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  1. Jax Omen

    Are any of these new-gen 144hz 31.5" VA-panel monitors ever going to release in the USA?

    I've been waiting for the AOC AGON AG322QCX since it was announced in FEBRUARY. There's a Phillips monitor that's supposed to be using the same panel. And the Samsungs that Anandtech covered a month ago have had their release date pushed back twice already. When the hell are any of these...
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    Girlfriend's computer won't boot after power loss (WEIRD)

    So my girlfriend's PC has the weirdest quirk. After power loss (power outage, etc), she is unable to boot up her computer... until we unplug the main 20+4pin motherboard power plug and plug it back in. Then it boots up like nothing is wrong. This behavior is consistent and reliable and we have...
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    Windows 7 x64 boots, but no display

    Specifically: Windows 7 boots, shows the Windows loading screen, then the monitor displays that there is no connection. Booting into Safe Mode works fine, tried system restore from safe mode, tried installing the latest graphics drivers (clean install) from nvidia.com (it's a GTX460 GPU)...
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    Bios setting for PS/2 keyboard power while tower off?

    Basically, I have a backlit PS/2 keyboard. when I turn my PC off, my motherboard apparently still powers the PS/2 port, so the LEDs stay lit. Wake/boot on PS/2 keyboard setting is turned off. Mostly I just want to have the LEDs turn off on their own. Having to manually turn them off when...
  5. Jax Omen

    Phenom II 1090T: Failing Prime95 before I OC??

    I'm running Windows 7 x64 on a new Phenom II 1090T CPU on this motherboard. Prime95 crashes the whole system after about 8 hours on stock settings running the small FFTs test. 32-bit or 64-bit versions of prime95 don't seem to affect the problem. Now, I'm afraid to overclock because it's...
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    You can upgrade from Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Home Premium... right?

    When they say "comparable version", do they mean you can only upgrade like versions (ultimate->ultimate), or that you can't use the upgrade to go up versions (like home premium->ultimate)? I have a Vista ultimate lying around and would like to get in on this Windows 7 upgrade preorder...
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    Half Life's 10th anniversary

    So Half-Life is 10 years old now. To celebrate, Valve apparently decided to make it $1 for today. http://store.steampowered.com/app/70/ Does anyone else remember their first experience with the game? I tried it briefly... and after killing a couple dozen headcrabs I decided that "it...
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    So is there an Anandtech TF2 server?

    dunno what else to say, that pretty much sums it up.
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    What's a good cheap AGP card?

    Friend was given a computer from work, it's a 3ghz P4 and it has an AGP slot. What cheap AGP card could we throw in there so it'll be a capable WoW/WC3 machine?
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    "tearing"... what?

    So I see people complaining about vsync off causing tearing and such... but I have to say I honestly haven't seen it in anything but Gears of War. Gears of War it's really bad - every time I move the camera. But everything else, even when I'm pushing 100+ fps, I never notice the screen...
  11. Jax Omen

    WTF there is something in my monitor

    Looks like a very short thick black hair, on the far right near the bottom, behind the screen. It bothers me V_V I can see it in any program. Any ideas on how to remove it without opening the monitor or having to RMA? I tried blowing air in there but it's hard to find a vent to do so.
  12. Jax Omen

    Xbox 360 controller on Vista x64

    Ok, so my 360 controller is driving me nuts in Vista x64. While playing DMC4 it would randomly devil trigger, charge levels of exceed, or do completely the wrong move (use Dante's style moves instead of sword moves, for example). Had similar problems in other games. When I switched to a...
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    If I plan on 8800GTS SLI, should I get my second card soon?

    Or should I just not worry about it and if it goes up in price or is outclassed down the line, just take another option? Part of me really wants an excuse to get off this crappy Nforce mobo, but part of me is like "I already have an 8800GTS, SLI would be a nice ~ $150 jump in graphics...
  14. Jax Omen

    I think my GPU is overheating

    So I have an 8800GTS. It was at stock speeds. I got a bluescreen during WoW about GPU memory fault. Upon reboot, I discovered that my GPU was sitting at 68C. God knows what it was at before the reboot. This is with 100% fan speed. I clocked it down to 550 core 900memory just to make...
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    Ugh. Why won't they listen to me?

    So we had a computer in the office fry a CPU the other day. The IT admin wants to just replace the CPU. I told him that A) this is a Northwood P4. *IF* you can find one, you're going to be spending decent money on a PoS chip. and B) there's a decently high chance that the board caused the...
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    So... do all these people buying these super-high-end cards really have 30" monitors?

    I look at reviews for the GTX280 and the 4870... and aside from Crysis, most of the games they're getting solid framerates at 2560x1600 with a single card. If someone *only* games at 1920x1200, they can play anything except Crysis comfortably on a single 8800GT/8800GTS (may not get to use AA...
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    So, given that 4870 < GTX 280... and GTX 280's performance...

    I already have an 8800GTS (G92). Should just get a second one of those for some SLI? I game at 1920x1200. So far I've had to knock settings down from the max on Crysis (DX9 or DX10, doesn't matter, although obviously DX10 goes down more), Lost Planet (DX10 - I can max DX9), and Supreme...
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    flat panel scaling in Vista (8800GTS 512)

    How do I get NCP to let me save my scaling options in Vista? no matter what I choose it reverts to "use display's built-in scaling". using the latest WHQL, 175.xx (I forget the number) Vista Ultimate x64
  19. Jax Omen

    What's the coolest you've ever seen your CPU?

    Mine'd be about 15C at idle. To be fair, this was in 0C ambients :P I miss wintertime.
  20. Jax Omen

    GPU for an SD HTPC?

