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    Logitech USB Mic not working in Vista

    I have a boring microphone, of the silver desktop Logitech USB variety that I've seen several people have. It's pretty good, and I used it in Vista RC2 to test out the voice control stuff to great success. However, after a long time of using RC2, it just.... stopped working. I am unable to...
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    New Intel Roadmap! HT tech for 45 nm confirmed?

    http://img462.imageshack.us/my.php?image=inteldesktoproadmapif0.png Looks like earlier rumors are true, but can anyone explain to me how there can Hyper threading without extra threads being added to each core? We must be talking about some sort of thread management technology rather than...
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    A Reasonable Criticism of Windows Vista

    Why Windows Vista Sucks: I've endured using Vista's Beta versions for over half a year now, so I am fully qualified to make the declaration that in truth, it sucks. Hard. Let's start with bloat, and boy, is there bloat. I have two gigs of RAM, and Vista has no problem wasting over half...
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    Vista RC2 can't see anything on the local network...

    I've been a vista user since Beta 2, and a happy Vista user since RC1. However, a certain odd factor has reared its head... I can't see ANYTHING on my dorm's local network! (And they can't see me!) Where it is just browsing or setting up a game server, I'm out of the loop. However, access to...
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    ATI Video Drivers for Vista Pre-RC1?

    The x86 Beta 2 drivers are giving me errors when I try to start the installer... I'm assuming the defualt drivers are not optimal, but has ATI produced anything for later builds than Beta 2? What about a manual install, all the files are there...
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    Why a hardcore AGEIA pusher is turning to embrace ATI's solution.

    Let me first say that this thread is not for those who maintain delusions that either we don't need more physics processing power, or that mere extra CPU cores can meet our needs. There is no place for irrational fear of technological progression here. Let's take a look back at how this...
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    Asus P5W DH Deluxe?!?

    http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=3327 http://www.matbe.com/actualites/13410/asus-p5w-dh-deluxe http://www.matbe.com/divers/zoom/asus-p5w-dh-deluxe/000000039540.jpg/ It's... amazing! What more could you want? Has anybody heard or seen ANYTHING about this? Overclocking options...
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    Battlefield 2 (1.3 Patched) giving constant VPU Recovery Errors

    These huge pauses keep interrupting my game. The video card "restarts" (I can hear the fan stop and then start again) and I'm left without picture or sound for about 20 seconds. Luckily, thanks to VPU Recover to whatever, it does come back. However, usually it is the 3rd or fourth time that...
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    Plea of a Lurker: Don't let Physics Cards Fail

    I typically read obscene amounts of topics on this board without posting. From the AEG to CRTs, from NV40 to R600, from shimmering to jaggy shadows, I lurk and enjoy the proceedings. But this latest issue of GPU accelerated physics I am unable to stay quiet about. The majority attitude, it...
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    Black and White 2 Patch 1.2

    http://www.lionhead.com/bw2/news/255 Seems new to me.
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    My personal resolution for 2006:

    1920x1200. *Dances*
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    Various Battlefield 2 Problems

    Let me start by detailing my system: I run an overclocked Athlon 64 3000+, but get the same problems stock. I have a gig of RAM and a BIOS overclocked X1800XT running on 5.13 drivers. I am playing the latested patched version of Battlefield 2, v1.12. I play with everything set to high...
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    X1800 drivers will not install, "device cannot start" error

    Ever sense I got my X1800XT, things have gone downhill. Actually, I just lied. Things at first were fantastic; Half Life 2 played and looked better than it ever had, and the PE BIOS successfully flashed with no problem at all. The 5.13 beta drivers worked great, and I properly updated them to...
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    ATI H.264 Decoder is Up for Download

    On their main site, about to download it myself now. EDIT: WAIT ONE COTTON-PICKING SECOND! What's this about "trial", why is there a "buy now" button?!? I thought ATI told Anandtech it was gonna be FREE!
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    Nintendo Revolution: The Console for the PC Gamer

    There are PCs, and then, there are consoles. Console and PC fanboys got along reasonably well for along time. Consoles were cheaper, PCs were more advanced, and that was that. Practically isolated markets! We see the trend's roots, in retrospect. CD player functionality, then DVD...
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    Invalid CoA = No Windows XP activation! This is absurd!

    So, I reformatted my hard drive, right? Speed things up a bit? Big mistake. Now Windows XP Pro refuses to activate! My CoA is invalid? But it worked last time! This is ridiculous, this is maddening, this is calling for even more words to describe the situation! So, I call the phone...
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    "6800GS" spotted at our favorite butterfly emporium

    Found on the RTPE: http://labs.anandtech.com/search.php?sfilter=433 You know nVidia can't leave a price gap in their lineup, can they?
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    Thoughts on the X1000 series, performance and expectations

    So the X1000 series is here, and it is, to the shock of all, perfectly normal. The line does well in "ATI titles", and is beaten by nVidia in "nVidia titles". What a shock; only fanboys thought ATI would sweep Doom 3, and only the other set of fanboys thought the cards would fail at Far Cry...
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    My observations on the infamous R520 benchmarks...

