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    Trying to put together a system in a hurry

    (edit: added something at bottom. please read.) I was in the same situation as your brother a couple summers ago, just with less cash. I wish that I had posted my prospective build on here so I would have learned a bit about some poor decisions I made...but then again, once one learns the...
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    Sound Problem! HELP!!!!

    I can't profess to be any kind of a sound or laptop expert, but I may be able to help you troubleshoot some. 1. In your volume control, the wave volume slider should be all the way up, not the balance. The balance should be in the middle, which means that the volume is evenly distributed...
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    Calling all UBER photochoppers: The continuance of one big prank, directed by ATOT.

    Well, I got pretty tired of working on this thing and wrapped it up at what I feel is a nice point, although more shading should be addressed...as well as some lovely fringe on the right I just noticed. http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/674/atprojectcopytp1.jpg Note to other...
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    External Hard Drive Recommendations

    I hardly know a thing about external enclosures, so I have a couple of questions as I am looking into getting an external HDD myself. It sounds that external enclosures exist for turning internal HDDs, whether IDE or SATA, into external HDDs. First question: Because of the USB 2.0 transfer...
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    More Rumours of G71 & G80

    Okay, I've read up a good bit on the Xbox 360's hardware, and I've never heard ULi come up. Could anyone provide a link to some information about ULi being associated with the 360? I'll do some independent searching. I personally think it's a shame that such a promising, innovative...
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    More Rumours of G71 & G80

    How would Nvidia's acquisition of ULi have anything to do with their development of their GPUs? I thought ULi was just a motherboard company...
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    Burning a DVD from a DivX encoded .avi

    If you're in the states, aye, go for NTSC.
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    Newell speaks: Evil Sony Empire and it's software monopoly.

    Just know that it's going to take a lot longer before the consoles are realistically pushed to their limits. Some select companies that are "in" with Sony may get additional "help" with that, but Sony doing something like this kills off the chances of many indie developers working on PS3.
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    Newell speaks: Evil Sony Empire and it's software monopoly.

    Wow...I would think that Anandtech forum-goers would actually have read Anand's article on the crappiness of the next gen consoles. Sure, it's not available from AT anymore, but it's all across the web, nonetheless. Here's one of the many links to the article. It isn't just Gabe that has...
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    HDR and Lost Coast on X850XT

    Yeah, that HL2 "mod" of sorts doesn't change much beyond bloom. HDR lighting is often confused to simply be a bloom effect; what true HDR does, actually, is allow superbright lights to be rendered right next to superdark darks among other new lighting controls. For instance, as shown in the...
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    Dumping AMD64-going back to pentium goodness

    I don't see that you tried replacing your memory in there. Memory is the number one cause for instability in systems, and memtest can't gaurantee to be completely right, as WoW and closing of IE has shown you. I'd say...before you try an Intel set-up, do yourself this one last check of putting...
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    A Few Good G-Men

    Finally, a good HL2 machinima of sorts that takes advantage of the lip syncing. I wasn't a big fan of the Breaking Benjamin vid, they really should have used some different models. This vid doesn't necessarily need different models because they fit well enough into the context.
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    I need some video recording and editing software

    Anything wrong with version 2.1 (of Camstudio)?
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    Next-Gen Gaming Goodness?

    No, that was pretty sucky. As a gamer/computer enthusiast, I appreciated the official spec sheet from xbox.com more than the "showing of hardware" that the MTV special did. Also, the games shown on MTV were bad games to pick to show off the sheer power of the new console. As far as next...
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    Official Xbox 360 Specs Sheet!!!

    Almost agreed. Most of the games showed look like they're completely capable on this generation of consoles. Complete bull crap. However, several of EA's games looked obviously better than current-gen games, as much as I hate to say it. Here's to hoping the Unreal 3 engine is actually taken...
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    Xbox 2 specifications now officially available

    LOL I just finished watching the MTV special; the launch games look terrible. There's maybe two or three games from maybe 10+ that they showed that even look better than current generation console games. That show was pathetic and sickening, and I'm not just talking about the whole "playa...
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    Thermal paste removal question

    Okay, so I was going to go to the local CVS to pick up some 99% pure isopropyl alcohol as the Arctic Silver 5 guide recommended as one of the agents to clean the CPU/HSF with, but the gas prices have shot down and I'm going to be doing some travelling tomorrow so I went to Wal-Mart to get a gift...
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    Some CPU-related questions

    Could I maybe get any replies...? /bump
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    Some CPU-related questions

    Okay. For the past little while I've been getting a "processor is not installed properly/damaged" message on my MSI mobo's D-bracket 2 device, and the machine hasn't been able to POST yet, no matter what set up I try. My guesses are that I either have a processor problem or I have a socket...
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    AGP card

    thanks for that tostada; that was much needed. IRT the topic starter: if price is not an issue and you get a powerful card, i'd take a look at your PSU ratings and make sure that you have a happy 12V rail. 30+ is good sign, for instance, but if i were you i'd do more research on that.
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    Gaming Computer

    Woody, just remember to get a Venice core CPU. ;) They likely won't find availability and MSRP for a little while, so if you can be patient... chocoboR, first, why is that going to cost ~ $1500? Is somebody/some company building that for you or something? The computer in my sig when all is...
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    Computer won't boot still...

