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    Keep 5850 or get 470 GTX?

    Right now at work I have a chance to swap my 5850 for a 470 GTX. It would be an even swap with a co-worker with no money out of my pocket. I tried the card last night and without running any benchmarks it seemed comparable to my 5850 in BC2 and Just cause 2. The card was hot as hell but not...
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    BF: BC2 has Dolby Digital support?

    I have read in various different sites that this game supports Dolby Digital. How? I am using optical out from my integrated soundcard out to my receiver and no dice. I know that optical can only fit 2 channels of uncompressed sound but I thought that maybe this game might be using a...
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    5850 freezing at 65 c?

    I just received my HIS 5850 yesterday and whenever the temp hit 65 degrees my comp would just freeze with whatever image was there at the time forcing me to hard boot my comp. If I forced my fan to 100% manually and kept the temp under 65 degrees then the comp would be fine but I am not...
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    Crossfire + triple buffering and vsync = possible?

    As the title states, is it possible to run a crossfire rig with v-sync on as well with triple buffering? In this case the 2 cards will be a pair of 4850's, is this possible?
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    Best cpu+mobo combo for around $230?

    I'm giving my dad my current cpu+mobo which consist of an e2180 overclocked to 3ghz. I have been out of the loop for a month or so and I'm not sure whats the best bang for you buck deal. I don't care if its amd or intel, and I will be overclocking this chip, thanks in advance.
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    LG 32LG30 or Toshiba 32CV510U?

    I can get both of these right now for about $500 bucks. I am not sure which one I want to go with. It's going to be for mostly pc use, and a bit of 360 and PS3 gaming on it. I wanted to go plasma but there is nothing in my price range (less then $650). So has anyone used both of...
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    Tomb Raider demo won't launch?

    Hey guys, just downloaded the new TRU demo and I cant seem to run it at all. I have an 8800gt, e2180@3.2ghz and 2gb of ram on xp. I just upgraded my drivers to whatever is the latest on nvidias site. What happens is if I try to launch it nothing happens, at all. No error msg's or anything...
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    Damaged 8800gt?

    I bought my Asus 8800gt from newegg about 2 weeks ago and for the last 5 days it has been nothing but problems. What happens is when I load certain games like Crysis or Assasins creed I get corruption for around 5 seconds or so and then I get a bsod with the "page in non paged area" error. I...
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    Macbook videocard broken?

    I'm taking a look at my gf's macbook and something is broken somewhere, be it a driver or the integrated card. I'm not familiar with macs too much so thought I'd ask here to see what you guys think. What happens is the macbook starts up fine but once its up on the desktop you see things moving...
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    LCD hdtv with 1:1 pixels for $600?

    As the title states I'm looking for something around $600, I will be using it with my 360 and a pc so I need to know that it can do 1:1 pixel mapping or is that common nowadays? I would prefer a 32 incher but am open to 26" if its top quality. thanks in advance.
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    HDMI sound from ati 3870?

    Does anyone know if and how the hdmi out pass through for sound works on the 38xx series of cards? Does it pass 7.1 pcm or what is the max? thanks in advance.
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    Anyone use Sony KDF-46E3000 ?

    I can get this set for cheap so I want to know if it has 1:1 pixel mapping and if any of you gents have any expeirence with this tv?
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    Dead pixels shifted on 2005fpw???

    I have a dell 2005fpw that I purchased like 2 or 3 years back that had a row of dead pixels on the top. This was after my bro took it to college so I thought something bumped on to the lcd and just damaged some of them. The row of dead pixels was about 1/8th of an inch long and not too high...
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    Inexpensive usb digital out?

    Hello all, I am currently trying to find a cheap usb dongle that will let me get digital out. I dont care if its optical or coax and I dont need surround sound. Just want to get pcm to go to my receiver and bypass my shitty onboard card. thanks in advance, having a little troble finding one.
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    Can I take the IHS off of my 6000+ ?

    I just got an x2 6000+ and the temps I'm getting are not too good. Can I take the IHS off to get better temps or is it epoxied on? I did this on my older cpus upto my 3600 brisbane and it worked like a charm. thanks in advance.
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    What new soundcard to get for $100?

    As the title states I have about 100 bucks to spend on a soundcard and I am unsure what to get, right now I'm running on my integrated sound setup which is alc650 I believe. Besides the usual x-fi cards is there anything else out there in this range that is worth checking out? Vista64 support...
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    Clicking hard drive on a 13" macbook?

    As the tittle says when I turn on the macbook I hear three clicks coming from the hd and now I get a white screen with a folder that has a question mark inside it. I can no longer go into the OS at all and I have a picture collection that I would like to salvage if I can. Does anyone know a...
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    Centrino Duo drivers?

    Yesterday I just got a e1705 from dell that has a centrino duo cpu. I reformatted today due to all the bloatware on the comp and I cant find chipset drivers. Back in the amd days all I had to do was get via 4 in ones or nforces drivers and thats it, now I'm having trouble finding them...
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    Laptop help?

    I've decided to sell my desktop and buy a laptop thats good enough for gaming. For about 1200ish I can get a dell that has a 1.6ghz core duo, 512mb of ram and a 7800 go vid card. I dont care about the ram because I plan to upgrade that seperately anyway. The dell has a 17 inch screen with a...
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    DFI Infinity ultra booting problems?

    Just got this board and I havent been able to boot into windows at all. I can go into bios and change everything but still no go. I reformatted and switched out every component and still nothing, Im at a lost and I dont want to rma if I dont have to. The specific spot that the board gets up...
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    bent pins= overheating?

    Long story short, last night I was trying to take the ihs off my 3800 x2 and I bent a few of the pins, about 6 of them without noticing. So all I did was bend them right back to place and the cpu posts and works. The only problem is that the temps go crazy when its on load. No matter if I'm...
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    need help finding an actors name.

    Have you guys seen the new levis commercial where the dude gives his girlfriend thats going away a replica of his pants? well i need that guys name. long story short i made a bet with the wifey, she thinks its some guy from oc. help me prove her wrong. name of the commercial is "going away gift"