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    Samsung 305T (regular or plus) owners- help please!

    Hi guys, Just bought a Samsung 305T, so far the PQ has been really nice, I really dislike S-IPS SSE and SDE effects (silk screen effect/screen door effect) These are common in Rear Projection tv's and drive me mad. Anyways I decided to go with the 305t. After hooking everything up- the...
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    Please be honest... 280GTX TRI SLI vs 4870X2 CFX

    So in canada I can get 3 280GTX's for 419.00 X 3 I can get 2 4870x2's for 615X2.... So what should I get, I am building a new PC and choosing a new motherboard too, So do I go 790i and 3 280 gtx's or x48 and 2 4870x2's And please I know this is over kill.. Im that kind of guy:)
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    Please help! 3 Way SLI Not working!!

    Hi guys Im having some serious issues with 3 way sli. I have had 2 8800 ultras for awhile and just bought another one. It was tested on a different computer b4 putting into mines. Now I have it installed and hooked up- I should let you know I meet all the specs and my PSU (enermax galaxy...
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    Help with BSOD

    Hi Guys, I have a pretty simple question but a long story to tell b4 it lol- Hopefully this is the right place for it I finally got my OC on my system stable- ran alot of tests and made sure its solid. I then went to install the final peice of software i needed which was KasperSky 6.0, Now...
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    Question about Virus/malware etc

    Hi everyone, I have a simple question that i havent the clue what the answer is- I have an assumption its just paranoia but might as well ask. I have a wireless network at home- using Cable ISP- to my D-link Router. I use a wired LAN connection to my PC (infact i use two of the ports and...
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    My Enermax Galaxy 1000 Died:(!! Need help!!!

    Hi everyone I am dealing with an issue right now and am getting kind of worried about it- I bought a bunch of parts recently and got the store i bought them from to build the system, and the Power supply I bought blew and took the motherboard with it- Now im left here worrying about any other...
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    Question about Raptor Drives and RAID

    Hi guys Have a simple question I have a Raptor X 1500ADFD, and im buying a Raptor 1500ADHD (non Clear cover) Can i put these two in RAID? I hear there the same drive except one has the "moon roof" and the other doesnt. Thanks
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    Weird Rivatuner glitch - could this damage my 8800 ultra

    Well I was overclocking my card today using Riva tuner (8800 Ultra) And when I Clicked enable low level driver it asked me to reboot or detect now (for clock) and there is a checkbox for 2d/3d separate clocking. It is by default on but since i put my 2d and 3d at the same clock i unchcked it and...
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    Cant Format my Secondary Hard Drive on Vista

    Hi there, I got a new system built last week and everything is working great and fast except for the secondary harddrive. I have a Raptor X for my C: and boot. But for my Secondary Drive which is on I: (its a WD Caviar SE16 AKS32000) its running pretty slow, its noticeably slower than other...
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    Which Ram to buy from this website- Help me choose:)

    http://www.ncix.com/products/i...=105&subminorcatid=135 Looking for the best RAM on this site under 200 CDN. the Crucial Ballstix tracers looked tempting, but the Patriots were cheaper and have lower timings, though i read it cant over clock well but the tracers can. What you guys think?
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    What PC2-8500 (10662GB Kit to get??

    Hey guys, Im building a new PC this month and I have almost all the specs set out except for the RAM. I cant figure out which one to get and have been reading a couple of reviews on all the kits but cant make a clear cut decision: Also this system is for gaming and it seems some games prefer...
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    Need help choosing a Motherboard for new PC

    Hi everyone, Im starting to build a new PC come July 23rd...(Q6600 time:)) Anyways Im looking to build a good monster and I have chosen most parts that I am happy with but I cant figure out what Motherboard to buy. I was initially going to buy the EVGA 680i sli a1 board, but opted out...
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    Couple of questions before FEAR comes out

    Couple of questions before this awesom game comse out, im playing the demo and my intial settings is 1280X960 with 2Xaa and 8 X af, it runs pretty good, i get hitches from loading, i have 2 gig ram and a X850XT @ PE clocks, now the thing is, im tryin to get rid of the hitches there only 1 second...
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    New ATI cards, worth the upgrade?

