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    Zalman Silent coller w/ fan

    I just upgraded to X800 XT, and still got that zalman cooler installed on my old trusty 9800. Does anyone know if I would be able to reinstall it on X800 ?
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    X800 XT AIW OC

    What was the highest gpu/mem settings ppl heard of running stable? How much can I push the GPU up without damaging it ? It's an all in wonder version
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    Barton 3000+, 2.167 GHz 333fsb

    I dont think the temps wouls be a problem, I got aneough fans to keep it cool, around 50-60 under load. I am affraid of givig it too much V. and gettomg it tosted. Whats the max V. that would be still safe?
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    Barton 3000+, 2.167 GHz 333fsb

    if I blast the fans 50-60C
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    Barton 3000+, 2.167 GHz 333fsb

    Right now I am running it at 1.824 @ 11x209. Has anyone pushed theirs any beyond that ? Whats the max safe V setting if anyone has the same cpu?
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    X800 XT overheating :\

    I just recently upgraded from 9800 to X800 XT All in Wonder. It allows itself to some degree of over clocking. But it seems that u can push memory quite further. But it gets pretty hot prolly 65-70 C. For the 9800 I used the silent Zalman gpu cooler with the fan. And that def gave me more room...
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    DDR400 Advice

    which ones were your talking about ??
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    DDR400 Advice

    ahh nice cas 2.5 :) The only problem I'm thinking of is that my mobo does not show a setting for 2.5, just 2 or 3..... Does that mean that I wont be able to take advantage of 2.5 ??
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    DDR400 Advice

    Tryed the highest setting my mobo gives, had it at 2.8 still no luck... best I get is 207 3-3-8... I never took of the heatspreaders to actually check the chips, so I get a feeling that I was sent some el cheepo ram advertised as micron
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    DDR400 Advice

    I'm looking to upgrade my "supposedly" micron pc3200 512x2 kit, that is unable of running in dual mode at 200mhz... too late for the rma. I was looking at Kingston Value ram, http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-141-423&depa=1 newegg has 2x512 kit it for $90 sounds...
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    High Northbridge temps!!!!??

    should i be worried at all about the North bridge overheating ??
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    Computer for under $300.00

    depends on how basic the gaming is goin to be ... :)
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    High Northbridge temps!!!!??

    mine is @ 44c /112f thats at with bus being at 210. the mobo is asus a7n8x-de is that above normal? should I be worried ??
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    USB VS Integrated Sound

    I got my old trusty SB AWE 64 from my p200 and I think of the old SB live card not sure which one. So would I better off using those instead of usb and onboard sound ? I not worried about sound quality, just game performance.
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    USB VS Integrated Sound

    so your saying that there is not trade off ??
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    USB VS Integrated Sound

    I know using the integrated soundcards on the mobo drops down fps during gaming, some article i read said the dif. was around 15 fps or so. I also have an external SB Extigy via USB(I think its usb1 even tho my board supports usb2) Can anyone tell me which config will give me more gaming...
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    How to View FPS in HL2

    there wasnt much of a set up... i played around w/ the settings but still wasnt able to get the fps readings with in the game. May be it has to do w/ versions of drivers I have but im pretty sure I have all the latest.
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    How to View FPS in HL2

    so if i use CL_showfps cmd in the console it should show up rite? stupid question tho how do u get to the console screen, if im not imstaken in hl1 it was the ~ key??? Also is there a similar cmd foor doom3??
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    How to View FPS in HL2

    i tryed insatalling fraps that didnt do anything for me at all
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    How to View FPS in HL2

    I'm trying to find the best oc settings for hl2. Is there any way to view the fps during the game real time? Like is there some sort of a console cmd like in quake?
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    Ram Voltage

    I got a thermaltake 450w psu. So if I go up to 2.8 should I be worried about any heat issues? or is ram not as sensative to heat?
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    Ram Voltage

    I bought 2x512 PC3200 dual channel ram advertised as Micron. I never bothered to take the heatspreaders off and actually look at the chips. In reality I am only able to hit 200mhz speeds in single channel mode at stock v. In dual mode i'm only able to go up to 179. The purchase was made a over a...
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    DSL VS CABLE

    They are a bit more pricy then Verizon and Optimum but not too bad since they give u static ip.
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    DSL VS CABLE

    Just changed the port to 8080 and assigned an ip, but still no luck. When i try to access it thru ip:8080 it only works for the server computer.
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    DSL VS CABLE

    I do use a router. I'm gonna try changing the port. But its very strange that I get only one ip.
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    DSL VS CABLE

    I currently have Verizon dsl, home service not biz. I have tryed setting up a server on one of my home computers, all with out luck. I only see 1 ip for all of my pcs and was unable to access the server thru the that ip. I know the verizon biz package give you a static ip but its 2x the price...