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    Rented a Toyota Prius for 4 days: my thoughts

    It was the other way around. It was the Stig driving the Prius around the track like it was stolen, and the BMW M3 was keeping up with the Prius with minimal effort.
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    AS SSD Benchmark

    Yes, AHCI is definitely enabled. Otherwise, Windows won't boot because I initially installed Windows with AHCI on.
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    Low benchmark results with X25-M G2 160GB

    Thanks for the reply, jimhsu. My motherboard is ASUS P5Q Pro (P45/ICH10R), and I didn't even install chipset driver at that point. Is there anyway to check if NCQ has been enabled?
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    Low benchmark results with X25-M G2 160GB

    I don't think I have installed Intel Matrix Storage Manager drivers though because the test was performed 5 minutes after a fresh Windows 7 install. I didn't even bother installing any drivers (e.g. Intel, Nvidia etc.) The only things on the SSD are 1) Fresh Win 7 Pro installation, 2) Intel SSD...
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    AS SSD Benchmark

    I am getting 23.75MB/s on 4k-64Thrd on a X25-M G2 160GB w/ the brand new 02HA firmware. Screenshot of my results Therefore giving me a "69" read score. I don't think I have Intel Matrix Storage Manager installed because the test is done 5 minutes after a fresh Win 7 install. I didn't even...
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    Low benchmark results with X25-M G2 160GB

    Updated a next to new X25-M G2 160GB yesterday with the brand new Intel firmware (02HA). Installed the drive as a secondary (D drive). Deleted the existing partition on the drive. Made a new partition and formatted it. Ran AS SSD Benchmark and got rather poor results. A "69" read score...
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    New firmware for X25-M G2 with TRIM support. When?

    My understanding is that no storage drivers on the market right now support TRIM besides Microsoft Windows 7 default storage drivers and currently G2 X25 does not support TRIM until Intel release a firmware upgrade. Intel has also announced that G1 X25 will not receive a firmware upgrade to...
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    need a VIN check or internet MMR (manheim auction price) for a car let me know

    Appreciate the help on finding an approx price for: 2003 BMW 330xi, manual, fully loaded (original MSRP 45k+), 58k miles. Thanks!
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    Replacement AGP video card

    I gave a 11 year old cousin my old P4 2.8GHz system w/ 1GB of RDRAM (PC1066) a few years ago. The video card - a mighty Radeon 9700 Pro which I bought for $500 in 2002 - died recently, and I are trying to replace it with something decent so he can continue to game on it with a 15" LCD...
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    Router dead?

    Routers can die. Althought it's not very often (even though they run 24/7 for years), but I have had it happened to me before.
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    Sony KDL46W4100 LCD TV & Nvidia GTX 285 connected

    I have a 46" Sony LCD TV as well. There should be a setting in the TV settings menu to go "Full Pixels" instead of "Normal," "-1," or "-2."
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    I just bought an expensive laptop - was it a $2500 mistake?

    I feel like a 3GHz Dual Core Chip would be faster in most circumstances.
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    4 GB ddr2 ram modules, where?

    Right here: 2 x 4GB
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    Hitachi 1TB 7200rpm SATA 16MB Cache Hard Drive $69.99 after $10 MIR Free ship at NewEgg

    You got it the other way around. OEM drives usually come with full warranty from the HD manufacturer. It's the retail drives that get the little and short warranty.
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    GTX 295 - Seemingly low 3dmark06 scores

    3Dmark06 is pretty much a CPU test nowadays! If you drop in a 4.5GHz Quad, I am sure your score will go over 20k.
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    about tricores....

    What's the difference between disabling a defective core and speed-binning parts? In case you don't already know, here is an example, The Core 2 Duo E6300 might originally be manufactured as the top of the line X6800. Unfortunately, it did not make it through a QC for 2.93GHz and might even...
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    Re applying thermal compound to GTX 295

    :thumbsup: Very detailed write-up with lots of pictures!
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    Video card upgrade

    ATI also dropped the price of the 4870 512MB to $149. That's probably the best bang of the buck for you if you can find one.
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    Nikon D40X or Nikon D60?

