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    Leaving things on?

    I say turn them off when you go to sleep. But then leave them on the whole time you're not at work/school so you only turn them on and off once each day.
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    pro media ultras

    I think it's pronounced like klipch, the s is silent. And yes the ultras do indeed rock, I have one set for my computer and another for my living room setup. Nothing comes close to the ultra's subs in that price range and it rivals even a lot of cheaper home theater stand alone subs. I have a...
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    Why does my monitor tend to blow up and then go back to normal size?

    It's more than likely just the monitor warming up. My sony g500 does the same thing, it doesn't fill the screen perfectly until after like 20 to 30 minutes, then it looks perfect.
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    best gaming speakers

    The problem with the logitechs is their exaggerated bass and lack of a tweeter. If you like tons of bass go with logitech. If you want fidelity with your bass go with the klipschs. The gigaworks S700/750 do have slightly better sounding satellites than the ultras, but the ultras sub is...
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    best gaming speakers

    Don't go with the gigaworks S700 or S750, they have some really bad quality control issues right now. Before I learned of this reading on the creative forums I bought myself an S700 set and after I got everything hooked up and was ready to be amazed there was no sound at all, nada. I triple...
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    what res you run your 22" monitor at?

    It's not a real big deal and not something you'll notice unless you know it's there and look for it. I myself used to use 1280x1024 on my crt and didn't notice it until I learned about the aspect ratios. But once you know, there's no going back:cool:
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    what res you run your 22" monitor at?

    1280x1024=bad on a crt. It is not the same aspect ratio and things will look silghtly fatter than they really are. 1280x960 is the correct resolution to use. LCD screens that run 1280x1024 are different because their actual physical dimensions are 5:4, not 4:3 which crts are. Sorry but I...
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    is DVI really nessisary

    I don't think it matters what lcd you have those old low resolution games are simply going to look worse on an lcd no matter how good of job it does of scaling and if you really must play them just use a crt. It's not that big of deal to swap them out if you're going to play the game for a big...
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    Qietest 6800GT

    The evga 6800 gt is pretty quiet. I have one and put an nv5 cooler on it and while it is quieter than the stock, it's not a huge difference.
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    You guys oc'n a Gt to ultra speeds, what agp voltage are you using?

    It's probably reverting back to stock clock speeds when it pauses for a second because of stability or heat issues. Turn fastwrites off in the bios if you have that on. I can't see you getting a 65 load temp with the stock heatsink/fan unless you put a nv silencer 5 on it or the maybe the evga...
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    For all those who have recently ordered a Dell 2005FPW LCD

    Look for dead pixels on a white background and if you see any small dots that can't be cleaned off the screen they're probably dead pixels. Whether they bother you or not is up to you. To look for backlight leakage do a preview of the 'blank' screensaver which is all black and look for any...
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    good deal? seems a bit steep...

    Maybe a little bit. It's by no means a real bad deal even for the agp version since the nv5 is already installed for you. As long as the card is in perfect working order and you don't want to mess with heatsink installation I say go for it but buying the parts seperately would be cheaper.
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    very specific question regarding 6800GT

    You can use 4x aa and 8x af no problem. I've played the game myself on my 21" at 2048x1536 with 4x aa and 8x af with no problems. With a 6800 gt the game will pretty much always be cpu limited even with full details on.
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    good deal? seems a bit steep...

    Sounds about right for pci express, but too much for agp.
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    LCD for Games

    The sony hs94p/hs95p and the viewsonic vp912b are imo the best lcd's for gaming you can get right now. They offer the best resolution for gaming that will allow you to run all games at native resolution with fast framerates as long as you have a decently up to date video card. They have...
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    CRT Eyestrain

    I think as long as your crt is in top working order and calibrated correctly with a high refresh rate it will be fine on the eyes. The great thing about lcd's though is their perfect geometry and focus. I upgraded to a 19" lcd from my 21" sony g500 crt and my eyes feel much better and I get a...
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    Need good LCD monitor

    I personally don't know if you'd be able to tell the difference. I've tried vga and dvi on my sony hs94p 19" and cannot tell a difference.
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    Will my computer be able to run Half Life2?

    The source engine is actually based off of old quake 1 code so it does scale quite well.
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    6800 GT Temps>?

    I installed an evga copper heat sink with artic silver ceramique on my evga 6800 gt and it dropped my max temp from 85 to 80, which was fine for minor overclocking but not for going well over 400 core. I then bought an nv silencer 5 and it dropped my peak temp to 72 while overclocked at...
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    DVI vs VGA

    I've read it depends a lot on the lcd itself also. It's hard to tell the difference between dvi and vga on my sony hs94p 19" lcd.
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    Yet another person amazed by the Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5

    Yes, I would try loosening the screws. Since your temps are down your core is probably fine but your memory might not be making full contact with the heatsink if it's too tight. You might gain a few degrees on the core temp but your memory will make better contact and you should be able to...
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    Yet another person amazed by the Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5

    I just got an nv5 silencer myself today for my evga 6800 gt but had a few problems. The good thing is the noise level is quite a bit less and the overall loudness of my computer is much more tolerable. One problem I ran into was finding the right tightness of the screws on the backplate to...
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    Increase LCD Font Size

