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    Software for Making Youtube Videos

    Hi everyone, My son has fallen in love with Minecraft and also the many "Let's Play" YouTube channels. He wants to start making videos of his adventures in Minecraft as well. I don't know where to begin. What is the best or what are good programs that will allow him to capture his...
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    TOP 10 Programs after format or new build

    With the exception of GFX and audio drivers (which usually happens first), I install these right out of the gate: 7-zip Sumatra PDF Google Chrome Steam BitDefender Evernote Adobe Lightroom 5 Dropbox iTunes MPC-HC (w/ MadVR) MSI Afterburner
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    Disconnecting Google Chrome Sync on a PC I Can't Access Anymore

    Long story short I was abrubtly laid off on a Friday (this was two weeks ago). My PC at work is still logged in however (they apparently havent turned off or picked up my equipment). So on my home PC it still shows the synced tabs and everything on that PC. For my own security I would like to...
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    Viability of A6-5400K in HTPC

    I have only seen one review (Tom's Hardware) of the A6-5400K (Trinity). TH puts the IGP of the A6-5400K a tiny tick behind the A8-3850 (Llano). I initially though the A6-5400K was the most compelling of the new Trinity processors, but having seen those results, I'm now concerned that the...
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    Can't Format HDD

    No go on DBAN. Didn't see the hard drive. I SHALL NEVER GIVE UP! ARG! Okay, I'm just going to drop $90 and get a 1TB hard drive then...dangit!
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    Can't Format HDD

    Okay so GParted saw the drive, but it recognized it as a 23.82GB drive of unallocated space. It was unable to do anything with it, though. Ubuntu also sees the drive, but again, it can't do anything with it. I've tried mounting it through the terminal and it doesn't work. I've checked my...
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    Can't Format HDD

    I noticed during a check of the BIOS that the HDD is not showing up. Weird...it shows in Vista, but not in the BIOS???
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    Can't Format HDD

    So I recently scrapped my old PC. I decided to place the hard drive from that PC into my current rig to use as backup storage. My current rig uses a 250GB SATA hard drive. The one that I have put in this rig from the old rig is an 80GB IDE drive. So, first...Windows shows the 80GB drive...
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    DVD/CD Drives Not Functioning

    They are internal drives.
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    DVD/CD Drives Not Functioning

    Well that worked partially. The drives now show up under My Computer, but upon every reboot, we are prompted that new hardware is found. Oddly enough, the CD drive works even with this prompt coming up, but the DVD drive doesn't work. The DVD drive is acting very strange. In My Computer it...
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    DVD/CD Drives Not Functioning

    My father-in-law has a very strange problem. He has a Samsung CD+R/RW (SW-248F) and a Memorex DVD+-RAM (530L v1). He has been using both for quite sometime without issue. Just this last week, both suddenly were no longer being recognized by Windows XP. In the device manager, both peripherals...
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    Catalyst Control Center - Unable To Open

    Yes, I've actually removed and reinstalled it to make sure.
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    Catalyst Control Center - Unable To Open

    Interesting issue recently. CCC will not open. I see that it has started in my processes, but the actual UI never opens. I have gone so far as to completely remove all ATi drivers and software, used driver cleaner and reinstalled. Still nothing. This only affects XP. It opened before, but...
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    4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

    What's even more strange...I'm completely stable in XP 32-bit, but in Vista 64-bit, that's where all the instability is. I have removed and reinstalled all the drivers. No change.
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    4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

    To avoid the confusion over whether or not the board is PCI-E 1.1 or 2.0... http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813130136 http://global.msi.com.tw/index...no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no= Hopefully that will answer the questions. I have a PCI-E 2.0 card and board.
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    4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

    It is a multi rail PSU. Three 12v rails @18amps each. I'm have the most up to date BIOS from MSI, version 1.4, but it was released some months back before the 4000 series was released. My voltage settings are relatively low for the CPU, 1.44v. RAM is at 2.1v for which it is rated. No...
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    4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

    What are you talking about? I have a PCI-E 2.0 board. I've mentioned that already as well. I'm using 2x2GB of RAM. What power supply? I'm using a Corsair HX520W. It's has three 12v rails @ 18amps each.
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    4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

    Also, it looks like I am using the latest version of GPU-z. Not sure where you believe I am using an older version. I have 0.2.4 loaded.
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    4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

    When I installed the card, I completely wiped my hard drive and reinstalled Vista 64. No concerns over any Nvidia drivers still lurking.
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    4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

    Those numbers are using the Crysis Benchmarking Tool. All settings on High, Shaders set to Very High. These are the settings Anand used in its tests.
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    4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

    If 3dMark06 and Crysis are not good benchmarks, then what is?
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    4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

    Updated BIOS? Where is this located? I can't find anything on Visiontek's or AMD's website with a BIOS update.
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    4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

    Yes, I have the most up to date drivers with the hotfix. I have confirmed that the PCI-E power plug is firmly connected to the videocard. I show the fan speed constantly running at 5%. To my knowledge there is not yet a way to increase the fan speed on the 4850. My temps idle at 71C, but...
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    4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

    First, the specs: Lian Li PC61 MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition @ 3.2GHz Xigmatek S1283 Rifle CPU Cooler 4GB OCZ SLI-Edition DDR2 800 Visiontek HD4850 WD Caviar 250GB X-Fi XtremeMusic Samsung 17" 740n Okay, so I picked up a 4850 a few days ago...
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    What should the 9800 GX2 sell for now?

    Lol..."$500 because I ride a helicopter to work." That's so damn funny....and true! :laugh:
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    HIS 4850 and HIS iClear

    Wow...a good old hunk of crap!
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    HIS 4850 and HIS iClear

    Can anyone tell me anything about this HIS iClear PCI card that comes free ($79.99 value) when you purchase an HIS 4850? I can't find any information about if this iClear thing is even any good or truly what it does. Dupe. Locking. -ViRGE
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    ATI 4870

    Yeah and that makes sense. You have an 8800GTS. I'm still living in the dark-ages with my 7800GT, so its clearly upgrade time baby!
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    ATI 4870

    Oh gosh darnit....now they are all out of stock!!! CURSES YOU NEWEGG!!!
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    ATI 4870

    It's only $10.00 over the MSRP isn't it? It may only get worse before it gets better. Powercolor or HIS? Which would you choose?
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    ATI 4870

    Damn...that was fast. Hopefully Powercolor or HIS are good brands since those are the only options remaining.
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    ATI 4870

    Man, I feel bad for FX Videocards. Their support person, Melissa, is so nice and helpful. She's be e-mailing back and forth with me all day. After I showed them the NCIX prices, they lowered their prices, but only down to $349.99. Unfortunately, they didn't get as good a bulk deal as a...
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    ATI 4870

    What's so special about the Visiontek card? I'm new to ATi cards, so is there something I should know?
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    ATI 4870

    I hear that....man if I could walk into a Best Buy of a Fry's today and grab one of those off the shelf for that price, I would cream!
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    ATI 4870

    3 day waiting period for new customers? WOW! Man, I could drive up there and get it by that time! Hopefully some other US e-tailers will start offering them today. I've already contacted FX about their price and how high it is compared to others thus far. They are looking into it...
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    ATI 4870

    How reputable is NCIX in the US? FX Videocards has the 4870 listed for $369.99 which is shocking! http://fxvideocards.com/Sapphi...-ATI-4870-p-16395.html