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    Phenom II 940 now or AM3 Phenom II next month?

    Wow, very same thing I've been debating with myself. I have a 5000+ BE, a Gigabyte 790GX DS4H and also 4x1gb ocz 1066 ddr2. I'm leaning on just buying a 940 as I just got the 790gx and probably won't upgrade at all to am3 until the next platform has a tangible 25-50% increase in...
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    really true k10 breaks 30k 3dmark 06 with crossfire?

    To await the NDA lift at September 10 unlike most of the fabois of both camps rampantly speculating
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    really true k10 breaks 30k 3dmark 06 with crossfire?

    Read: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41970 if true this could indeed explain the Dead silence around it.... 3ghz Agena FX with 2 hd2900xt's breaking 30.000 marks in 3dmark2006 how much does a core2 fare atm?
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    How big was your 1st hard drive...

    70megs, then a 170 and a 270 all together in my 386SX 25MHz after that 4gig in my aptiva 166MHz w/ mmx there p4 willamette 1.4GHz after 40 gig - 80 gig and then the system in my sig.
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    Best way to save on the electricity bill

    very good points mondobyte... But I've read about using cool 'n quiet on a overclocked cpu with certain mobo's (something about using the %overvolt option) which would also throttle oc'ed cpus at idle back to the lowest multi... anyone confirm?
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    Yonah article here on Anandtech

    ppl in the comments I have a statement which does not seem addressed and makes me feel like there is inconsistency whithin the article. it is regarding the power consumption on the last page: "While the Yonah and Athlon 64 X2 systems consumed relatively similar power at idle, Yonah hardly...
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    Intel or AMD

    QTF 100% plz listen to him.
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    Help me compair these systems...

    the 6600gt is gonna outperform the 5950 worse than the 9800xt in dx9 (WOW)... she's probably gonna be able to see a nice difference in smoothness, fx and eye candy. but if there would be any cost involved it wouldn't be worth the difference imo
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    AMD's X2 A Failure Over At Tom's

    anyone notice thg decided to replace the intel (gigabyte) motherboard?
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    AMD's X2 A Failure Over At Tom's

    jesus christ, ppl don't take THG that seriously, even their own dedicated members at tom's forum do not taanything toms crew says seriously (look over at their community)... and porkster stop trolling everywhere on the net with bashing amd (like in Toms forums)... your reasons for doing so...
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    X800 Pro vs X800 XL vs 6600 GT

    this kind of thing pisses me off... and I thought the AT community was much less tolerant to this kind of stupidity...
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    X800 Pro vs X800 XL vs 6600 GT

    6600gt is a mainstream card: MAINSTREAM!! the X700pro/9800pro are comparable to it. the purpose of this thread is completely dumb with some of the ppl who play along in it too. you could've told the guy already to stop insulting all our intelligence and at least compare apples to apples...
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    new Intel Dual core cpus

    btw: quote sentential: "Once again... sez who?" sez Intel.
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    new Intel Dual core cpus

    so you run your socket 775 P4 640 in the physically incompatible Socket478 (i865) board? oh wait, I see, I also run my AMD Barton 2600+ in the i925xe and I could turn on Hyperthreading too... joy oh joy oh joy. would someone slap this guy back to reality? lmfao
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    Need Recommendation--University Lab Computers

    Hmmm, I'd suggest for core components: Intel: 630 cpu's (for HT & 64bit but the cheapest ones R fine) mobo's: i915 w/ IGP chipsets (on board video and available pci-e for future upgrades) AMD: cpu: 3000+ Venice (bad: no HT, but good cheap and costeffective i.t.o less power/heat...
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    sux winchester 3500+ 939s...

    or maybe he means his HSF "sucks" (air? fluids?) lmao... gcxbrian is quite the joker.
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    6600GT better than a 9700pro both agp?

