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    9800GX2 Compatibility Question

    I'm looking to possibly purchase one of these cards in the near future but have two questions that I'm not completely clear on. Firstly Power Supply. While powerful at the time, I'm not sure if its enough for the 9800GX2. My power supply is rated at 470w and runs a single 12v rail rated at...
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    iPod touch 32GB Backlight issues

    Just got my new iPod touch, loving it but sometimes when i unlock it the screen comes on with the back light but it starts to slowly fade out until its completely gone, leaving the screen extremely dark. This has happened quite a few times, perhaps one out of every 5 times I've unlocked the...
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    Good cheap soundcard

    I'm looking for a cheap sound card that provides good sound. I've got an X-Fi Fatal1ty which is constantly crapping out and frankly, I'm sick of it. When it works, its perfect but eventually I get the old SCP problems and I've given up trying to make it work over the past year and a half. I...
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    Help me choose videocard!

    Hi. Been a while since ive posted here but im going to be needing some help here regarding a possible video card purchase. Firstly, my reason for upgrading (see sig for current rig): Im not so sure how many of you have been anticipating the release of Splinter Cell: Double Agent but im a big...
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    AMD/ATI in Trouble?

    Article Yes its from the Inquirer, i know, however they do seem to make some valid points. Thoughts?
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    2407 Doesnt seem so good.

    2407WFP scroll down a bit for links to japan reviews of the thing. someone took the time to translate part of the reviews into english about 3/4 of the way down. banding is there, not as bad as the 2007WFP for sure but its definately evident, also there seems to be some sort of problem when...
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    Dell 2407WFP Documentation Released

    2407 WFP Documentation 16ms response time black to white, not 6ms not sure if they will solve the input lag issues and if there will be better colours than the 2405FPW mon, however it sure does look sleek!
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    Friend having problem with 6800 Ultra

    Ok, my friend purchased a Inno3d 6800 Ultra 256 with dual DVI about a year ago here in Hong Kong. Anyhow, this is a copy of the email he sent to Inno3D: I have a GF6800 Ultra w/256mb Dual DVI + TV AGP graphics card which is having some problems but I'm not too sure whats wrong with it. When I...
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    Dell 2007FPW

    Well February has come and gone, and still no 2007FPW/2407FPW. Im guessing nobody knows any specs yet but do you think that there is a chance it will use that new LG Philips "AS-IPS" panel that the NEC LCD20WGX2 uses? (6ms g2g, 700:1 contrast, boostable to 1600:1) The viewing angles would also...
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    Hot Opteron 146?

    Ok, so its winter here in Hong Kong.. themometer here says 17c in room. my opteron is @ 2.8ghz, with 1.5vcore. idle is at 38, and load when priming is 60 (SIXTY). The cooler, my XP90 was carried over from my 3200 winchester, which i had run at stock since my RAM crapped out so, 1.45vcore...
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    Define CPU Burn-in

    If anyone here could help explain this a bit, that'd be great. What exactly is CPU Burn in? Is it just running the CPU for a few days at stock, letting the thermal paste settle in whilst letting the cpu run for the first time? Can CPU's reach potentially higher overclocks after being used for...
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    Help with 2x1GB RAM Choice!!!!

    Hi Guys, Ive been doing a lot of research on the 2x1GB sticks of RAM lately and had originally planned to get the OCZ PC4000 Platinum EB 3-3-2-8 RAM but thats got supply issues.... then when cruising through the Xtremesystems forums i noticed that the Crucial Ballistix Z503 RAM was performing...
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    What Do We Know About The Upcoming Dell Monitors?

    Hey guys. not so sure if this is the right forum for this but anyhow, what do we all know about these new dells that are rumored to be coming out in around a month? Obviously Dell has to get HDCP enabled monitors, to go up against the gateway before Vista comes out end of next year.. but...
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    Opteron 165

    I'm just wondering... my current processor can run with a maximum HTT of 305. is this number limited by the processor or by the motherboard, or both? I'm just wondering because if i get a 165 then I'd be limited by the 305 HTT combined with the 9x multiplier which would only take me up to...
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    Aquamark wont show me my... marks...

