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    Reverse Cooling Idea

    Hey guys, I was lookin at my case today and thinking, that cold air from the 120mm fan in the front passes over the two hard drives, sound card, video card and CPU (Even though it's cooled with a 6000 RPM fan) as well as the various passive cooling chips, like my NF3 250 chip. Would it make any...
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    200GB Hard Drive Recognition??

    Hi guys, I have a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (Model# 6Y200PO). Ive downloaded the "Big Drive Enabler", MaxBlast software (whicjh just crashes). Checked every website I can find on yahoo, and I still can't get XP Pro to recognize more than 137 gigs out of the 200 total. If I right click on...
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    The dam 6800 Ultra

    Hey guys, I ordered a Geforce 6800 Ultra from PNY and received it last week. It came with stock speeds of 1.10GHz for the memory and a 400MHz core clock. I also put in a Antec true power 480watt power supply with it also. Sometimes it will over clock to 440mhz and 1.12ghz memory with no...
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    Doom 3 Timedemo

    Ok my computer specs are in the signature at the end of this post. I'm running doom 3 with 16x AF and 2x AA. When I run the time demo, there are 4 specific points where the frames slow down so much it almost freezes, like its loading a texture or something. The first is when the second hell...
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    What is Doom 3

    Is Doom 3 Open GL or Direct x9 game? The game runs great in single player but in Multiplayer it is slower than snail snot in the FPS area. I get a fluctuation in Single player of about 25-55fps but in multiplayer its more like 9-30fps
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    Sound card differences

    I have a Nforce 3 250GB Motherboard with the onboard 7.1 channel sound. I also have a Audigy LS Sound card and an Audigy 2 Standard sound card. If I went witha PCI audio card, I'm assuming the Audigy 2 would be the one to go with, however, wouldnt the onboard Nforce 3 sound perform better...
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    General Hardware Setup

    Ok, I think Ive got all my bios settings adjusted for max performance and compatibility. Ive got the MSI Nforce 3 250GB motherboard, Ive got my memory timings pretty tight along with a decent 7% overclock. Now, with a 256mb X800 pro what do I want my "AGP Aperature" settings set at? I cannot...
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    ATI Radeon and AGP Settings

    Im experiencing some problems with my Radeon X800 Pro. Ever since I updated to the 4.7 Catalyst drivers, Under the AGP/GART Menu in the display properties it says that AGP is turned of and so is fast write and sideban addressing. Both are enabled in the bios, and I even uninstalled the 4.7's and...
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    X800-X800XT mod

    Hey guys, I ended up trying out that X800 Pro - X800XT hardmod that is floating around out there. Unfortuantly for me, the mod did not work. I had one of the cores that willo not unlock the other 4 pipes by connecting the bridge. So now I have a X800 Pro with a X800XT bios, which isnt really a...
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    Finding 6800 Ultra

    Does anybody know where I can find a 6800 Ultra series card? Ive found about 30 of them but once I actually get to the site or read closer, it is revelaed that it is a 6800 GT. Even the main page of Anandtech under "Anands Picks" shows a link to a 6800 Ultra. When you get to the site, it's a...
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    Air conditioner

    Hey guys, I found a 5000 BTU air conditioner at Home Depot tonight for $55. I bought one of these for a room in my apartment anyway, but for $55 I firgured what the heck and bought two and was thinking of sticking one of these by the intake fans (Which is 2 3500 rpm fans and 2 5500rpm fans) on...
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    AGP GART Settings

    For some reason when I updated to the Catalyst 4.7 drivers, when I open the control panel and go to the "AGP/GART" tab it tells me my current agp speed is "off" and that fast write is disabled. Is it lying to me? I havent seen any significant performance drop that would indicate this but I have...
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    Athlon 64 and Upgrading

    Hey guys, I'm a new poster here, although I've been reading this forum for months. I'd like to get an opinion. Basically, I am for sure wanting to upgrade my computer. I currently have a Athlon 64 3200+ on a MSI Nforce 3 250GB Motherboard. Should I go to a Athlon 64 3400+ and attempt to...