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    ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 - Socket 939 with PCI-E and real AGP and Socket AM2 upgrade path

    Alright, can someone explain the whole RAM divider thing? And yes, professor, it is indeed a 9x CPU. Thanks for the replies!
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    ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 - Socket 939 with PCI-E and real AGP and Socket AM2 upgrade path

    This probably doesn't belong here, but I figured I'd field a question to the fellow owners of this board (which I love btw). I am currently trying to overclock my CPU, and can get up to 250HTT if I enable the memory flexability option, but the memory runs at ~150MHz. However, if I disable that...
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    New Soundcard...suggestions?

    I was checking the reviews on Newegg, and someone mentioned that this card doesn't encode in AC3 format, diminishing its capability of playing .avi's in 5.1. Is this true? I won't really be using this to play DVD's, as I have a progressive scan DVD player hooked up separately, this will mostly...
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    New Soundcard...suggestions?

    Thanks all for your help! It's on its way!
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    New Soundcard...suggestions?

    5.1 in gaming isn't too important to me, as I don't have the room to set up my 5.1 comp speakers. I usually use a USB headphone set while gaming anyway, basic thing is decent sound quality for the optical output, as I play music and movies through my digital receiver with it. 5.1 optical and...
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    New Soundcard...suggestions?

    Well, I'm concerned with both. I'd like to step up to a good quality card and hear the difference that everyone claims is there. but the optical output is necessary for connecting to my receiver in 5.1. Plus the reviews I've read state that the Turtle Beach drivers have difficulty in gaming...
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    New Soundcard...suggestions?

    I recently replaced my old motherboard with an ASRock Dual-SATA 939. The problem is, my old motherboard had onboard optical audio output. My current motherboard does not. Now sound quality-wise, I've never had a problem using onboard audio, but it seems this new motherboard has decided that...
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    Steel Sound 5H - USB

    Bumping because this is annoying. Anyone else have this headset that uses it successfully? The headset sounds great, but the microphone delivers a low-frequency hum...
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    Stick with AGP or upgrade?

    The install is probably 3 weeks old...it was one of the things I did to make sure the problem wasn't my hard drive or windows installation. I guess it's time to back up everything and re-install.
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    Stick with AGP or upgrade?

    Alright, so the mobo is on the way, and I'm planning on a swap tomorrow, but I have one question. I've never swapped out just a mobo on a system, and have always done a fresh install of windows with a new mobo. However, since the mobo is the only thing I'm changing out, do I have to do a fresh...
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    Stick with AGP or upgrade?

    Thanks for the reply guys! I guess I'll get it then!
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    Stick with AGP or upgrade?

    Thanks for the replies guys! I'm just about ready to purchase this, only one question...will it fit my beast of an XP-120? I'd hate to have to get rid of that, and the board looks like it'll handle that, except the northbridge HS is looking kinda close...
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    Stick with AGP or upgrade?

    I had recently been having a lot of trouble with my computer lately, and have finally narrowed it down to a malfunctioning motherboard. This leaves me at a bit of a quandary, as I now have to decide whether to simply replace the motherboard with another AGP motherboard, or bite the bullet and...
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    best aftermarket cooling for 6600GT?

    They make an NV6 that supposedly fits on a 6600gt agp.
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    best aftermarket cooling for 6600GT?

    Thanks for all the replies! I'll be picking up the Zalman today or tomorrow, and give you an update on my new temps! (Rivatuner reports ~60C idle and 90+C at load! Also, as for JBT, you're right, I remember researching the difference in heat dissipation between the AlCu and all Cu HSF when I...
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    best aftermarket cooling for 6600GT?

    Alright, I guess I'll try the VF700, anyone have a link that confirms it fits on an AGP evga 6600GT?
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    best aftermarket cooling for 6600GT?

    Thanks for your input! I've been leaning towards the VF700, simply because of a lack of information on the NV6, but if anyone else has any opinions/experiences, kindly let me know! The only reason I hesitate at all is because of my great success using the NV5 on my 6800
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    best aftermarket cooling for 6600GT?

