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    Where will CPUs and GPUs be in 400 years?

    "My mind is going.....dave. I can feel it."
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    Freezer 7/Freezer 7 Xtreme AMD hooks?

    I sent my old Freezer Xtreme 7 to my friend in germany, however I did not have the hooks that you need to mount it on an AMD cpu. As such I would like to ask if someone here is having any of these two coolers and would like to sell the AMD hooks to me? They look like this...
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    Nvidia 680 SLI 304.79 High load problem

    Nothing suggested in this thread has helped. What finally helped was a complete wipe of the OS and drivers and a reinstall. Process explorer is great, but you dont really see code that is running on your gpus with it. Only the part that is running on CPU.
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    Nvidia 680 SLI 304.79 High load problem

    Allready done before I even posted here. Switching the cards around? I did that just to test airflow, and it did nothing. Card number 2 still gets the heavy load. Latest non-beta drivers are no different than the betas either. It only cause lower performance with certain games, and the problem...
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    need some help with upgrading my GPU

    All I can say is that I have only once or twice seen a game use more than 2 GB video ram at 1080 resolution. So 6GB ram is overkill. Though it does not hurt either. Some games wont start with more than 2-3GB video ram. Of the hand; Operation Flashpoint - Dragon Rising comes to mind. IMHO going...
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    Nvidia 680 SLI 304.79 High load problem

    Whenever I restart my PC, my second graphics card is at 98% load. Until I kill SVChost.exe that is eating 13% cpu and for some reason hog the second graphics card. I Have 2 x Gainward 680 4GB Phantom cards, running beta drivers 304.79. OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate. Reinstalling the drivers...
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    GTX 680 SLI Results Leak Out

    Considering the cards are not released yet, and there is no definite information as regards to their performance, final specifications, and clocks, I think any information that we see need to be taken with a shovel of salt, not just a grain of salt. What will determine it for me between AMD and...
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    First: GTX 680 review !!!

    Translation: Keprel Velly Fast!
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    Couple of questions regarding a GTX 480 SLI set up

    Running two 470 in SLI, can only give one advice, getting airflow in between the cards is vital to keep the top one running cooler.
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    REPAIR/FIX card

    It should be possible to fix those affected traces by scraping them clean to the copper and then apply solder to bridge the gap.
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    i7 2600K or AMD X6 1100T??

    If you are going to run a single graphics card in your rig, any Z68 motherboard should do fine. Even when it comes to overclocking. Look at what features you need instead.
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    i7 2600K or AMD X6 1100T??

    I have not measured the difference how much it impacts or improves performance, all I say is that i see that games use hyperthreading. Moot point actually beyond that. Since even 2500k is enough to run any game today, and even handle background tasks. As for the H100 being overkill, well, my...
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    i7 2600K or AMD X6 1100T??

    Well, many say that there is no use of hyperthreading in games today. Well most people say that. But I have found out through experience that you really see hyperthreading use in many games today. Add to that the fact that hyperthreading helps if you have a lot of programs running in the...
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    i7 2600K or AMD X6 1100T??

    The 2600k any day of the week. Even at stock it is a better choice by far. And considering at how easy these chips are to overclock, you get more performance per $ than any other cpu on the market at the moment. If your budget is tight, go for the 2500k instead, which does not have...
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    2600K @ 5GHZ, How common is it really???

    I am running my 2600k at 4.5Ghz (1.31V, 4.6 required 1.40, and I saw no point in going that high). It completely smokes my Q6600 clocked at 3.6Ghz in everything I do. It even smoked it on stock speeds. The Q6600 is certainly an ok cpu, but the 2600k is just plain better. Games that stuttered on...
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    favorite CPU in all time?

    AMD 5x86, it was a 486 class chip that was silly fast, and which overclocked from 133mhz easily to 166 or 200mhz, which gave insane performance at that time. Q6600 in more recent times, and now of course I love this 2600k. Other more unusual CPUs; Z80 (ZX spectrum 48k) and Motorola 68000 to...
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    Overclocking 2600k - Suggestions needed

    These are the settings I used to get it running at 4.5Ghz 1.32V AI TWEAKER Bclk/PCIE Frequency: 100 Turbo Ratio: By all Cores, 45 Internal PLL Overvoltage: Enable Load-Line Calibration: High Vrm Frequency: Manual Vrm Fixed Frequency Mode: 350 CPU Voltage: Offset Mode CPU Mode Sign: - CPU...
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    Thinking about upgrading my processor to Intel i5 2500k and have a question

    2500K on any clockspeed compared to the same clockspeed of 2600k/2700k is going to be the same unless the software can benefit from hyper threading. And some games do, and some games dont. That is all I can say. I am running my 2600K @ 4.5 1.32V.
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    Overclocking 2600k - Suggestions needed

    Well, I dont want to push the Vcore to the max, because I dont want the ship to burn out in a few months only. I try to play the middle field of the highest performance within a reasonable vcore. Just because you CAN put 1.5V through a sandy bridge, does not mean it can take that for any amount...
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    Overclocking 2600k - Suggestions needed

