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    May have fried my x1900gt...

    If it's the 7.10 Catalyst... Rollback to 7.7. I get similar artifacts like those in several games with 7.10 on my X1900XT. 7.7 and 7.9 do not do those weird jumbles of spiking artifacts with my card.
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    New Xbox 360 Premium - $329 shipped from Amazon.com ***LOOKS DEAD FOR NOW, AMAZON OOS***

    Just got my 360, it's dated 11-2006. So no, it isn't the new falcon. No matter, I put like 2 80mm case fans in the back. Fits perfectly.
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    New Xbox 360 Premium - $329 shipped from Amazon.com ***LOOKS DEAD FOR NOW, AMAZON OOS***

    It's sold out, at least from Amazon. That was relatively quick.
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    New Xbox 360 Premium - $329 shipped from Amazon.com ***LOOKS DEAD FOR NOW, AMAZON OOS***

    Well damn. August 8 (yesterday) it was 350. Now it's 330? Good thing Amazon has a 30 day price guarantee, cause I just bought it yesterday. At least I'm glad I bought it from Amazon. Edit: Well my refund was quick.
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    HD2900XT Driverheaven Review

    Well, around a year ago, even it was disappointed with the X1800XT compared with the 7800GTX
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    Oblivion + QTP3 + 7900GS??

    Use this Streamline 2.0 What it does is pretty much flush the graphics every now and then, and there are several settings. You can do it aggressively or very light. Saves very much on texture memory. I'd still recommend QTP II though. You'll need OBSE for Streamline to work.
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    Cooler Master Hyper TX --

    I had one of these... cept it was DOA. I'd replace the DOA one, but I found out my Corsair XMS Pro ram wouldn't fit with it due to the plastic shroud. I might just get the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro. It's pretty much the same thing without the shroud.
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    Core 2 Price cuts coming Q207

    Wish memory had price cuts too, but nooo. It's the only thing stopping me from buying a C2D system.
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    Just got a 7900GT to replace X850XT

    Holy hell, you better get that replaced.
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    Anandtech Oblivion Benches

    hmm... and i thought CPU was my limiting factor... and GPU... favors ATI. Can't believe my system has nearly the power of a 7800GT with an X800XTPE. Oblivion engine must be some unoptimized piece of crap. Granted it looks nice, but jeez.
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    Anandtech Oblivion Benches

    I'd like to see a CPU benchmark.
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    How much HDD space is right for you?

    Hmm... 2350 GB.
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    The buddhist statues destroyed by radical muslims

    Eh... wrong analogy. The Sohei were warrior monks. Emphasis on the word "monk". "Any Christian warrior or knight" aren't exactly part of the clergy. If I had to define the word "Crusader", it would be Templars or the Teutonic Knights. Or the Hospitallers. But yeah, they aren't literally...
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    Exxon: America will always rely on foreign oil UPDATE**

    Where are you fusion generators...
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    The buddhist statues destroyed by radical muslims

    Buddhism wasn't always "peaceful". It had its "Crusaders". Research on the words "Sohei" and "Yamabushi". Of course it wasn't really against another religion, but anyways...
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    NVIDIA 512MB In stock!

    for 130, I could buy a gig. And not even *value*. With LEDs.
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    2 gigs of mem and still accessing HD

    Windows has a compulsive disorder on making page filing bigger than you set it at. For example: you set it at like 200mb min, 500mb max. It will grow to 900mb, or so. Only way to stop doing that is to disable it completely. I would say 2 gigs is safe for shutting off PF/VM. However, I'd...
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    IDE to USB device keeps disconnecting

    Ok, what exactly does that mean? And how can it be fixed? If it can.
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    IDE to USB device keeps disconnecting

    Oh and another point: It works on my old gateway PC. It had a 250W PSU, and all those oem shoddy parts. So I wouldn't think it would be the PSU. Anyways, it's an Antec PSU. However, on my old PC, it has USB 1.1 And it works fine. So, either it's my PC's configuration, or the fact...
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    IDE to USB device keeps disconnecting

    Both have those. I have also used my internal PSU, which should be more than enough to power it, considering it is a 550W. That and the DVD-RW used to be IDE. I want it to work on USB, however. Also, I have unchecked "allow the computer to turn this device off to save power" in the device...
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    IDE to USB device keeps disconnecting

    Disconnect sound made by windows. Doesn't work when you have all windows sounds disabled. Usually happens when USB devices are unplugged. There is also a connection sound, when you plug in a device. What do I plug in? An IDE to USB cord into a USB 2.0. Attached with it is either a DVD-RW or...
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    IDE to USB device keeps disconnecting

    Plug in, 5 seconds later, it shows as being undetected. Also hear the "disconnect" sound. It happens to an external HD drive, and a recent DVD USB drive. Only happens when reading/writing. Never happens when idle. Anyone know how to keep this disconnecting from happening?
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    Why are people going crazy over the 512 MB GTX?

