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    Notebook cooling pad recommendations?

    Recently picked up an Acer 7741G laptop. It runs great but when gaming it is definitely putting out some heat, so I am looking for a cooling pad for it. Was curious what is the best bang for your buck cooling pad right now? Not looking to spend a fortune, just get something to keep it cool the...
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    Programming Language for Iphone/Android apps

    Been mulling around the idea lately of playing around with creating some simple apps for the Iphone/Android communities. I have been out of the loop for a bit so I am not sure what language(s) are used to create these apps. So any help, suggestions, or whatever would be greatly appreciated.
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    Software for Blu Ray Playback

    Recently dropped on a blu ray drive into my PC and I am trying to figure out what is my best option as far as software for playback. Currently I use Media Player Class Home Cinema x64 to play everything else, but it seems it does not yet support Blu Ray. So what are my options? Also are there...
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    Nvidia 9600 GT for a HTPC?

    I have been tossing around the idea of putting together a HTPC and have a 9600 GT sitting around collecting dust. Assuming its paired with the right CPU, how good would it be for 1080p playback?
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    Alpha Protocol

    Looking for something new and the idea of this game sparked my interest. Anyone out there playing it and could comment on it?
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    9800gt to Quadro flash possible?

    I seem to recall a while back reading somewhere that it was possible via bios flash to turn a 9800gt into a quadro card. Now I could be conpletely misinformed but was curious if it is in fact possible and if so what the steps would be to do that. thanks for any help.
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    Workstation card for Hackintosh build

    Recently got a nice Hackintosh build going on my Acer 6920g laptop, see my sig for specs, and now that I got a feel for how it works I want to put together a workstation level build for my editing/graphics work. I've been following some of the threads on here and already have a good idea on...
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    Acer Aspire 6920g - Hackintoshable?

    Ive been looking into it this morning and didn't see any info on anyone trying to run OSX on a 6920g, so I was curious if anyone has tried ad has had any luck doing so?
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    P4 stong enough for HTPC?

    Title kind of says it all. Recently found an old system in my basement that had a P4 2.4ghz chip it in. System works but I was curious as to how well it would handle H264 stuff, mainly 720p right now. It has 2gb of ram, probably gonna bump it up 3 or 4 if it will help, and it's running onboard...
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    Intel GMA X3100.. looking for some info

    Thanks to a nice deal my father is getting me from Acer, in the next week or so I will be picking up the Acer 6920. C2D 2.0ghz, 4gb ram, etc., but for video it has the GMA X3100. For the past few years I have been strictly using a desktop, so I payed little attention to laptop graphics. I assume...
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    Q6600 making odd noise....

    Well I have been messing around with Q6600 trying to get some OCing back into it. I had it running at 3.0ghz back in August, as my sig states, but it was getting a little hot in here so I had to set it back to stock. However, when I went to go set it back the processor now makes a strange noise...
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    Little help with some 8800gt OCing

    Just picked up a shinny new EVGA 8800gt with the stock clocks. Was planning on doing a little OCing and just had a couple questions as it has been almost a year since I have messed around with any video card OCing: 1) Suggestions on a good tool to use 2) What clocks should I be shooting...
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    9800 series release dates

    Well I am sure it is posted somewhere in this forum but since search seems to hate me right now, I figured I would just make a post about it. Pretty much just curious what the general release schedule looks like for the 9800 series. Reason I ask is that I and trying to figure how I want to...
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    Suggestions on an MMO....

    Well as with many folks I have seen lately who have been playing WoW for an extended period of time, I am getting a little burned out with the game in general and looking for something new. Really I am only looking to kill about 2 months, that is as long as Age of Conan keeps its new release...
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    8800 gts 320mb vs 640mb mid range gaming

    I want to get an idea of what I am looking at, pefromance wise, between the 320mb version and the 640mb version. I am thinking of picking 1 up in a month or so when the new Nvidia cards come out and their prices possibly go down some. I checked some reviews online and as far as the types of...
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    Rigging a PSU to power on w/ button w/ out Mobo

    I am currently working on modding an old small case into an external water cooling unit. My plan is for it to have its own power supply and be able to turn it on and off via the power button on the front of the case. My question is is that possible to do and how would I go about doing that? I...
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    Will the type of coolant make a difference?

