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    best buy 285gtx ymmv

    The card I got at this price is a BFG 285gtx OC
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    MSI GTS250 $69.99 AR

    I got both of my OCZ rebates but they did take the entire 90 day period.
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    best buy 285gtx ymmv

    There is a pii 940 combo in hotdeals
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    best buy 285gtx ymmv

    209.99 still qualifies as hot to me! I know there are 2 at the southside bestbuy in jacksonville but they are 270$, still less than newegg though. There is also at least one at another bestbuy here, search online if you are in this area. I do not know the price at that location though.
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    best buy 285gtx ymmv

    Was at Best Buy checking out the prices on video cards for a laugh while my friend was looking for an adapter and I noticed a Clearance sticker on a 285. It was marked at 175$ - there was a 275gtx next to it for 280! They also had some 4850s marked down but not enough to make it a hot deal. I...
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    Terrible issues with 285gtx sli - RESOLVED

    Replaced the new 285 BFG OC and everything works fine! Especially prevalent in l4d. With multicore rendering option enabled and without. I do not have problems with it using one card and I have used both cards alone and everything functions fine. q9550@3601 1.3v after droop 4gb 1066...
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    L4D: Info updates on new DLC!

    So many people have been waiting for the SDK. It is almost a year late at this point! I don't understand why they waited so long to release the other two versus campaigns. You can play them right now although they are not perfect just use console to call a vote callvote changemap airport.
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    CoH: Tales of Valor expansion **released**

    You realize that the best ratioed players are not german correct? I really hate when people say that they are overpowered. It really just means you are not very good at American. Look at the ladders for 1v1. Unless there has been a huge change to the game in the last 2 months I guarantee it...
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    GTAIV PC

    You think it is the worst port? Wow that is saying a lot. I am having some trouble off the top of my head but some ports do not even work at all. How do you know that the majority of people online pirated?
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    Best modern RPG

    These two games that he quoted however are very much worth your time. Mass Effect has a pretty big world but it focus's mainly on story. I think all in all it comes out as a better game than Oblivion did (without mods that is.) There are some other RPGs out that I have not tried. The last...
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    L4D update

    Unofficial patch notes: Boom and horde rushes nerfed, less than half as many zombies show up. Yay one good nerf deserves another!
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    Atheists/agnostics/whoever : Do you believe Jesus ever existed?

    A lot of people in the thread refer to considerable evidence and I would ask that we please display it.
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    Atheists/agnostics/whoever : Do you believe Jesus ever existed?

    Well there is absolutely no historical reference made to some water walking Jesus by the Romans at all. They kept pretty good records of historical events. The Bible is incomplete and the missing gospels is an interesting read - there are quite a few gospels that were kicked out of the Bible and...
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    problem with getting the x3 over the q8200

    There is an issue with the AMD build, there is no good 750a board - they're all x8 dual - which means I would have to spend more and get the 780a. For intel there are some 750is that are 2 x16 pcie SLI.
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    EVGA 750I OR 780I

    Thank you for all of the replies.
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    EVGA 750I OR 780I

    Do these support 45nm? Is there any real benefit to the 780 over the 750 if you are not going to go with 3 graphics cards?
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    problem with getting the x3 over the q8200

    I do believe both chips actually overclock fairly well though. Here is an interesting question in regards to gaming on either platform. Are the nforce boards any better or worse for AMD than they are for Intel. I know that I have heard some negative things about them but unfortunately they...
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    problem with getting the x3 over the q8200

    I am building a computer basically for the purposes of gaming, most other benchmarks don't mean much to me. If I go with an x3 will an am2+ board hold it back? I noticed that the HT of the x3 is 4000 but the am2+ boards are 2600? Which processor would be best for gaming?
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    AMD Phenom II X4 940 + Foxconn A79A-S MOBO $310 AR

    4 pcie 16x? If only I actually trusted crossfire to work properly. Too many sketchy benchmarks of crossfire. SLI always seems to have at least SOME gain in each game. Some reviews show xfire gaining nothing :/
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    Next system

    You didn't make mention of what you thought about the x3 over an intel. Any suggestions?
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    Next system

    Well that board is SLI so if you decide to use it - it is there. Also a 40$ discount when comboed with corsair 850w PS. Which also has a 20$ rebate currently putting the PSU at effective 89$ + s. pretty sure that is a silly good deal. I would love to buy 2 260 gtx right away - but i'm...
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    Next system

    batuchka do you think the Biostar would be reliable and overclock like a more expensive board? Obviously the key with the BE is the overclockability so I don't want to cripple it with a cheap board. GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3 This board seems to have the features i need for only 74.99 and it...
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    PSU for future SLI