    If I do all tests that I can and it still shows that it's dead I was considering buying a second motherboard, so I can check to see if the problem is the mobo or not. I'll also be able to see what parts of the motherboard go where in the box that I got it in so I can return the original without...
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    Upgrade questions

    SM 3.0 obviously won't be showing benefits until it's used for more than just little optimizations in code (is used from the ground up in coding). The Unreal 3 engine is coming near the beginning of 2006 and if you read up on some detailed reviews of the recent Splinter Cell release for PC...
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    Rosewill

    Sure it's in-house? They have some high quality stuff coming out under that name...I have one of their PSUs, and the PSU and packaging were all of high quality.
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    Need help please! building new comp..

    Sounds like it's time for the handy-dandy RMA for your SATA HDD there... Like the other poster said, swap things in and out, and try to get things basically working before you optimize; keep the mem. in single channel until things start working properly, and later search your BIOS for some...
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    Video Editing help

    While it's still speculation at this point whether AMD's dual core solution or Intel's dual core solution will be better, if the CPUs are on fairly "level footing," it'll likely be the Intel dual core, as the P4s are simply much better at encoding and the like. This is coming from an AMD...
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    PSU Dilemma

    Wattage means little. We need to know what the amperage is on the 12V rail for those PSUs.
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    Indianapolis Fry's open now, sales on Fri-Sun!

    I might be able to check it out over the weekend. Can't wait to see all of the lovely computer parts everywhere...
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    Upgrade questions

    -socket 939 nf4 mobos are and will continue to drop in price, you'll likely be able to find a good mobo for < $100 in the summer. -CPU is good for your price range -The graphics card really comes down to the question "are you planning on upgrading again within the next year or so?" Basically...
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    What to do with a really old computer

    This is what you should do for your old compy. "old 486 friend" ...heh. :)
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    Thermal compound on an AMD64 HSF

    Thanks for the input everyone, this has definitely been a learning experience and next time I intend on just using everything completely stock. Right now I'm trying to get the serial number on the processor in attempt to return it to the vendor for a new one, but we all know what the chances of...
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    Thermal compound on an AMD64 HSF

    I've been considering my options a while (I'm the cousin that doesn't post on the forums that much) and it basically looks like I'm going to have to save up a little while before I can buy a new PIB 3000+...though I do have some backup money sources and even just today got a "could you get this...
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    ~$100 video card recommendation

    Agreed, xtknight, people that want to buy a card that can play games need to avoid the TC 6200s. They should also avoid all cards that only have a 64-bit memory bus. The Leadtek 6600 (128-bit memory bus that you linked to) is a good deal for >$100 / <$150.
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    Shader model 3.0 (a civilized discussion)

    The only difference between 2.0 and 3.0 is instruction lengths allowed and other shader programming differences. None of this results in new features. Everything that 3.0 does, 2.0 can do as well. That's including displacement mapping. I believe that Epic claims d-mapping as "3.0 exclusive"...
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    Shader model 3.0 (a civilized discussion)

    This is what it all boils down to in the end. Remember, there aren't any games on the market yet that support full-on pixel shader 3.0. For people like me, the decision on which graphics card to buy is a very difficult one. I have limited funds so I have to be very, very cautious and keep the...
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    Shader model 3.0 (a civilized discussion)

    As I said earlier, there are not any games released to the public that use Shader Model 3.0 and are coded from the ground up with SM 3.0 in mind. "Performance hit" isn't something we can really accurately think about at the moment, I believe. We can, however gawk at people from Epic saying...
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    Shader model 3.0 (a civilized discussion)

    I'd second that, but please recognize that the first Unreal Engine 3 game will likely launch in a year. By then ATi and likely Nvidia as well will have launched new GPUs. From what I hear, ATi's R520 will kick some serious tail. And about UE3 not supporting fallback shaders, here's your quote...
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    Shader model 3.0 (a civilized discussion)

    Whoa there buddy, UE3 doesn't support "fallback" shaders, meaning that it runs using Shader Model 3.0 only. Don't jump to basic logic that more pixel and vertex units will automatically result in better performance. Also, UE3 hardly uses vertex processing, as almost everything is done on...
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    Firefox RIP

    FF doesn't check for extension updates automatically anymore? Make sure you have both boxes checked under the "Software Update" section in the Advanced section of the options menu.
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    Newbie Requesting Assistance

    You're building a gaming rig that uses a P4...? :\