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    What to do with cheap dual Xeon 32GB RAM?

    Can you think of anything to use these for? I have five of these systems on ebay for dirt cheap but since I have zero bids maybe they are not useful anymore? It seems like at least 32GB ram could be good for caching or something? Dual XEON X5492 3.4GHz, 12MB cache, 1600 MHz FSB 32GB...
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    Crucial M4 Not Fast Enough

    Finally made the jump to SSD from a mechanical hard drive. Yes, it's much faster but I still wait on it quite a bit. Starting up Win7 within VMWare Fusion takes 27 seconds. Wth? I don't know if there is some configuration I'm missing, this is after Fusion is already running and I...
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    Any Sandforce problems on Mac?

    Has anyone heard of the Sandforce 2xxx nightmare being a problem on Macs? I don't seem to hear about as many problems there, not sure if the reason is: 1) There are less Macs out there so you hear less reports 2) It actually has less problems since there were fewer...
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    Need "Flow" SSD Benchmarks

    I think we need more SSD benchmarks that measure time to execute real life tasks. When starting and stopping tasks throughout the day, it's too easy to get your "flow" broken by waiting on IO. These are things people do pretty frequently (at least some dev people) but there are no benchmarks...
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    Do all SSDs have the same performance (practically)?

    Has anyone ever experienced a difference in speeds in real life usage between two different SSDs? File copy performance I can see being different, but all this random IOPs stuff - has anyone really noticed a difference outside of a benchmark?
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    Can any SSD update its firmware on a Mac?

    I'm seeing a lot of SSDs that can be used in Macs (OSX), but require a Windows machine to update firmware. WTH? For example I've heard none of the new Sandforce drives (like Vertex3) can be updated. I actually have mostly Windows systems, but I don't want to buy an SSD for my Mac that...
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    Sandy Bridge vs. NVidia: Video transcoding

    I scraped together the numbers from today's Sandy Bridge demo and Badaboom and tried to compare apples to apples as much as possible at this point: http://lee.hdgreetings.com/2010/09/intel-cpu-vs-nvidia-gpu-video-transcoding.html Is this bad for NVidia?
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    Is this the smallest case for 5850 GPU?

    Is the smallest volume case in the world fitting the AMD 5850 GPU the "Da Box"? (http://www.lan-gear.com/products.php) Or does anything else come close? LTG
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    Are Intel SSD Drives Vaporware?

    Quite a while after the product launch it seems like you can't get these drives anywhere. Was it a paper launch? How long till any of them are released? (I know the server version is later). Regards, ltg
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    Intel X25-E Flash Drives - When?

    Has anyone heard when we can expect the X25-E drives to be available? regards, ltg
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    Hardware Video Acceleration Power Measurement

    Here's a good way to measure the video acceleration performance of your video card: A Vista DreamScene oicean background encoded at full 1080p HD wmv in high bit rate: http://lee.hdgreetings.com/2008/06/dreamscene What's your CPU utilization when running this? This is pure 1080p with...
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    AMD 4850 for $149 at BestBuy

    Best buy has them in stock, and the ad this week is for 25% off VisionTek boards. Picked one up just now for $149, no mail in rebates! I think its the most powerful card on the planet for this price :). LTG
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    Difference between G92 and G94?

    Supposedly the 9600GT is based on the "G94" architecture. Anyone know how this compares to the 8800GT G92 architecture?
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    Any 9600 Benchmarks leaked yet?

    Anyone heard any info on these two questions? I really need a new card with the massive memory bandwidth of SLI/Crossfire, but don't want to go 3870 until getting info on the GX2 and 9600. Will the 9600 is SLI be faster or use less power than the GX2?
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    Do you have to hate gays to be Republican?

    Or do you just have to be for changing the constituion to ban gay marriage? For me it's hard to believe current presidential candidates support changing the charter of our country to prevent something that doesn't hurt anyone. I support a lot of republican values - low taxes, a strong...
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    Fat Daddy - down to 247 pounds from 259

    I can't believe I'm posting to a fitness forum on AT. How did that happen? Anyway this post is a shout about a small victory - was down to 247 lbs this morning, from 260 originally. Hey don't laugh all you kids - wait until you reach the magic age when you can't eat anything you want...
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    When will the 8800GT come down to it's promised price?

    Ok it's had some time to cool down but still I don't see an 8800GT for $200. Was it all false hope from the get go?
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    Best 32" Monitor?

    I'm trying to find a large monitor for every day computer use but do not want 2500x1600 resolution because it's too damn hard to see. 1920x1080 resolution is good it looks like 24 inch is the largest computer monitor you can buy in that res. So it looks like if you want a monitor...
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    When will Barcelona be at NewEgg?

    Does anyone one when we'll be able to buy Barcelona from the normal places like newegg? Maybe this wasn't a "paper launch", but it was definitely a top tier retailers only launch...