    Thanks hoofan I searched but only found reviews of some older models. Edit: also enjoying the site itself interesting review of the phenom ii - quite different results compared to guru3d who compared the phenom ii to the i7 920.
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    Next system

    I only need The intention of the system is to be used for gaming. I don't want to build another system for at least 2.5 years but I don't mind turning settings down at the end of my systems life cycle. CPU (e7400 vs Phenom II x3 720) RAM (currently have 2gb of ocz platinum ddr800 I can...
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    PSU for future SLI

    Yea I think that is pretty much the consensus. I think I would still like to maintain the option to upgrade to SLI but I have heard some negative things about the nforce boards. I can get another 8800gts 640. I know someone with one but I would have to buy him a card to trade AND buy another...
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    PSU for future SLI

    So you are saying with an e7200 if you upgraded from a gtx260 -> gtx280 you wouldn't get more frames? Because if the processor is your bottleneck then you shouldn't be able to edge out more frames with just GPU power. http://www.tomshardware.com/re...m3-phenom,2148-10.html This article...
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    PSU for future SLI

    We are getting a bit off topic here but I don't really believe this to be the case. I currently have an e6300 and when it is overclocked to 3ghz I get near the same frame rates as benchmarks get using much more expensive processors with the same graphics cards. The biggest thing about going...
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    PSU for future SLI

    The problem is that i have the 8800 gts 640mb. There are three issues with sli on this card. Firstly the card is slower than the 8800gt 512 g92 by at least 10% more in some applications. Secondly it is difficult to find any 8800gts 640s at the moment (only the refresh is available so id...
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    PSU for future SLI

    I don't think you understand. When I purchased my current card the 8800gts it was over 220$, now they can be had for 75 - 100$. I do not plan on spending 750$ on graphics cards. I plan on spending 400$. 200 now for one 200 later for two.
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    PSU for future SLI

    Thanks Zepper, it seems like the suggestion then is to use the intended adaptor for the connections which of course is obvious. The question becomes what power supply to actually get. I suppose I need 4x6pin connectors (can an 8 pin be split into to 6 pins? 150w to 2x75w) although actually...
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    PSU for future SLI

    I have been reading some PSU reviews including anandtechs debunking PSU myths article and I am more than a little confused. Some of the information on the boards seems contradictory to the articles on the front page. I plan to get a single 260gtx soon with plans to add a second one in the...
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    HOT: Retail Intel E8500 - $153 SHIPPED w/ 25% M$ cashback

    You do realize that they have a corporate account and get a significant discount to shipping costs. I am not saying that they are making money from the SH charge, its probable that their discount just isn't as high as another companies. But they don't pay the same amount that you would to ship...
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Sky

    Really enjoyed the first
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    9800gtx 512mb @ frys $349 in store

    BFG is the best brand IMO they honor their lifetime warranty without any hassle. I know from experience.
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    Torn between 3 24 inch LCDs

    Thank you. The second BenQ is actually already a little more than I wanted to spend. I was hoping to stay in the 400 - 500 mark. I would prefer the 24 inch monitor to the 22 for several reasons. Firstly because they are of a tendcy in reviews to have a jump in quality - including for the 24...
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    Torn between 3 24 inch LCDs

    2400w BenQ ~415$ +Great Price! -TN FHD 2400 Gateway ~500$ +92% color gamut, 16.7 million colors, 3ms GtG! -TN, some variance in reported back light bleed issues with some panels being returned to get panels that do not have the same issues. FP241w BenQ ~620$ + beautiful monitor...
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    ***Official*** HD DVD Hot Deals Thread

    Does anyone know if this HD DVD player can also be used as a tuner, I have a monitor and have not purchased a tuner for it as of yet. I am wondering if I could use an HD Antenna and hook it up to this particular player. I know some of the DVD players come with tuners not sure about HDDVD
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    Ever have one of those "holy sh*t! that scared the hell outta me! moments in a game?

    In Doom 3 about halfway through there is an area where you are constantly expecting to get attacked but for the first four or five minutes there is nothing, then an imp crawls over the glass on top of a room and you can see its shadow. I was tense the whole time it was worse than when I was...
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    Girl Gamerss....

    My wife plays: Guitar Hero 3 Assassins Creed Halo 3 Forza 2 All kinds of Xbox Arcade games On the PC she likes The Sims 2, and Vampire Bloodlines.