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    Steam Installation Question.

    Good day to this amazing community. Look at this case. I have a PC with 2 hard drives and each ones houses an OS, in one of them i have my Steam account installed. For space issues i want to have Steam in the other hard drive an OS also. Now i heard you can use junctions to install games on...
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    Open Office.

    Good day to all the members: Of course this is a free productivity software with Linux origins. But i wanted to know if it works for Win7 OS and if it does it properly. Or are there any other free alternatives to MS office that get the job done as well as open office? Hope to get some...
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    Closest thing to photoshop for free?

    Well Gimp is the popular guy in the block. Thanks for your reply man :D
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    Closest thing to photoshop for free?

    Hello Anadtech duelers: Title says it all. Is there something like that in a place like sourceforge or something. Some time ago heard og Gimp, but thats for linux. Im running windows 7. Bonus question. Any similar software to aftereffects? Hope anyone knows about this. Good rest of the day.
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    Best Catalyst Suit for HD 5000 series.

    Very insightful answers, very pleased :) Well the thing some times there are some regresions with a new set of drivers. Instances when it does more harm than good, I.E. maybe say... in 2 games you got performance improvements and maybe in 10 you lost some frames. Or your PC became more...
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    Best Catalyst Suit for HD 5000 series.

    Hi Anandtech community: Please share your knowledge here. The card is a Radeon 5850, and well ATI is focusing on the 6000 series, which means that probably the 5000 series wont get much improvements from Catalyst drivers from now on. So with this in mind i ask, what are the best catalyst...
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    Changing HD´s (Boot Question)

    Super indepth and with no wastes explanation. Couldn't be happier. :) Although i see im quiet a bit of trouble here. From now on when i install multiple OS's would do so by installing each one independently in each disk.
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    Changing HD´s (Boot Question)

    Thanks for the links Robl777. But what would happen if the bootloader is in the old drive that i want to replace? What proces should i execute to use the 1 TB with the 2 Win7 after removing the old drive as my boot disk.
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    Changing HD´s (Boot Question)

    Hi RobL777. Ok, lets see... Yes, 3 OS's. XP on the old 160GB drive. 2 Win7 in the 1 TB HDD. The boot manager most be the Win7 one and it resides in the 160GB drive because BIOS is set to boot from that drive. What i need. Replace the 160GB HDD, keep the 1 TB as it is right now. Then with...
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    Changing HD´s (Boot Question)

    Hello Anandtech experts: Have a multi boot pc with 2 HDs. One of the drives is an old 160GB Maxtor and the other is a 1 TB HD. The 160 GB has Windows XP and the other has 2 Windows7 partitions. Want to replace the 160 GB one, but its the one that has the boot thingy for the multi boot. So...
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    Mysterious performance drop.

    Like expected, the PCIe bus speed was the culprit. Operating at 4x, it translates into a performance lost of 15 fps in Dirty 2. Yet the problem is not entirely solved. When I reseat the card it was operating at 16x, but I soon as I screwed to the chassis, it moved so its operating now at...
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    Mysterious performance drop.

    Did a quick check with GPUz, it says the PCIe adapter its working at 4x. Any ideas how could i set it to 16x?
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    Mysterious performance drop.

    Sadly i haven´t been able to make any correlations. Not specific days either, right now the drop in performance has stayed close to a week.
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    Mysterious performance drop.

    First i thought it was the RAM, but then it started working even better than with the previous RAM. As for memory diagnostic, just used the default windows memory test. I would say its on certain days, so far it hasnt happen in game. For example if i get good performance in Dirt it stays like...
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    Mysterious performance drop.

    Good day Anandtech community. Specs: Phenom II X3 705e MB A9K2GM-FIH 4GB Kingstone DDR2 Radeon HD 5850 Multi boot with Windows 64 bit. I have this strange behavior with the PC. Some times I get performance drops in games for no apparent reason. For example, I get a frame rate drop in...
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    Can you solve this puzzle? (Memory)

    Well, i pulled the IDE cable of a DVD reader. When i booted the BIOS took longer than usual to upload. Ran the benchmarks and got the frames back with the Kingstone memory. This stuff keeps surprising me. But... after the next boot the BIOS, again, took a while to upload. Ran the benchmarks...
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    Can you solve this puzzle? (Memory)

    No, this mother board wants its memory in different colored slots. Made the switch to same colors and it wasnt running in dual channel. Even ran some benchs and therer were some throughput differences. In my very limited PC knowledge i havent heard of anything like this before.
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    Can you solve this puzzle? (Memory)

    Hi mlc. Right know i think they are at 5 5 5 18. The others might have been a little tighter but that doesnt explain a 15 FPS drop. Check what igot from everest: Using the 3 sticks at 800 MHZ: Read: 6361 MB Latency: 58 ns Copy: 5915 MB Write: 6470 Using 2 Kyngstone sticks at 1066 (current...
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    Can you solve this puzzle? (Memory)

    Does it matter the positions of the sticks? My boards manual says: slots 1 & 2 for Dual Channel mode, thats what i have right now with the Kyngstone memory. When i was with 3 sticks i populated the slots in 1 - 2 - 3.
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    Can you solve this puzzle? (Memory)

