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    How does the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player compare to others?

    Can you show me this in writing? I'd consider a PS3 if it were true.
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    How does the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player compare to others?

    The 360 with the HD DVD player is the only high def player that can play DivX/XVid. Also it does 1080p unlike the other HD DVD player someone linked to. I thought all 360s came with a HDMI port now.
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    KillerNic

    WTF is that supposed to mean? I normally post from this account but I've been home sick the past two days... what's your problem? Barrage? Again I don't even think you know what you're talking about... you're just posting so that your post count goes ++ ? Did you actually read the GD...
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    Gigabyte I-Ram, finally here

    I guess one way would be to install them into a spare PC and run the SATA cables into another system I have Sata cables at work that are 3-4 feet long, so it should work... not pretty though. The lack of spare PCI slots is definately a problem. I can't run the two I-Rams and my Audigy sound...
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    Gigabyte I-Ram, finally here

    Until two weeks ago, they weren't actually available for sale at any reputable vendor. Nice troll post though, wonder how many of your 5710 are similarly valuable contributions to these forums.
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    Gigabyte I-Ram, finally here

    Jiggz, I haven't yet done any quantitative measurements. Qualitatively, things feel slightly faster, level loading times are improved by some small amount, but more importantly are the reduction in "jerks" when the framerate goes real low for a split second. Here's what I've been using it...
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    Gigabyte I-Ram, finally here

    I've been testing all the 1G modules I can get my hands on. So far with my 1.3rev I-Ram: These sticks worked: Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141308 A-DATA V-Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR...
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    Gigabyte I-Ram, finally here

    I receieved my I-Ram from Buy.com yesterday, and it was the 1.3 revision. :) There isn't much of a difference between all those, but its nice to get the newest revision (probably). Didn't do much testing yet, I don't have all my memory I was going to use in it yet. I tried the stuff from...
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    Gigabyte I-Ram, finally here

    Buy.com has a great price on these. Their web site says they are out of stock, but despite that, the one I ordered actually shipped and arrives today according to FedEx's tracking info. I was content to wait a while to save 10-20 bucks, seems I get to have my cake and eat it too. :)...
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    Gigabyte I-Ram, finally here

    Here's a Google cache of the page back when the various version differences were described (dunno why they took it down): http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:uT...K&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=30&lr=lang_en It doesn't look like much changes from 1.1 > 1.2 > 1.3. Unless there's firmware...
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    Gigabyte I-Ram, finally here

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815168001 So who is going to buy it and see if WoW load times are improved for me?
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    Dumping AMD64-going back to pentium goodness

    Or something he hasn't tried replacing yet may actually be faulty. Who knows? If any of you buy his stuff, post your experience with it. Would be interesting to know. I'd get a non-Prescott 3.0 or 3.2. So get the C revision instead of the E. They run a lot cooler, and I've bought dozens...
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    Dumping AMD64-going back to pentium goodness

    He checked the memory, but never ran different memory, from what I read. Thats what you need to do next, borrow some memory from someone that you know works, and see if the problem remains.
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    Trolling

    /sign
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    veritas backup exec help

    The feature you want is in BEX 10, which you can download from www.backupexec.com. It will be a trial version good for 60 days until you buy a license. As far as I know, you cannot backup to disk using version 8.5, that feature was added in version 9 or 9.1. I could be wrong though, the key...
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    Microsoft considering Ad-Ware?

    Anyone get the print edition of The Wall Street Journal? Section B, page 1, today, is an article about how Microsoft is considering partnering or buying Claria, the company formerly known as Gator. They want to try to compete with Google but are having a hard time working around Google's...
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    Official Athlon 64 X2 preorder/instock thread...

    What you should probably do then is do a little from column a, and a little from column b. For everything you have a lot of stock of, do the first option, for everything that you have limited quantity of, do the second option. Knowing that what you ordered really is in fact going to be in...
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    Official Athlon 64 X2 preorder/instock thread...

    Update: ZZF yesterday evening sent me email notification that they'd shipped me my 4400+ Retail I ordered, and supplied a tracking number. So I went ahead and sent TGs an email canceling my order with them. (I couldn't find a way to cancel the order via TG's web site.) So anyways, since I...
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    Official Athlon 64 X2 preorder/instock thread...

    You have any NForce Pro boards? Hmm....
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    Official Athlon 64 X2 preorder/instock thread...

    I got the same out of stock email from ZZF, and I placed my order one minute before I got the Tank Guys email telling me ZZF had them lol. Anyways, I anticipated this and that's why I said I wouldn't cancel my TG order until I got a tracking number from someone else. At that point the only...
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    Official Athlon 64 X2 preorder/instock thread...

    The greatest thing ever about Newegg is their real time stock. If it says its in stock, it is, and you'll get it. If it isn't in stock, it won't say its in stock, and its impossible to order. They've been awesome about that for the past 6 years I've been buying from them. It seems like every...
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    Anyone know when the IDE ram cards are coming?

