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    Yamakasi Catleap LCD

    Did anyone else read about that Yamasaki Catleap LCD that people over on OCN are all gung ho about? Apparently they managed to overclock them to do 120Hz, which would be a first for 1440p AFAIK: http://www.overclock.net/t/1225919/yamakasi-catleap-monitor-club/1830...
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    Puzzle

    I'm having a bit of trouble with this puzzle a friend sent me, so I'm hoping the HT community can shed some light on the problem. Bob is playing a game. There are two envelopes in front of him. There is money in both. One has twice as much money as the other. Bob must choose one of the...
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    xDNA: Crossfire on any chipset?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XDNA_(multi-graphics) http://www.nordichardware.com/news,6982.html http://arstechnica.com/journal...upport-for-any-chipset Crossfire on any chipset? Is this for real? I found these two articles and the wikipedia entry, but I can't find any reviews, forum...
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    Thermalright goes insane?

    http://www.madshrimps.be/?acti...tpage=3200&articID=673 The pictures speak for themselves, lol. That's the craziest thing I've seen since... actually I can't think of anything crazier. It just came out, too. The review is from 2008-02-11 (feb 11th 2008).
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    New case.. Lian Li worth it?

    I have been thinking for awhile now that I should get a new system, so I decided to wait until the new Penryn quads come out and maybe snag one of those. Anyway, I have been looking at cases, with the following criteria: Noise - I would like it if I were able to leave the computer on...
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    Best gaming mouse out there?

    I've been looking around for a new gaming/general use mouse lately, and I thought I would solicit the advice of all the knowledgeable people on this forum. I'd be looking for a mouse to be used primarily for gaming, including FPS. I'd want: - Precision - Smooth movement - Wired (for...
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    4x2GB vs 2x(2x2GB)?

    I was looking around and newegg, contemplating 8 gigs of (DDR2) ram. Now it doesn't seem like there are any 4GB sticks, so any 8 GB ram setup would require 4 sticks of ram. Now here is the odd thing: There are kits of 4x2Gb sticks being sold... but they come in at $270-$400. Now if someone were...
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    Laser bouncing

    I'm sure you have all heard of the cold-war spying technique of bouncing a laser off of a window thus measuring the vibrations of said window, which are then used to extrapolate sounds inside the room (such as private conversations). As a project for physics class, my group is going to attempt...
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    Weird reboot behaviour

    I have a Silverstone Zeus 750W that's about 1.5 years old at this point, and I've been wondering if it could be damaged. This is the situation: I recently got a new motherboard (NForce4, S939) and everything worked fine. One fine day, however, I was adding another hard drive. When I tried to...
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    8-pin pcie, adapter?

    This is not an immediate concern for me as I'm not planning on purchasing the HD2900XT any time in the near future (or ever, actually), but I'm curious since I have a older PSU (Silverstone Zeus 750W) that doesn't have one of the new 8-pin pcie power connectors: Is there such a thing as an...
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    Sitting on the fence

    So I have found myself thinking that my P4 Prescott 3.0 GHz really doesn't hack it anymore. That is, I can't play SupCom on it, and since it has turned into my favorite time-killing activity... I'm planning on doing a bigger upgrade down the road - that means sometime next year. Nehalem sounds...
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    Tricky tricky coins

    This thread is more fun than business, I already know the answer to the problem in question, so don't feel compelled to post just to be nice/help out. If you are annoyed that I post this in here and think I should move these things to off-topic, please say so and I will. You are sitting in a...
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    Another math problem

    I thought I should jump on the bandwagon and provide some additional amusement for those of us who enjoy the math threads. This thread is more fun than business, I already know the answer to the problem in question, so don't feel compelled to post just to be nice/help out. For the purposes of...
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    modding PCMCIA slot on compaq presario 2100

    Hi! I'm currently transferring workable components from one laptop to another. The dead laptop is a Dell Latitude C640, the working one is a Compaq Presario 2100 (the Athlon version). Now the Latitude has dual PCMCIA slots, the compaq has an opening large enough for two slots, but one...
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    multiprocessing and synchronization

    Does anyone know how semaphores in multiprocessing systems are synchronized? When you have several physical processors in a symmetric multiprocessing system, semaphores are used to keep several processes from entering a critical region at once. What I'm wondering is, how are the V(s) and P(s)...
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    Enough power to AGP card?

    Hello everyone! I'd need some help determining the cause of lock-ups and crashes for my eVGA geforce 6800 GS copper-edition. I got it a week or so ago, and it ran fine. Then I started overclocking. From an initial 400/1100 on 1.4 V I got it to a stable 460/1220 on 1.44V. Then I decided to try...