    By voltage spikes I mean that the Vcore during shifting load (from fully loaded to idle or from idle to loaded) reaches a very brief higher voltage, in this case about 1.36V. It is the opposite to vdroop. Enabling load line calibration reduce the vdroop while setting an offset -0.005 voltage...
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    Overclocking 2600k - Suggestions needed

    Overnight Prime95 success. :D
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    Overclocking 2600k - Suggestions needed

    One hour Prime95 stable at least. Dont have time to run any longer than that now, before it could not do more than 30-40 minutes before bluescreen. Will make an overnight run tonight. At least I got the vdroop lessened and the max vcore down a little.
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    Overclocking 2600k - Suggestions needed

    1.32V manually set was stable running prime95 all night. Now I am trying with Vcore offset of -0.005 and 50% Load Line Calibration, running at 1.30-1.31V on load. Before with Auto voltage and auto load line calibration, the Vcore would drop down to 1.28V during load, which I guess was to...
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    Overclocking 2600k - Suggestions needed

    turns out that after two hours of prime95 i got a BSOD. Trying 1.35V now.
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    Overclocking 2600k - Suggestions needed

    Thank you for your feedback on voltages. I am happy with the performance and thermals I am at now. But I will see how far I can take it just because I want to know the limit of this cpu.
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    Overclocking 2600k - Suggestions needed

    Because I read a post on HardOCP by an asus representative that specified that as vcore för 4.4Ghz to 4.5Ghz. Thats why.
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    Overclocking 2600k - Suggestions needed

    Great then. I was expecting to hit no more than 1.28V for 4.5Ghz.
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    Overclocking 2600k - Suggestions needed

    I have been using the auto tuner to get 4.3Ghz, then tweak those settings to get a stable system. However I want to reach 4.5Ghz, and I have. But I do not like the voltage spikes I get with the settings I have been forced to use to get it stable at 4.5Ghz. CPU: Core i7 2600k Motherboard...
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    Windows 8 Dev Preview

    The best way for someone to install this to just have a look around is through VirtualBox that is free. VMWare tend to crash, it does not work right for this at the moment.
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    Windows 8 Dev Preview

    I have been trying WIndows 8 out in VirtualBox today, and I can not believe it. As a mouse and keyboard user I feel so nerfed it just cant be true. And no easy access to switch between windows, because now every application is a fullscreen application. I feel as if I am back to the clumsiness of...
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    Windows 8 Dev Preview

    Windows 8 is in pre-beta and I already dislike the whole metro concept. It feels like OS X is giving you more freedom to work as you want, and set up how things are to look and work....
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    Upgrade from GTX 470

    As far as I know there is no way to switch of the cards to run with the internal graphics. Or rather, you can switch with some third party software, but the 470s will still be powered on. And using both internal and discrete GPU will actually increase your power usage rather than reduce it.
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    Zotac GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) -any good?

    I dont know your pricing there. But look for any Gigabyte or Asus 560s, if it is 560 that you want, never had any of those brands fail me so far.
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    Upgrade from GTX 470

    I recently went with another 470, and I am not looking back. Seriously the best upgrade there was. Just as long as you have good airflow and can cool the card. The main card gets mighty toasty...
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    Zotac GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) -any good?

    Personally I have nothing but bad experiences with Zotacs graphics cards. Out 4 Zotac 470, and 1 570, I have a 100% fail rating. Under load they crashed, after a while became so unstable they would crash at the desktop even. I know people have good experiences with them. I just have not had...
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    Warhammer 40k fans, Space Marine now has a release date and other new info

    I have been waiting for this game since it was announced. I was going to get an Xbox 360 just to play it, because it was originally not to be released for PC. I have already preordered it, and cant wait for the release date. I am happy they kept the controller support in the game, so that I can...
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    Thinking about buying Witcher 2

    I just cant play Witcher 1, it drives me nuts. I just hate the controls and the way combat works. To the point where I cant enjoy the story. Witcher 2 is however one of the best games I have played ever. Just love it. Pure awesomeness...
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    Hey guys! Recommend me some games!

    Disabled Vsync in Dead Space and the controls and responsiveness of the game stop being sluggish. For some reason, when you enable V-sync it locks to 30 frames per second. However, at the end of the game you have to enable v-sync to pass a part of the game as the game crashes due to the physics...
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    Hey guys! Recommend me some games!

    Skip The Witcher and go for Witcher 2 instead. Better game IMHO. Fallout 3 requires a fix for running with more than 2 physical/logical CPU cores in order to not crash. New Vegas is much better game though. Darksiders, Dead Space 2, Red Faction: Guerilla, Bulletstorm, are all action titles...
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    why are vid cards so BIG/LONG?

    Longer card = longer e-pen? Well. Sometimes it feels like it when I see members who run quad sli/crossfire with high end cards and game at 1080p....