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    970p 6-bit + dithering

    My 970P is my first LCD monitor. I purchased it after my 9 year old Dell 17" started to develop some awesome "features". I almost bought the VP930b, but thought I would spend some extra cash to get another monitor that would (hopefully) last another 9 years. I wanted something that would...
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    Power outage, weird stuff

    OK, my buddy's comp suffered not one but two power outages, the first of which destroyed his first line of defense (surge protector). Now, after the second outage and being directly plugged into the wall (yah I know) he is having some weird things go on. His computer boots just fine, no...
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    Samsung Magictune Calibration

    I just got the 970p and I'm trying to use the calibration software that came with it. I have no idea what I'm doing, and the instructions (as you'll see in the link) are HORRIBLE. Anyone used this? Or something similar? What you don't see being done in the animation is the brightness...
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    Top of the line LCD or just under?

    The 9 year old 17" CRT is slowly dying (yes! since '96!). So I'm going to purchase an LCD. A quick analogy: I purchased a 6800GT just over a year ago on the advice that putting a LOT of cash ($440 is a lot for me) into a graphics card will pay off over time. And it has. I've played Doom3...
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    Outdated but new hardware for new sale?

    Anyone know of a retailer that's got a bunch of outdated, but new in box gear? I.e. a 10 gb hard drive for 20 bucks that's new in box?
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    Forcware 71.84 Temperature Increase

    I'm a little behind in getting the new nvidia drivers going for my eVga 6800GT. Now that I've installed them my temperature is a steady 73C at idle. NOTHING HAS CHANGED hardware wise, just this driver upgrade. It was 56C before. I have the NV5 Arctic Cooler on the board, and even with that...
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    Small computer

    Hey everyone, I've done some searching but I can't seem to get passed shuttle style computers or expensive industrial application computers. All I want is a really but ass tiny small computer than doesn't even need to be fast. If it can windows, great, but linux might be fine too. I...
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    Automatic Dial Up in 2003

    Anyone know if there's a way to get 2003 to automatically make a dial up connection if a command line FTP proggie is used? Right now I've got it checked in internet options->connections to connect when there's no network present, and it works great if you load up something like Mozilla. FTP...
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    Higher DDR or better CAS?

    I'm thinking about upgrading my valueram Kingston memory to something more prone to over clocking. As I understand it, one way to over clock is to simply raise the FSP/HTT and use RAM rated at a higher frequency (and then maybe lower the multiplier if you have to). Or you can change timing...
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    1U Rackmount PSU

    Hello, Can't seem to find anything on 1U rackmount PSUs. I've been to Enermax and Antec's web site and they don't even seem to make rackmount psus. I've found a couple brands I've never heard of (UNIPower, Portwell) but, as I've learned very well in the past, it's very important to get a...
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    Cool 'n' Quiet Cool 'n' Crashes on me

    Hey what up everyone I enabled cool and quiet and it was great: low voltages and the FAN on the heatsync was actually off at one point. And then my comp crashed, blue screen, can't get it to pause and read it, but it's big time bsod and then reboot. So I'm wondering if anyone else has...
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    6800GT + low res = low FPS?

    Rig: Athlon 64 3200+ (Newcastle core) eVga 6800GT (not ocd) 1gig ram (kingston value) DFI Lanparty UT nf3 250GB mobo Forton 500 watt Blue Storm PSU 2xIDE HD and 2xSATA HD 2xCD/rom/dvd/burner Noob here: I'm having low FPS with a 6800 GT in CS:S. I have a Monitor from, no joke...
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    Low voltage PSU and mobos

    Thanks for the prior help with the PSU. My concern now is that I've damaged another motherboard with this PSU which seems to be providing low power (Aspire 520 Watt). I had a Soltek SL-K8AN2-GR before where the memory was spotty, Graphics stopped working, RAID went out. I ended up replacing...
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    I think my PSU sucks?

    What up everyone. I've been playing Counter Strike and I get these really groovy hardware pauses where the sound repeats disco style the last .2 seconds (whamwhamwhamwhamwhamwham) for the duration of the pause (5 to 10 seconds). When I get back to the game someone usually has taken the op to get...