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    How do I install new video card? Do I remove old drivers first?

    First with the old video card still installed, I would remove the drivers using the control panel add/remove programs. Then take out the old video card and place teh new one in. At start up you should get detect new hardware, just cancel that when it prompts for drivers. Get the program...
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    And you think IE sucks

    I have used both IE and firefox alot. Just from viewing a webpage and the number of times firefox has become unstable and crashed. Just take a step back, load up IE and use it sometime, you might notice a difference. Believe me if you wish, but i am sure i am not alone.
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    And you think IE sucks

    Its mine against firefox. So much memory useage then gets slow when responding.
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    And you think IE sucks

    Well then doesnt that make IE better since it uses the os to its full extent. Yeah its created by ms and its an ms os, but less memory usages works for me. I realize IE is a lot faster than firefox.
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    simple question

    Acutally depends on your taste and perference, I have a friend that can play with 30fps and not notice any difference. But I like to have at least the refresh rate of my montior which is about 60+.
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    SLI - is everyone really buying dual video cards??

    Actually it all depends on how much money you have and want to spend on a pc. Acutally i have seen the performance even tho it might not be as evident as increased fps in games, but a game does run smoother. For hard core gamers, that is what they want very predictable reliable performance...
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    Help me reduce mobo fan speed

    You could always add a fan speed controler, like the zalman fanmate. I think its only $6 pretty cheap solution if you cant fix your problem.
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    Unplug NB fan??

    So recently my IS7 mobo's nb fan started to make alot of noise more than it used to. I mean it was extremely annoying, was so loud could hear over all my components in my pc... So I unpluged it, I was wondering if it is safe to do so? There is air blowing over top of the heatsink of the NB...
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    PS3 vs. PC :D

    OK well to think about it, so at the xbox360 showing at E3, the xbox360 was not acutally rendering those playable demos probably a 6800U was on a Mac G5. So why cant we have that kind of quality in our games??? It was shown there it is possible. In addition, yeah maybe the ps3 or xbox360...
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    The 7800 and G70

    So what is that in US dollars... Hopefully its alot cheaper than $1000 for teh GTX
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    Bit Tech's 5 part SLI round up

    Yeah the article is pretty extensive in what they have tested and such. However, i dont find the tests they conducted very reliable. First of all, when running each benchmark on the different 6800 series cards they dont use the same settings. They will use different resolutions and...
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    BFG 6800GT - Cooling okay?

    Well, i live in a dorm. So there is always alot of background noise, or i am always listening ot music. But after getting closer to it, the stock fan is somewhat noisy. The NV5 artic cooler does drop the sound considerablely my firned has one and its barey noticable. But i leave it stock so...
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    BFG 6800GT - Cooling okay?

    Well I have a 6800GT and i barely hear it, its like 2 ft away from me. It just gets drained out in the background
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    why de hell do we need SLI?!

    HAHAH this has nothing to do with the topic of this post
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    BFG 6800GT Not working

    Return and get a new one... seems like the best bet
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    BFG 6800GT Not working

    Could be the video card since it worked fine before wiht out the 6800GT. I cant a a power problem bc he has a 480W psu that is plenty
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    BFG 6800GT - Cooling okay?

    Well i look at it this way, Since there is a lifetime warrenty why do you care about cooling it. If it over heats in which it shouldnt, or you run into any other problem of some sort you just claim your lifetime warrenty. So i wouldnt bother worrying about cooling for it.
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    New 6800 - graphical problems - power supply related?

    The ti440 consumes alot less wattage, i think nvidia recommands a 350W to run their 6800 series cards.
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    New 6800 - graphical problems - power supply related?

    Hrmm hard to say, sometimes you will have problems booting up bc there is a surge of all the components increasing. Most likely i would say its your psu since it ran fine with a slower video card before you install the 6800
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    Dell XPS Gen4 X850XT PE 3dmark scores

    Yeah and it cost a really pretty penny!!! like 400000 of them
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    New 6800 - graphical problems - power supply related?

    yeah its low, is it esp if its a no name brand psu. You might get away with such a low psu if it was some quality company like pc power and cooling, antec, ocz to name a few
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    93 3dmarks?!?

    man the x800 series are geared toward 3dmark05.
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    Which of these two pci video cards are better?

    Anyway i would just throw in an extra $50 and get a 9600pro, alot better choice of a card.
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    Which of these two pci video cards are better?

    OH soryr go with ATI, the nvidia fx isnt that good with dx9, in fact it is rather poor at dx9
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    Which of these two pci video cards are better?

    ATI fx sucks for dx9
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    Were all the 6800GTs once made by the same AIB maker?

    For the companies that build nivida cards, I thought nvidia supplies them only teh gpu and the ram. Then they are forced to use those components but everything else was built on their own. But to tell you the truth, I dont think that is the most logical way about producing a product since...
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    Safe to buy Refurbished 6600GT from Newegg?

    Worth a shot if you dont have the money, but i typically dont like ot buy used items since you dont know what the previous own did to the product. You may never know what exactly was the problem or other problems may arise from that intial problem.
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    Overclocking 6600gt

    Basically it depends on the chip you get. Some chips do better than others when they are overclocked. However the main problem is that since companies only test the cards for an extended period of time at teh stock speeds. Since you pay for what you get. So in the end you could go like 3...
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    Overclocking 6600gt

    Hey just a thought... Is there really a point in overclcoking your video card? If you plan to keep the card for an extended period of time i would htink not. Overclocking shortens teh life of your video card depending on how much you overclock by. Now a days videos cards are running so...
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    game problem . PLEASE HELP!!!

    maybe the drivers, try teh lastest offical ones. I have no problem with my eVGA 6800GT, it just might be the drivers. get the ones off of nivida, not the beta ones!
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    6800 gt, no red on moniter

    http://www.drivercleaner.net/ here is the link for driver cleaner
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    6800 gt, no red on moniter

    Did you make sure you driver cleaned your graphic drivers before installing teh 6800. That will normally have problems if you didnt before installing the nvidia card, esp since your old card was ati. There could be conflicts with the new drivers with the older files that werent deleted...
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    SLI enabled decreases performance

    hahah the problem is with sli the drivers need to be customized for each game. so as of right now there are only like 10 games that sli acutaly works with. With all the others games that isnt campatible with sli as of today, the drivers will just run the primary video card. So for those games...
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    6800Ultra EVGA?

    Its a good solid card. I havnt heard one thing bad about it. I am sure you will be pleased wiht it, esp after upgrading fomr your 9800pro. But if you wanted a better performer for around teh same price, i would say get teh x800xt.
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    6800gt - which brand should i buy?

    bfg it may cost a little more. Even tho all the cards should perform just about the same, i think tho bfg oc alot better and it has a life time warrenty. But wiht the warrenty you cant oc or you void it.
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    4 3D Modelling + some games - ATI Fire GL 9600 vs. Gigabyte 6600

    6600GT definately, if you have no use of the software what is the point. Get what you need if you are only gaming, i would go for the 6600GT. There have been reviews of the gt on anandtech
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    Just got my X800XT!!

    if you oc your cpu you will get better results than oc your video card. I have realized that oc cpu can give like 10+ while oc video card is only like 5 fps max
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    POLL:::6800 ultras, or X850XT ?

    SLI only works wiht like 10 games or so. So what is the point dropping 1000 for two 6800U?? x850xtpe all the way.
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    xfx vs evga

    he meant search feature as in search this topic since it probably has been covered already
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    Radeon 9800 pro prices are up

    eh the 6600GT out performas or matches the 9800pro save your sefl some money and get that card