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    Video card not doing as well as i thought

    I highly appreciate the input. That's just what i wanted to hear. It's good to have input based on reality rather than theory. I can get a x2 3800 for around $60. It appears that it's the only 939 still in production that's worth anything.
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    Video card not doing as well as i thought

    No, my current one isn't. That would be a good idea.
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    Video card not doing as well as i thought

    I thought that could be it and figured that'd be the first response as well. However, I guess I was thinking that the processor was plenty fast for wow. I was thinking about upgrading to a x2 3800 which should be tons faster than my old amd64 3200. What do you think?
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    Video card not doing as well as i thought

    I just upgraded from a 6600gt to a x1950gt (256mb agp version). My complete specs are amd64 3200, 1gb ram and the new card. I researched a lot before i bought the new card and figured the new card would be at least twice as fast but possibly much more. I decided to hold off on pci-e for a few...
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    Videos are tripping my computer out!

    I recently reformatted b/c of some problems I was having so everything should be going great, right? The other day I tried to watch a video in windows media player and it instantly sucked up 100% of the cpu. I couldn't do anything else unless I ctrl alt del to close out of the program which...
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    Did I lose my data?

    Strangely enough, I just logged back on to windows and now the drive is showing up. How strange is that?
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    Did I lose my data?

    I completely deleted the first partition and did a complete format, but didn't touch the other partition of course (I can still see the data). It doesn't matter if the limiter is removed because there are two partitions. It's just strange that windows saw it before but not now. My bios settings...
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    Did I lose my data?

    Ok. I have linux and just booted it up and linux still sees both partitions and my data is still there which is great! However, how do I get windows to see the data again? Honestly, I think I used a program from my harddrve manufacturer to partition it last time. But, I'm really not wanting to...
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    Did I lose my data?

    I had this HD partitioned into two drives of course because of xp's limitations. I had about 80gigs of home videos on the second part. I thought if I reformatted the part that xp was installed that the other part wouldn't be affected, but now, I can't see my other partition. Did this delete...
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    Data Card adapter for a desktop

    Ok, thanks. I'll give it a go.
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    Data Card adapter for a desktop

    This is one of the adapters that I've looked at. So you think this particular one will work well. Is there one that will performs better or will this one work just as good? I think that I want a pci card adapter like the one you showed, but just in case, is there one that I can put in one of...
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    Data Card adapter for a desktop

    I've found a couple of things that I think will work, but I'm not sure. The card is a Type II pc card. I found a router for $250, but that's more than I want to spend. Can somebody please show me a good adapter to use this wireless card on my desktop. Thanks
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    Vista installation question

    Thank you for the fast response
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    Vista installation question

    I have three harddrives: 250, 80 and a 40. I have the 250 partitioned of course. I was going to just install Vista on the 40 because I don't have anything on it. I would just change my boot priority depending on which I would like to use. I was trying to install Vista and it never asked me where...
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    7800 gtx in stock already?

    $650 lol
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    Securing my wireless network

    I have the D-link Di-624
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    Securing my wireless network

    Can someone help me restrict my wireless network to only my computers and gaming consoles? I recently moved into an apartment and my laptop detects 3 other wireless connections besides mine. I can connect to them with ease. I do not want other people to be able to do this on my network. I've...
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    How far could I overclock with value Ram (Man! I'm confused on how to do it)

    i'm sure I'm misunderstanding you somewhat. What exactly do you mean?
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    How far could I overclock with value Ram (Man! I'm confused on how to do it)

    thanks. I appreciate your help. I didn't know about #3. So you're saying I really don't have to raise the fsb on my memory. It'll do it on it's own.
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    who has a A64 3200+ overclocked-- Tell me what you did

    I'll just try to do something similar to what you all have done and see how it goes. I'm a little confused about the whole process. Overclocking ram is easy but after that I don't really understand it. If someone could be kind enough to just let me know what you did, I'll try to copy it...
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    How far could I overclock with value Ram (Man! I'm confused on how to do it)

    do I have to do anything special to the cpu to allow overclocking. I know with the xp's you had to unlock them. So i need to overclock the fsb (htt) the same on the ram and the cpu. I've read that guide like four times and I swear I'm still confused. I need somebody to hold my hand.
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    How far could I overclock with value Ram (Man! I'm confused on how to do it)

    I know there will be people say, "go read... can't you do a search." I know expensive ram is helpful but how far could I expect to push my 2ghz 3200+ with value ddr400. I would have bought higher rated ram (like ddr500) but I didn't plan on overclocking until a couple of days ago. I...
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    is this score about right?

