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    Trouble with new build.

    On a thought I keyworded DOA in the reviews on Newegg for the E8400. And just around the beginning of September around the time I bought this, a customer wrote about how the processor would report 100*C upon first booting up, and also a couple of others about damaged thermal diodes. I got one...
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    Trouble with new build.

    Not too sure..I'm thinking about just getting another CPU cooler..since I hated installing this one and the problems it may have brought my build. The BIOS says the fan is spinning around 1400 RPM.
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    Trouble with new build.

    So it's possible that the CPU is really getting THAT hot? Edit: I just tried it again, turned it on and went right into the BIOS. It was reporting the CPU at ~75-80*C. Then after another failed attempt at installing Vista this time with a different Blue screen saying that Windows has shut...
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    Trouble with new build.

    Thanks for the reply Jester. The install disc looks fine to me.. perhaps testing it in this machine i'm using right now should help me on that front. I'm wondering about the CPU temp being so high in the BIOS. What that might be an indication of. I looked in the manual for error codes and...
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    Trouble with new build.

    So I just put my new computer together. It starts up, I put in the Vista disc. It goes through the whole "Windows is loading files" screen and then to the screen with the microsoft logo and a progress bar. The motherboard beeps all the way through the progress bar, and at the end it gives me a...
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    Background color in Media Player Classic?

    I use Media player classic almost exclusively as a video player on my computer and I watch a lot of 4:3 video, but my monitor is a 16:10 LCD and I'd like to know if and how I can change the background for when I make the image fullscreen? I'd like to be able to maintain the aspect ration and...
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    Samsung 205BW: As good as I think it is>

    I just saw this and saw HDCP in the specs, i might get it because i've been waiting for a 20in wide to come in with that and at this price, wow.
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    Always getting knocked off of cable

    It all started around June 12thish, we started getting random disconnects, frequently, over and over, we basically waited a month and a half and after a few calls to comcast(some billing problem was found and the one woman we were on the phone with thought we were lying), we got a new modem...
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    Conroe owners ...

    Don't forget running @ 120fps.
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    Radeon X1950 XTX gets new cooler

    So what are the specs supposed to be on this thing? How many shaders bla what are the clocks?
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    Whos got a rare CPU?

    Yeah my current A64 3000+ 939 Winnie can't go past 2304.
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    SLI Multi-GPU Rendering has been disabled

    There's a registry file that they put up for download somewhere, anyone got a link? Got it. Go here http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvid...dD1TTEkgbXVsdGktZ3B1&p_li=&p_topview=1 Then in the related answers at the bottom click the one about the SLI balloon, in there there's a...
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    Finally, a glossy screen 20.1 LCD for under $375!!

    I think this model went out of production, I was dead set on getting it a couple months back but most sites list it as out of stock, but the F-20 model(same thing, only with TV tuner and other connections)can still be had.
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    2 Leadtek Geforce 6600 GT PCI in SLi -vs- XFX Geforce 7900 GT 470MHz xtreme

    Basically, once you do the mod and up the voltage on this thing, you can achieve core clocks in the 700MHz range.
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    Ageia PhysX Accelerator cards

    I'm pretty sure the RSX doesn't have the AGEIA physics chip built in, you really should do some more research, whoever spat that bull to you really needs to get their head examined.
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    Sceptre X20G-NAGAIII 20" widescreen

    Do take a look at the Acer AL2032WA, I haven't read one negative review or opinion of the monitor
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    NV5 silencer on 7900gt *PICS*

    Well I'd call 450 to 560 a pretty good OC considering i've seen the XFX card that ran at about those speeds as you've said did better in games then the 78GTX512.
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    Can a monitor like the 2005FPW play 1080p videos?

    Well you're not losing the image, just playing it at full screen will display it at 1680x1050.
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    nVIDIA PRICE DROP-7800GTX512 $399, 7900GT $299, 7900GTX512 $499

    Well if a $299 7900GT with those specs happens, count me in.
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    HDCP Fiasco

    Yeah I'm all about HD content as much as the next guy, but seriously, there's so many requirements a piece of hardware or a monitor or TV has to meet in order to view this stuff, I bet something will happen about this when enough consumers find that they can't properly display the content that...
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    HDCP Fiasco

    They should just kill HDCP, it's so pointless.
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    X800 GTO2 VIVO ($179) vs. X800XL VIVO ($191)

    GTO2, they come with 16PP opened right outta the box at the same price as the 800XL and have great overclockability.
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    7900's in Nvidia's product line

    The rumors still saying the clocks are gonna be 700MHz?
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    What do you own? ATI or nVidia?

    6600GT PCI-E, BFG, temps go over 100C at full load, cooler doesn't work that well, not sure what my next card will be.
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    Forget the x1900.. I want the x1700

    Well I hope that it's an at least 12 piped card with 2+ shaders per pipe, with similar clocks to 1600xt.
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    Two Dual-Core CPU's?

    I think, Yes, No and Yes.
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    x1900xtx pics, benchies on monday.

    He knows some people that know some people that robbed some people.
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    Am I screwed? New Flat panel has different DVI connector than Vid card

    Like the above poster said, DVI-D cable will work.
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    R580 Beating GTX512 by 25% +

    Well, if this is the case, then a 700MHz G71 with 32PP would probably outperform the 580 in most scenarios.
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    Call of Duty 2 (Xbox 360 and PC comparison)

    All I know is the game runs beautifully on my 360, the green smoke effects in the one part of the game are freaking amazing.
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    Supposedly the ATI X1900XTX is for sale now!

    I thought it was pixel shader units
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    360 vs 7800 series cards

    Well if the kid is into console gaming, get him the 360, yeah, the 360 will be a great performer...for the games that it has on it, remember, the 360 is not a computer by any means, you can't just pop in a PC game and play that with it, it's a games only system with games specifically made...
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    So it appears the extra 256mb of RAM on the GTX does almost nothing (in current games)...

    Well, hasn't 512MB on a video card pretty much been the same with the 256 variant all this time, remember the x800 XL 512, yeah, nothing there, 6800 Ultra 512, yeah, nothing there, they need basically make 512megs the native memory capacity for these chips to support in my opinion before they...
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    360 / PS3 Comparison (Done by MS)

    This was put out by Major Nelson but he didn't put these together himself, the technical guys of the Xbox team did and they only used Major as their messenger. IMO, the Cell is a whole load of nonsense, i've seen all these technical demonstrations that Sony put out for the Cell and I find them...
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    AMD's FX-60 is a Dual Core

    Any idea if AMD plans on using hyperthreading in future CPU's?
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    Xbox 360, Gamers Choice for Next Gen (Over the PS3)

    Over 2 million already pay $50 A YEAR, for Xbox Live, which is the best controlled online gaming network around, free is never the greatest, look at PS2.
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    X800GTO2 AUTOMATED FLASH UTILITY Via DVD\CD for all OS ... Very easy :)

    Is there an automated utility for the connect3d cards?
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    Opteron 148 or Athlon 64 3700+ (both 2.2Ghz)?

    I'm hearing the Opterons are extremely much better.