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    Does your LCD have input lag?

    For those of you that noticed it, have you gone from something like a 19" CRT running 1280x1024 to a LCD running something like 1680x1050 or more? I noticed some performance hits on my system, but that is because I am running a very high res for my video card. I did not notice "squishy mouse"...
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    Vertical Purple Line on 20.1 LCD

    I agree, Acer is top notch stuff, I use their LCDs all over my workplace, and all of them are solid performers.
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    Vertical Purple Line on 20.1 LCD

    Just finished talking with someone at NewEgg. They are issuing a RMA Replacement. Phew!
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    Vertical Purple Line on 20.1 LCD

    Well, NewEgg does not have anything to do with an LCD after you buy it, no refunds, even. So, I have to deal with BenQ directly, and they will send me a refurb. Fantastic. Bought a brand new monitor last week, already kicked down to a refurb this week.
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    Vertical Purple Line on 20.1 LCD

    I have not even had this new BenQ 20.1 LCD a week and I woke up this morning to a thin (about one or so pixels) vertical line running the entire height of the screen. I have power cycled everything, but no luck. Do I need to contact NewEgg about a replacement?
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    New to Widescreen

    Thanks! I had lost the URL for that site, so thanks for that as well.
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    New to Widescreen

    So, I now have this wonderful BenQ 20.1" Widescreen LCD on my desk, but I have a few older games that want 1024x768. Since I am at 16:10, and the game wants 4:3, the screen is stretched across the entire display, distorting the image. How can I get it to compact it into a 1024x768 box in the...
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    New Monitor - Regular or Widescreen?

    I went with a 20.1 Widescreen. I can't wait for it to get here!
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    New Monitor - Regular or Widescreen?

    Cool, I am checking out the widescreen selections now. Next question, though - I have a GeForce 6800 AGP card in my system. Will it be able to run the proper resolution needed for a 19" widescreen display. 1440x960? I am guessing it is a function of the video card and the driver for the...
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    Ah, More Stupid Newegg "Reviews"

    I get annoyed with every review saying "NewEgg rocks!" You can only read that so many times under the same product to make you wonder if they were scoring it based on their love for NewEgg rather than their like of the product they bought.
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    New Monitor - Regular or Widescreen?

    My CRT has to go. I have had it for 10 years, now, so I think I got my money's worth out of my 17" Panasonic monitor. It has screen burn and cannot get a resolution higher than 1280x960 and still have a decent refresh rate. So, I am going to ditch it and go LCD. Over the past week, I have been...
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    Geforce 6800 Heat Issues

    At idle I am at 69C, 40C Ambient.
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    Geforce 6800 Heat Issues

    I have been playing America's Army and Trackmania Nations since I got it back three days ago, and so far I have had no problems with stability or artifacting or anything like that. I don't even know what made me check the temperature of the card, I just felt the need to do so. I was planning...
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    Geforce 6800 Heat Issues

    I wish, but they are in C.
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    Geforce 6800 Heat Issues

    I recently sent my GeForce 6800 card back to XFX for warranty replacement. I am not sure what happened to it, it I had artifacts and all that mess during boot. At any rate, the card was pronounced dead and returned for replacement. Anyway, I get the new card back, and while playing America's...
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    Video Upgrade Question

    My wife has a MSI KM2M Combo-L mobo, and currently is running her old Geforce4 MX440 64MB card on it. I would like to get a budget card for her. Since she is not the 3d junkie that I am, she does not need a high end card to run all the fancy Doom 3 and Half Life 2 type games out there, just...
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    New Fan Needed!

    I just recently purchased and installed an XFX 6800 AGP 8X 128MB card, and man does it run sweet! Also, using Rivatuner, I was able to enable the extra pipes and shaders. I am doing no other OCing. However, I have noticed my heat levels are in the mid to high 70s under load. I am currently...
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    Weirdest 9800 pro problem ever...