    Ive been contemplating the upgrades, the 1850XT and XL look great, but also very expenseive just like the 7800GT and GTX, now i bought my x850xt for 449 CDN, and spending 780 - 900 CDN for either card seems kinda harsh for a upgrade, do youg uys think its worth the upgrade? it seems way too...
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    VPU recover question on my X850XT

    Hi there, Im just wondering i overclocked my X850XT to about 550/595, and when playing BF2 it suddenly stopped and then this thing called VPU recover happened, and said it re set my graphics processor instead of restarting the computer, i immediatly dropped it down to 530/590 my usual settings...
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    HDR and Half life 2 Lost Coast info.

    Hey guys i have a x850xt and i was researching some stuff on SM3.0, i never really saw any textrue difference and in far cry 1.3 and 1.1 i didnt notice any difference from this card and my 6600 gt other than the much higher framerates, my question is in some of the magazines im reading like...
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    HDR and Lost Coast on X850XT

    Hey guys i have a x850xt and i was researching some stuff on SM3.0, i never really saw any textrue difference and in far cry 1.3 and 1.1 i didnt notice any difference from this card and my 6600 gt other than the much higher framerates, my question is in some of the magazines im reading like...
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    HDR and Lost Coast on X850XT

    Hey guys i have a x850xt and i was researching some stuff on SM3.0, i never really saw any textrue difference and in far cry 1.3 and 1.1 i didnt notice any difference from this card and my 6600 gt other than the much higher framerates, my question is in some of the magazines im reading like...
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    Memory Question

    hey guys, i was contemplating on buying another gig ram for my comp i have a 1.5 gb right now, the thing is that if i put two double sided ram in my mobo itll make the clocks go down to DDR 333 instead of DDR400 should i still do it, i want to play a lot of FPS games like FEAr and BF2 and i just...
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    help me fix certain random crashes on my comp

    hey guys i am having certain problems on my computer lately dealing with crashes when playing games for some reason i keep random and sparatic crashes where either the screen will go blue or black and make a huge pitch sound or some odd sound like a certain long beep and stop and then long beep...
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    getting 2 gigs of ram just som questions

    hey guys im upgrading to 2 gigs in a week and am wondering what will happen if i add 2 double sided ram sticks it says itll bump my perf down to ddr 333 instead of ddr400. do they even make single sided 1 gig ram sticks? thanks
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    Razer Diamondback mouse help

    hey guys just a question, i just bought a razer diamondback plasma and am wondering how to configure the two sideb uttons to go forwards and backwards on the internet because im having problems with the mouse i dont know how to do it correctly. Please help.
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    Does having an new mouse make that much of a difference

    hey guys im contemplating on buying a diamond back razer mouse, but there 75 bucks after tax and i have to buy a new PSU and i want to buy a DS so im wondering if they really do make that much of a difference, its def nice looking and will go with my set up but im really comfortable with my...
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    HELP! constant system crashes and loud noise from speakers after trying to play games

    hey guys im having this horrible issue with my computer, where anytime i load a game , HL2, BF2 my system stutters for a sec, then i move forward and then my computre completly freezes and then crashes usually, its never realy crashed but ive always had to restart it so yeah, I hvae never had...
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    Monitor Questoin

    hey guys i just bought a new monitor its the samsung 955df, i got it used for like 80 bucks at my local comp shop, the problem is that its max res is 1600X1200 @ 60hz, i dont want to go any higherb ut the frequency is pretty crap, but when i look at LCD's at 19 inch there all 1280X1024 max so i...
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    X850XT vs 6800GT

    hi there, im looking to upgrade my card from my 6600gt my options at the 500 dollar margin is the 6800gt and the x850 xt (which is on sale for this week only from 650) my question is what the there differences which should i get, whats faster on games ike BF2, half life 2, guild wars, wow, and...
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    Please help me choose a graphics card

