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    Suggest a video card for me......

    After reading through this area, I did not really find an answer so, thought I'd just ask. I recently put together a new system. Currently I'm running the onboard video from my I7 4770. I don't do a lot of gaming, mainly work but, my kids and grandkids (yes, I'm old LOL!) do like to play some...
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    Upgrades.....

    Haven't posted on A/T in a LONG time! Life and priorities changed but at the point that it's time I have to do some upgrading. Been having some problems with my system, lag in simple games, general weirdness overall so I opened up my case, cleaned everything up hoping that would help. In doing...
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    Quality Headset?

    My friends son, because of health problems, will be starting online high school classes. He needs a quality headset for his online classes. They must include a quality mic for correspondence with teachers and also be comfortable as possible since he could be wearing them hours at a time per day...
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    Kung Fu star and noted supporter of President Obama, found dead

    I really admired his skill and he wasn't a half bad actor either......;) His latest job in "Wild West Tech" was another in his list of great shows on History/Discovery channels. Thread is locked thanks to troll like Phokus derailing it Anandtech Senior Moderator Red Dawn
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    Installing Jaunty...........

    Been tossing around installing Ubuntu 9.04 on my new system. Started off by going to Ubuntu forums and found a LOT of nightmare threads especially with AMD/ATI cards. Mysystem is an I7 with 6GB DDR3 and a 4870 AMD/ATI card running Win 7 Ultimate RC1. Seems there have been numerous problems with...
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    Win 7 & Win XP Installs

    Question for you gurus......... On my kids system I had Win XP on a single 80GB drive. Added a 250GB drive and added Win 7 beta for them to get used to and mess with. Now, the Win XP install has become corrupt possibly by a virus or perhaps even the drive is failing. At any rate, they haven't...
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    Upgrading from 939 X2 3800/A8N-E

    1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Gaming/Photoshop/CAD/Encoding/Music & Sound Editing/Surfing/Office Apps. 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread $1K or less 3. What country...
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    Earth on the Brink of an Ice Age

    LOL! This is what was being taught in US schools in the early/mid 70's........then everything went to "Man Made Global Warming"! Please decide on one or the other! Earth on the Brink of an Ice Age 11.01.2009 The earth is now on the brink of entering another Ice Age, according to a large...
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    Upgrade?

    Hi all. Not in this forum much at all anymore. My life has taken me in other directions the past couple of years so I've kind of been in a "stay the course" mode as far as updating. My video card, an ATI/AMD X1800 pro though is in need of replacing. I run both Vista and XP as well as Ubuntu...
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    Upgrade Input needed

    I have a dilema of sorts. A friend wants to upgrade their system and also purcahse/install Vista. The system they have now is as follows: Asus A8N-E AMD S939 X2 3800+ 2GB DDR Mushkin H.P. PC4000 ATI X1800XL Seasonic 500W P/S 300GB Samsung 7200rpm SATA 250GB Seagate 7200rpm SATA 80GB...
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    Ubuntu X64 Questions.....

    OK, I read here quite a bit and with all the talk of late concerning XP X64 I had an old system upstairs and decided to in stall my copy of XP X64 on it just to compare it to Vista X64 and XP Pro 32 bit. Well, I've also found a copy of X64 Ubuntu 7.10 I had downloaded and not installed. I...
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    Reboot XP/Ubuntu 6.10 and Grub GONE!

    Searched but didn't find anything pertinant. I've had this XP/Ubuntu dual boot for quite some time now. Was in Ubuntu and rebooted for my wife to use XP and upon reboot, Grub is completely gone! Rebooted 5 times and system goes immeadiately into XP without bootloader.......what has happened and...
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    Vista/Linux

    Has anyone tried or had any luck finding a way to allow Any distro to successfully boot with Vista except by using a floppy? So far I've tried Ubuntu, Suse, Gentoo and both Grub and Lilo but it will not work. Grub/Lilo either overwrites BCD and thus Vista is unbootable or you fix Vista and...
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    Which Lian Li for me???