    Drop back to an older version of the Cats, one you know didn't give you any problems before. Sounds like a driver issue.
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    6600GT or 6800

    I have a 17" monitor that I pray will be replaced in a year or so. I have had it a long time (screen burn has set in on one spot), but it does just fine for me right now. I think I will go with the 6800 and open up those pipes. Reviewers on NewEgg are good about letting people know what...
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    6600GT or 6800

    Ok, so I finally got the money together for my video card upgrade. I have waited long enough, and I am tried of my MX4000 POS. Anyway, I can afford a 6600GT or a 6800 card (AGP) and I was wondering which one I should go with. My mind tells me 6800, but at the same time, I am wondering if the...
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    router problem

    Most Linksys and Dlink gear I have used requires you to reconfigure the router after a firmware update. Did you record all the setting you had before performing the update?
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    Upgrade Advice

    Oh, now where I can find the softmod information so I can crank the 6200 up to 6600? All my searching has turned up a bunch of sites that are not English.
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    Upgrade Advice

    Well, I approached this like buying a car. I went in saying I could afford a certain amount, when in fact I can afford a higher amount. It was all in an effort to find a good deal on a good card. Going over by $25 will not kill the budget, I will just have to buy one less bottle of liquor...
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    Upgrade Advice

    Nice. Question, though. The Radeon card I posted is 256MB, this GeForce card is 128MB. How important is Video RAM in this equation? Is the Geforce card better although it has less memory?
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    Upgrade Advice

    Currently, I have a AGP GeForce MX4000 128MB card. Yeah, out of date piece of junk, I know, but it has done me well for a while now. Well, many games are starting to come out that do not support this card (Silent Hunter III, PoP:SoT, Republic Commando, to name a few) and I want to get...
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    Clean WinXP Install

    This will only happen if you are using an upgrade version of Windows. If you are installing a full version, it will not ask this.
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    Can I use a USB 2 CD Burner with a USB 1 system?

    It might work, though it is going to be real slow. My Flash memory stick is USB 2.0, and works in USB 1.1 ports, but man it is VERY slow on transfers.
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    Reading Mac Data DVD+R's on a PC DVD-R Player?

    Nero has the option to burn a Hybrid CD. Not sure if there are any programs on a Mac that will do that, though I am sure there are.
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    Task Manage/Manage Screen

    Run a virus scan. Use this if your virus scanner wont start or isnt installed - Symantec Security Check
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    Maxtor 250gig Limited to 33.8gig

    What shows up in Disk Management? Right click My Computer, select Manage, and click on Disk Management. It should show you the partitions. From here, you can repartition and format the drive.
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    Random Reboots in XP

    This sounds very much like an overheating issue. I would make sure your HSF on your processor is working properly.
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    Internet Explorer Freezes while online

    I had a similar situation on my PC about 9 months ago, where I would try to open a website and it would take 5 - 10 seconds to do the DNS resolution and then bring me the website. Thought it was the internet until I saw the wife's computer hitting the site immediately. I fixed it by formatting...
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    NEED HELP : winxp user account transfer

    What is the error you are getting? Have you attempted a repair installation of Windows? I assume you are running XP.
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    Strange Sound Issue

    VIA Drivers are up to date. I may try new IDE cables and defragging the drives.
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    Strange Sound Issue

    This is happening with my wife's computer. Her rig is an MSI Socket A board (cannot remember model) with an Athlon XP 2400+ processor and 512MB of Ram. First, a little explanation - Back several months ago, a big thunderstorm rolled through and sat over our apartment, hell bent on...
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    General Question for IT Managers

    Well, I can post experience from two different jobs, my current one and my last one. At my last job, when I started working there, the ratio was 1:150. Ouch. By the time I left, it was 1:50, but we were so mired down in massive projects, that we still functioned like it was 1:150. Glad I...
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    User Profile Question

    I am currently setting up a new in house domain to replace our old, outdated NT4 domain. The old domain was set up by a complete moron, so I just felt making a new domain on a new Win2k server was the way to go. Now, I am testing migrating systems from one domain to the other. I am using my...