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    Need best possible video card for Dell 8400

    My 1.5 year old ATI Crossfire x800 just died. Pretty bummed as I would expect the card to last a lot longer. Anyways, looking to get the best card possible without having to replace the stock power supply on the Dell 8400. I believe it's rated at approx 350w, but will need to verify. I heard...
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    NForce4 Ultra Motherboards

    Saw it on LCi for $150Cdn
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    Help! Sims 2 choppy. Need HW advice.

    Wow! What DOES it need to run properly then?? :shocked:
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    Help! Sims 2 choppy. Need HW advice.

    Thanks for the info. I do not notice the drive activity you mentioned, I am looking into getting another stick of 512MB. So you guys think it's better to add another 512 stick before trying another video card? That's the problem I have. I would like to find out for sure if a pci card will...
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    Help! Sims 2 choppy. Need HW advice.

    I bought my wife Sims 2 for xmas as well as a new Dell Dimension 3000. It has a P4 2.8Ghz upgraded with 512MB of RAM. Sims 2 is choppy and freezes for 5 seconds every minute or so. The Dell has a built-in Intel Extreme 2 graphics card which I believe is the weak point. I need advice in a budget...
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    Registered RAM

    Is there a way to tell which motherboards support 'Registered' ram or is it trial and error. If I shop for ram, do ask I for 'Registered' or not??
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    Registered RAM

    Is this compatible ONLY with motherboards requiring 'Registered' ram or all motherboeards??
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    Registered RAM

    When descibing RAM. What does 'registered' mean? See here. Do they work only on certain types of motherboards/processors?
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    Poll: who's not going to watch the superbowl?

    Isn't the super bowl on New Year Day?? :confused:
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    Baton In Canada?

    The Club work just fine :)
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    New Camry... a looker, Honda be very scared...

    Aren't those rear lights on the present Taurus?
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    Any Free PC to Phone calls to Canada?

    Thanks, fallenoncrack. I was never able to get mediaring to work. wowring always gives me a busy signal. :( Will give callrewards a try.
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    Stupid Price Chopper

    Your first serious drunk has to be a good beer drunk. It doesn't taste too bad after the first 2 or 3 bottles ;)
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    Buying a car...

    Don't forget the entry level Accura if you need a little more "kool" in your car.
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    Any Free PC to Phone calls to Canada?

    All the best ones are gone! :frown:
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    LOGO CONTEST !

    up for ya
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    Poll: Are piercings cool, or no?

    I think the human body has enough holes to care for ;)
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    Poll: YOUR STEAK: raw, rare, medium rare, medium or done?

    Prefer a 24ounce slab of medium roast beef. :D
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    ELSA Gloria II vs Matrox G400 (for my situation!)

    Thanks, everyone. I was hoping the ELSA would speed up things when photoediting, but I guess that depends more on the speed of the HD and/or the processor!? Guess I will post it for sale and see if there is any interest.
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    ELSA Gloria II vs Matrox G400 (for my situation!)

    I am getting an ELSA Gloria II as payment for some work done. I know the Gloria II is a high end professional graphics card, but for my situation, will it make a big difference? I presently have a Matrox G400. I rarely play games. I use my PC to surf mainly and do semi-serious photo editing 10%...
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    Trying to boot from SCSI hd with Intel VC820!! HELP!!

    Thanks for your reply, Bartman. I did some searching around and found that it is a known problem with the VC820 and certain SCSI cards. The work-around for now is to disable the boot option for the cdrom(s). Intel is suppose to come out with a fix with the next bios release.
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    Trying to boot from SCSI hd with Intel VC820!! HELP!!

    I have just "upgraded" my SCSI (Adaptec 2940UW) system (CDRW, HD, CDROM) from an ASUS P2B mobo with a PII-400 to an Intel VC820 with a PIII-800. I used to be able to boot from the SCSI hd, now with the VC820, it only looks for a floppy when booting. It does not see my SCSI stuff at...
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    Trying to boot from SCSI hd with Intel VC820!! HELP!!

    I have just "upgraded" my SCSI (Adaptec 2940UW) system (CDRW, HD, CDROM) from an ASUS P2B mobo with a PII-400 to an Intel VC820 with a PIII-800. I used to be able to boot from the SCSI hd, now with the VC820, it only looks for a floppy when booting. It does not see my SCSI stuff at...
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    anyone have the cusl2-c

    You'll have to wait a bit longer then. Essential's site has the CUSL2-C at $20 more than it was earlier this week!! That's even $9 MORE than they are selling the CUSL2 board!!
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    CUSL2-C Available NOW! In NYC **UPDATE** FOUND 119.95

    Essential Comp. is selling the CUSL2-C for $148 + shipping. That's $9.00 MORE than he's charging for the CUSL2 board!!! Is this an error?? :Q
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    32M or 64M Geoforce GTS???

    What exactly do you gain with 64M in real world performance?
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    Computer won't shut down!

    The same thing happened to my friend when he installed Win98SE as a full version. He later installed his win95 first then upgraded to win98se and the error went away.
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    100 CD-Rs for $20

    Any sales on CDRW's??
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    100 CD-Rs for $20

    Any sales on CDRW's??
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    top raman 8 for 1$ @ farm fresh

    What is the purpose of the MSG?? :confused:
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    What does "LOL" mean?? (NT)

    NT
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    Any reason NOT to get the Asus CUC2(i820E) over CUSL2(i815E)...

    ...if I already have access to RDRAM. Are the 2 boards the same except for the fact that the CUSL2 accepts sdram and the CUC2 does not. ...or to rephrase, is there a difference between the i820E and i815E other than the fact that the i815E accepts sdram? Other than that is one chipset...
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    ASUS P2B and PIII

    I have the same motherboard and popped a 800Mhz PIII in thinking it was supported. Did I just fry my CPU??
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    Any problems with the Intel i820E chipset?

    Thanks for your replies. Very good points. I still would like to know, economics aside, if there is any downside to having an i820E mobo. Advantages and disadvantages vs the i815E mobos. urbantechie - What is a DDR setup?
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    Any problems with the Intel i820E chipset?

    I already have the cpu and the rdram. Should I sell and get sdram and an i815E motherboard? I was looking at the Asus CUC i820E motherboard.
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    Slot 1 vs Socket 370! Why did Intel make 2 types?

    Is one package superior to the other? I am looking to get an Intel 850Mhz or 933Mhz chip.