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    Improving Performance in World of Warcraft?

    My system specs: 1.3ghz pentium M banias 512mb pc2700 128mb radeon mobility 9700 samsung 40gb 5400rpm hd intel 2200b/g The big problem is the big stuttering I get when changing zones or moving around in a zone I just entered. I figured the problem is either the hdd or ram. Should I be...
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    Recommendations for wireless optical notebook mouse?

    Hi, I'm in need of a wireless optical notebook mouse. I know that logitech/microsoft are good ones, but how about others like a4tech or itronix lynx? I need one with good performance, good battery life (preferably using AA batteries), and on/off switch. I saw the new logitec V500, which is sweet...
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    Can my I wirelessly bridge these two routers: netgear wgr614 & mr814?

    I hope it can work.
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    Difference between 9800NP & 9800Pro,, and what nanoseconds bga ram is put on 9800Pro?

    I saw the 9800AIW non pro at frys and am wondering the difference between pro and non pro. Also I want to know how fast is the rated bga ram on the Pro. Thanks.
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    Which 802.11g routers have static DHCP, UPnP, WDS bridging?

    After going through two pathetic airlink routers full of problems, I need a new router that is stable, reliable, and has the following options above. If you own a router that does so, can you please mention it? Thanks.
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    Slow Call of Duty U.O performance w/ mobility radeon 9700 128mb.

    I just played call of duty united offensive on my laptop. My laptop is configured as: Intel 1300mhz pentium M ati mobility 9700 128mb w/ catalyst 4.8 512mb pc2700 The performance can get pretty laggy at times. I tried several resolutions and it can't compare to my desktop geforce 4...
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    BA Fry's - AIW Radeon 9800 pro 128mb oem - $199

    I'm surprised no one posted this yet. Fry's is selling 9800 pro oem all in wonder for $200. Saw it in frys as on saturday, so it is good until monday.
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    Intel 2200BG won't connect to AP when broadcast is off

    I just put my 2200bg mpci wifi in my laptop today. My home router is set to have broadcast off, so it can't be detected. It also has a WEP 128bit password. My brothers laptop, also using a 2200bg can connect to the router, when it has the correct settings. However, mine can't. I am using the...
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    Is my dynamic IP always changing?

    I have a dynamic IP through my sbc dsl. I am using a router to connect all my computers to the internet. I have my router option "idle timeout" set to 0, meaning it never times out with the isp unless it loses connection. So does that mean that when I log onto the internet, the dynamic ip...
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    Fry's - Creative Labs Muvo 2 - $199.99 (4gb extractable cf?)

    I just saw that frys has muvo 2's now for $200. I heard that the 4gb cf cards are either non workable in cameras or are soldered on, but i'm not sure about that. They still might be able to extract them for the prize 4gb cf card that actually works in dcams. If it doesn't pan out, you can always...
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    Can Boot Off Lan Be Used to Access Other Computer's Cd-rom to Install windows xp?

    I have a barebones laptop that has no cd-rom drive yet. I plan to get one later, but I wanna go ahead and install the OS already. The bios has boot on lan and I heard that that can be used to access a cd-rom off another computer during boot up. So far I am having trouble because it looks and...
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    Wireless Bridge: can one AP be 802.11g & other one 802.11b?

    I currently am using a netgear 802.11b router with 4 port switch. I do have some 802.11b devices connected to it. But I also have some 802.11g devices that are forced to run at 802.11b. I can get a 802.11g router for a cheap price and am wondering if i bridge the two routers wirelessly, can i...
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    MidNight Sale @ Compgeeks

    Worth taking a look, I was gonna bite on those altec lansing speaker set, but shipping+tax killed it for me. Looks like the 10% coupon doesn't work on these items. LINK
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    Can I Take Apart An External CD Burner and replace the burner with a dvd burner?

