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    New Smart Phone Advice Please!

    I'm in need of a new smart phone but haven't been following the market too closely. My last phone was a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 which I was pretty happy with until it was recently stolen. I plan on staying with Android, no interest in iPhones. Just wondering if there are any phones in 2016 that...
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    Cheap Gaming - 75Hz Freesync Monitor's.

    I recently noticed a good handful of 22 - 24" monitors that have Freesync, usually with default ranges of 40 or 48 - 75Hz. This peaked my interest as my 6 year old daughter is really getting into Minecraft (and Rocket League!) so I built her a mini PC gaming battle station. After many...
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    DPC latency with Geforce 10x0 series?

    Saw this thread. https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/941579/geforce-1000-series/gtx-1080-high-dpc-latency-and-stuttering/ Can anyone here with a 1070/1080 confirm if they're having the same issues? Bonus points for checking with Gsync enabled.
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    Which boards still unnofically support Skylake bclock overclocking?

    I'm looking at putting together a new Ethereum mining computer and having a quick look at my options at NewEgg.ca as that's where I normally shop from. I noticed some ATX 1151 boards have as many as five PCIe slots for not terrible prices. This is a good thing from a miners perspective. Many...
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    Dual Fury-X - Ideal Monitor?

    Hi guys, I've been enjoying my Asus MG279Q (35-90Hz) FreeSync 1440P IPS monitor. Now that's I'm used to A/F-sync I can't go back. That being said I'm building a decent gaming box / workstation and usually prefer AMD cards over Nvidia so I just picked up two Radeon Fury X's for under $500 each...
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    Ghost in the machine?

    Hello, In a nutshell my PC is turning itself on randomly. When I shutdown the PC it'll power itself up usually within 24-48 hours. After turning on it just sits idle at the login screen waiting for me to to enter my system password. I've reset the BIOS and have ensured any WOL, or wake on...
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    Consensous on best 390 available?

    I'm looking for a "hold-me-over-until-next-gen" card and the 390 appears to be the best value to drive my 1440P Freesync monitor. I was hoping to get some feedback from owners here about what they think is the best overall 390? I will be shopping at NewEgg.ca as I have a bunch of credit with...
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    Fury Nano with acceptable levels of coil whine is possible!

    After more than a month of multiple exchanges of Fury Nano cards at NewEgg I finally received a Fury Nano that doesn't sound like crowded concert of cicada's on a hot summer day. Sure the coils still vibrate a little under load and even cause all three of the power supplies tested to also...
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    Uh Oh - Rowhammer attacks via Javascript

    http://arxiv.org/pdf/1507.06955v1.pdf ""In this paper, we present an implementation of the Rowhammer attack that is independent of the instruction set of the CPU. Our attack is the first remote software-induced hardware-fault attack.” Looks like this affects Sandy, Ivy and Haswell which...
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    Consensous on best gaming monitor tech

    A recent thread sparked a bunch of debate over the need for 4K so I'm curious what others' think is the best gaming monitor solution available today. Please chime in as to why you chose a specific option. Original thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2437824 Mods, please feel...
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    How to create a poll test.

    When I select Post a Poll under additional options I see no area to enter poll information. What are the steps of actually posting a poll in a new thread? Is each line representing an option? About to post to find out, please delete if this works :D
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    Will Intel eventually buy AMD?

    With the trend of everything going low power, smart phones ever increasing in capability and "the Internet of Things" and in car computing supposed to be the next big thing the fight for dominance on the desktop and laptop is becoming less and less important. Do you think maybe in a few...
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    Best value "Entry Level" gaming PC.

    A recent thread "http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2399275" sparked a lot of discussion and debate over the merits of choosing specific types of hardware for bare minimum gaming. Let's continue the discussion here in this thread as the OP's questions in that thread were answered and...
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    ITX 1150 board to overclock Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition Processor?

    So with Asus allowing for the overclocking of of the new anniversary edition Pentium CPU I'm on a quest to build a low power HTPC / steam gaming box. I'll be pairing it a 750 Ti but want to keep it under 150W (max) in order to pair it up with a Pico 160XT power supply I have from a previous...
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    AM1 ITX boards that support undervolting?

    I'm attempting to build a fanless ITX system based off the AM1 platform but I'm struggling to find an ITX motherboard that supports CPU undervolting. I currently own the AsRock AM1H-ITX which unfortunately has no voltage control in the BIOS. Does anyone know if the Asus or MSI ITX boards...
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    Athlon 5350 Initial Impressions

    (April 19) - UPDATE #4 - Managed to get a few minutes to test Mantle on the 7970. Hope this helps some of you. Battlefield 4: Mantle = 25-45 FPS, holds steady lows around 25 fps on operation locker in the insane firefights and on siege of shanghai on 64 player madness. Average closer to 35...
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    LOL@Nvidia

    Not to troll but I wanted to just LOL at how my ATI cards have earned me over 3K in the last few months of BTC mining. I mean, I know ATI may not have the best crossfire (microstutter) experience but damned if these cards haven't earned me a bunch of $$$. Real question, how many Nvidiots regret...
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    VMWare ESX server (Intel or AMD)

    Hello all, I'm wanting rid of a bunch of my computers and focus on putting together a speedy ESX server to run several virtual machines at the same time for various duties. Some of these include learning new OS's / applications, LAMP server, torrent server, media streaming server, Minecraft...
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    Dual Graphics Clarification DDR3 vs. GDDR5

    Hello, I have an A10-5800K system I put together recently for HTPC / light gaming duties. It works great at 720P but I'm looking at possibly adding a 6670 video card to work with the A10 in dual graphics mode to help smooth out games at the 1080P resolution. My Googling is not helping with...
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    Good luck getting a 7970 on Monday - Bitcoin miners likely to clear them out :(

    Looks like the 7970 pulls around 650Mh/s with a standard 1150 overclock and it'll likely pull more once proper miners are developed for it. I'm guessing these excellent results combined with the recent large increase in value of the BTC will create the perfect storm where miners will clear out...
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    Sony GDM-FW900 - Terrible screen resolution and refresh rate choices?

    Hello all, Ever since I upgraded from a Geforce 260 to a Radeon 6950 I'm unable to select screen resolutions above 1600x1200 on my FW900 and I'm not really sure why. I've tried. So I'm stuck at 1680/1050 @ 85hz which is not very nice. If I try to set to 1920x1200 (preferred resolution) I get...
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    Opteron Availability in Canada?

    Hello all, I am trying to purchase an Opteron 165 or 170 CPU but no one in Canada currently has stock. The places that normally carry them have jacked the prices even though they have no stock. I have found the 170 at a few online places in the U.S but they do not ship to Canada. Has...