    OK, all this talk has gotten to me. I own 4 P180's but have never owned a Lian Li........I decided today I need to find out what everyone is talking about for myself. Which one though? I don't need anything huge......about the same size as the P180 perhaps but I don't want to drop a mint on...
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    Best CD/DVD Burning Software.....???

    Been using Nero 6 Ultimate since it came out, but hear/read about a lot of people using other software. What do you use?
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    Looking for Mid-Tower

    I'm looking for another Mid-Tower and liked the Tsonic Breeze but can not find it in stock anywhere. I want at least 2X120mm fans and would like mesh/120mm side fan. I have a couple Antec SLK's but just looking for something different to try. Do not need/want a power supply with the case and...
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    Swapping Chip Questions.....

    I'm getting ready to swap out a SC 3700+ to an X2 3800+. I have another DC system, but, I built that system from the ground up and installed XP pro fresh with the build of course. My questions concern simply swapping from SC to DC. Will windows recognize it correctly and will everything run...
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    Happauge PVR.....

    I'm thinking about getting rid of my Dish Net. DVR and setting up recording with this Happauge Nexus. Anyone own this or similar? I'm planning on coupling the card and Snapstrem and a lot of reviews say the recording/playback is as good/better than that of my current Dish DVR, just as easy and...
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    2GB DDR400 or 2GB DDR500?

    Still looking to purchase a 2GB kit for a system of mine. I see a lot of people saying to buy the DDR500 kits over the DDR400 kits. I *may* try some overclocking, but nothing "extreme" and want to know if the DDR500 has any advantages in a non or mildly overclocked system as oppossed to DDR400...
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    Upgrade X800XL?

    Have an X800XL which is actually a decent O/C'er. Will do 475/545 stable. Upgrading rest of system to X2 and was wondering if a video upgrade will give me any substancial gains. I play COD2/Quake 4/Battlefield 2 now and things run smoothly.
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    Best 939 Board With AGP

    Want to know opinions on the nest S939 Motherboard that has good AGP performance and still gives stability and allows decent overclocking. Does NOT matter if the board has PCIE and would like ATX form factor but will consider MATX if the board is good. Must have SATA.
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    Which Chip?

    Going to do a bit of upgrading and have decided to ask some questions before making the purchase because many opinions are better than one! ;) I currently have a 3200+ Winny I'm going to sell or, perhaps maybe even keep and build around. Anyhow, I've been looking at the 3700+ San Diego and...
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    Security Council to Review Iran Nuke Case

    Everyone seems to like Russia's proposal except Iran. Even better, I like Putin's idea of a central enriching site for the worlds uranium. What do you think and do you think Iran will finally agree or will this esculate further? Security Council to Review Iran Nuke Case Jan 30 9:03 PM US/Eastern
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    Ubuntu Not Able To Update

    I run Ubuntu on my systems as well as XP Pro for gaming. I recently reinstalled and things went fine on the installation of each OS. Upon logging into Ubuntu for the first time though, something odd happened. The updater signaled that it had 44 updates to install, but, when I click the message...
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    Network Problem....

    Wasn't sure where to put this, but I decided here would work. Mywired cat 5 network between my 2 main systems has worked perfect for over a year. Yesterday I decided to reinstall XP Pro and now I have my DSL and can see the other system, but most of it is not available. I mean I open folders...
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    ATI's R520 delayed until autumn

    Nobody seems to be alive in the video section lately so........found this on a couple of sites now.... ATI's R520 delayed until autumn July launch put on hold By Fuad Abazovic: Monday 09 May 2005, 10:13 WE ALL EXPECTED to see the ATI R520 launched either in May or in early July at...
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    AMD to migrate all desktop CPUs to Socket M2