    I see alot of good deals for external cd burners. Can I take one apart and replace the drive with a dvd burner? I can easily get a external cd burner with 52x burner for $35, when a 5.25" external case itself cost $28 shipped off bensbargains.
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    How good is gaming on nforce 2 integrated?

    My friend needs to spend less than $200 on a rig that can play games. He already picked up a 2600+ barton and nforce 2 spp mobo, but I might suggest him to ebay the nforce 2 spp and pick up a nforce 2 igp mobo on sale at newegg. He needs to play call of duty/ ut2k4/ and older games. The...
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    Prescott 2.4A - Good OC Chip?

    Recently Fry's was selling 2.4A boxed Prescott along with ECS 848P based motherboard for $119. People have reported to get 3.2 to 3.4ghz easily on these chips at stock voltage. What do you think?
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    Problems with TMPGenc, please help.

    I have the latest version installed and am trying to convert divx/xvid -> dvd. I have all the appropriate codecs installed. I also ripped out the sound as a wav file so that the sound source is from the wav and not from the avi file. Basically on the last page when I hit begin encoding, I get a...
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    Good Way to Prepare dvd blanks for burning?

    Dude I swear once I take the disc out of the spindle and turn it over to inspect how good the dye is, dust falls on it right away. Anyone know a good way to prepare them for burning? Thanks.
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    Small Piece of Debris on my dvd-r left a dark spot after burning!

    A small piece of debris was on the bottom of my dvd-r disc when it got burned. After burning it left a dark spot in the pattern, which is only visible in direct light. The spot is about 1/4 mm wide. Should I worry about it? I don't wanna waste another disc cause these blanks are quality ones.
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    What is the best DV video editing software for a newb?

    I need to make a video for my group project and need to know whats the best software for a newb? I plan to use stuff like subtitles, pulling out all the video noise and adding music instead, and nice scene to scene effects. Thanks.
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    What's wrong? 5:4 ram ratio yields no better than 3:2...

    I have a abit is7-e with 2x256mb pc2700 ram. @ 3.3ghz (275x12 & 3:2 ratio - ram @ 366mhz 2.5,3,3,7) Sandra gets 5300MB/s @ 3.0ghz (250x12 & 5:4 ratio - ram @ 400mhz 2.5,3,3,7) Sandra gets 5300MB/s Can anyone help me out? And are my ram bandwith results bad? Thanks.
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    Ritek (matte top) G04 100pk - $65 shipped

    LINK If you look around other hot deal forums, you can find the 10% coupon code. I just got my order of Ritek (matte top) G04 100 pk from shop4tech. Riteks have been going downhill I heard of late, but the ones I got are pretty nice. They came in 2 50pk spindles with the RiData red covering...
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    PC2700 Bandwith on centrino notebooks?

    I have a barebone G551 which said it supports pc2700. But it can't run my pc2700 at pc2700, it automatically runs it at pc2100 with no options to set it in the bios. I'm getting 2000MB/s at pc2100 and am wondering what is your bandwith using pc2700 ram on your centrino notebook using sandra mem...
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    My two rigs in UT2K4: Intel vs AMD

    Ok here is a breakdown of my two rigs: AMD System: 1800+ T-bred B @ 2.2ghz (200x11) Biostar nforce 2 ultra400 w/ nvidia driver 3.38 512mb ddr 400 (2x256mb dual channel @ 2.5,3,3,7) (Sandra ~ 3050MB/s) Geforce 4 ti4200 128mb @ 310/700 w/ detonator 44.03 Sound Blaster Live! Seagate 120gb...
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    Whats a safe limit of vcore for northwood 2.4C overclock?

    I am currently at 1.50 ~ 1.53v @ 3.2GHZ. I think I can get 3.3ghz at 1.6v, should i push it? I'm using a zalman alcu-7000 with fan at 2100rpm.
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    Which laptop harddrive?