    If you look harder, you should be able to find a brand new D60 kit for close to $400 (hint: our very own hot deals forum!) Also notice that when you buy a D60 kit, it will come with a newer and better 18-55mm VR kit lens compare to what you get with that guy's D40x kit lens. The Nikon D60...
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    Got my GTS 250 today

    Just FYI, you Antec 500w can handle one GTX 260 with ease.
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    Is my Phenom bottlenecking my 295?

    I doubt it. CPU doesn't get "much" faster than PhII @ 4.0GHz anyway...
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    Velociraptor 150 gb-$135.99

    Free ground shipping too! Extremely Hot for people not needing a 300GB raptor!
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    Seagate 7200.8 RAID-0 or 7200.11

    RAID 0 usually doesn't give you any real-world benefits unless you transfer large files (1GB+ files) within the same RAID 0 array all the time. For real-world performance benefit and the snappier/quick response feeling you want drives that has the lowest seek time possible. Therefore, it's...
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    Help, Im buying a NEw Comp!

    I think the only motherboard avaliable for Core i7 supports both SLI & Crossfire. It's interesting that you'd choose one WD 1TB drive + 1 Hitachi 1TB drive? In the US. OCZ 6GB DDR1600 kit seemed to be $100USD cheaper than equivalent Corsair sticks.
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    WinXP sees 2.75GB RAM out of 4GB. System with SLI

    It is almost totally dependant on the motherboard hardware itself. I used to have 2.75GB avaliable to me in XP-32bit as well, but once I switched to a different motherboard (from eVGA 680i to ASUS P5Q) while keeping the same CPU/Memory/Video card, I immediately jumped up to 3.25GB. I didn't...
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    raid 0 vs WD VelociRaptor

    What he said!
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    16GB SDHC CD????????????????????????

    A lot of the flash product are formatted with the FAT32 file system, and there is a max file size of 2GB in FAT32. You might want to try to format it to NTFS, but in the case, your camera might not recognize your card anymore.
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    Does Vista 32 bit support 1066mhz ram?

    Your overclocks failed. Therefore Windows failed to load.
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    When installing a new video card, should I clear old drivers first?

    Removing the device from device manager does not remove the drivers from your system at all! At the very least, go into Control Panal / Add Remove Programs, and uninstall those "Nvidia" items listed there. However, it's still best to use some 3rd party program like Driver Cleaner, Driver...
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    GPU/PSU Question

    I don't see why not. Those parts together would probably pull close to 350w under load.
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    D3x first impressions

    OMG! This is one of the funniest video I have seen in my life!!
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    GTX 280 369.plus 50 rebate

    I'd rather due with cashback then rebate.
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    55nm GT200 Picture

    260X2 might be the new single card king. However, it still isn't going to a night and day difference based on the performance comparison between 4870 1GB & GTX 260 c216.
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    Socket 1366 or 1160?

    You seem like the "suburb kit" here. You make it sounds like you are the only one in the world that cares about $$. The fact is that most people are looking for the same thing as you do because most people aren't rich, and most would try to spend a little as possible for bang of the buck...
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    biggest dissapointments of 2008

    :thumbsup:
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    How does my current rig measure up?

    I am not sure if I am understanding you correctly. However, if your definition of "occasional stutter" means sudden slow-down/frame-rate drop every few mins or so in games. It is likely that because the game files are loaded into memory already, and the running game has to load data from your...
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    Single 1gb vs 2x512mb videocard...

    Depends on your particular motherboard actually. (Some motherboard takes up more addresses in the 32-bit Address space) It varies from 2.75GB to 3.5GB in Windows XP 32-bit. However if you upgrade to a 64-bit OS, then the 4GB limit will be removed. Also, I doubt that you will be gains in...
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    Got a BFG AGP video card? Get a "free upgrade"

    Not true. Say if you want to step-up / eVGA. You'd have to pay to ship back your card, and then pay eVGA to ship you the new card? So $25 seems reasonable.
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    GTX280 PSU requirements

    Yes. We do understand, and 36A on the +12v rail is plenty for a single card system with a highly overclocked Quad. Unfortunately, you seem like one of the victims that has fallen for those marketing campaigns by the power supplies manufacturer and believe that everyone should be looking for a...
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    XFX Geforce GTX 260 Black edition

    Have you read the most recent anandtech Farcry 2 performace review? Review Call me a fanboy as I am a proud owner of a MSI GTX 260 in my primary rig!