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    Buy A Ultra Wide IPS Monitor 2560X1080 Or Wait For 4K/OLED?

    I would get neither - wait for Oculus Rift! :)
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    Can I fit gtx 780 on cooler master scout case?

    Yes, it will fit. I have the Storm Scout too and recently put in a powercolor hd 7970 of 265mm length. It was a tight fit but manageable. So you should be good with the 267mm GTX 780, but will have to ensure there are no cables between the edge of the card and the drive cage.
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    Finally got the 7970

    I did try to find the answer to the slow performance, but in general all enb presets were superslow in GTA.
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    Finally got the 7970

    I bought a 7970 as well couple weeks ago, to replace my GTX 470 in a rather aging i5-750 build. Was totally bummed out when I discovered that in one of the main games I bought for (GTA 4 + L3evo ENB mod) the 7970 ran slower than the 470. The 470 was getting 30 fps, and the 7970 was < 20 fps...
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    Funniest thing I've seen in a while "X-RANGERS: Defenders of gaming"

    http://youtu.be/VQI8lhHFQ9Q Stumbled on this while looking up vidcards to buy. ROFLMAO'd all the way through the video. It's a tongue-in-cheek parody of power-rangers by XFX. "Intellector" = Intel, "Nvicious" = Nvida. If someone at Nvidia or Intel has seen this vid I am sure they would get...
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    Funniest thing I've seen in a while "

    Sorry, double post... ignore this!
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    ***Official Reviews Thread*** Nvidia Geforce GTX Titan - Launched Feb. 21, 2013

    For me the biggest issue with Titan is that (at least according the pre-release benchmarks from Nvidia) it has about 40% better performance than the GTX 680 even though it has double the transistor count. Given the Titan's clock speeds are 80% to 85% of the 680, we should have gotten at least...
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    Updated List of Video Card GPU OVERALL Performance VP Ratings - TITAN update!

    It must have taken you a fair bit of effort to get all these numbers. They also look legit to me, based on the comparison I have been doing myself among recent generations.
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    Which brand for GTX 470

    Actually its not CUDA per se that I am interested in, but an easy entry into GPGPU programming. My impression is that Nvidia's toolset is much richer and easier to use than AMD's. Is that true? Which company's platform is more suitable for a newbie to get started with GPGPU programming?
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    Which brand for GTX 470

    Just learning. Performance-wise its games I care about. I did think about going the route of getting a 5850 for gaming and a GT 220 for CUDA, but the total cost of these is the same as 470, so I'd rather avoid the hassle of switching cards all the time.
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    Which brand for GTX 470

    Nopes, its a normal fan, not the one called "GOOD".
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    Which brand for GTX 470

    Hi all. Here in Denmark I have a few choices in GTX 470s. The Gainward is available now, while the MSI and Asus parts will be available in 3 days. Is it true that the MSI and Asus 470s have better components/cooling performance than the vanilla cards such as the Gainward? Which company's card...
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    Antec 900 or 900-2 wide enough for long graphic cards?

    Hi folks, I am gravitating towards the Antec Nine Hundred or Nine Hundred 2 (for its dust filters) as the case to get for my new build. However the cases' width seems to be a tad on the short side for mounting the current big-boy GPUs such as GTX 275 or 295 etc. Is this assumption correct? I...
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    Older PVA panels good for gaming/multimedia use?

    I am about to jump the gun on a new monitor, and was initially set on the G2400WD but then switched to the Dell 2209WA based on xtknight's recommendation in the LCD thread. However today I looked around in the local shops and there was a 'shop demo' Acer AL2623W 25.5" S-PVA which had been...
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    [Retired] The LCD Thread

    XTKNIGHT, You rock dude, thanks for the answers! I am trying to convince myself to settle for the 22" eIPS, but am salivating a bit for the larger 24"+ LCDs from Dell and even the super (from the reviews) NEC WUXi series (gasp!). The ONLY reason for even considering the G2400WD is that...
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    [Retired] The LCD Thread

    Hi Xtknight and others here, I am getting a display for the usual - gaming, movies, and general use. I had decided on the BenQ G2400, but now I see there is a 22" IPS display available, the Dell UltraSharp 2209WA, and in your gaming displays recommendation you put it above the G2400. I don't...
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    Q6600 value against Q9550 andor i7 920

    Thanks for the very informative reply, Tweakin :) You've convinced me to go with one of the 45nm chips, probably the 9550. It should be a gigantic step up from my A64 3500+ :D
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    Q6600 value against Q9550 andor i7 920

    I am building a new system and am gonna get a quad-core processor. Since I've been planning on this for the longest time, I had always planned on the Q6600 and overclocking it a bit. However now there are faster processors available such as the Q9550 and the i7-920. Where I am the Q9550 or the...
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    8800 GT SLI = 9800 GX2?

    Thanks Chizow. I'm getting a new system soon (jumping on the quad core wagon), and will either stick with my X1950 XT or get the 8800 GT SLI, both as a stopgap until the nextgen Nvidious/AMD cards are launched.
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    8800 GT SLI = 9800 GX2?

    Ok, the 9800 GX2 has two cores (or seperate GPUs), with 128 stream processors each. The 8800 GT has 112 SPs. Both have very similar core and memory clock speeds. My question is, since the 9800 GX2 is just basically two 8800 GT's stuck together, yet it sells for $500 vs $180 for an 8800 GT, why...
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    [Retired] The LCD Thread

    Hi guys, xtknight specially - thanks for the outstanding resource! I am considering finally replacing my 21" CRT with a 22" to 24" LCD, the main thing holding me back has been the concern that the racing sims I play would suffer from lag on an LCD, and for a type of game which requires < 0.1...
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    What is your dream game that doesn't exist?

