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    AMD Athlon XP 1400 Overclocking

    I have an old AMD Athlon XP 1400. I seem to recall that some of these were quite good at overclocking. I have the old style ABit NF7-s V2.0 (not the S2)... the ones that were an overclockers dream (actually it's Megatomic's old NF7 board). So, I am asking all you old timers to draw on your...
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    WOOT! Red Sox win World Series!

    Just awesome. What a truly fantastic series against the Cardinals, not to mention a professional sports first by winning a series when down 3-0. Congratulations Red Sox and hurrah! to their fans! Michael.
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    Which Team to Join?

    Okay, I want to join a DC team. I used to do S@H but just me, no team, so I am familiar with the concept of it. What I want to know is, which team would be better to join? F@H or S@H? As I said I already did Seti, so am familiar with it and it's objectives, but I could use a refresher...
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    Memory Module for Dell C600

    I am wanting to upgrade my Dell C600 Memory. Looking on the site they say it is Unbuffered PC100 SDRam. Question is, can I buy any mfg or did Dell do something proprietary here? Has anyone upgraded with OEM parts? Just want to make sure. Dell's $: 130 (w00t! You save $14.49) OEM $: ~90-100...
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    Sempron 3100

    Man, come on, already 2 days on the market and no one has bought a sempron 3100, oc'd it and is posting on their results!?? Sheesh! ;) Seriously I wanna know how folks are doing with it as many of you seem to have budgets much greater than my own.
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    New Forum Request

    The purpose of this forum would be for those of us who are constantly obsessed with improving their hardware (oc'ing, graphics card upgrades, etc.) or software (googling for Doom III Screenshots, running 3DMark{01|03} countless times, "I need to run BFV at 60FPS 1600x1200 and have it look good"...
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    Far Cry issues

    I had 9.0b and 61.76 installed one my system. Loaded 9.0c, installed 61.77 over top of 61.76 and then installed Far Cry from disk, did not download any patches. I thought the blue haze at the beginning (a kind of "wha... where am i" bump in the dark type of thing) was cool Xcept when I go...
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    6800 (Std, GT, Ultra) and NF7-S compat...

    For instance, my Leadtek A350 5900 Ultra card would not fit if I had anything plugged into the Secondary IDE port on the motherboard. Anyone having any issues with their 6800's when plugged into Abit NF7-S v2 mobo's? I am so strongly considering buying a GT.... ARG! MUST RESIST! ;)
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    Please lock...

    *steps into flame retardant suit* I would like to ask the mods that all postings by matt5900xt and mynewrigissick be locked (sorry, I know there are quite a few of them!). The guy is 13 years old, a very juvenille minor and while having access to the internet and all of it's glory (gorey?) he...
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    It may not be a 6800 but..

    I just got this 5900 Ultra 256MB for $215 incl/shipping from another user on Atech. Leadtek A350 Ultra w/MyVivo, 256MB card. I am sure this is old news, but... Stock 3dMark03 (450/850) - 5767 OC'd 3dMark03 (500/950@48C) - 6299! W00T! Yay, now to run BFV through it's paces. I am truely...
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    Making a Ti4200 behave like I think it should...

    I see several folks here saying that their GF4 Ti4200's (mine is 128MB 8x) run the latest games (even some including Far Cry) well. Decently shall we say. So I have been wondering, what are you doing? For instance, I play Battlefield Vietnam. The game is excellent, but it frequently gets...
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    Javascript Errors on Forum Pages

    The Forum Main and Motherboard forum pages all give me a Javascript "object not found" error. Would not matter to most, but I have Dev Studio loaded and it is constantly erroring on this. The Javascript function in question is: AC_FL_RunContent
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    Zalman 7000A-Alcu and Abit KD7

    A friend is considering buying a Zalman CNPS7000A-Alcu heat sink. He has an Abit KD7 mobo. Anyone know if the Zalman fits on the motherboard? Any mods needed? Thanks.
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    oc question