    Well, did some upgrading and now I have a socket 754 mobo that's got nothing to do. I have one spare computer that's sporting an Athlon XP 1900+ and an FX5500 GPU (yuck, I know). Would it be worth swapping the two mobos and buying a spare PCI-E card for the 754 (gave away the old one to a friend...
  21. Jax Omen

    Would a P35 with an E2180 and 2GB DDR2...

    Would that take more power than an old socket 754 mobo with 2GB DDR1 and an Athlon 64 3200+? Everything else will be roughly equal. My friend doesn't have as much money as she thought she would, so we're hoping that I can just give her Kitty's old 350W PSU (no idea about rail amps) and case.
  22. Jax Omen

    Budget gaming build for a friend

    1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. She mostly plays games (WoW and TF2, most notably) and surfs the web. 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread <$700 US 3. What country YOU...
  23. Jax Omen

    Why does everyone hate the LGA775 pushpins so much?

    I don't get it. I never had any problem with them.
  24. Jax Omen

    After work I'm picking up a DS3L and an E2180

    Also gotta pick up a PSU. Kitty wants to be able to SupCom with me, even if we'll both still be limited to about 4 players on 20x20 as our largest games. I'd also like her to be able to play other games with me, so >_> Gonna put the stock cooler that came with my E6600 on her CPU, hoping...
  25. Jax Omen

    SupCom - changing graphics settings helps with CPU limitations??

    Ok, obviously SupCom is a beast of a game, destroying rigs left and right. But please explain to me why dropping the graphics settings in such a painfully CPU-limited game results in drastically better framerates? Does this have to do with the game's simulation speed scaling or something?
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    E6600 intel cooler better than E2xxx?

    I still have the cooler that came with my E6600. Building a system for a friend in the near future with an E2xxx CPU. Just wondering if the cooler that came with my chip would aid in keeping the E2xxx cooler, helping OC properly, or if there would be no significant difference.
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    Crap, Kitty's Earthwatts 430 died

    Now I gotta RMA it. Is it common for these to die after a week?
  28. Jax Omen

    Moving MBR from one drive to another?

    I want to reformat my XP drive once I'm done migrating my data over to Vista, and installing all my apps and everything, and put Hardy Heron on the (former) XP drive. My MBR is currently on the HDD with XP on it. How do I put this MBR on the HDD with Vista on it so that I can install Linux on...
  29. Jax Omen

    Higher multiplier = less stress on mobo for same OC, right?

    I'm mostly wondering, if I were to give Kitty my current mobo and buy her an E2xxx proc, whether using a higher-multiplier CPU would actually affect her OC? My mobo FSB-walls at 333FSB.
  30. Jax Omen

    Sweet, got my OC back

    So I got my OC back! Now I'm gonna screw it up, turns out Kitty's friend doesn't need my 2x1GB old sticks of RAM, so I'm gonna bump Xero up to 6GB and see if I can keep it stable there. Then I'll see about tightening timings, perhaps. Sync mode with tightened timings > async mode with...
  31. Jax Omen

    So does newegg ACTUALLY raise prices automatically?

    Everywhere I see people making comments about Newegg's "Automatic Price Gouger" raising prices on items that get lots of clicks. Is there any real-world basis for this or is it just a general feeling of paranoia and distrust?
  32. Jax Omen

    EVGA 680i LT

    adding more RAM ruined the stability of my OC at the settings I was at. I assume this means it's time to tweak the Northbridge voltage, maybe others too, and not just CPU voltage. What are the "safe" limits for the other voltage settings where heat is the only danger (i.e. I'm not going to...
  33. Jax Omen

    What's a good DX10 showcase game?

    I just finished installing and setting up Vista Ultimate x64 the other day. Bioshock looks somewhat better, Crysis would look better if it didn't run so much worse that I have to knock more settings down, ditto for Lost Planet. What should I try out to see how purty it can be?
  34. Jax Omen

    Is this normal?

    I had a stable 3GHZ overclock on my E6600, with 2x1GB DDR2 800 RAM (no RAM OC). I swapped that out for 2x2GB DDR2 800 RAM (specs said identical aside from capacity). My OC is no longer stable. I have 1.4v already, don't want to go higher. So for now I'm back down to stock. Completely...
  35. Jax Omen

    Home delayed again?

    http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=11562 Man, PS3 owners are just getting screwed. That's, what, a year of delays for the beta? Who knows if/when the actual service will launch.
  36. Jax Omen

    Wii > all for one very simple reason

    No other console can do lightgun games on non-CRT TVs. Period. Well, PS3 has the Guncon3, but from what I hear it's a POS.
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    Any difference between these two Tuniq coolers?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835154001 Tuniq Tower http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835154002 Tuniq T-120 LFB Is the only difference the LED fan? If so, I'd rather just buy the TT and put a better fan in there, if possible. Does it use regular...
  38. Jax Omen

    Quick Vista question about ctrl-alt-del

    Is there a way to set it so ctrl-alt-del just brings up the task manager, instead of that menu with "lock computer", "log off", "task manager", and a couple other options? Vista Ultimate x64, btw.
  39. Jax Omen

    WHOA @ difference between 8800GTS (320MB) and 8800GTS (G92)

    Seriously, I went from Crysis @ 1024x768 with various medium/high settings (low shadows and postprocessing) to 1920x1200 with the same settings, and my framerate IMPROVED. I assume part of that is the Vram, but >_> I love this new card. And my shiny new monitor ^_^
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    Suggest some games for my little sister!

    She's going to be 13 next month, figure I'll get her a game or two for the PC I built her last year. On the consoles she likes Animal Crossing and Pokemon. So far on PC she likes Armadillo run and dislikes Rollercoaster Tycoon 3. She has zero interest in "shooting games", and most...