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    New build, 64gb (8x8) on X79, will this break my overclocking leverage?

    About to get flamed here, but I am probably gonna use the ram as a ram cache for my SSD to speed it up... 48gb ram cache at least =P
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    New build, 64gb (8x8) on X79, will this break my overclocking leverage?

    I am building a new box, specs are as follows: Rampage IV Extreme Core i7 3930k DH-D14 SE2011 Heatsink I am currently set to receive 16gb g.skill sniper LV dimms (1.25v, which I presume will give me a lot of overclocking headroom on the ram, being that it's 1.25v @ cas 9 ddr3-1600) Is...
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    (Poll) For next generation: will you go AMD Bulldozer or Sandy Bridge-E?

    hehe, I'm no fanboy. I don't think cores are everything. I actually haven't had an AMD pc since my Athlon XP-M back in the day. But it does make me angry that I would have to spend $583 to get the actual next generation processor (core-wise)... Largely because I'm starting to see some games...
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    (Poll) For next generation: will you go AMD Bulldozer or Sandy Bridge-E?

    I agree on all counts. Sandy bridge E will be more expensive. Bulldozer to me will probably be like 75-85% of the performance, and quite a bit cheaper overall to build. Plus you get 8-cores.. So we'll see.
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    (Poll) For next generation: will you go AMD Bulldozer or Sandy Bridge-E?

    I guess you're right, but I don't think I can edit it. Personally, I don't think it matters what the benchmarks are. The Bulldozer CPU will not be as good as the sandy bridge-e, period.
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    (Poll) For next generation: will you go AMD Bulldozer or Sandy Bridge-E?

    I'm personally finding it really hard to figure out what to go. They seem both like really good options, AMD being a lot cheaper. Bulldozer 8-core will be $266 Sandy-Bridge E: - 4 core/8 thread will be $294 - 6 core/12 thread will be $583 I'm not leaving the extreme edition as an option...
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    Should I upgrade from a 6950 (6970 modded) to a GTX 580 for $50?

    I'm gonna do it. What he explained to me was this, he's been trying to sell it for 2 weeks now for $400, then went down to $380, $360, and now $350. He's seen my card go for $300 and get sold apparently pretty fast. I am in Canada, so maybe the craigslist economy is slightly different, I...
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    Should I upgrade from a 6950 (6970 modded) to a GTX 580 for $50?

    I don't really know actually.. I'm gonna assume he could use the $50 more than the video card heh, and I presume if there's only about a 10% difference, he won't even feel it in games really so..
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    Should I upgrade from a 6950 (6970 modded) to a GTX 580 for $50?

    ah really you don't think so? I thought scaling issues like that were only related to SLI/CF graphics cards
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    Should I upgrade from a 6950 (6970 modded) to a GTX 580 for $50?

    Well, big deal though.. At the end of the year I'm going LGA 2011 anyway, and I'm only doing 1080p resolution.. Old sig too.
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    Should I upgrade from a 6950 (6970 modded) to a GTX 580 for $50?

    Hey all, I have an XFX HD 6950 2Gb.. pretty good card, overall I'm really happy with it. Here's the thing: A friend offered me his GTX 580 for my card and $50.. I'm not really sure I should pass it up. There's nothing I can't play in max everything for the most part (okay, maybe I get...
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    CS:S Do people really still play this?

    I don't really have to read this all to comment really.. CS:S is about a 1/3rd the difficulty and quality of CS 1.6, and in both cases, they are a hard learn, but especially CS 1.6. There is a learning curve. I can't get friends who haven't played it to excel it, pretty much at all. You...
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    To the monitor manufacturers: 16:10 is 8:5, or did you not learn basic math?

    bah, stupid logic! Damn you and your thought processes!
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    New Video Cards and games

    What's going on? Practicality. When developers make a 2009 game, they strive for the best visuals as possible (unless not intended) When publishers release a game, they strive to get the game to the most people playing (buying) their game as possible.. When CEOs want to release their game...
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    Who else is OCD about windows installation?

    Make a ghost image.. Seriously. Once everything is installed perfectly, make a ghost image on a seperate partition (for me it was about 14 gigs perfect install.. or like 40-50 gigs with games) It took me on average 20 minutes to ghost it back.. and then done. I'd get a virus for some...
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    Nvidia Geforce GTX 295 or ATI Radeon HD 5970?

