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    HD 7870 troubles

    Thanks guys - properly cleaning the computer of the previous drivers, and reinstalling them did the trick! This is why I always turn to Anandtech forums before official support whenever I fuck up something :) Thank you - everything is running great, and I managed to get an hour of BF3 in...
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    HD 7870 troubles

    Hiya all, A week or so ago I posted about Battlefield 3 not running all that well on my PC. I fixed the immediate issue, but it was just too slow, so today I bought a new card - a Saphhire 7870. It runs Battlefield 3 BEAUTIFULLY in full HD, ultra settings - for about a minute. Then it...
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    GPU taking a break during gaming?

    Thank you SO much DaveSimmons! After restoring it to factory clock, everything runs as I'd expected! Not fantastic, considering the age of the GPU, but like it should!
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    GPU taking a break during gaming?

    Hey, I hope this is the right forum, so here goes... I have an - I think - strange issue. during gaming, sometimes my graphicscard will take a 1-2 second "lag" break and then start running again. For instance, I just purchased Battlefield 3 (the first game I'm noticing this in, though...
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    Best way to get output to TV?

    Hey all, I just got an extra PC - it's a Core 2 Duo machine with a Gefoce 8600 GTS graphics card. I'm considering using it as a media-center type thing, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how... I'd prefer to use HDMI to connect it, as the PC-port on my TV has my xbox in it. How...
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    Much too slow wireless network

    Apologies for the late reply - it's been a busy few days :/ @beginner99: Thanks for the ballpark figure! I'm wondering if I should sink about 400$ into such an upgrade (which is unfortunately what it would cost here :/) or just live with the cables... For now, it'll be cables I think - I can do...
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    Much too slow wireless network

    @bad_monkey: You've been a big help already, thank you! I have one final question though - let's say I move to a 5ghz band router and 5ghz band network card. I've also moved my router into my living room to have less stuff blocking the signal between the computers I usually want to transfer...
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    Much too slow wireless network

    @bad_monkey: Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, wrt400n doesn't seem to be available in my country... :/ I've been unable to find it anywhere that I can realistically buy it from... (I suppose I could ship it from Newegg, but I live in Europe so it'd cost me an absolute fortune... :/) Do you...
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    Much too slow wireless network

    @spidey07 I can try moving the channels around, but I should already be best one (according to WiFi analyzer on my phone, that is...) I live in an apartment in the city, and while I don't have any baby monitors and wireless cameras, I also cannot see if my neighbors do :/ I did tweak the...
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    Much too slow wireless network

    I've tried netstumbler (on an older laptop - only has A/B/G so I've had to set the network to mixed mode). Unfortunately, I can't make it work? Whenever I start it (in Admin mode) it just says "No APs Active" - which is patently untrue, as it's connected to my AP! (I've also tried running it...
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    Much too slow wireless network

    Hello, I just bought a 802.11n capable router (D-Link DIR-655) and two matching network cards (DWA-547, also D-Link) in order to improve my wireless network performance. However, it is still extremely poor. As I am not sure what is relevant and what isn't, I'll try to be very, very detailed...
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    Fast Wireless Setup

    I have to admit that I'm not sure how crowded the 5ghz band is here - I can't find app to check the spectrums... I have wifi-analyzer on my Desire, but I'm not sure it supports 802.11a... If it does, the analyzer tells me there's no 5ghz networks around, which I guess is possible... Do you have...
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    Fast Wireless Setup

    Hey, I've recently moved to a bigger place, and a desire for having less wires is leading me to look into the wireless option... As I will need to transfer relatively large files over the network, I'll need a pretty decent connection... 10mb/s would be nice, but 5 will probably work...
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    VGA output dead - what's my best option?

    Thanks for the tip, Gary - unfortunately I don't reside in the US, and that item isn't available where I live. :( Having it shipped from the states would be very costly as well -especially if customs get their grubby little hands on it, and they've been focussing on that lately. :( And anything...
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    VGA output dead - what's my best option?

    Sorry - I meant component. I think because I've cobbled together the solution from a couple of cables, it just isn't that good... I couldn't find a dedicated S-Video -> component cable :/
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    VGA output dead - what's my best option?

    Hey gsaldivar, I just tried the fn + f8 thing (it is indeed the "switch mode" hotkey for the 6400!), but unfortunately, it did no more or less than changing the display-settings like the Windows or Intel way, unfortunately :( Thanks a lot for the suggestion, though - I honestly hadn't even...
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    VGA output dead - what's my best option?

    Having just borrowed a Composite cable from a mate, I'm still nok happy with the picture quality, unfortunately :( I think this has to do with the laptop, though - the picture isn't just low-res, it also flickers on and off with no provocation. I think I'll have to face the fact that it's just...
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    VGA output dead - what's my best option?

    Ah, the cable I have is just wrong, then. I had it in the AV3 port, not component (as the s-video exited as an AV cable). I'll have to try the adapter tomorrow - everything is closed ATM, and I don't have one on hand... Thanks for the tip though - I'll update ya once I get my grubby little...
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    VGA output dead - what's my best option?

    I just tried SVideo and - it works! It's not very nice, though. Max resolution is 1024 x 768... On a 40" screen, that looks like... Well, not very nice. :) Thanks a lot for the idea, though!!
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    VGA output dead - what's my best option?

    No - I thought the video quality of SVideo was horrible, so I just immediately dismissed it... :/ I'll have to give it a try now you mention it, though!
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    VGA output dead - what's my best option?

    I havn't soldered for ages, but I have done it before. My main obstacle would be that I don't actually have a soldering iron, so it'll be a bit hard to manage without? :) At the moment the computer is actually pretty useless to me. I doubt I can sell it, and if I can't get it back in working...
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    VGA output dead - what's my best option?

    It's possible the connector is loose - but it's sort of hard to say. I did think this was possible, so I took the laptop apart to have a look. Unfortunately, it's soooo hard to see anything there. The connectors seem to come up from below the motherboard in the form of metal pins, that then...
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    VGA output dead - what's my best option?

    So, this is probably going to be a looong question, but I'd really appreciate the input of the Anandtech braintrust. :) I have an ageing Core Duo laptop that I've been using as a media center. (It's a Dell 6400 with a T2400 CPU - not flashy, but good enough for me!) Unfortunately, the VGA...