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    Any reason not to go Xeon Haswell?

    Cpu-world.com says that the Haswell Xeons (specifically E3 1245v3 in my case) dont support FMA3 or F16C instructions while the 4770 does. But I can't find this anywhere else that says this. My questions are: 1) Is this true? I can't find anywhere else that backs this up. 2) Is it that big a...
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    ever go lurker fishing?

    This throws off my PPD from .009 to .01 :(
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    Calling all lurkers!

    I planned on waiting for the VB forum to get setup before making myself known again. I'll check for a thread like this next year...
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    Lurkers Check in

    Lurking is my profession
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    Vista Family Discount Key Problems

    I just sent out an email complaining about this, and here's what I got back "Microsoft is fully aware of the issue and is currently working on having emails resent to you with a new product key(s). We anticipate that the emails will start going out to you within the next 3 - 5 business days...
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    Ever been operated on?

    Yep. Hernia in 2001 Wisdom teeth in 2003 Titanium rod hammered into my broken femur, March 2005 Sinus surgery for Chronic Sinusitis, July 2005 This year has sucked.
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    Do you still play any old games?

    I've played Ascendancy (PC) at least a few times a year since it came out in 1996. It's a 4G strategy game by the Logic Factory. Since I've switched to XP x64, I have to emulate it using DOS Box because it's got 16-bit code in it somewhere. Too bad Dos-Box is such a resource whore.
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    My anesthesiologist slipped me a mickey

    I was on a morphine pump for four days in March when I broke my femur. I had to wait a day in epidermal traction on the lovely morphine pump. I had to wait because I had a big lunch about an hour before I broke the bone, so surgery was a no go. I didn't open any arteries so the surgery was...
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    Just saw a buidling go up in flames . . ..

    Camera across town, and a broken leg makes kinda difficult to get across town in a hurry. Besides, I had a really crappy angle.. Our local news paper has a picture for now on their main page.
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    Just saw a buidling go up in flames . . ..

    A friend of mine told me that the building was still burning at 7 pm CDT. He came in singing "The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire!"
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    Just saw a buidling go up in flames . . ..

    I'm coming out of the woodwork for this one. I spent three hours watching that fire. I actually left and came back from Route 9, and I could see the smoke from several miles out of town.
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    Best Heatsink for the ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe?

    I have a Zalman CNPS7700-CU mounted to my board just fine.
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    I would, but all I have in my case is the Mobo, CPU, and my Zalman CNPS7700-CU cooler. I also don't want my poor closet server to be raped by AT.
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    The new Zalmann does work. The first DIMM is a tight fight, but I had no problems installing on all RAM Slots.
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    Do I need a NF4 chipset for PCI-E?

    VIA, and ATi are working on PCI-E solutions for the AMD64 platform. I think you might be able to preorder some of the ATI chipsets, but I have not seen anything about the VIA PCI-E boads out side of previews.
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    * ASUS A8N-SLI experiences/results/issues

    Does anyone know if the new Zalmann coolers (7700) will fit on here? I'm kinda worried about that passive heatsink right next to the CPU socket. I actually ordered one of the new massive ones on mistake, and I'd prefer to not have to return it to newegg. Oh yeah, do you also need to flash...
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    If you watch Adult Swim

    Uh, the guy that played Murphy died. That's why they took him away.
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    Linux Distro on Notebook

    I have Gentoo running in a 64-bit environment on my Emachines M6805. I even have wifi working, sleep states, and whole works running very nicely. 2004.1 was a PAIN, and I never got it working, but 2004.2 was a breeze. I haven't tried the new 2004.3 release, but I might just do that here in a...
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    ps this motherboard any good? Epox EP8KDA

    I have an 8KDA3+, and that board is just an upgrade from mine. Mine is stable, but the down side is that there are some odd memory speed restrictions on the DIMMS. The board doesn't like having DDR400 in all three DIMMS running at DDR400. I have to run mine at DDR333 or I get random lockups...
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    *** Official ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (nForce4) Thread ***

    I actually managed to snag an A8N-SLI Deluxe from monarchcomputer.com before they mysteriously went out of stock, and raised the price to $325. Now you can get the board from monarch for $315 but it's gotta be part of a system build. I think I litterally bought the last SLI from them. Sucks...
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    Who on the AT forums has the lowest post count?

    I've broken into the relm of two digits!
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    Nothing like waking up at 12:30pm.....

    I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday, so I'm still full of pain killers. Once I actually feel asleep, I was OUT. I slept for nearly 12 hours last night. Midnight to about 11:30. Generally though, I got to bed about 3am and get up around 11am.
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    Holy sh!t, all of ILLINOIS IS FLOODED!

    Living in Bloomington, I can say that this place was basically a lake last night. My backyard had a river through it. My firend tells me that his dad has a friend that was "white water rafting" down the local creek. Actually, I have some interesting pictures of damage from the storm that came...
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    Ques about Alienware

    Right on! The system I use is a pre-built ABS. Actually, my last two systems have been. They have great tech support, and their prices are insanely low! I was able to get a 3.0C system with 2GB of ram for around $2500. No RAM of course. I did the math, and after shipping, this system was...
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    2GB of RAM . . . overkill?

    I have a simlar setup to what you are planning. I have a 3.0C and 4 sticks of 512 MB Corsair XMS. Lemme tell ya, this system flys! But realistically, unless you do video editing (which I do) 2 GB is a little bit overkill.
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    Ques about Alienware

    That's kind of funny, because my sisters boyfriend was able to crash the Alienware demo box at our Best Buy by exiting out of Medal of Honor. Actually, my PC has 2 GB of Corsair XMS (4 512MB), and it still managed to be a lot cheaper than the Area-51 even with the Microsoft Office Suite.
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    Anyone watching the 24 Hours of Le Mans? *sort of a SPOILER*

    If I can remember from Seabring, the Bentley's don't have all that great of lasting power. A Bentley was in the number 1 spot for a good portion of the start of that race, but it slowly dropped back and finished in third. It's all the same company though, and Audi alsmost always wins.
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    Illinois Death Row is now EMPTY!

    I'm from Illinois, and this is about the only time I'll ever agree with Ryan. Personally, I would find it much harder to cope with life in prison than I would a death sentence. I dunno why, but I just think it's more of punishment as it's a life time punishment.
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    Which PC Device has stayed with you the longest?

    I think it is my Netgear NIC. We got it when we tested DSL locally for Verizon four or five years ago.
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    Three more days till Sim City 4!! WEE!!

    I can confirm this. I ordered SC4 back in December, and I recieved my copy yesterday morning. When I went to EB to pick up the guide this afternoon, they had it displayed and they had about 20 games out in plain view. Strange though, EB isn't shipping anymore and wont ship the game again...