    Ahh, wow... I didn't expect almost 40 replies the next time I checked it.. Actually, I totally misrepresented why I wanted an Nvidia card.. It was 3d vision to be exact. As per my research, ATI has never had the capability for 3d vision/stereoscopic so to speak.. I suppose I can go without it...
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    Nvidia Geforce GTX 295 or ATI Radeon HD 5970?

    I think I understand that it's all about DX11... and it is a faster card.. I think I'll have to wait for the next gen Nvidia -- the more I think about it, the bigger the additional features on the nvidia are to me.. Actually it's more along the lines of the 3d tech that I REALLY want to use...
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    Nvidia Geforce GTX 295 or ATI Radeon HD 5970?

    I'm not really sure which upgrade to go for.. They both look good, but I find myself leaning towards the GTX even though the 5970 is higher performance.. Because of Nvidia's PhysX/Cuda and what not..
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    I don't think this is the end of the celebrity deaths....

    Hey man, I don't mean any offense, but why take things so seriously? You live, you die when it's your time or your circumstances lead to it.. and that's it. A little bit of humor (getting rid of seriousness) makes these things easier to deal with, but anyhow.
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    I don't think this is the end of the celebrity deaths....

    First Ed Macmahon passed away... Next Farrah Fawcett & Michael Jackson.. My proof that more celebrities will die? The last death Billy Mays, with his catchphrase "But wait, there's more!"
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    What offends you?

    Sadly, this is probably going to offend other people... but I hate to break it to you, but they're sneaking into what actually used to be their own land.
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    What offends you?

    Heh, the real question is what gave them the right to act holier than thou even if they were religious and kept with the beliefs? Where does one other person (besides your mom & pop, and maybe your grandparents) get the right to tell you what to do, how to act, or that you should do X because...
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    Kid freaking out because WoW account cancelled

    I actually think that was real, and I actually think this kid needs some serious mental help... From that video I can figure that this kid's only outlet was probably this game and their parents totally took things in such a way which ignores completely how the kid was feeling but just sees...
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    What offends you?

    Well I can't really stand that either, but it doesn't offend me :)
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    What offends you?

    Hey all, I thought this might be a good conversation subject. Please note -- I don't want to start a flame war, I just thought this would be an interesting subject to discuss. I'll start. People who are too eager to join a cause without having any real idea of what they're getting...
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    Kill Bill Volume 3 is out -- Bill is dead

    David Carradine has passed away... apparently from what looks like to me as autoerotic asphyxiation, probably done by some kind of prostitute while in an asian country.. One of the news articles about it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8083479.stm Repost. Moderator allisolm
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    Somehow XP and Linux is ignoring 25% of my System Memory; BIOS recognizes 100%

    Do you have integrated video? You most likely do, and it is taking away some of your ram for its own operation. I suggest: Get more ram. It's very cheap right now, and 512 is not much at all.
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    RAID 0 crash - can I recover?

    He can recover it back, as if nothing happened, IF the config is very simple to recover/figure out where one starts and the other one continues etc
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    Will this combo work properly together for HD acceleration?

    The plan/idea would be to get an intel atom CPU+motherboard combo.. and a PCI card the HD 2400 pro 256 64-bit... The question is, can I put 1080p on there, with stability? Thanks
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    New Video Card - Non Stop Bluescreens

    It is possible that you don't have a powerful enough PSU, this would be my first guess
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    what do you need to play crysis @ 1920x1200

    My mistake I'm extremely tired :P) haha im gonna edit out my post before I say something more stupid
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    Antec Solo & GTX280

    Don't get a 4870 instead Get a 4870 x2 instead damnit!
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    Wow, quad phase cooling

    haha, nice responses
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    Wow, quad phase cooling

    http://i117.photobucket.com/al...vil/FFG_Picket_lg1.jpg
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    xDNA: Crossfire on any chipset?

    Back in the day (earlier crossfire edition), you could do CF on any board, provided they were x16 slots
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    Which DDR2 1066 for Asus P5K-VM?

    1) Probably not, assuming both have a heatspreader and are the same timings/voltage -- checked it out, the OCZ is 1150mhz.. but this only makes any real difference if you do overclock. 2) IT would work most likely, but its not guaranteed to work, and you may have problems down the line 3)...