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    I searched Google for "Boobies" and found thousands

    That is all.
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    SXGA still the world's worst resolution

    People have been claiming on AT forums that SXGA resolution, the only oddball resolution that's squished into an unnatural 4:3 aspect ratio (distorting pictures), is implemented on many displays in a more natural 5:4 ratio. I've even seen some describe this as bargain-basement wide display for...
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    sorry.

    times two.
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    MP3 player w/ built-in broadcast radio?

    First, how the hell do I find one of these? I remember reading about them months ago, but I'm at a complete loss as to how to locate them at a site like epinions.com . Anyone have experience with them? Are they powerful enough to transmit to your car's antenna from inside the car? My new car...
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    Problem joining Warcraft III game

    I just reinstalled Warcraft III on my machine, and now when I try to join a LAN game, it tells me "you must specify a game to join"; before, it used to prompt me to enter an IP address. WTF???
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    Drive questions

    1. Why doesn't anyone make a 15,000 RPM SATA drive? What's so different between SATA-drive and SCSI manufacturing processes? Are there any in the pipeline, and if so, when are they expected to hit the market? 2. I can use a SCSI U160 drive with a U320 controller card, yes? Is the reverse...
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    Dell $150 AMEX deal

    This is a question, not a deal per se (sorry, but I didn't know a better place to post it). I go on eBay and see people charging $60-80 for this coupon, and I'm wondering, how does a person get one in the first place? Do you just have to join up? My fiancee's sister's family needs a new...
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    Problem installing XP on an A64 system

    Basically, everything went swimmingly, right up to installing from the bootable CD drive. It goes through the initial copy-to-disk etc., then tells me it needs to restart, then begins again from the beginning! ARRGH.
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    New build, prob. installing Windows XP SP2 OEM

    It gets up to the point where it restarts the first time, then it begins everything again, including copying all the files to the hard drive. Any idea what would cause this?
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    Should I add more RAM?

    I keep getting "OutOfMemoryException" when I try to post messages to this forum! I don't understand. My system doesn't seem to be low on memory...
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    ZZF has A8N-SLI in stock!

    Merry Christmas, everyone
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    Today's the best holiday of the year

    It remains to be seen how long it is until they're actually available.... :(
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    3500+ retail

    I figured that for my first build, I wouldn't mess with anything tricky, so I bought the retail version for a few dollars extra just to avoid any possibility of screwing up the seating of the heat sink. I read that an Athlon 64 can overheat in under one second, and that a common newbie mistake...
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    3DMark05 Results: Dual Xeon + 6800

    This machine is by no means a super server. I got it when my girlfriend needed a workstation about a year and a half ago; at the time it was a little over $1500 on sale. Recently I decided to turn it into a secondary gaming machine for her to use, so we could play a few games together. I...
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    17"-19" SXGA+ LCD monitors-- do they exist?

    When I google and exclude words like "laptop" and "notebook", all that's left is a bunch of pages in mostly Asian character sets. Do monitors like this exist? If not, why not, and are any big makers planning releases for my favorite resolution?
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    It ain't 2-2-2-5...

    ... but would this 3-3-3 memory be very limiting if I decide to overclock? It seems like AMD is going to stick with DDR for a while, and I can think of some uses for a RAM drive, so I want to get 1GB sticks if I can. Here're the specs: http://www.ec.kingston.com/eco...partno=KVR400X64C3A/1G...
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    What's the best 1-gig-per-stick RAM for nForce 4?

    Will this work? The title is bad; I want RAM coming in 1 gigabyte per stick. I'd prefer to buy only one right now, but if I gotta get two, I gotta. Corsair TWINX2048-3200PRO 2048MB DDR400 XMS3200 ProSeries Memory w/Heat Spreader Note the extra LED "bling". :)
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    Bless this config!

    I'll be starting off with a single 6600GT card and the Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI motherboard when it becomes available. I've picked the following parts so far: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Processor Socket 939 Retail (I'm not brave enough to muck with a custom fan yet) Enermax EG701AX-VE-SFMA Noisetaker...
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    6600GT w/ Dual Xeon 2Ghz

    I want to play some newer games then my laptop's MR Radeon 9000 will support, but I'm probably not going to build a gaming machine (my first build) for a few months, until prices settle down and everything's actually available. :) Not only that, but once I get the new machine, I plan to get my...
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    Building a new system: some specific questions

    I need to put together a machine that will be my new gaming rig, and a multimedia jukebox and multimedia editing machine for me and my girlfriend. I figure that my best bet processor-wise is to go with a higher-range AMD chip, that I probably want a motherboard with PCIe like the nForce 4, that...
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    Help on video-capture cards

    ... but I don't know the proper forum for my question. I'd like to buy a video-capture card, but I don't have the foggiest notion of which one to get. I've heard that due to the efforts of the MPIAA, Sony et al., some newer cards are already being manufactured with copy protection built in...
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    Hidden drive-space problem

    I just got issued a new Thinkpad T41 at work, and it has a Fujitsu MHT2040AH drive. When I received the machine I noticed that it was reporting only around 33 gigs of space in Windows Explorer, which seemed like an odd number. I searched on the part number and found out that this is a 40-gig...