    Mechwarrior 5 is long overdue, and is likely to never be made. Its a shame since Mechwarrior was an AMAZING series of games, and seeing ultra-detailed Mechs stomping around Crysis-like environments would be a total blast! Also, I would love to see a new F1 sim for the PC.
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    H264 support on Radeon X1950 XT?

    Wow guys, thanks for the responses, really appreciate you all taking the time to help me out. I have read up a bit on VLC's forums and it seems it does not support GPU acceleration for now. I will explore playback software which does, I tried PowerDVD but that was unable to open the 1080p...
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    H264 support on Radeon X1950 XT?

    I have a X1950 XT (sapphire) and a sinlge core (!) Athlon at 2.2 GHz. When I run hi-def avi and matroska files in VLC media player, they run as slow as molasses, and it is apparent to me that the GPU is not doing any of the video decoding and poor li'l CPU is not up to the task at all. Does the...
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    Is underclocking harmful to video card?

    The Sapphire X1950 XT comes with default 2D clocks of 500 core / 600 mem. To me this doesn't seem much lower than the default 3D clocks of 625 core / 900 mem on the core side. That's why, using ATI Tray Tools I've set the default 2D clocks to 350 / 450, since in 2D mode obviously there is no...
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    How to enable per-application settings in ATI Catalyst?

    I've been a long-time nvidia user but recently made the jump to ATI with the X1950 XT. While the cards performance is great, I'm less than impressed with the driver interface though. In the nvidia driver it was very easy to specify that settings like AA and AF should be forced in a certain...
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    Radeon X1950XT clocks lower than they should be

    Ok thanks fellows. My previous cards were all Nvidiums, so I'm more used to seeing separate 2D and 3D mode clocks. And I've just confirmed that the clocks are ramped up when a 3D app is running by alt-tabbing to the CCC. The clocks do go down to '2D mode' pretty quickly though, in a second or...
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    Radeon X1950XT clocks lower than they should be

    The core clock is shown at 500 MHz instead of 625 MHz, and the memory at 600MHz instead of 900 MHz. I couldn't find an explanation in the Catalyst help pages, so can someone please explain why this is so. Thanks!
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    The cartoons had nothing to do with free speech

    The Danish newspaper's excuse that they printed the cartoons to demonstrate freedom of speech and the right to sprint peak whatever the hell they want, even though it clearly insults 1 billion people, as a matter of priniciple of free speech, is just false. How? Well, three years ago the same...
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    Please help me decide which cpu to get today!

    Northwood all the way - they overclock better, run cooler.
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    Should the US newspapers publish those cartoons about Muhammed?

    Thanks for the support, my friend :) Indeed, if only the earth were utopia and everyone was like us (or at least we were the masters of everyone else :) ) Believe it or not, but the CORE message of Islam has nothing to do with anything other than love and peace. Islam means first recognizing...
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    Should the US newspapers publish those cartoons about Muhammed?

    HA! I have a personal thing with Mushie uncle (as we so 'fondly' call him). I would tell it to Musharraf, and to Bush, Tony, et al. But of course my DUTY lies only with telling Musharraf. For each his own.
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    Should the US newspapers publish those cartoons about Muhammed?

    SpongeBob my man, I wish there were more people like us, and less like the fundos (all sorts, race, religions) and greedies that have destroyed our world. Peace.
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    Should the US newspapers publish those cartoons about Muhammed?

    Well, that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be :) I applaud that you deeply care for people dying anywhere. Do such people include Muslims then? People, say in Iraq? Or Palestine? I too care about other people, not just my people. Be they Muslims or Christians or Jews or atheists. They...
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    Should the US newspapers publish those cartoons about Muhammed?

    SpongeBob, I know I'm being mean here, but since when did you or the Americans care about the deaths of Muslims? Iraq, Palestine, anyone? Sorry, had to say that. I await your equally splenatic response :D .
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    Should the US newspapers publish those cartoons about Muhammed?

    Buck, Here we enter the entirely different area of 'relations' between Jews and Muslims. It is a complex discussion, one which I welcome and would love to participate in with you. To begin, let me state I respect you as a human being first, and everything else matters secondarily. Do you...
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    Should the US newspapers publish those cartoons about Muhammed?

    Yes, if you are talking about printing the cartoons EXPLICITLY and ONLY to report on them, then it is ok in THAT VACUUM. However, are you forgetting that it is the very nature of those cartoons which cause distress? If you are so eager to see them, google news and google images is your friend. I...
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    Protestors In Lebanon Torch Danish Mission

    YES YOU HAVE A FRICKIN' RIGHT TO PUBLISH WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT! But there is a difference between a right and a choice. If you want to INTENTIONALLY INSULT Muslims then go ahead. I could care less how you protray Muslims, our leaders, or our so-called imams. BUT, if the cartoons are...
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    Protestors In Lebanon Torch Danish Mission

    That violence is wrong. Speaking of Isreal, I have only one question: If the European nations had and have such guilt over the treatment of Jews in WWII, why give the Jews a state in Gernany? Why punish the people of Palestine? I believe man landed on the man, and I hate when crazies claim it...
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    Should the US newspapers publish those cartoons about Muhammed?

    Hey buddy, read my post a few posts up - I am as against these religious crazies as anybody, perhaps even more so. They ARE NOT real muslims. Unfortunately though, theyhave become the face of Islam. And don't even get started on behaving like animals. Iraq, cluster bombs anyone? Oh right...