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    2012 Ford Focus

    Recently, Ford launched a contest to win a Focus, and it being my dream car, I joined. If perhaps I could get a little support from the THW community, I'd like to invite you guys to watch this short video (just a little over a minute) for the contest: Ford Focus Video It's a video of me...
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    Improve Windows 7 Responsiveness and Boot Times

    Hi, I've recently been noticing some sluggishness in my PC, running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Here are my pertinent specs: - Intel Q6600 (OC'ed to 3.3 GHz) - 4 GB Kingston ValueRAM DDR2-667 (OC'ed to 735 MHz) - 160 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Primary Drive) - 500 GB Seagate Barracuda...
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    Q6600 throttling even w/o C1E, SpeedStep

    Hi, I've recently purchased a Q6600 to replace my E6550 and I decided to do a bit of overclocking with it. I've reached the point where I'm testing stability at 3.2 GHz with the following settings: FSB: 356 Multiplier: 9x Vcore: 1.2675 DRAM multiplier: 1:1 DRAM voltage: 1.8V Speedstep...
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    Gaming Card for AutoCAD

    Hi, I've got a lot of friends looking for a rig that can run AutoCAD comfortably at tight budgets (i.e. budgets that won't fit an FX5800) My question is, how much do gaming cards help in AutoCAD rendering? For example, how much faster will a Phenom II X4 955 BE in AutoCAD with a GTS 450 as...
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    Black Water in DiRT 2 DX11

    Hi guys, my DiRT 2 is bugging up on me: The water turns into black mud, whereas in DX9 mud it's normal water splatter. Any ideas as to why this is so? Here are my specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.8 GHz Inno3D GTX 460 768MB @ stock ForceWare 266.58
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    GTX 460 768MB suffering huge FPS dip when going from DX9 to DX10/DX11

    Just curious, how much of a performance hit do you guys get when going up from DX9 to DX10/11? In Crysis, DX9 gives 32.8 FPS while DX10 gives 28.85. In Warhead, DX9 gives 48.31 FPS while DX10 gives 45.24. In F1 2010, DX9 gives 45 FPS while DX11 gives 30 FPS. In DiRT 2, DX9 gives 59 FPS...