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    Intel Core i7-930 arriving Q1 2010

    Link Specs look slightly wrong though - it says 2.88Ghz, but it's more likely to be 2.8Ghz. It also mentions it could be 32nm or 45nm, but tbh, it's most likely to be a 45nm part as nothing in Intels roadmaps suggests a 32nm Quad early next year.
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    Core 2 Duo T5450 and Assassins Creed

    At the moment I have a single core PC that plays games pretty well enough, but I'm considering getting a laptop for various reasons (would be handy occasionally), and what might be a deal clincher is that if I could just about get away with running Assassins Creed on lowest settings with a...
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    Will a Scythe Samurai Z fit Ok on a Gigabyte Ga-m61p-s3?

    Piccy of the motherboard: Link And of the cooler: Link Cheers if anyone can provide any information on this, as I intend to get this motherboard and would ideally like to get this heatsink/cooler too. The bit I'm worried about is whether it will interfere with the RAM, I feel...
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    Things looking grim for my PC.....

    This morning when i booted up i noticed the system time hadn't been updated (or barely) since switching off last night. thinking nothing of it, I've been playing Tomb Raider Legend today and it's been goiing alright for a while, but then the system locks up, so I press restart - nout happens...
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    Does an ATI 9550 support 1680x 1050 resolution?

    My mate is after a big monitor, he DOESN'T PLAY GAMES, and he has just spotted a monitor he likes, widescreen, thatb has a native resolution of 1680x1050. Now, I'm checking around on the internet (googling) as we speak, but last time i check for ATi supported resolutions for his card I didn't...
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    Is 1440 x 900 supported by Radeon 9550?

    My mate has this card, and is after a widescreen monitor and needs to know whether It supports this resolution, i.e. 1440 x 900. I've checked the AMD/ATi site and otehr sources and can't see any info on what should be easily available topic. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
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    Palit 6200A AGP, and 6600LE AGP frequencies?

    Mate has a 1.7Ghz P4 system, 256mb ram (he'll be upgrading and adding more) and currently uses an FX5200. He doesn't want to spend much, so I said a 6200A would be a nice increase over his 5200 - anyway, he's seen a Palit 6200A at his local PC shop, but it doesn't mention frequencies, so I just...
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    Just about to RMA graphcis card - should I uninstall drivers first?

    I'm just about to RMA a faulty graphics card (pretty sure it is) after lots of corruption appearing - should I bother uninstalling the graphics drivers? Hopefully will get direct replacement, plus I could uninstall in Safe Mode anyway I assume, after installing the new card, so should I...
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    Help! Graphical corruption, now windows won't load!!!

    I was just reading a saved html file then all of a sudden, the screen went corrupted, so I thought "oh f*ck" pressed reset, and it was corrupted at the Leadtek BIOS screen, then went Ok on main BIOS screen, windows loading bar appeared alright, then just as it goes into windows it stops, with a...
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    EVGA 7600GT - just a question about early problems

    I'm in the uk, and I site I'll be getting parts off for a new rig has started selling the EVGA 7600GT, the only other choices are a BFG OC (I still hear about problems with BFG cards failing) and Leadtek, which doesn't have fan control, and so the fan is 100% all the time. The only niggle in...
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    Difference between the Core 2 DUO @ 1.86Ghz and 2.4Ghz 6600 model

    Out of the previews that have been coming out, are there any that show the performance difference between the low-end Core 2 DUO with 2mb cache and the 4mb cache versions, clock for clock? Just interested, although either way, I'll be keeping an eye on the 1.86Ghz version and then possibly...
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    Leadtek 7600GS Extreme

    Founs this card at newegg that I hadn't spotted before: Leadtek 7600GS Extreme Just wondering whether anybody has seen any reviews of it? I've done a quick google, but nothing turned up. Clocks of 520Mhz core, 900Mhz memory, but with active cooler, and Leadtek fans are usually quiet(ish)...
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    7600GS passive: Overclocks + temperatures??

    Hi All, I'm a cheapskate after a passive version 7600GS (trying to save cash and get good bang for buck, so to say, and.... ahem, can't really afford a GT anyway) and I have been reading reviews showing that when the core and memory in particular, are overclocked from default 400Mhz/800Mhz to...
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    What does 'FAO' mean?

    I've seen in put in topic titles in various forums, but the definition's given by google and other sites don't match up to what I think it might be :/ I feel a complete n00b for asking, but can anyone enlighten me?
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    System Crashing, tried Memtest, crashed in test without error?

    A neighbours PC is crashing all the time - when I first switch on, it crashes at black screen before winxp 'welcome', then on reset in would crash at just after welcome screen, then a few seconds later on so on for a number of times until it lasted a lot longer. Trying memtest to see if it's the...
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    WinFast PX7600 GT TDH Extreme

    Found this WinFast PX7600 GT TDH Extreme on a site I'll be buying new PC components from, and was interested in it not because of speed, but for it's fan, as it is Leadtek's design and not some crappy noisy reference fan. Just wondering whether either anybody has had this card and knows how loud...
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    Gigabyte K8NF-9 - Ok with SmartPower2 or TruePower 2 PSU?

    Just wondering whether their's anybody here with a Gigabyte K8NF-9 Motehrboard using SmartPower2 or TruePower 2 PSU andworking alright, as I intend to get one, but came across some post on firingsquad mentioning problems with getting lots of newer 24-pin PSU's to work, yet something like an old...
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    Delete - wrong forum

    As title says.
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    XP SP2 and 200GB IDE Drive

    I'll be building a new PC in a couple of months time, not sure of final specs, but I'm considering getting an ide drive of 160gb or 200gb - basically, it's over the 137gb(?) that Windows XP originally only recognised. I have an XP Pro CD with SP2 slipsstreamed (got it through MSDN agreement when...
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    Installing Firefox...

    Ok, I have an old version (1.0.1) installed and have downloaded 1.5 - do I have to uninstall 1.0.1 first, and then install 1.5, or will the installer take care of everything? I'm usually an IE guy, but occasionally if I notice anything suspicious I switch to FF :) Also, is 1.5 Ok as versions...
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    GeForce 7600 is only 8 pipe!!

    According to xbitlabs, the 7600 Go mobile series are only 8 pipe cards, so that is likely what the desktop versions will be. Link: 7600 Go Info. But don't get worried, the GeForce Go specs mentioned clock rates of 450Mhz and 1000Mhz GDDR3, and if that is anything to go by, any desktop GT...
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    Graphics Cards Maker to Offer RADEON X1800 for Older PCs

    Link: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20051113153610.html And after getting about 3 pages into the Video section I relaise there have been two threads already - sorry - I don't post here much....
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    7800GTX 512MB to run at 550MHz/1800MHz

    Link: Inquirer I can't believe this myself...
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    Quietness of Zalman 7700ALCU over stock AMD cooler

    Hi, I will be building a budget quiet PC in the next couple of months and I intend to get a Zalman 7700ALCU CPU cooler as it fits my price range. Recently I've heard reports that it's 'noisy', but as I know noise is subjective, I'm just wondering how the sound of the Zalman at 7V or less...
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    Any news on Vanilla 7800/7600GT/7600 cards yet?

    I've been googling for info but can't find much if anything atall - just rumours that the 7800 may be a 16-pipe card... anyone got any information on specs/release dates?