    As a resident lurker who seldom says anything, I feel the need to speak up; people are actual debating these false benchmark statistics! Bias is clearly showing through, on BOTH sides of the ridiculous fence. Benchmarks are NOT news items, as some treat them. Even the dinkiest tech sites do...
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    How do you make a product 5x better than the one before it?

    Well, you make the old product you're comparing it to really bad, that's how! Seriously, Intel saying their next processor will get better performance per watt than Prescott is like Hummer saying their next vehicle will be a compact that gets better miles per gallon than the H2. They...
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    Crossfire motherboards to support SLI? Even DUAL 3D1 cards?!

    Man, this SLI vs. Crossfire war sure has been crazy, especailly considering IT HASN'T STARTED YET! First, nVidia does some voodoo summoning and pulls SLI back from the grave, except it is bugging and near impossible to work with. Then ATI announced their makeshift solution that actually looks...
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    Major Video Bug in BF2!

    Maybe my 6600GT doesn't like me, but Battlefield 2 (demo) is an absolute mess. The ground is invisible! The buildings, people, plants, and vehicles are all there, and some (or I suppose some) of the effects. But the ground is not, everything is just white! Ah, but wait! If I get hit by a...
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    DAGNABIT, I want my new drivers!!!

    So I get back from a five-week leave and decide hey, I better update my computer! I do various updates, Windows, AVG, Java, the usual. I am pleased to see that my cable internet is as robust as ever in the process. Then I go to download the latest video and nForce 4 drivers. First I try...
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    Time for an upgrade...

    I built my first rig back in January and despite my wallet's protests, I am prepared to sink some more money into it. Somewhere between $1100 and $1300, about a month from now actually. (So prices might come down!) Unfortunatly, I don't really know what to get. I suppose gaming is my main...
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    The Seven Main Types of Fanboys...

    There are thousands of types of fanboys in the world. However, we have all seen "the seven". The worst of them all, or at least the ones that speak the loudest. The ones that make even car brand fanboys seem like geniuses... But which is the worst of the worst? Is it the snooty fanboys of...
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    Upgrade again later!

    EDIT: OH CRAP! I must have his the new TOPIC button instead of reply... These forums are so different...
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    Why the PPU is a fantastic idea

    Some people just don't like change. The hypocrites will take pride in their deticated GPU, but are strangely hostile against the idea of a deticated Physics chip. "Why do we need another thing to buy?" they ask. "What's next, a deticated AI processor?" One needs to only think clearly for...
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    Thoughts about the new video game hardware...

    I've begun to notice a few things: if the PS3 and Xbox 360 have such incredible, magical technology, that they can outmatch a $2000 PC in power for hardly a tenth the cost: Why haven't these technologies been in the market before? Seriously, sounds like PS2 Toy Story graphics all over...
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    Still having RAM problems...

    First, my stats... Athlon 64 3000+, 512 value corsair RAM, rated at DDR 400. I'm using the A8N-SLi, with a single 6600GT. If my system is not overclocked, my memory read/write speed is fine, above the baseline in nVPreformance. (The benchmarking thing that came with my motherboard.) Yet...
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    Two horrible Sandra scores... why?

    My new computer is a A8N-SLI board with a Athlon 3000+ and a 512 stick of value Corsair RAM, PC3200. I have a boring 80GB Seagate SATA drive, but it does its job well. I have it running at 250 fsb/htt, with a 4x htt multipler and a 9x cpu multipler for 2.25 Ghz. I have the RAM at a DDR333...
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    Memory benchmark in the crapper after overclock...

    I am running a Athlon 64 3000 (939) on an Asus A8N-SLi board, with a single 512 stick of Corsair value RAM PC3200. I am currently running at 250x9, HTT of x4, and 2.5-4-4-8 1T at a divider of DDR333. (215 Mhz for RAM thus.) Processor is at 1.5 volts, memory at 2.8 volts. Ever since I...
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    Problem, this noob is only getting about 210 FBS (HTT)...

    Well, I finally built my computer, with that new Asus SLi board. But this over-clocking thing I'm not having success with. I can't make that 2XX number go high at all; I get a voice "CPU error" alert when trying to run at 220! (With multiplier at 6x and high RAM timings + DDR 200) BTW, I'm...
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    Asus Vs. Gigabyte SLi Boards

    (*Waits for someone to say LAN Party...*) I have not seen these boards anywhere in a head-to-head comparison of features... Both appear so cutting edge, and the reviews for both are so glowing that it's hard to find any con that one would have to the other. Originally the Gigabyte looked...
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    Help a noob build his first computer, get a cookie!

    I figure this 500 Mhz Celeron isn't going to last much longer, and I'd like to play a new game or two; surely at least one or two titles have been released since Age of Empires 2, the last thing I put on it! So, I set out to look at Pentium 4 processors and boards. Right when I've got my...