    Looks like 939 will be shorter lived than I had hoped. Going to need new ram to boot.... AMD to migrate all desktop CPUs to Socket M2, server CPUs to Socket F in 2006 Charles Chou, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DigiTimes.com [Monday 9 May 2005] After Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) introduces...
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    Oil Hits 7-Week Low as Inventories Build

    Hope this is sustained....current is $50.22 LONDON (Reuters) - Oil fell to a seven-week low near $50 on Wednesday, after the U.S. government reported a ninth straight weekly rise in crude inventories, and a build in gasoline stocks ahead of summer U.S. crude oil futures slid $1.26 to...
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    Dean's formula for the new Democratic Party:

    Looks like Howard is going to revamp.....IF he can get this done and get all the Democrats to go along with it without losing votes to Ind.'s........I'd bet it'll work... Dean's formula: Jesus, balanced budgets, gun neutrality Monday, Apr 11, 2005 By John Brummett Howard Dean called...
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    Dual Layer Media

    I have had a NEC dual layer burner now for quite some time.......but used up all the regular DVD media I had before I wanted to order dual layer thinking prices may drop. Well, NewEgg has a very limited selction, and to be honest, I'm not sure what the best brand to buy is anymore, or for that...
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    Mandrake 10.2 Install Question

    I just now went to install Mandrake 10.2 after toying with Knoppix on the same system for a few months. Knoppix would find everything and boot up fine. I go to install Mandrake and it will not find either my DVD drive or my DVDRW which are both IDE. It does find both my SATA HD's but keeps...
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    Looking for Input: Best P4 Board Available And............

    I know this has been done REPEATEDLY, but, am looking for the most up-to-date info taking into consideration newest bioses and problems. Looking for opinions on what the best available motherboard for a P4 in both performance and in value at this very point in time. Reasoning; I have a...
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    Old 440BX/GX Board Questions..................

    "Inherited" an old system with a PII 300 and PC66 SDRAM. I'd like to upgrade to Win2K and wanted to move to a faster CPU and ram. Now, as I recall, some if not all the 440's could run Katmi (sp?) P3's and PC100 not? Have been looking for solid info most of the day but nothing undisputable...
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    Schröder's coalition near collapse over leak

    Parts of this are interesting............ GERMANY?S coalition Government was on the brink of collapse yesterday Seems the US has not just "suddenly" decided to go after Saddam/Iraq, they have wanted to/tried for quite a while now but no other country was interested in enforcing the...
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    AMD will die within five years

    Hold on now! Don't shoot the messenger here. I just found this and thought it was laughable! I like both equally and have both in my systems at home!:) Only room for two players at the high-end By Arron Rouse: Thursday 06 February 2003, 13:54 IBM MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST choice of friends for...
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    Washington issues grim warning on N Korea

    Hmm, US admits NK is worse proliferator than Iraq, but, still contends Iraq a worse overall threat. US Concedes NK worse proliferator than Iraq
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    Crack on Wing Photo Claim...

    Little late with the post.....:( Lock'er up mate!;) Rut Roh...........Thanks!;)
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    Saddam's bodyguard warns of secret arsenal after escape from Iraq

    Who ya' gonna believe? If this guy is for real, we ought to know within days: Saddam's bodyguard warns of secret arsenal 02feb03 SADDAM Hussein's senior bodyguard has fled with details of Iraq's secret arsenal. His revelations have supported US President George W. Bush's claim there is...
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    Caught on Tape!

    This *could* be Rut Roh: EXCLUSIVE: Bush administration to release tapes that could incriminate Iraq. ?Hold onto your hat,? says one U.S. intelligence official, ?we?ve got it.? By Michael Isikoff and Michael Hirsh NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE Jan. 31 ? The Bush administration is preparing to...
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    ATI AIW 8500DV + DX9 and CAT3 Drivers............

    I've seen in several other forums, and here on A/T some people using the tandem listed above. A few questions since the other threads have been vague at best: 1) Is it stable and run games reliably? 2) Is there ANY advantage since the 8500 does not support DX9? My kids system has the ATI AIW...