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    AMD drivers on Windows 8

    Hi everyone, Last night I was going about the initial setup of Windows 8 on a computer in a box for a friend. All was going great until I went about the CCC from AMD. I usually go and check for any available driver updates. I was very surprised when the tool told me that there weren't any. I...
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    i5-2500 or i5-2500k for 55$ more ?

    I have a dilema. I need to decide between a i5-2500 and i5-2500k. The iGP is non-issue since I'm not going to use it. The CPU is going to be used mainly for gaming. I'm pairing it with a heavily overclocked Nvidia 460 1gig. Here is where it gets painfull in my decision making. There is...
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    ATI X850XT

    Will my system survive the upgrade ? I am upgrading from a nice 9800pro to an X850xt. Now ATI says the minimum requierments is a 350 watts PSU, but I'm wondering if my bundled Turbo X-Dreamer PSU will surfice to the demanding videocard. Basically, what I want to know is if the PSU that...
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    IRiver IFP-799 USB2

    Now I have tried everything that I knew about and I can't seem to be able to transfer files at the USB2 speed. WinXP pro SP2. USB2 is detected in my device manger and fully working. I've tried multiple USB2 port on my computer also to no avail. I've upgraded the firmware to the IRiver to its...
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    Hardware monitor

    Hi OH mighty techies, I rebooted my comp. this afternoon and it didn't pass the bios tests. There was an error message about voltage in hardware monitor. I logged in the bios and saw the faulty value being reported on the -5V. It was at -5.50V. My questions are : 1 - What component...
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    Learning game-programmation

    Hi there, I'm interested in self-learning the basics of game programmation. I am no artist, so I am looking foward to some package that would provide arts/sounds. Something that would introduce me to game oriented programming. I already know many programming languages but never was in a game...
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    WOW hunter pet

    Is there any site that provides detailed info about every beast found in the game ? Like location, stats, lvl, special abilities and feeding needs.
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    WOW - Best class

    Couldn't find a thread asking this question, so here goes.
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    Martial arts movie clips

    Hi all, As of tomorrow, I am starting to learn Yoseikan Karate-do. To pump my senses up, I would really like to see some karate clips, but I can't seem to find a worthy web site. What I seek are some demonstration (kata) or competion (combat or weapon demonstration). Doesn't need to be...
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    I got my comp confiscated, tell your story.

    Got inspired by that other guy getting is computer confiscated by his brother. I have a similar story of getting my computer confiscated by my mother when I was a teenager. When I was about 15, one of my mother's friend got into her head that Computer games was teh devil and that I would...
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    Please help me with stupid Compress old files NTFS

    Hi all, I'm desperate because I did a clean disk on my gaming partition and forgot to discard the option for "do not compress old files". Now, stupid Windows compressed I don't know how many files on this partition and I am desperate to find a way to uncompress them. Thanks, and if you...
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    Please help me with stupid Compress old files NTFS

    Hi all, I'm desperate because I did a clean disk on my gaming partition and forgot to discard the option for "do not compress old files". Now, stupid Windows compressed I don't know how many files on this partition and I am desperate to find a way to uncompress them. Thanks, and if you...
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    Amazon Madness !

    I have a huge issue with Amazon.ca payment thru banking account. Basically, my issue is that after 20+ day of subscription (I'm a seller on amazon.ca), I have yet to receive their damn PIN (Personal Identification Number). The fact is that no mather how much you sold on Amazon.ca as a...
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    Planning a shutdown in the Task Scheduler

    Hi folks, I was wondering if their is a way to tell Windows to shut down without having to install any more soft then WinXP itself ? I was tring to schedule it in the Task Manager the other day but wasn't able to. Maybe didn't search enough. thx !