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    Keep or Ebay 9800GX2 - Thank God I Kept It

    I was thinking that after seeing the confirmed specs of the GTX 280 and GTX 260. It might be financially prudent to sell my 9800GX2 quickly before it devalues substantially in a matter of couple of weeks. I wouldn't miss not having a card for a month at least as I have finished a whole lot of...
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    DirectX 10: It was meant to reduce CPU and Bandwidth Overhead

    DirectX 10 will increase game performance by as much as six to eight times [:laugh:]. Much of that will be accomplished with smarter resource management, improving API and driver efficiencies, and moving more work from the CPU to the GPU. "The entire API and pipeline have been redesigned from...
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    My Experiences With The eVGA 9800GX2

    My card's been with me since 4/2/08 but thanks to two exams haven't been able to do the benches until today. Before I get on with the figures a quick look at the card, the packaging and my messy case LOL :D: eVGA Geforce 9800GX2 Box - Front eVGA Geforce 9800GX2 Box - Rear eVGA Foam...
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    Recertified: Gateway MT6831 15.4" XGA (Newegg) $599 EDIT: Now $649

    Was looking through notebooks and this one literally blew everything in that price range away. Bought one, awaiting arrival. Highlights Pros Core 2 Duo 1.73Ghz 533Mhz FSB 2MB L2 2GB DDR2 533Mhz 160GB @ 5,400 rpm DVD+-R/RW 8 Cell Battery Awesome Price Cons Intel GMA950...
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    Wait For My New HD2900XT Begins

    I caved in finally, ended up buying this one Newegg For $389.99 + $7.14, Retail Version which includes 3DMark06, PowerDVD, PowerDirector, Black-Box and the free Call of Juarez game. I feel I got a reasonably good deal. I also did that rush processing thingy for $2.99, damn they must make good...
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    What does the Scroll Lock key do??

    I know this sounds stupid, I was just cleaning my keyboard, you know taking keys out and doing a through clean-up. So when I was popping the keys back in I just looked at the Scroll Lock key and was like WTH does this one do, tried it on and off in word but doesn't seem to make any difference...
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    Garmin Nuvi 360 for $488 Shipped from Vitacost

    Did a whole lot of research before I settled for this one in particular, this has the new SIRF III high sensitivity GPS receiver which maintains good signal even in dense urban or forest environments. It has all the features found in the Nuvi 350 and further includes Bluetooth support. The only...
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    Help me in choosing a 550W+ Quiet Power Supply for +-$100

    Hey guys, I have the system in sig, currently it is powered by HEC Orion 585D (585W) which is working fine but is damn noisy. 1. The power supply should be near silent as the rest of my system is very silent, AC Freezer 64 Pro, Accelero X2, Antec Silent 80mm, 120mm. 2. Also it needs to...
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    Creative Zen Vision: M 30GB @ $249.99

    Identical to the crutchfield deal that came up a while back except that there is no coupon code to worry about. I got this player and as far as technical specifications and performance goes, there is no match for it. Creative Zen Vision M 30GB @ $249.99 Hope this helps someone looking for...
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    Want to add Win 98 to Vista & XP Dual Boot (Will this work?)

    Hey guys, I'm currently running Vista Beta 2 and XP Pro from 2 separate hard drives. I just laid my hands upon a Windows 98 SE CD. Plan on using partition magic and creating a 20 gig partition for Win 98. Now the main question is how I go about installing it without it messing with my...
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    Advice Needed For Adjusting the 2D clocks of the X1800XT Via BIOS ****Closed****

    So with RaBiT-2.1 I can finally edit the 2D/3D clocks and volts of the X1800XT. I have the Accelero X2 on the card running at 100% 24/7 at all temps on editing the BIOS. I'm currently without A/c so ambient temps are also high (around 80), and no A/c for 2 more months. The card is idling at 58C...
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    How Much Do You Think My Old Card Is Worth ****Closed****

    MSI Geforce 6800 256MB PCIE with Zalman VF-700 CU Stock: 325 / 600 Overclocked: 400 / 800 It was a great card while I had it, clocks to 400 on the core and 800 on the memory vis-a-vis the stock clocks of 325/600. How much do you think I should ask for it from a friend who wants to buy...
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    HOT Deal on Creative Zen Portable Media Center 20GB

    Hey guys, The deal on Creative Zen Portable Media Center 20GB @ zipzoomfly is back again. Though the MIR is huge at $200, the final tag after the rather big rebate stands at $200. Whether the deal is worth the huge MIR is up to you.
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    Did I get GDDR3 accidently with my 6800NU

    Hey guys, I got a 256MB MSI Geforce 6800 (nv41) pcie, After upping the core voltage to 1.4V, my core is stable at 415 Mhz, at 420 Mhz the coolbit's test fails to run at that clock. But its my memory that oc's like crazy, right now its at 900 Mhz DDR and runs 3D Mark05 without...
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    Need Help Quick with PSU

    Hey guys, My system is in the signature, the HP's 300W PSU runs it, but on a couple of occasions during a hard gaming session with NFS Most Wanted the system froze and after a couple of seconds came back as if nothing happened, also sometimes during Far Cry's Lan it freezes and reboots, first...
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    Advice on PSU for HP a1130n

    Hi, guys. I bought a HP a1130n about 4-5 months ago, here are the specs AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice MSI RS480M2-IL Motherboard mATX 2 x 512 DDR400 3-3-3-6 250 GB Seagate @ 7200 rpms 8 MB 250 GB Western Digital @ 7200 rpms 8MB HP DVD-R/RW with Lightscribe HP DVD-ROM 256MB MSI Geforce...
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    *DEAD* Ultra 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz CL3 Memory for $9.99

    Here is the link: Ultra 512MB DDR400 @ Tigerdirect Though Ultra is an ok brand and timing of CL3 is not exciting and mail in rebates are plain frustrating, $9.99 for 512MB :Q hmm so should I add another gig to my system, the temptation is too high..........:P