    Couldn't find any topics on the NVSilencer 6 Rev 2 so I'm creating one. I currently have an evga 6600gt in my rig (replaced the dead 6800 until I can afford to go PCI-e). The problem is it's overheating, reaching ~60C at idle and 90+C at load (running rthdribl). Also, when gaming, the...
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    Steel Sound 5H - USB

    Unfortunately I'm using onboard sound for my audio needs, the mobo I have includes SPDIF out and that's the extent of my needs, plus the sound quality I have no problem with. The onboard chip uses Realtek, and the only mic option I receive is to enable noise suppression or not.
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    Steel Sound 5H - USB

    I realize this is a very old post, but I was searching on these and I have very similar problems. The biggest problem I have is that the drivers cause conflicts and I get BSODs when they're installed. I don't know what would cause this. Also, I have the same feedback problem that the OP does...
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    6600GT

    Hello all, I am currently having a problem with my computer restarting at random times, mostly at times of high system stress, i.e. gaming. I thought it was my PSU, and tested the system with a friend's PSU (Antec True550) that he knew to be in working order. However the problem persists...
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    What is the problem?

    I haven't gotten a "Windows recovered from a serious error" report when the system restarts since the new install. So this means that 2 different PSU's, one rated at 500W with 34A on the 12V rail and another Antec True550 with 36A on the 12V rail are not delivering enough power?
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    What is the problem?

    I'm currently running 81.95 drivers, just the latest ones I pulled from nvidia's website. I will try running memtest for 24hours and see how that goes. If anyone has suggestions on something else to try it's greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone for your input!
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    What is the problem?

    Well I tried with a new PSU, and it reboot in the middle of a gaming session...any other takers or suggestions?
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    evga 6600gt AGP

    yeah, I'm working on getting a power supply to swap out to test that, I don't believe it's the vid card that's causing the lockups. I guess I was wondering which aftermarket HSF for this is more efficient and QUIETER. And if anyone knows how to enable the temp monitor in the Nvidia control...
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    evga 6600gt AGP

    I've been troubleshooting problems with random lockups and restarts recently, and was browsing the internet and found a few posts where owners complained of overheating issues with this card. Now, I know that the heatsink is LOUD (at least comparatively to my system) but is that tiny...
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    What is the problem?

    Alright so my rig is in the sig, for the most part. A few weeks ago I decided to reformat my computer to try and fix some restarting issues (system would restart and error would state that a device driver caused the problem). While I was reformatting, I decided to do 2 things: 1. I took out...
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    6800 Video Problems!!!

    done that....I have taken it out and re-installed it physically. It's secure, and locked in. I don't know what would cause this....
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    6800 Video Problems!!!

    Thanks for the reply! I tried everything you mentioned, but I'm still getting the white screen. Now WoW opens, but goes to white screen about 2 mins into play. I alt-tab to windows, and it's fine, then alt-tab back to WoW, and 1 minute in I get a white screen again. This is frustrating...
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    6800 Video Problems!!!

    I'm sorry to keep bumping this, but I am at my wits' end! Could it be the PSU causing this? It would be much cheaper to buy a better PSU than replace the video card...
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    6800 Video Problems!!!

    Bump for help, this is really getting frustrating! I tried re-installing drivers, and will reformat if anyone thinks that will help. This is a brand new system, and fairly high-performance, and I'd like it to run at stock, let alone overclocking it! I bumped down my mem speed to 333, as...
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    6800 Video Problems!!!

    bump for some kind of help....
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    6800 Video Problems!!!

    I don't think they're that high, as I've seen plenty of others who break 80+ at load. Also, the AS5 has been on the mem chips for 5 months, I don't think that's the issue, as the problem just started this week.
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    6800 Video Problems!!!

    AS5 is what's applied, and yes, I realize now that my sig is not very up to date. I installed the mobo in my sig about a month ago, and have been running stock/locked since then. The temps, even at load, when overclocked before, never got above 70C.
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    6800 Video Problems!!!

    I have had my current Chaintech AA6800 for about 6 months now. I love it, and it kills my old 5200 it replaced (obviously). However, this last week I have been having some problems with it. I ran dxdiag, and more specifically the direct3d and directdraw tests. The directdraw ran fine until...
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    A new, entirely passive cooling design, no moving parts

    well this probably wouldn't work...The whole heatpipe technology is dependent on gases that have vaporization temperatures in the 40-70C range. Water vaporizes at 100C, and if your CPU got that hot, well, it wouldn't be working for long...
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    Check out this monstrosity

    When did they decide putting apartment complexes on processors was the best way to silently cool them? Apartment complexes are NOT silent....just another terribly loud Tt product...
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    Do you use brackets?

    I always use them, but that's just how I was taught. I am far from a professional programmer though.
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    An announcement for the SL-K8TPro-939 review by Mr. Fink

    Thanks for the link! I think it's working! 24C ambient and 36C die!
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    An announcement for the SL-K8TPro-939 review by Mr. Fink

    Sorry for the ignorance, but can anyone provide a link to the new beta HM? Thanks