    I've been playing world of warcraft and half-life 2. They both run pretty good. I've updated my drivers and everything. I haven't downloaded the newest bios update. I'm not sure how much of a performance increase that would provide. I recently purchased the board. that's strange that...
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    is this score about right?

    specs: msi k8n neo2 (939) A64 3200+ xfx geforce 6600gt 1gig ddr400 ram My score was between 18,000 and 19,000. I tried to do the comparison thing and it wouldn't pull anything up. I'll try it again when i get home. Is this score about right?
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    msi k8n neo2 question

    bump!
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    new build- cd drives won't open--No help yet? Come on!

    does anyone know if me connecting the power switch wrongly would cause something like my monitor not coming on or my cd/dvd drives not opening.
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    new build- cd/dvd drives won't open

    mobo: msi k8n neo2 (939) It's really strange but my cd/dvd drives won't open if the IDE cable is connected to them (if I unhook the ide cables leaving just the power hooked up they open fine) Both of my drives do this so I guess it's not the drives but it's the motherboard. I didn't have...
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    new build- cd drives won't open--No help yet? Come on!

    What? It was hooked up correctly. I guess I could flip it around to check but unless I'm crazy, it's connected correctly.
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    new build- cd drives won't open--No help yet? Come on!

    I have the cables connected right. I've also tried a different cable. Do you think it could have anything to do with hooking up the power switch incorrectly?
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    new build- cd drives won't open--No help yet? Come on!

    mobo: msi k8n neo2 (939) It's really strange but my cd/dvd drives won't open if the IDE cable is connected to them (if I unhook the ide cables leaving just the power hooked up they open fine) Both of my drives do this so I guess it's not the drives but it's the motherboard. I didn't have time...
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    msi k8n neo2 question

    It's really strange but my cd/dvd drives won't open if the IDE cable is connected to them (if I unhook the ide cables leaving just the power hooked up they open fine) Both of my drives do this so I guess it's not the drives but it's the motherboard. I didn't have time to mess with it too much...
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    how much of a bottleneck will my hard drive be?

    I understand that but in real world performance, will I actually see it and notice a difference? For example, what about gaming?
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    how much of a bottleneck will my hard drive be?

    I just ordered new components. amd64 3200+, msi k8n ultra, 6600gt and 1gb ram. my hard drive is a western digital 80gig 7200rpm with only 2mb. I got it before 8mb cache was cheap. How much of a damper will it put on my performance and what areas will it affect?
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    I just ordered my new computer last night

    I'm upgrading from a xp 2000+, geforce 4 ti4400, 512 ddr333 and a gigabyte 7vrxp
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    I just ordered my new computer last night

    AMD64 3200+ MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 Xfx Geforce 6600gt 1gb corsair ddr400 Side note: I decided that I wanted a new case about 5minutes ago. I ordered a super lanboy from newegg. I ordered the components from zipzoomfly which has fedex 2 day. I ordered the case from newegg...
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    3200+ and geforce 6800 or 3500+ and 6600gt

    ok retard. I'm trying to make sure that this one isn't like a 6800LE edition. Since you're so freaking smart, I thought you might understand the concern considering the numbering of video cards. Some are ultras, gt, pros and other stuff. I'm just trying to be sure before I spend money that...
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    3200+ and geforce 6800 or 3500+ and 6600gt

    is the 6800 faster than the 6600gt? I know most of the time they are; however, the evga one only has 128mb