    I just recently purchased a NF7-S mobo off of another member. The previous owner suggested that it was 220 FSB capable and that put it in my "insane oc'able" category. I had a previous NF7-S and it crapped out after 211FSB. So, I get it all in my system, set the bios to something "low" like...
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    Ram or Video

    I have a friend who recently put together an AMD Athlon 2500 Mobile (oc'd to 2.4Ghz). He has pretty decent parts (ABit NF7-S mobo and an Antec Truepower PSU). All in all a good foundation. As we were talking today he was wondering though, what to upgrade first. He has Kingston VR 512Mb...
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    How high: Mushkin 222 PC2700

    Anyone used the Mushkin Special 222 PC2700 2x512 RAM to overclock? How high were you able to take your FSB and at what latency settings? I have two boards at my disposal, Abit NF7-S and a DFI NFII Ultra Infinity, Antec True 430 and decent air based case and cpu cooling.
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    Cooling a Geforce 4 5900

    I was looking at Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer, but noticed it says it is only compatible with Geforce3. Is there anything similar in design for Geforce 4? Is there even reason too? I plan on bios upgrade 5900 to 5950u and overclocking, was concerned about heat...
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    Cooling observances

    Well, for the past month or so I have been working on building some "dream machines" so to speak for various friends and family (even get to keep one for myself *YAY*). Now by dream machines I mean things average folks would find fantastic. All of them are mobile athlons, overclocked, some of...
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    Which motherboard for mobile 2600

    I am picking between three motherboards to host my new Mobile 2600. The choices are: - Epox 8RDA3+ - DFI Ultra Infinity - Abit NF7-S v2.0 Sooo, all you mobo guru's, which one would you pick... and why? Please note, these are all in my posession at this time so I would prefer it if you keep it...
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    Comparo on 2600 mobiles

    Okay, so I don't run the risk of looking like as big of a fool as the heatsink guy (for those of you who know what I mean), I would like to ask you all for a little help with a mini-comparo I am looking to do this weekend. I am going to be testing two 2600 mobiles. I will have a 0346...
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    Memory and overclocking

    I know I have seen this a few times but I just HAVE to ask: I am contemplating buying some PC3200 CAS 3 512mb Samsung ram for a good price. *sigh* I am building a system for a friend, and a budget is in mind. I will be overclocking one of the amd 2600 mobiles. Assuming I am going to keep the...
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    Antec Sonata

    I have a kingwin K11 case and love them, but am putting together some systems for some friends and am wondering if anyone has used the Antec Sonata for building an oc system? Does it do a good job of flowing heat? Also, can anyone articulate a good reason to buy any of the following over the...
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    Do you like Newegg.com's update?

    Newegg.com changed the layout of their "item details" page. Do you like it?
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    What are right relaxed timings?

    Have mushkin Level 1 2x256. I am trying to oc a new setup (Abit NF7-S and AXP2500M). Booted into MemTest86 V3.0(caught that from folks talking about corrupt windows). Memory set to 2-2-2-11, CPU running at 210X11.5@1.675 (running Prime95 now will check where it got to when I get home this...
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    OC "Ready" system - components?

    I am trying to put together an OC-Ready system for a friend. $500 price-cap (ugh) but I am dang close. He will perhaps upgrade some things over the next 2 years and oc a bit perhaps. Am I out to lunch here or should I just bail on the OC thought and get him somethign that is lower grade and...
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    how to tell AMD XP equivalent

    I was wondering, how do I tell what my oc system is in terms of marketing equivalency. I.e., I have a AXPM2500 oc'd to 2300Mhz. I thought I remembered someone saying that his AXPM2500 at 2400Mhz was the equivalient of a AXP3400 and he had a snapshot of a program showing so. I could be wrong...
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    Overclocking System Questions

    Hello folks, I am happy to be entering into this area of systems tinkering. As a long time builder I have never actually tried Overclocking, but have always been much happier with the stability of the system when I put the parts together instead of relying upon Dell or some other manufacturer...