    Recently put together a Thermaltake Big Water 745 using the coolant provided witth the set. I have been looking at the various types of coolants that are out there, and was curious how much of a difference the various types/brands will make as far as temps, for example Fluid XP +Ultra over the...
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    odd CPU-Z Readings

    I recently began overclocking my Q6600 but I am getting some odd readings with CPU-Z. Currently it is running at 3.0ghz with a multiplier of 9. However, when I open CPU-Z it starts out giving me those readings but then starts swtiching back and forth between that and a reading of 2.0ghz with a...
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    SLI with OC and non OC card

    I currently have a MSI 8800 GTS 640mb card. I want to grab another one but I am only able to find the OCed version of the same card. If I were to set these up in SLI would I have any problems? Also, another quick question. I am currently using an Antec True Power 550w power supply. Would it...
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    DS3 wont hold overclock with 4gigs of ram...

    Just put another 2gb of ram in my pc to bring it up to 4gb, however the board doesnt seem to want to hold any overclock. I had it running with a 460mhz FSB at 3.22ghz on 2gb, but as soon as I take it above 266mhz FSB with 4gb it will run for a while and then blue screen. I have heard of people...
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    Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3+Onboard Lan+Zonet Router+Vista=Problems?

    So I am running a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 using the onboard lan, which is a Marvell Yukon ethernet adapter. I my apartment we are using a Zonet ZSR0104CP wired router to connect to the internet. Its a little old but it was free when we moved in and its worked okay thus far. We have had issues with...
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    Power supply strong enough for 8800GTS?

    I will be picking up the EVGA 8800 GTS in about a week and I was curious if my power supply is going to be good enough to power it. Here is what I have: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817371002 Current PC configuration is in my sig. I would think it would be enough...
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    DS3 wont hold an OC....

    having some issues trying to get any sort of overclock out of my DS3. Pretty much started by following this guide: http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware...erclocking-Guide-v1-ftopict197995.html Mainly to get an idea of what to disable and where to start as I have only had experience...
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    ignore this

    wrong forum
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    E6300 Overclocking Temps with Zalman CNPS9500

    Recently picked up a GB 965P-DS3, E6300 and some G Skill DDR2800 ram. My plan is to do some OCing on it, with the Zalman CNPS9500 doing the cooling. I was curious about temps on the processor. What would be concidered too high and what would be concidered ideal temp? Reason I ask is because im...
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    Good OCing Ram to go with my EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR

    Gonna be picking up this board in a couple days: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813188009 Im having trouble deciding on some good ram to go along with it. Ive looked at G.Skill, OCZm Crucial and there are just too many choices. I gonna be pairing this board with a...
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    Thermal Compound and GPU water block

    Just put a water block on my x1800xt and I used arctic silver thermal paste. I was told that that was not good for a GPU, because of the capasitors right next to it. So I took that block back off to put the stuff that came with the block on it and I noticed a small amount had gotten on the...
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    Water Cooling X1800XT

    So im setting up a water cooling system and including my X1800XT in it. I got the Swiftech MCW55 VGA Water block for the card and it fits on their fine, funny though the supplied ATI mounting hardware would not work with the x1800xt but the supplied nvidia hardware mounted it just fine, but...
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    question about X1900XT

    going to be picking one of these up very soon and I want to do water cooling on it and hook it to the rest fo my water cooling system. Now ive found this water block: Danger Den X1800 Water Block Now this is designed to fit the X1800 series. So my question is is the layout of the GPU and...
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    Looking for some PHP help

    okay, so I have this text file that is full of character data, heres an example of what the file looks like: myProfile = { ["Khaz Modan"] = { ["Tenchu"] = { ["Note"] = "", ["Zone"] = "Elwynn Forest", ["Group"] = "mario make me some bags now!>", ["Class"] = "Rogue", ["Online"] = ""...
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    problem overclocking video card

    I have an ATI X1800XT 512mb Crossfire Edition video card. I was doing some overclocking on it last night and im having a big problem with it. I was fowllowing a guide online that I found, mainly for pointeres, using ATI Tool to monitor temps and voltage and overclcoker to set the core/mem...
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    Beginner overclocking w/ Asus A8R-MVP

    okay, just finished building up my current system and now that things are set and running good I want to try a little overclocking since all this new hardware can seem to handle it. Now I have done very little, and I stress the very, overclocking in the past so this will basically be my first...