    Basically I need to dump my 4200 rpm hard drive cause it sucks. I am looking at 40gb 5400 rpm hard drives and I see samsung, seagate, and toshiba drives for $100. The samsung has 8mb, the seagate is 8mb, and the toshiba has 16mb. Which one to get? Thanks.
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    BA Frys - Barton 2500+ oem + ECS nforce 2 ultra400 $84.99

    I just saw this on the san jose mercury ad. Link That looks like a pretty hot deal to me.
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    How can I get the correct refreshrates on my laptop LCD?

    Basically in a nutshell I have ATI mobility 9000. I used rage3d mobility mod to modify the catalyst 4.4 to support my chip. There are no laptop lcd drivers. Windows identifies the lcd as "default monitor" and under the refresh rate settings, I get the whole schabang from 200hz to 60hz. But the...
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    World of Warcraft - Any single player campaigns?

    I don't like paying monthly fees for games and I think its ridiculous to pay more than $10 a month on top of paying $50 retail for the game to play online. If the fee were lets say $5 or under, thats alot more reasonable. Besides that, I wonder if the game will have any single player, you know...
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    Best UT2K4 Settings for Geforce 4 TI(4200/4400/4600/4800)

    I just wanna know what's are optimal settings for the game on the following video card. BTW, running on a 2.2ghz athlon xp with 512mb dual channel ddr400.
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    BA Frys - airlink+ 802.11g wireless pci lan card - $24.99

    Pretty good price, no rebates. I have the 802.11b version and it works flawlessly.
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    CPU speed vs Memory bandwith for Encoding system (mem limited and too cheap to get costly new sticks)

    I am using a 2.4C along with an abit IS7-E. Cpu can probably go to 3.4 and up on default vcore. See, the problem is the last spare sticks of ddr ram I have are two unidentical ddr 333 256mb sticks (1x unofficial samsung and 1x infineon). They are both double sided sticks. They are able to run in...
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    Will leaving battery in when running on AC shorten battery life? And what percentage discharge before recharge is best?

    I just finished setting up my centrino barebone laptop. It comes with an 8 cell. After I finish calibrating it, how can I get as many charges as I can from the battery? Should I charge it only when the battery is nearly discharged? And should I take out the battery when running on AC power? I...
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    Where can I get sxga notebook LCD drivers?

    Currently windows has it set to default monitor, and it has no idea what the max res and max refresh rates are. Is there any driver I can use or utility I can use to limit it? Thanks.
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    Should I use 128bit WEP to secure my wireless network?

    I am just using it for home use on my DSL. I currently have it set to 128bit WEP and has a password so only clients with that password can get in. Will this slow my connection at all? Thanks.
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    Fortron Source FSP-300W enough for P4 3.3ghz?

    My setup: P4 3.3ghz (overclock) Abit IS7-E 1 7.2k rpm hard drive 1 dvd-rw 1 agp card (does not require external power source) 1 wifi pci card 3 case fans set at 5 or 7V This is the power supply in question Link. Also I might consider the Enlight 360W. Which should I get?
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    IE6 keeps downloading to temp folder, how to prompt to ask me where to save?

    I turned off the always prompt before downloading check by accident and now it always downloads straight to a temp folder. I know I can do save target as, but it can get annoying for other users not familiar with my computer. Can anyone show me how to change it back, I can't find the option...
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    How to turn back on "ALWAYS PROMPT ON DOWNLOAD" in IE6?

    I accidently clicked it off when i was downloading a manga and now everytime I dl something that windows xp sees as totally harmless, it just downloads it straight to temp folder. Can anyone show me where to turn it back on in regedit? Thanks.
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    Dvd Burn Quality same if drive is placed vertically in microatx case?

    I am building a computer for a friend and got the NEC 2500A burner for him. Its put in a mini atx case where the optical drive is placed vertically so the case can be narrow. I just made a copy of a ps2 game using it and it works fine, but makes a lot of reading noise. The blanks are not great...