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    Is AMD done for?

    AMD is losing money pretty fast. The estimate I saw is that they are expected to go totally broke by about 2018. The real problems : they owe 2.4 billion dollars, and are making -150 million a quarter. The main reason they aren't doing so well is their products are marginally...
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    SRT cache hack?

    This is just BEGGING for some experienced hackers to get to work on Intel's software. The 64-gigabyte limit and the Z68 limit badly need to be lifted. Here I am, sitting on an x58 system I bought new just a year ago, a system that uses an Intel SSD, and Intel won't let me use their cache...
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    SSD caching a great idea?

    The roots for the concept of SSD caching have to do with OS paging. The OS paging algorithms are very, very efficient at guessing which portions of RAM aren't going to be accessed again and copying those pages to the disk. Misses are very rare (although still agonizingly slow, as anyone who...
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    Fuzzy blanket + cold weather = ZAP! One MX 518 is DOWN!

    About 15 minutes ago, I adjusted a blanket covering my legs (it's kind of cold in here) and picked up a huge static charge. I reached for the mouse and ZAP I could feel a huge spark come from my thumb and go into the mouse. For some unrelated reason the thumb buttons quit working....Funny...
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    Are the big price drops over for now?

    Now that ATI and Nvidia have both shot their loads with major chip releases, are we in for a period of relatively stable pricing? That is what usually happens, right? Over the next year or so, until both sides get close to releasing their next generation of part, prices for specific graphics...
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    Help me resolve this internet argument : does texture size affect framerates ?

    In a case where there is surplus VRAM, and all other factors held equal, do bigger textures lower framerate? My friend insists loudly, over and over again, that they do not. Since the final rendering resolution is the same, and the video card has enough memory, he doesn't think it matters at...
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    What happens when future games have bigger textures?

    ATI 6970, 6950 : 2 gigs of RAM, but with current drivers the GPU is slower. (probably because they failed their planned die shrink) Nvidia 570 : 1280 megs RAM. Today, the 570 wins most benchmarks. But presumably, games like Crysis 2 and ID's Rage and other upcoming projects are going to...
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    i7 at 4.1 : what video card(s) should I pair with it?

    My current rig is an i7 clocked at 4.1 ghz and I've got a GTX 460 for now. I'm trying to think ahead a little : how much GPU power do I need to hit a point where in most games the load is basically balanced between the CPU and GPU. That is, where the CPU is at near 100% utilization and so is...
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    Help me find good games that justify better GPUs

    My current system : i7 OCed to 4.1, 12 gigs DDR3 1600 CAS 7, X-25M SSD, a western digital black for mass storage. My GPU : a single GTX 460 1GB. So I've got a top of the line processing system but a mid range budget GPU. I'm trying to justify going SLI or getting a better GPU to...
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    If you disable Intel TM, will your CPU melt down if cooling fails?

    On my ASUS sabertooth motherboard there is a BIOS option called "Intel TM" which is short for "thermal monitor". Like most overclockers, I disable it. I know this feature harms overclocks because it throttle the CPU in order to stay below TDP, or 130W used. One thing I am curious about ...
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    Will filling up all the memory sockets affect OCs?

    My machine : i7 930 at 4.1 ghz, sabertooth x58 mobo. If you are running your RAM at stock speeds (1600 mhz) , and you also have your Uncore clock at the minimum speed for that RAM speed (3200 mhz), does it make any difference if you fully populate your banks of RAM? I tuned my machine's...
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    My CPU's days are numbered...how long before it dies?

    i7 930 overclocked to 4200 mhz. VCORE : 1.38 volts load, with spikes to 1.41 volt when the load suddenly reduces. Temps : 60-70 under "normal" loads, 80-90 C during OCCT stability test under maximum stress. I've heard that under high voltages like this the CPU will slowly degrade and become...
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    What does it take to break 130W TDP?

    I'm running an i7 930 overclocked to 4200 mhz. Today, I finally downloaded CPUID hardware monitor and checked how much juice the CPU was drawing. According to the "Analog Device ASP0800", running the OCCT stability test full bore I am only drawing 68.63 amps, or 93.88 watts full blast. I...
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    Need some pro help to understand what I'm doing here with voltages and my overclock

    My hardware : ASUS Sabertooth X58 motherboard i7 930 CPU Noctua DH-14 air cooler mushkin ram at stock settings (1600 mhz 7/8/7/20) I'm running with these pertinent BIOS settings : CPU Ratio Setting............ = [21.0] Xtreme Phase Full Power Mode. = [Enabled] BCLK...