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    AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 + DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 ULTRA-D - Any Glitches or ... Copacetic ?

    hi i was thinking about getting this combination. but i thought before i did it would be good to check with the people who know. i would be running XP SP2 Home, the most recent version you get when you buy from ZipZoomFly or Newegg. primary application on this machine would be 3D...
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    ATI X850XT w/ 2 DVI - incompatible with Samsung 19" ?!

    yeah i'm using the monitor with an asus 3.0 overclocked to 3.3 with 4 Mushkin 2-2-2 512 DDR modules. works great there, going into the VGA connector on an MSI nVidia 5600 card, the one that won Tom's Hardware "card of the year" in 2003 or maybe 2002. maybe i'll try using the DVI connector...
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    ATI X850XT w/ 2 DVI - incompatible with Samsung 19" ?!

    this makes no sense. but i can only conclude that the DVI connector interface to my samsung and the DVI output (there are 2, with no VGA) on the video card ... are incompatible and should not get married. i did a search for "LCD monitor DVI connector problems" on the web and newsgroups and...
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    ANYONE??? What is the FASTEST Best Quality CPU Fan?

    I went shopping at a local PC shop named "comp1.com" In addition to the Zalman, which i was surprised, the pictures & reviews i'd seen didn't do it justice, it's BIG. there was this big ass red-painted fan, bigger than 80 x 80. more like 4 1/4 inches square, what's that, 25.4 x 4 plus a...
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    4 3D Modelling + some games - ATI Fire GL 9600 vs. Gigabyte 6600

    these are both AGP boards, I think. PC Club has the Gigabyte on sale. I like the way the heat sink looks. I have a feeling it's a good video card, a step or 2 faster than my MSI 5600 & 5200 VTD cards. http://pcclub.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A9630835# also, a 3D authoring tool I'm...
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    Processor for video editing

    asus p5p $90 lga775 p4 3.4 $270 ... $360 total msi neo 2 plat. socket 939 $135 ath64 939 3500 $270 ath64 939 3200 $220 ... $405 total with 3500, $355 total with 3200 msi neo plat. socket 754 $100 ath64 754 3400 $270 ... $370 total ... guess it depends a lot on...
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    Recomended Memory and MSI Neo4

    this caught my eye. of course that could just mean that when it comes to spending money on PC stuff, "I'm easy" ... Mushkin Black 2-2-2 2 x 512 @ Newegg ... http://www.newegg.com/app/view...tion=20-146-355&DEPA=0 $216 this stuff any good ?
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    from 3.6 to 4.0 - LGA775 + 865P -or- LGA775 + 875P -or- LGA775 + 9XX

    well it's an extra $50 or something ... could SATA RAID be added to the p5p ? or is it pointless because of bandwidth constraints assoc. with PCI bus ? would love to see AT do an article on this subject - "spend $500 for an upgrade using a hybrid board, which allows me to bring along some...
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    from 3.6 to 4.0 - LGA775 + 865P -or- LGA775 + 875P -or- LGA775 + 9XX

    so far i've managed to OC my abit ic7max3 from 3.0 to 3.3, and a shuttle 3.06 to 3.62. i'd like to find a combination which is reliable at 4.0 GHz. with the P4 3.6 selling for about $400, i was thinking about building a system based on that (the P4 3.6). LGA775 + 865P i haven't seen...
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    Is time continuous or granular?

    Whoa !?! LADY Jessica !!! I will resolve to be a gentleman. Actually, I think Deion Sanders had the right answer. "Both" Most likely, the real answer is a paradox. Possibly (probably ?) beyond our comprehension. But I do have a suggestion for a good activity to engage in, to prepare one's...
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    How would an electric rocket engine work?

    I was hoping somebody would bring up dog-poop. What does dog poop have to do with propulsion ? Well, if you wanted to fling something out the back of a space-ship FAST , what material would you choose ? Poop seems like a logical choice. Obviously ( is that obvious ? ) it needs to have a...
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    Is time continuous or granular?

    No idea. But that's a damn good question. One perspective from my experience surfing intermediate size waves - during a wipe-out, when you're being pounded - if you can imagine yourself in that situation. There you are going round and round. Eyes closed tight. Curled in the fetal position...
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    How would an electric rocket engine work?

    GREAT question !!! A web-search using the terms "ion propulsion" will yield web pages describing functioning prototypes. In other words, it's a done deal, the propulsion part. Basic concept ... negatively charged particles in an electric field will experience a force. In the diagram shown...
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    "Disable SPD" on P4C800E

    I looked on page 1 of the "official thread", didn't see this discussed. Hope it's allright to go ahead and ask my question. I've been getting "remote procedure call - system shutdown in 60 seconds - 59 - 58 - 57 ..." etc. with 10% overclock & Turbo Then back to "standard" and "standard"...
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    The Exploding Shuttle Power Supply Article

    I dug it up. I'd really like to find out more about this. Can I avoid this problem by using a 3.0 instead of a 3.2 GHz P4, an MSI FX5200 instead of an FX5600, etc. ? http://www.2cpu.com/hardware/sff/SB75G2/conclusion.html "Power supply quality? I've had two XPC power supplies die out of...
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    Motherboards you want reviewed

    I'd love to see a comparison of the Shuttle 875P motherboard to comparably equipped Asus P4C800E, the Abit IC7Max, comparing performance. Also ... some guidelines for what to expect from the power supply in the Shuttle 875P system. Some reviewers -- and the Shuttle factory people -- make it...
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    Asus SK8V Fantasies

    A SK8V for $220 ! And an Opteron for about $220 (1.4 GHz, but still.) Then I realize ... oh. I guess Anandtech's review was for the FX51 CPU, with the SK8V. Then I look at the ASUS website and ... it emphasizes the FX51, and MENTIONS the Opteron - the Opteron 142. Now I'm totally confused...
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    Shuttle Power Supplies Blowing Up ???

    One review website commented about 2 of 3 supplies blowing up, on their SFF systems. I knew I'd blow up if it blow up. I ended up getting the ASUS P4C800E, which doesn't entirely solve the problem, because I still want another Shuttle SFF. Assuming I don't load the thing up, maybe use a P4...
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    "Allocation Unit Size" for NT 3.5 viz a viz Disk Imaging

    I am using a discontinued application that runs under 3.5 and is a bitch to install. I have a Pentium 2/400 designated for this ap. ... it's a 3D modelling ap. I'd like to use Drive Image or Ghost to make an image of the correctly configured disk from the P2/400 machine on my 1.2 GHz machine...