, My system is in my signature. Problem is my system seemed to run fine before I switched my mobo. I will through out this caveat, when I ran 3dmark before switching boards I would hear a "pop" right before initiating each test(this means pop, test 1, pop, test 2, pop, cpu test 1...)...
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    NEED HELP IDENTIFYING PROBLEM

    Hi all, My system is in my signature. Problem is my system seemed to run fine before I switched my mobo. I will through out this caveat, when I ran 3dmark before switching boards I would hear a "pop" right before initiating each test(this means pop, test 1, pop, test 2, pop, cpu test 1...)...
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    DFI LanParty DK x48 and 9800 GX2

    This is my post on the DFI forums. I thought I would put this out there if anybody is thinking about getting this board. Has anybody heard about another brand of the x48 having issues with either the 3870 X2 or the 9800 GX2? "Hi everybody, First DFI board, first post. I've heard great...
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    Why would you lower your multiplier on OC?

    Ok. I've done the mandatory google searches for my Q6700 and nearly every overclocking article shows lowering the multiplier. I'm assuming that it has to do with the memory dividers but I don't understand why you would lower your multiplier below 9x and 400 fsb. Look at this article for instance...
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    DFI DK X48-T2RS

    DK X48-T2RS My dad's computer needs a new board and I'm going to give him mine. My current system is in the signature. I would love to get an x38 or 48 with DDR2 support instead of DDR3 due to cost. I've heard good things about DFI and this board is nearly everything I want from it. PCI 2.0...
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    qx6800 v any of the new intel quads

    So I have the CPU upgrade itch and look around online retailers. End up finding on Ebay a QX6800 for $479 which I don't have to upgrade my board for. I'm excited about the overclocking possibilities w/ an 11x multiplier. There are q9450's for $350ish but I would have to get a new board. Are...
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    Thinking I'm CPU bound w/9800Gx2

    So I finally have my step up complete to the GX2 and ran a few tests on my system. My set up is in my signature. I ran 3dmark06 a few times to see how the card is doing SSC=675/1674/2100 Stock Everything/ Stock CPU- SSC GPU/ 2.90 CPU- Stock GPU/ 2.90 CPU- SSC GPU 9116/9368/1893/12168 From...
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    9850 and 9900 and 9950 on EVGA Mod Rigs Page

    EVGA Mod Rigs Set up I am not having any luck print screen- copying so click the link. on the left side of the page click "build/edit systems" and under add a part select graphics card, evga, then scroll through the list of cards they have. Half way down in numerical order there are 9850 GTX...
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    9800 GTX Early Tests

    9800 early test I don't understand why they always get it out first but here is Tweaktown's preview of the 9800 GTX
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    EVGA 9800 GX2 120 Day Step Up

    I have a 8800 gts G92 and my step-up expired on 3/10 for the regular 90 day period. EVGA has extended their step up to 120 days exclusively for the 9800 GX2. Currently I can't see what EVGA has set the step up price to because of site maintenance. But Newegg has the 9800's at $599 and I...
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    9800 GTX late March?

    I found this while board at work. http://www.vr-zone.com/article...n_Late_March/5574.html It was my understanding this was at earliest a 2nd or 3rd quarter launch if not later and seems entirely too close to launch after the GX2. I wouldn't bother posting this if I wasn't so mad about...