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    My videocard is crapping out, looking for a new one

    Hi all, I currently have a Sapphire 4870 512MB Radeon video card and I've had it for a little over a year and it's now starting to show artifacts randomly in different games. I'm currently looking for a new video card to replace it while shopping on a budget. My question is, would a 5770...
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    Upgrade from a 4870 to a 5850?

    Hi everyone, Right now I game at 1280x1024 on a 17" CRT monitor but I'm about to upgrade to a 22" LCD to game at 1680 x 1050 and I'm wondering if I would see a good difference in performance if I upgrade my Radeon 4870 512MB videocard to a Radeon 5850 1GB videocard? Also will my Intel Xeon...
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    Upgrading videocard but have PSU question

    Hi all, I'm looking to upgrade my Sapphire Radeon 4870 512MB Videocard to a new XFX Radeon 5850 1GB Videocard but I'm wondering if my PSU can handle it. I have an XCLIO 500W "Goodpower" PSU powering my rig with the 4870 in it right now, will this PSU be able to handle the new 5850? I see...
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    Question about cooling a Intel Xeon X3210 Quad

    Hi all, I have a question about the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 Rifle CPU Cooler. Right now I have an Intel Xeon X3210 2.13GHz Quad CPU with a VID of 1.2125v and thermal spec of: 85c overclocked to 3.2GHz @ 1.25v. I'm using an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro w/ MX-2 thermal paste and at idle my...
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    Question about a xeon x3210 2.13ghz cpu

    Hi all, My friend has a Intel Xeon X3210 2.13GHz SLACU G0 Stepping Quad CPU he doesn't use anymore and is giving it to me for free to replace my E4300 @ 3.0GHz. I was wondering if anyone owns one of these and can tell me if I might be able to overclock it to around 3GHz? Also what is the...
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    New Gaming Rig

    Hi, My brother wanted me to pick out/build his new gaming rig which he has a budget around $1,000 for and I already picked the parts out, I just wanted to double check with you all and see if there's any parts you would change. Thanks! Intel Xeon E3110 3.0 Ghz (Wolfdale) OEM - $187.99...
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    Looking for a soundcard

    Hi, I'm currently looking at soundcards for my rig as I want to step up from onboard audio. My rig is mostly for gaming and music. I've been looking at the HT Omega Striker 7.1 at newegg and I wanted to see what everyone's opinions were on that card? How are the Vista 64-bit drivers for it? I...