    Image quality comparison with 9800XT BUT on 22 NOV2004 & the old 66.93 drivers (seems that the beta 71.xx drivers are preferred on every forum for 6600gt's...and it seems they fixed some issues and tweaked the drivers for nv43, but we'll have to wait for a full WHQL release to judge on that)...
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    WTF?!?! Low benchmarks

    installed dx9.0c? installed 7x.xx drivers? plugged in molex? cpu-z& coolbits memory/mainboard/cpu/spd tabs screenshots. (maybe async, underclocking, horrid latencies...?)
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    video card overclocking

    no performance hit. i can't exactly explain why, but it IS different from a motherboard's cpu's fsb and ram frequency it will run without performance hits for sure.
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    Softmods for fx5600 available?

    btw any of you guys got the TV-in working? which software?
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    Softmods for fx5600 available?

    try playing underground at those speeds... you'll prolly see polys flikkering... btw, how much did coolbits autodetect for you for core/mem?
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    Anyone Gone From a P4 to a A64?

    hmm someone could've told him this: 1) you have a socket478 mobo, so the socket 775 3.4E will not fit at all, nor does it give more performance if you'd overclock your p4c to 3.4 speeds (using some quality ram & high fsb). 2) try getting a nforce4 ultra based system in that case, but bear in...
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    Worst SLI review ever

    LMAO!!!! that is freakin funny... crap monitor & sli... what did he smoke to get that idea?!
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    6600 GT RECORDS

    hmmm compgeek, where've I seen that name before.... ah guru3d!! lol... he's at it again.
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    Wat is your V. Card's Temp ?

    ambient ~30 case ~37 MSI FX5600 @ ~ultra speeds Vcard idle/load: ~46/56
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    I NEED HELP!! good hardware/horrible FPS

    I recommend a 6800GT (GT= good times lol!) most ppl have been extremely happy with them. (most 6600GT except for bad ones, so be RMA prepared)
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    Have there been any X800XL vs. 6600Gt reviews yet?

    RIGHT lmao... it only depends on how you're looking at it. (hint: HL2 = ATI, duH) but it still comes close at times to the 6800GT (for ~$100 cheaper MSRP). let's just hope it won't have the same fate as the X700XT.
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    which video card to get

    geforce fx series have bad dx9 support (worse then ati 9600+), less then stellar dx8 performance(again worse then the gef4 ti series), perform very bad, bad image quality, and too high prices per performance. I have one... and it sucks ass big time..... with your system a 6600GT AGP or a...
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    XFX 6600GT Running Too Hot?

    having or not having a well ventilated case would certainly influence that reading of yours too. under the gpu is a dead spot in most cases. an pci-fan slot would probably help a lot. btw try to find out if the heatsink makes proper contact with the gpu-die! if the back of the card behind...
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    6600GT AGP problems

    depends more on other factors like ram/fsb/cpu he's running, but as it the mobo is quite old it would probably drop some performance. about performance of it vs that system: recommended would be 1gig pc3200 ram running at full speed sync fsb for best performance out of that card. with less...
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    Post your 3DMARK05 SCORES.

    FX5600 in sig 424 max (opposed to it's ~340 in thg vga tests)
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    Motherboard/Memory Upgrade Question

    133 fsb to 200fsb(+) will give a lot more responsiveness&power to your whole system. put in e few bucks extra for a really good aftermarket cpu-HSF and thermal paste (arctic silver5)for that mobile and you'll be able to get it up to 2.7Ghz on air. (if you're lucky and you'd probably have...
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    Replaced TI4600 with GT6600...............

    what questionsandanswers & bradyapba said. still don't believe us? put your 4600ti (of which you hurt it's pride by running at 800x600 all that time?!) back in, turn the resolution un to the community standard 1024x768 or better yet 1600x1200 (both with 4xAA and 8xAF enabled) and see...
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    how much watt i have right now?

    http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/
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    DVD Plus or Minus??

    yes, but I've done lots of testing with especially movies. seems concerning older dvd players, older dvd-roms, playstation2's minus was almost 100% compatible but for personal use plus is a better architecture against aging/scratchs etc.
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    XP 2400+ Mobile Barton Core

    also bios upgrade can make it compatible with the mobiles and begin reading correctly.
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    What is the best 6600gt PCI-E

    the ones with 1.6ns ram. like gainward's "GLH" & asus extreme 6600GT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/6600_GT.html
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    i can't tell the difference between these cards...

    seems like they released another model with custom cooling. maybe cause of lots of RMA's they revamped the model? anyway good question, probably bfg's website gives more info on this.
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    pci express systems vs agp

    if you're gonna keep it: pci-e. and also nforce4. most future proof upgradability for a 939. later on you can add dual core cpu's if you want, have the sata2 w NCQ for any good & fast HDD upgrades, and the better bandwith specs from pci-e (1x) slots for new expansion cards, lots of raid...