    Go to display properties, then settings, then advanced. On the 'general' tab you'll find the dpi setting. Mess around with it and make it bigger until it's the size you want.
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    LCD Monitor

    It is one of the best out there for ghosting. The hs94p was my first lcd and that was what worried me moving from my 21" sony crt was ghosting but it's so minor it's unoticeable in first person shooters on this display. Like I said the samsung 193p will have slightly better image quality at...
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    LCD Monitor

    I recommend the 19" sony hs94p. Games are simply amazing on it. It doesn't have as high of contrast ratio and as many colors as the samsung 193p (16.2 million vs samsung's 16.7), but for gaming the crt like look of it because of the glass and superior response times of this display more than...
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    Gaming LCD

    Or the sony hs94p which uses the same screen as the viewsonic and I believe is slightly better. Also, I think a 19" lcd is better with one video card as then you can run absolutely any game at 1280x1024 with awesome framerates and usually full anti aliasing and AF settings to make it look...
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    3200 90nm system suggestion..

    I have an older 3200 winchester I bought back in october with a msi k8n neo 2 board and the highest stable overclock I can get is 2450 (245x10) with a zalman 7000 alcu cpu cooler. I have an ocz powersupply and the ocz 3200 plat rev 2 ram so nothing is holding me back but the processor and...
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    Compusa, Sony 19" lcd monitor $499

    If any of you owners of the hs94p have backlight leakage problems on the sides especially then take it back while you still can and get a higher week production one. The ones above week 40 or so really are almost perfect displays and the only negative thing about them is the 16.2 million...
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    Compusa, Sony 19" lcd monitor $499

    I also bought a sony hs94p recently and am loving it. It was an upgrade for my 5 year old 21" sony g500 and it looks a lot better. The previous poster was right about getting one with a manufacturing date of week 40 or higher as the earlier ones do have backlight problems. I had a couple of...
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    Winchester OC limits?

    You won't get prime stable, there's a known problem with the winchesters and prime 95. Unless you use prime 95 as an actual application and not a stress tester just be happy you can run all of your programs you actually use with no problems.
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    70Hz monitor

    With a crt you want to run 1280x960 as it has a 4:3 aspect ratio just like all of the other resolutions, 1600x1200, 1024x768, etc. 1280x1024 is ONLY for lcds as the physical dimension of the lcd itself is 5:4 which is the same aspect ratio as 1280x1024. Just divide the two numbers. You also...
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    Need some help choosing a good LCD

    The ghosting is barely visible on the sony hs94p, you have to actively be looking for it to notice it. This is my first lcd upgraded from a 21" sony g500 so I was skeptical about the negative things of lcd's but they're not bad at all. I play cs:source, doom 3, warhammer 40k, ut2k4, etc and...
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    Need some help choosing a good LCD

    Add the sony hs94p to your list. It uses the same screen as the viewsonic vp912b but has a 500:1 contrast ratio instead of 450:1. Not that it's a big difference but I also just prefer the sony brand for displays more. Either one will be your best choice for gaming and movies.
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    Are lcd good enough?

    Actually I've had dead pixels before on a couple of crt's. Some 19's I bought over 5 years ago had a couple of dead pixels on them so I had to return them. As for the best gaming lcd I'd have to say the 19" sony hs94p is the best right now. It has great response time (12 ms) and I think has...
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    FX-55 processor to run completely stable at 2.8 GHz

    Problem with the xp-90 and xp-120 is you need a fan too to blow on the heatsink so that's another thing you have to worry about and pay for. Get the all copper or al/cu zalman heatsink/fan combo and you should be good to go. It's a good bang for your buck.
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    **Video Card Drivers**

    I gained about 2 fps in doom 3 at 1280x1024 with high quality settings on my overclocked 6800 gt. I also lost 4 fps in the source stress test demo so I went back to 67.03. I think the 67.02/67.03 is your best bet if you're playing half life 2 or counterstrike as it has the clamp option if...
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    6800gt for watching DVDs ?

    As long as you have a fairly fast computer you won't even need the hardware decoding from the video card. Dvd's look and play fine on my 3200 winchester and evga 6800 gt.
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    Ultra-High Resolution & Current Gen LCDs

    Your video card wasn't created specifically for your lcd. 21" sony monitors go up to 2048x1536 and with a fast computer older games and even World of warcraft is perfectly capable of running smoothly at that resolution. That said though I still prefer WoW at 1280x1024 on my 19" sony lcd rather...
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    Evga 6800gt...

    Thanks for the replies guys, looks like I'll have to try out my 19" lcd and 21" crt at the same time. You're right about the matrox cards, at work my computer has a g450 in it with 3 17" crts hooked up to it for 3072x768.
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    Anyone Tried gaming on the new Sony Xbrite LCD's?

    I also got one a couple of days ago and I'm loving it. I upgraded from a 5 year old 21" sony g500 crt and I'm amazed by the difference. I was skeptical about going to an lcd too but don't regret it at all now. The ghosting is slightly there but it's so hard to notice you'd have to be REAL...