Search results

  1. L

    XFX Radeon HD 7950 Core Edition 900MHZ 3GB 5.0GHZ $239 AR

    I can't bring myself to jump on this since the reason I'm shopping for a new video card is that I'm on my third xfx 5850, but this is a sweet deal. http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=68593&vpn=FX795ATNFC&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1337 XFX Radeon HD 7950 Core Edition 900MHZ 3GB 5.0GHZ GDDR5...
  2. L

    Kodak printers cheap

    Just got the flyer from officemax, after getting sick of replacing the cartridges in my cannon POS every time I want to print I fell for the ads Kodak has been running lately, the cartridges seem huge and cheap. They have 3 printers, $109 gets you the basic printer/scanner, $149 adds wireless...
  3. L

    Can I Haz IPOZ? 7/23/10 only

    Woot has the the 8Gb Ipod Touch (refrub) for $129 today, I bit. http://www.woot.com/ Its $149 at apple for the refurb, says current generation.
  4. L

    Should I bite?

    I think I've come across a great deal, and after much VW bashing, it looks like I may be jumping on the bandwagon. My neighbour was here for a few years from Germany, and now wants to move back so his girls will be safe in school (yes apparently berlin is safer than a detroit suburb). He's...
  5. L

    Screwed up, back in a very familiar place

    Damnit, I knew I should never have gone back. I screwed up and actually listened to all the ati fans that claimed they had actually figured out how to make a driver ... sorry no. I am back to the same place I dreaded being, trying random released drivers until I finally get whatever game I...
  6. L

    Hold my beer while I try this

    Ok, I posted a bit ago about an overheat issue blah blah long story short I'm going to microcenter to pick up a new i7 cpu, EVGA tripple SLI motherboard and 6 gigs of ram. The question is, can I run my current 8800GT Nvidia card with a new 5770 on this board. I like having two monitors, a 24"...
  7. L

    Newegg 72 hour video blowout

    http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category...-_-72Hour-EB1A Hi-lights are a 5770 for $119 AR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131328 4850 for $95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102824 9800 GTX+ for $85 AR...
  8. L

    Looking (again) at a BMW

    In the last couple weeks a bunch of used 2007 BMW's seem to have hit the market here (detroit area), and they seem to be going almost too cheap, there are around 10 328 xi's ranging from $22k-$28k, all with ~50k miles. Is there some problem with these cars that would cause them to be so...
  9. L

    Intermittent problem found, New build today

    Ok, after getting a virus last week (paladin) and reinstalling XP64 again, chasing intermittent issues all week, and assuming it was my fault, last nite the latest issue finally reared its ugly head. My hardware : Abit P35 Motherboard Intel Q9450 CPU (stock clock) 4Gb DDR2 @800 74Gb Raptor 400...
  10. L

    More fun in the Ghetto

    Actually from Bloomfield to Troy, cliffs: car chase, suspect tazed to death. http://www.wxyz.com/news/story/Reckless-Driver-Takes-Police-on-Deadly-Chase/7SPLQ3WdsUGUZEYNus2bxQ.cspx
  11. L

    Interesting Cash for Clunkers results

    Got emailed this at work, thought I'd share Exotic clunkers also got the crunch under program By JUSTIN HYDE FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF At its creation, a 1997 Bentley Continental R was one of the most powerful and exclusive cars in the world, with every hand-built copy from the...
  12. L

    Horribad engineering rant

    Ok, not sure if I posted here or not, but the Altima got rear ended last week. Long story short there, they refused to total it, and are going to put $7500 into repairing a car that the dealer offered me $8000 for. So on to the rant, I'm renting a buddy's (well honestly trading for beer)...
  13. L

    Nub error on gross vehicle weight vs curb weight

    I've been shopping new cars, and was more that a little amazed by pic 16 of this autotrader ad. http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/...ard=false&rdpage=thumb The G35 that everyone here seems to love (I still may buy one) tips the scales at 4300 fat ass lbs, thats with the VQ35 the jap fanbois...
  14. L

    Genesis Coupe hit dealers last week

    Apparently the Genesis coupe hit the dealers last week, has anyone made it out to actually drive one yet? It was too miserable here, so I didn't bother leaving the house.
  15. L

    US/Canadian Content by vehicle

    http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/porta...18c71d8eca01046108a0c/!-25405407!-2022025523?javax.portlet.tpst=4427b997caacf504a8bdba101891ef9a_ws_MX Some surprises, Crown Vic seems to be the winner at 90%, my Altima is 65%, HHR is 40%. I was surprised the impreza's are all imported.
  16. L

    EVGA 9800 GTX+ $139.99 AR -- price increase to $144AR, check the ZZF link for $129

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/..._-14-130-420-_-Product I'm sure others will find more off too, but seems a great deal
  17. L

    Car starter for Manual Trans

    Anybody have any recommendations? Winter here's going to be sucky. I never park my car in gear, but most shops last time I checked wouldn't touch a manual.
  18. L

    Horrible screeching noise

    So, with 74,000 km my altima started making a horrible screeching noise, ok so its time for a brake job. I pulled into Midas, but they didn't want to even look at the car to order the parts because it was 5:35, and "you know, we close at 6:00", pull down to belle tire, they say they can...
  19. L

    A horrible amazing story

    A guy a work with just got screwed big time by the State of Virginia. He was stationed there about 25 years ago while he was in the navy, plated a car while he was on the base, and then deployed to whatever the war of choice was at the time, Falklands I believe. Flash forward to today, he...
  20. L

    First ZR1 sold at a bit of a markup

    From the Detroit Auto Scene today, A dealer in Montana bought the first production Corvette ZR1 for a cool $1,000,000. He's adding it to his personal inventory of 43 corvettes. The final numbers were 638 hp, 0-60 in 3.4s top speed of 205.
  21. L

    One less reason to buy a Dodge

    I heard it on my drive to work today, confirmed on the 6 o'clock news. Chrysler has outsourced another 200 tech jobs to India. Tata motors is taking over some of their engineering work, expect the wheel to be redesigned as a square, then a cost reduction removing one side. Screw them, I had...
  22. L

    Slick Microcenter Deals

    oem Q9450 $349 oem Q9300 with 2Gb OCZ DDR2-800 Gold Kit, $299 XFX 8800GT 600/1800 $189 AR --edit-- Sorry for the lack of linkage, none of the links from the add will work from work, will try from home later
  23. L

    Decision time q6600 or e8400 and which motherboard

    I'm not unhappy with my current system, DFI infinity SLi with an opty 170, slightly oc'd to around 2.2, but seeing the full Dell system for $675 and the Microcenter $199 deal on the q6600 got me looking to upgrade. I mainly use my computer for WoW, but have oblivion, and nwn2 The hard...
  24. L

    Some ******* **** is PMin me threats under *****

    Who do I report that to? --edit-- Thanks thecoolnessrune, exactly what I needed, he's already been banned, apparently just a troll. You can also post these issues in the "Personal Forum Issues" area, of course PM-ing the AnandTech Moderator account is always OK as well. Notes for the...
  25. L

    Palit 8800GT 239.99 CAD

    http://www.ncix.com/products/i...sku=27142&promoid=1019 --edit-- my english teacher taught me to quote soruces :) Link to deals at other deal site removed. moderator allisolm