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    User claims GPU doesn't do 2D

    Am I completely wrong? I have been under the impression (for quite some time) that GPU's handle ALL graphics (i.e. both 2d and 3d) Please correct me if I am wrong!
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    7900GT to 7950GT Much of an upgrade?

    So is this much of a step up? they are on sale on ZZF for $210 and am considering it I mean I paid 225-250 for my 7900GT (eVGA KO series) a couple (4 maybe) months ago, and I am not sold on the whole 8800 series yet (no DX10 games and no vista for me) so I think the 7950 is as good as it gets...
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    ITX / Mini-ITX Form Factor PC's

    So part of the car project I am working on includes stand alon engine management I am thinking that given the amount of room I will have in the center console it might be worthwhile to build a mini-itx PC based system and have it serve as both my stereo as well as various other media on top of...
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    Re: Install Vista Install Big brother / Blu-Ray HD-DVD

    Previous thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...did=1982987&STARTPAGE=10&enterthread=y I found this thread interesting and there seemed to be quite the debate as to whether or not Vista would play HD content at all when there was a lack of HDCP in place, there seemed to be 2...
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    ASUS P5ND2-SLI Audio stuttering, NForce4 based board

    So here is my build sheet: ASUS P5ND2-SLI Mobo P4D 830 Chip eVGA GeForce 7900GT Intel Pro 1000MT Onboard NIC (Disabled) Linksys WMP54GS Nic NEC 3550 Optical (Flashed with Liggy and Dees firmware) (PATA) WD 74GB 16mb cache Raptor boot disk (SATA 1) WD 250GB 16MB cache RE Data disk(SATA...
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    People who waste your time...

    I guess this is a rant more than anything else, I think it's pretty annoying when people don't take 5 seconds to read something before either PM'ing you or asking something that has been clearly stated, or directions in general. One instance is when you sell something and clearly mark it as...
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    Good card for ~$200 (X1900 vs 7900 series)

    So I have been looking at updating my 7600GT to something a little faster as I think my 7600GT isn't as fast as I would like and I am partial to nVidia but the X1900 seems to be somewhat faster on some benchmarks and I am willing to give ati another try (in the past I have not been impressed)...
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    P5ND2 SLI No audio in the rear?

    So I finally got my system built and curtosey of work have a nice 21" dell monitor to go with it, CRT yes but VERY nice, anyways so I have been tinkering with the clock settings etc and so now that I have it relatively stable I went to play some games and my audio doesn't work, from the back IO...
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    Possible to damage mobo by powering w/out cpu?

    So I have my system built mostly and have powered it up a few times and as an afterthought I wonder if it's possible to damage the board by powering it without a cpu? I have VGA and ram and everything hooked up (fans, water cooled setup etc all wired up and loomed) and am just waiting on my proc...
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    Ctrl-Alt-Del Security Menu Disappeared?

    I know it has probably been covered but how do you get it back to the way it used to be, my ctrl-alt-del is now bound to my task manager and I would prefer it to be bound to the security manager again (gina related?) Is it some registry hack or something that needs to happen?
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    Intel Pentium D 9xx vs 8xx series

    So I am looking at two processors (for a new bulid) both are the dual core Pentium D series, and was wondering if anyone has seen any reviews of the 9xx series against the 8xx series, basically most 920's are ~180 right now and the 820's are ~120 and at the same clock speed the only difference...
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    2gb 4x512 or 2x1024?

    So I plan on using 2gb of memory in my build and am wondering would 4x512mb DDR2 possibly be faster than 2x1024mb? The logic being there are more paths (more bandwidth) to and from the memory with 4 sticks rather than 2, so I would think that throughput and possibly access time would be slightly...
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    Mobo for a new build ?'s

    So I am planning a build it's not going to be a hardcore gaming rig but I want it to have some balls, I have been out of the system building thing for a while (been limited to laptops) and want to build a rig that will be suitable for doom3 and Quake4 while not being insanely expensive, these...