    The owner of Driverheaven has quoted "Sorry I prefer the 7800 GTX" http://www.driverheaven.net/showpost.php?p=706758&postcount=5 Wish people would stop buttmunching on Driverheaven. Especially the infamous excuse of ... actually, I'd rather not continue. It'll become a flame bait. As...
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    There is hope for AGP !

    *edit Never mind.
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    Please lets not continue to flame ATI

    That wasn't late. That was just severely understocked.
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    which video card to buy, no money factor

    Oh right. Forgot that shareholders love money. Ok, maybe it can happen. Might not happen quick enough though.
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    6800XT is now shipping.

    To remind people: 5900XT. Now I dunno which came first, 9800XT or 5900XT, but it's been done.
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    which video card to buy, no money factor

    Money not an object? Buy both corporations and force them to work together. Oh and include the little guys too (S3, Matrox). Then you'll get the best video card ever. *yes, I am aware that corporations can't be bought out directly. This post was for sarcasm. If you wanted my...
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    R580 news from xbit

    I just want an R620 before my new upgrades.
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    Quake 4 another benchies

    Q4 for Xbox360. ATI card on XBox 360 Note the relation. AKA: more sponsorship/bribery optimizing BS. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not an ATI hater. We know which company "sponsorship/bribery optimize" most. Just hate the tactic.
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    I am not impressed with the graphics card industry.

    I dunno, but I have nearly full graphics for FEAR MP demo, and I get 40-50 FPS, with 1280x1024, 4x AA, 16x AF. Rare times I get 30 or under, and that's only when there's like more than 12 players in the same room, firing chunks of bullets and nailguns (penetrator). Have A64 3200+ 754, X800...
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    Quake 4 Benchmarks... Are there any out yet?

    Well, from individual sources, they are saying Q4 is at least more fun than Doom 3 ever was. Well, problem is, how much more fun is it? I particularly disliked Doom 3 for its severely boring, uninnovative gameplay. That, and it didn't scare me at all. Course, bunch of other pansies get scared...
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    Anand's FEAR Article Up

    Yes... it can.
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    Anyone deciding between an X1800XL and 7800GT?

    Now, I'm an ATI guy, but I would not choose an X1800XL over the 7800GT. And it's not the pricing, it's just the performance. If I factored in pricing, no way I'm going to buy an X1800XL. To be honest, it sounds like a X800Pro mishap again. Rather than pipelines, it's just poorer performance...
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    7800 gtc oc IS THIS NORMAL SCORES?????????????

    He's got low scores. I can get 12k 3dMark03 with 3200+ A64, X800XT PE stock speeds.
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    Post Your Battlefield 2 Demo Video Settings

    1280x1024 @60hz All high exception to AF and Lighting (both at medium. Makes it stutter less) AA to 6x, and AF to medium (didn't bother with external settings) CPU: A64 3200+ 754 Clawhammer RAM: 1GB PC3200 DDR 400 2-3-2-6 Video: X800XT PE Clocked at 555/585
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    Please help me choose between one of these video cards

    Just get the 6600GT or 6800. By benchmarks, 6600GT beats 6800. Forgot how much, but if i remember correctly, not by much. Of course, you can "possibly" Overclock the 6800 into a GT or even Ultra. Do not get the X800 SE. SEs are to be avoided at all costs. Unless it's like the soft-moddable...
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    I'm glad I got 6800 GT instead of X800 XL/XT after all

    Technically, no. You see, Doom 3 was Nvidia based because they wanted it to be Xbox optimized (paraphrased from Carmack) Quake 4, will be ATI optimized, because it will be on the Xbox 360. Will 6800s run better on Quake 4 than X800s? maybe, due to SM 3.0. But that's about it. Also...
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    GPU temps

    38-42 C idle 65-72 C Load X800 XT PE with stock fan at 100%