    I think you can do something like that now using flash drives.
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    Official Athlon 64 X2 preorder/instock thread...

    I jumped all over that at ZZF :) . I'm sorry to say I'll have to cancel my tank guys order, but not yet. I'm gunna wait for a tracking number first lol. Been watching this thread too long to lose my place in line at TG in the event there was some "mix up" about how many ZZF has in stock.
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    Anyone know when the IDE ram cards are coming?

    Yup that's the coolest thing about it imo. Its a waste really to put fast ram in there, since it'll run it slow anyways. So get some cheap ram or old ram you have lying around, and call it good. I'm sure when they come out, and we know the exact specifications of what ram is really needed...
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    Anyone know when the IDE ram cards are coming?

    I don't remember a 4 GB hard drive size limitation since way way back in the day (and I thought it was at 2GB). Since this is a SATA device, I don't think there's any such sort of 32 bit limitation. Or were you thinking of the 4GB 32bit limitation of system ram in today's computers? That...
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    Anyone know when the IDE ram cards are coming?

    If you believe this: http://www.overclockers.com/tips00788/index02.asp It says there's no technical reason for a 4GB limit. I interpret that as meaning the "4GB limit" is a practical one since its not practical to purchase 2GB sticks just so you can run 8GB on one card, when its more cost...
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    Anyone know when the IDE ram cards are coming?

    Yeah 2 in one system 'cause I need to store about 4.5 GB of data on it, which is too much for just 1 device (barring cheap 2GB modules). I plan on doing Raid 0 or JBOD, either way should be fine, whatever works best.
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    Anyone know when the IDE ram cards are coming?

    No, it was supposed to be available in July. That's really soon now (tm), if you check your calendar. Edit: I did some more research and the more recent web articles state "early August". So the date has slipped, but also gotten more specific, which is good overall. And yeah, I'm gunna...
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    Official Athlon 64 X2 preorder/instock thread...

    A well known fact perpetuated entirely on message board forums such as this one! Until you post a link to a reliable news organization sayings its fact, at least.
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    World of Warcraft $19.99

    I took advantage of this twoweeks ago, and I got a legit copy. The box was opened, and the sleeve for the third CD is missing. But all four CDs were there, and most importantly the key code worked without problem. So I was a success story. I don't know if I would do it again though, I was...
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    Official Athlon 64 X2 preorder/instock thread...

    I have another question for Tank Guy. Are you guys drop shipping from somewhere else, or shipping from your location in Michigan? I currently live in Indiana, so Michigan is pretty close, but if they are coming from California then cheap shipping would take longer.
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    Official Athlon 64 X2 preorder/instock thread...

    Can't blame Monarch for wanting to make more than a quarter-pounder-with-cheese in profit. The good news for Tank Guys is at least they are getting their name out there a little, prior to this thread I had never heard of them. Monarch on the other hand I've ordered from off and on since the P1...
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    Official Athlon 64 X2 preorder/instock thread...

    IMO these pre-order prices aren't gouged. They are pretty fair. I guess that's why I pre-ordered one. I'd be surprised if the prices went down more than $30 within the next month... and for me getting the new CPU next week instead of in five weeks is worth $30. Now in contrast, when the...
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    WOW they actually bought out a HSF that can cool down a P4 .. ROFL

    I think someone should mod that onto their boat, it'd be a whole new kind of water cooling. I can see it now: "My CPU fried due to seaweed caught in my HS&Fan :( ."
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    Tom's review is up...( X2)

    Personally I'm staying away from Intel CPUs until they run hot enough to fire pottery. Those kilns are expensive.
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    Low latency: Crucial single-sided "8T" vs OCZ Titanium and Patriot 2-3-2

    You can't actually order that stuff at Excalibur anyways. Its a beta web site. No one actually has the OCZ Titanium in stock, at least not the 1GB modules.
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    Can I use more than 2 Sticks with the new A64 rev E A.K.A venice?

    I'm curious about this as well. Since I plan on running 4gigs of ram using 4x 1gig modules. I also think more of the testing web sites should test the motherboards at their maximum capacity, since if it can do that, it can probably do lesser capacities that everyone uses as well or better...
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    SoundStorm is dead and is never coming back **Updated 3/3**

    Soundstorm's successor? http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20448 http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthre...hreadid=511204&perpage=20&pagenumber=1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...1&item=5169703031&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
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    BFG GeForce 6800GT OC PCI-Express... $474 shipped

    "In stock" is the operative phrase here... these lastest video cards from ATI and Nvidia have been OOS for so long, as far as I'm concerned many of them don't really exist. That Monarch deal is awesome, compared to what you would have to pay as of recent (for the PCI Express version). What I...