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    Xeon for workstations

    I searched! I really did, but did not find my answer. Still, I expect this has been asked a thousand times. I work in special effects. I desperately need an upgrade as my PC is 5+ years old. The only time that I really notice my PC's shortcomings are when I'm working with fluid dynamics...
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    Win7 Admin Acct and Remote Desktop

    Hi, I recently purchased the wonderfully affordable eMachine from Walmart. My intention is to give it to my girlfriends family for Christmas, and be their remote administrator from afar. Before I can do that however I wanted to set the system up and test it at home, to make absolutely...
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    ATI 4870 and Maya

    Hey all, I am about to snag myself a brand new 4870 X2. However all my experiences with ATI cards in combination with my CAD software (specifically Maya) have been bad. I want to know if anyone here is also a Maya user and can confirm that Maya will work in High-Quality Rendering Mode with...
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    Installing Vista 64 Bit With Asus Board and 8GB RAM

    Hey guys, I'm trying to get vista Ultimate 64-bit to install on this hardware. I just through together an ASUS M2N-E with a 5600+, bought 8GB of Corsair, and a second hard drive so I didn't have to ruin my perfectly functional computer by infecting it with Microsofts new OS. However I'm...
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    Dual Sound Cards?

    Is this possible? I have an onboard chip on my Asus M2N mainboard, and also an X-Fi soundblaster. I want to run both because I use a surround sound headset (Zalman) with my X-Fi, but I get sick of switching out my jacks when I want to use my speakers. Was hoping to use my speakers with the...
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    Restoring Administrator Permissions

    If someone removed all permissions to access a directory for the main Administrator account on WinXP Pro, how would those permissions be restored? Thanks for any help, I thought it would be best to ask a forum before up and reinstalling the whole OS, which was the only other thing I could...
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    3007WFP question

    I'm thinking of getting the Dell 3007WFP. I would use it for both gaming (very old games to very new), as well as Graphic Design and 3D Production. I already read Anandtech's article on LCD newbie-ness, but it didn't cover specific things I wanted to know. This will be my first LCD monitor...
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    EAX Compatibility?

    Does newer Creative sound cards support older EAX? Specifically, do the X-Fi or newer Audigy cards have support for EAX 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, etc? I can't see dumping money on these if they don't keep up support for the few older games that support it, so was really curious. Thanks!
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    Crazy PSU/Motherboard incompatibility

    I've read that there was an issue with Antec / A8N SLI Deluxe MoBo combinations that cause sponteneous power downs with the system. I just built a new system tonight that used the A8N board with a Cooler Master 600 Watt PSU, and I'm getting the same issue described in the Antec/MoBo problems...
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    Weird PCIe Molex on my PSU

    Hey all, I just picked up a 7800GTX and a new 600 watt Cooler Master PSU. When I tried to hook it up, the PSU's 6-pin PCI-e Molex connector had the slightest deviation from the PCIe power connector on my video card. The PSU's connector looks like this...
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    Good time to upgrade?

    Hi. Right now I'm running a P4 3Ghz (first generation, don't recall what project name it is). I had a 6800 Ultra AGP card blow up on me for some reason recently, and it seems that Nvidia is trying phase out AGP entirely and force everyone to go with PCIExpress, because finding a replacement...
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    Dual monitor freeze on 6800 Ultra

    Has anyone experienced their PC locking up when using dual monitor on a 6800 ultra? I just replaced my ATI X800 a 6800 Ultra today and I can no longer use both monitors at the same time. If I plug in two the whole thing freezes up (if in windows everything just locks and becomes unusable). If...
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    Most customizable GUI?

    I've just finished building my first Mini-ITX form factor PC. I plan to turn this into a little emulator box, but I want a completely custom looking OS. I know anything is possible with Linux, but due to some application requirements it has to be a Windows OS. What I tried in the past was...
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    Notebook hard drive speeds

    I'm looking at buying a new notebook HDD for a small form PC I'm building. Just curious if 4200rpm drives were really all that slow, or if I should go for one of the quicker speeds. The PC in question will just be used for emulation of 16-bit and earlier games, as well as viewing videos...
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    Epia SP 13000 Power Requirements

    I'm throwing together a min-ITX PC for myself and I'm going to pick up the Epia SP in the next couple days. Something that concerns me at the moment is that I don't know the power requirements for this board and CPU. I don't see myself running many other peripherals aside from a HD and DVD ROM...
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    reverting from WinXP to Win2k

    Hi All, WinXP has given me several issues over the last year or so and I used to have a more stable experience with 2K, so I?m switching back. I reformatted my machine and installed Win2k on it over the weekend. Afterwards I threw on SP4, and immediately afterwards I began to see nothing...
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    Fried Motherboard?

    A friend of mine just finished setting up his first PC, but ran into trouble shortly after powering it on. The configuration for this system was a P4 2.4, GeForce 6800 GT, and 350w Power Supply. We were assured the 350 power supply was enough to power this guy, but it after we powered it on it...
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    Unknown network activity

    Hi all, I have a good amount of technical knowledge, so hopefully this isn't your usual case of someones un-tech-savvy grandmother being unkowingly infected with 500 types of spy/adware, but my PC has acquired an interesting characteristic over the last few months that I can't solve alone...
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    3dsMax and the ATI X800 XT

    Hi all, I'm a 3D artist who uses Max and Maya on a daily basis. I recently purchased a Sapphire ATI X800 XT with 256MB RAM and I'm now experiencing such drastic slow-down in my 3D viewports while modeling that it's unusable. Any games I run are more or less perfectly acceptable (doom 3...
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    ATI All in Wonder Question

    I am going to grab a cheap All in Wonder 128 for capturing video. Does anyone know if onboard RAM makes a difference for video capture? For instance, does the AIW 128 with 32MB RAM capture better quality/smoother framerate/etc than the same card with 16MB? Many thanks in advance!!
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    GeForce 3 Ti 500 and Dual monitor Support

    Hi. I need to know if the GF 3 Ti 500 properly supports dual monitors. I have a 21 inch Sony CRT hooked to the standard CRT out, and a 19 inch Sony CRT hooked to the DVI out (using the DVI to CRT adapter). When I turn everything on the monitors display in mirrored mode (both monitors display...