    Hey guys. been posting alot here recently. just got the new gpu and mobo in my rig below, but eversince i reinstalled windows for the new system, when i run aquamark it goes smoothly, cept at the end where its meant to calculate the scores it craps out and says theres a whole bunch of...
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    POST YOUR GTO^2 OVERCLOCK RESULTS

    *SOLVED* Hi guys. im a GTO^2 owner whos NOT happy. i got my card about 2 days ago, and found out that it had 16 pipes out of the box, and was default clocked at 500/500 according to ATi Tool. i thought this was really weird but then again there were other examples like this. anyhow i tried...
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    Videocard BIOS Flash. Advice wanted

    Hi guys. Ive finally put together my new rig, with a DFI Lanparty nF4-D and X800GTO^2. I used ATiTool to overclock the card but i looked at the settings tab and it said the core and memory were already at 500mhz/500mhz. all 16 pipelines had been enabled too. when overclocking, this card only...
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    DFI Audio Chip, or old AUDIGY

    Hi. im going to be using a DFI Lanparty NF4 U-D soon and am wondering whether the Karajan audio chip that comes with it would be a better performer over my standard Audigy "Digital Extreme" Pci card that i currently use. on the box it claims its a High-Def audio chip and it has been seperated...
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    NEW MOTHERBOARD NEEDED

    Hi guys. I'm probably about to buy a X800GTO^2 in a couple days and am wondering what kind of motherboard would be good. I used to follow this stuff but recently just havent had the time. What current motherboard would be good for overclocking, doesnt have a crazy loud chipset fan (or...
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    Random Freezes

    Hi guys. It'd be great to get some help on some recent issues ive been having. I'll start off with when this problem first started showing up. About 2 days ago i downloaded 2 south parks using bittorrent and whilst watching the first one, about a third of the way in, my computer just suddenly...
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    New Temps?

    hi. i used to use a generic 350 watt psu with 2 fans, one 80mm on the bottom sucking air out of the case, and a 80 on the rear to remove the air from the case. my idle/load temps were 33 to about 47. Im using a Thermalright XP90 HSF w/ Ceramique on the CPU, and so this has kept my temps...
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    ATi AMR (Ati's version of SLi)

    Has anyone heard anything about the new AMR technologies that ATi is working on? any idea of motherboard manufacturers to take part in production of mobos with the new AMR Chipsets on? From what ive heard, the AMR or 'ATi Multi Rendering' technology will be PCIe and will not require a...
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    Accuracy of CBid?

    Hi guys. i have a AMD64 3200+ and ive been playing around with settings for a while now and i have the current settings at 2.45 GHZ (seemed to of maxed out) with ram running at 2.5-3-3-6 1T. Anyway i was wondering how accurate this Cbid program is at identifying temps, voltages etc. Asus probe...
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    OC Stability Issues

    Hi guys, im here to just get a few things sorted. firstly i have a 3200+ clocked at 2.5 atm and im running it at 1.6 vcore (seems high compared to what u guys are on with your procs at 2.6 with only a 1.55 vcore and such. Anyway, I'm running the proccessor with a XP90 and so far all my temps...
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    Cooling with Praetorian??

    Hi guys. i have bought a new computer recently and have placed all the components into a coolermaster praetorian case, my issue is, is there any way to get the case fans spinning faster? ie the one on top doesnt really seems to be pushing much air at all. i was thinking if it could extract the...
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    Help Overclocking. No Success

    i recently bought a 3200+ 90nm core and was hoping to have it run at 2.5Ghz however i can reach 2.15 being the most stable. anything over 2.2 and windows wont load up past the laoding screen, comp just resets. i have patriot 2.5/3/3 ram and i dont know if this is the problem. at 2.1 my cpu...
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    Plz Help! my system reboots randomly while playing games

    Hi guys. first post here. a few days ago i bought a new case, mobo (A8V Deluxe) and winchester 3200+ AMD 64. I also bought the thermalright XP-90 Heat sink for it. i have successfully transferred my hardware from my old computer to this new one and am running 1gb of ram, a 9800 pro and a 350...
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    Help wanted!

    Hi guys. first post here. a few days ago i bought a new case, mobo (A8V Deluxe) and winchester 3200+ AMD 64. I also bought the thermalright XP-90 Heat sink for it. i have successfully transferred my hardware from my old computer to this new one and am running 1gb of ram, a 9800 pro and a 350...