    So today I went to see what my choices are and i had the choice of chossing a X850 XT or the Nvidia 6800GT now for me, it seems the X850 XT has some better specs but ive always relied on Nvidia, and i have to buy a new gaming case for the whole video card, but what do you think i should buy ? im...
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    Updating Graphics card

    Hey guys im updating my grapchis card from a 6600GT to a 6800GT or an ATI card, i live in canada and im going to trade my current card in for 200 bucks and my psu but im wondering should i get a 6800 GT or an Ultra, to me it seems like overkill to get the ultra, it seems like overkill to get the...
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    Help me choose speakers

    hey guys im just lookin for some cheap Creative labs speakers, and it seems there are two models im looking for the T 7700 and the P7800 now it seems that everyone is sold out of the T7700 and is discontinued yet on the creative lab i cant find the p7800 but if i google it, it looks like the...
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    Bf2 settings...

    hey guys i just got BF2 today and i installed it and am trying to run it well, my computer is in my sig, Im having some problems, first of all, a. I closed all my other programs, b. i go into the game and select creative x-fi (which hasnt even come out yet) but its the only one that shows up as...
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    Is there a way to make a new user in Windows XP with no hidden background processes?

    Hey guys i was wondering if this was possible, What i want to do is play my games on one user, that has no background processes for best quality, i was reading on the Battle Field 2 manual that it asks to do this for the best performance. is this possible?
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    Got a new Creative Sound Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro Card! need some help setting it up

    Hey guys im having some trouble with my Sound blaster card, I have inputted it all correctly but there are some questions i have, I will list them! 1. Im tryin to hook up my home theatre system, I have an optical cable going to the out of the External I/O but i dont know how to Switch it to...
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    Anand's Column on CPU mag, Xbox 360!

    Hey guys, dont know if you have read the article, but its taking me to a nother look at the Xbox 360, I am a huge Console Fanatic, that being said, working at EB, i have gotten about 60 Orders already on Xbox 360!!! I have many people coming in talking about the PS3 which i am also very excited...
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    Hyper Transport question

    any way to find out if your Hyper Transport is working, like if the feature is enabled or are all AMD 64s hyper transport enabled no matter what
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    Huge RAM QUESTION!!

    Hi there I was having a problem before, with my new RAM, i just bought a 1024 and had a 512 Ram, and it turns out that in my benchmarks, when i put a single stick of ram in, my benches were very high on pcmark 04 and 3d mark 01, but when i put both in, my marks went down by like 100-200 points...
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    Computer Temperature Question

    Hi there, Im playing alot of games lately, and I have a question about my Comp's Temps, It Idle's around 44-46 and When i start playing games it goes up to 48-51 Is this ok? Do you think i should get a new VGA cooler I have a MSI NX6600GT AGP8X, I was looking at this one right here...
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    Some questions on some results of mine on perf test benches

    Hey guys im having some wierd results in performance mark tests, now everything is going really good except 3Dnow/SSE which is doing mediocore. better than the highest 3000 XP athlon so im guessing that P4's are just better than AMD at this or whatever there benching lol. But one thing i dont...
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    Question Concerning Harddrives and speeds

    hey guys, i just have a general question in my computer i have a 80 Gig Samsung Sata HD, 7200 RPM, and a 30 Gig Maxtor, that is slower and not Sata. Well my question is what is the different between the two, and does it slow down performance when playing a game? right now i want to put some...
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    Having HUGE RAM Problems, just bought a new stick please help

    Hey guys i just bought a new stick of 1024 RAM, to go along with my 512 RAM ( i took bak the 256) anyways they are both PC 3200 so im running some benches using PC mark 04 and 3D mark 01 and my results are out of whack. First i do a single stick test using the 512 my settings for 3d mark 01...