    I think we have a confution here. The hughe performance drop came when i removed the 3 sticks and put the 2 kyngstone sticks who should be running in dual channel mode. At leat acordding to CPU Z and the boards manual. More over, ran some benchmarks in everest and the kyngstone memory is...
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    ATI Catalyst 10.12 driver issues

    Hi guys. I don't see the MLAA option for the 5800 series, supposedly this drives would support them. Any suggestions?
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    Can you solve this puzzle? (Memory)

    Good Day Anadtech community: What do you think of this? The memory is Kyngstone KHX8500D2K2/4GR. 2 sticks 4 GB total, runs at 1.8v 800 MHZ and its advertized as 1066 memory when using 2.3v. Anyway, previously had a 2 sticks of 800 MHZ Corsair memory for 4 GB total RAM. One of the sticks...
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    HDD's and OS. (Question)

    Will do :) Also there was HD tune recomended to me. Any good?
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    HDD's and OS. (Question)

    Thanks James and mlc. Does Sandra have a free trial?
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    HDD's and OS. (Question)

    Really interesting MLC. Is there a way i could measure drive throughput? Like i said the old drive, i think is faster, but also is older than the green one. So i don't know how big could the difference be. Also do you happen to know how much difference could a defrag make? And if you can...
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    HDD's and OS. (Question)

    Hi Atech forums :) Let's say we have two HDD's and there's an OS in each one (it could be the same OS doesn't matter). We are running a heavy program in which timing and access speed is important, a game fits this criteria perfectly. So what is better: 1-) Use the OS in one hard disk and...
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    Computer won't start, no POST, no beeps

    I´ll put this for other people that might have a similar problem. Ok, here´s what happened: Unplugged every device save for the MotherBoard, GPU and 1 stick of 2 GB RAM. Then took out the CMOS battery and drained any possible residual charge. The PC booted up, but for some reason...
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    Is this possible? (Booting related)

    Nice... Thanks for the advice james. :)
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    Is this possible? (Booting related)

    Thats where i wanted to get. I think that when i press F8 key it prompts me a boot up selection withouth entering the BIOS menu directly. So i could get away with it? I mean instaling the 2 OS´s in each hard disk independently and then using the F8 key to select which OS to boot.
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    Is this possible? (Booting related)

    Hold on a second. Since i dont understand it right. After each drive has the OS they will be always plugged. What i will have to do, i asume, is always select from which drive to boot up. Since OS1 wont know about the existance of OS2 and viceversqa.
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    Is this possible? (Booting related)

    Greetings everyone: This has been in my mind from quite some time. Now that my PC is having problems, took the time to ask. I have 2 Hard Disks. Lets say i plug Hard Disk 1 (HD1) on and install Operative System 1 (OS1) normally. Now, i unplug HD1 and plug HD2. Procede to install second...
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    Computer won't start, no POST, no beeps

    PLEASE READ Hi everyone. Have a similar problem so might as well use this thread. Up until 3 days ago the PC was working. Yesterday, move it around. When i plugged again it does nothing. Unplugged and checked the PSU power connection to the motherboard. When i started the PC it booted...
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    Overclocking using CCC. Q's

    Thanks alot sir! Other question. I dont want to use afterburner, even though is better, because it seems to be more demanding resource wise. So if i install AMD clock tool will it take over the card even after i start up. What i want to do is, start up my machine. If im not playing let the...
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    Overclocking using CCC. Q's

    Sorry to dig this dead up again. Maybe Termie is around, to help again. How do i use the AMD GPU clock tool? Do i just install it and set the clocks i want to test and leave the CCC alone? But what happens to the CCC, then?
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    Overclocking using CCC. Q's

    Thanks for the guidence and your time Termie. Gonna try some of the programs you suggested. Cheers and enjoy the hollydays. :)
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    Overclocking using CCC. Q's

    That's incredible man! You got an exellent value there, performance close to 5870 withouth the extra heat, power consumption and for less money. Also we have similar choice of components exept for the Intel part. Do you think i could get my card to 775, even tough the CCC autotune utility...
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    Overclocking using CCC. Q's

    Glad you cleared that up Termie. :) Also just noticed your sig: "XFX HD5850 @850/1200" Really sweet. What voltage are you using to get your card to 800 MHZ and what kind of improvement (percentage wise) in comparison to stock values are you getting? Plus how much time have you had your card...
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    Overclocking using CCC. Q's

    Thanks Termie. Yes, i know im close to the limits of CCC. But to sume up: If i OC using Catalyst, save for artifacts or lower frames, there won't be any risk of damaging the card. Is this correct? The only problem with OC (withouth voltage increase) might be crashes during games or...
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    Overclocking using CCC. Q's

    Hello everyone: The card in question is a Radeon 5850. Using the autotune Catalyst utility the card autoclock itself to 765 core and 1115 memory, from default values of 725 mhz and 1000 mhz respectivly. I know MSI afterburner is the most used utility to overclock AMD gpu's but im not...
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    Super cheap "gaming" rig?

    Thanks for going way beyond the call of duty! :) I´ll be cheking this for the next few days to familiarize myself a bit more with the Intel side of things. Makes me hopeful that you say that in the next months things will get better. AMD lately is just making small 100 MHZ increments to...