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    Dead Space PC Impressions

    To those struggling with sluggish mouse responsiveness, under the GPU control panel, set the Max Pre-Rendered Frames to either 1 or 0 (best). It does wonders for aiming with the mouse. :) You can easily maintain 60 FPS still if you have a decent GPU. Plays like a totally different game now.
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    Dead Space PC Impressions

    Here is what I did to play Dead Space on the PC. (i) Turned OFF the buggy VSYNC in game. This greatly reduces the mouse lag. (ii) Turned ON VSYNC in the Nvidia Control Panel to force it on in game to avoid tearing. (optional) As a left-hander, I mapped Home-End-Delete-PgDn as my...
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    Arctic Cooling Accelero Extreme 8800 in stock! Better than TR GR-03

    Anyone with high-end GPU HS, is the 8800xxx overclock much better than before? Considering one myself, but not sure of the OC benefit. I can do 612/1000 on 8800GTX stock cooler presently.
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    DEAD - rebate expired; Logitech G15 keyboard - $50 AMIR @ Circuit City

    This newer version lacks many of the original 18 "G" keys for macros. :(
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    C1E question

    Power = I * V (Current Draw * Voltage) By reducing the multiplier/clockspeed, the CPU draws less current when idling. Even WITHOUT reducing the voltage, overall power consumption is reduced, yielding less heat and saving you $$$ in electricity.
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    Intel to Delay Q9300, Q9450 & Q9550

    Between the Nvidia's 680i mess-up and the Q9550/9450 delay, I guess I will be saving some money early next year. :)
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    Vanguard launches Game Update 3

    I just started like 3 weeks ago. Played the beta but my ancient P4 Northwood couldn't handle it. Now, it's pretty smooth on Balanced setting on my Q6600. I could run it on higher settings, but I refuse to drop below 30fps even in the cities. The GU3.1 update made CTD, BSOD, or game freezes a...
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    Question Regarding eVGA Step-Up Program (8800GTX to Ultra)

    Like others said, tell you friend to just keep the OC'ed GTX til the next high-end part is introduced from either Nvidia or AMD. If he absolutely must burn some money, here are some better alternatives: (i) buy another GTX for SLI (ii) Penryn upon introduction and OC it to 4.6GHz on...
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    For gaming: moderately overclocked quad, heavily overclocked Core 2 Duo?

    To my surprise, the games I play are multi-threaded up to quad cores (or may be more?). So I upgraded from 3.4GHz E6600 to 3.2GHz Q6600. My Q6600 could do up to 3.6GHz air-cooled, but I wanted to run with C1E for lower power consumption when I surf. The icing is that I can now stream high-def...
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    G0 or wait for Penryn

    Nehalem is suppose to have an integrated memory controller. It's a totally different ball game.
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    ---------- Quad Overclock Thread! ----------

    In the end, I settled on the following overclock: Defiantsf Q6600: 3.2GHz @1.344V (TR-U120x) #G0 ---Board: 680i 36 hrs Orthos stable hehe. I could do up to 3.5GHz with TR-U120X, but at the cost of much higher load temp (77C >< ). At 3.2GHz, I re-enabled C1E, and get clocked down...
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    AMD Confirms Three Core Phenom

    The difference between able vs. clueless marketing and product management is a tri-core "product" would be anticipated early on and planned for, given a move to new chip architecture and the 65nm fab process. If AMD just sprung this upon the users and the OEM partners, then yields aren't...
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    Big News for Intel Huh ?

    Intel doesn't want AMD to go down either. It is monopoly insurance. I could see Intel execs saying 10-15% AMD marketshare while lagging almost one generation behind is "acceptable". 20-25%? AMD is just being greedy from an Intel perspective. :P Since AMD is still causing major havok in...
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    Yet another Q6600 OC thread...

    Yeah, I consider my chip only decent. Yours and others make me jealous. :P Oh and running on 680i, so I can always blame it on Nvidia! haha UPDATE - Lapping the CPU and HS helped a little (3C lower but paste not cured yet). Am running now at 3.4GHz (425x8) with 1.408V (actual). Orthos...
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    Yet another Q6600 OC thread...

    I can attest to what Aigo is saying. My G0 is capable of 3.6GHz or more, but only at 1.43V or more. Without lapping either the TR120E or CPU, my load temp was 77C haha. Too hot for my taste and I have extreme air cooling setup. Gonna lap both today. Right now I have it running at 3.2GHz...
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    C2D/Q Temperature and V-droop

    Am I right in reading the C2D/Q temperature spec in requiring a max delta between idle and load temperature of 25C (fixed or variable based on case temp)? If yes, would v-droop be directly or indirectly play into supporting that requirement? Running idle at higher temp and limiting load temp...
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    Q6600 owners... what is your VID

    G0 1.2500V. Looks like heat will be my limit in how much I can OC this puppy. 65-70C under full load, running 3.510 GHz @ 1.376V drooped (preliminary). Need to think about watercooling hehe.
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    8800 GTX Dualview Performance Under Vista64

    Tha latest Nvidia Vista64 driver seem to have resolved the massive performance penalty hit when you do 3D gaming on the 2nd monitor. Initial observation from WoW indicates a 100% improvement on Vista64 over XP Pro. XP's dualview performance is crippled beyond belief. At least now, I have a...
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    ULTRA 1000VA 600Watt UPS AVR Backup System

    This unit is favorably reviewed and rated by TigerDirect customers. http://www.tigerdirect.com/app...No=770423&body=REVIEWS Thanks for the notice. I am gonna pick one up. :)
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    Intel Core 2 Extreme or Core 2 Quad? Which to buy?

    OC'ing or not, I'd go with the Q6600. Your Crysis and Photoshop could use it. :)
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    10% or 12% off Coupon at Best Buy - now through Labor Day - ENJOY!

    ^Yep! I used them on sale & excluded items HAHA.
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    What are you guys doing with your quads?

    ^HAHA. That's one of the reasons I am waiting until the onset of Fall before upgrading to Q6600. :)
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    Sluggish Dual Core Performance

    Thanks Justa for posting the dualcore hot fixes.
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    Sluggish Dual Core Performance

    I have done all the Windows Update. Is there a specific dualcore patch to check for? Just surfing and running some downloads in the background (bittorrents and P2P). Or gaming and surfing on 2nd monitor. By sluggish, I mean the system is slow to switch between active windows and updating...
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    Sluggish Dual Core Performance

    With only one core under heavy use yet the system responds sluggishly when multitasking. E6600 OC'ed with 4 GB RAM running 32 bit XP. Is this an XP problem? I haven't used Vista much since its installation. Thought that the extra core would eliminate the sluggishness. Guess there are...
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    Is it a bad time to buy a GTX?

    I'd buy a card that you could live with long term just in case. GTS or GTX now or in 2-3 weeks time would be safer, and take a chance on the EVGA step-up program? November is 90 days from now. Each additional day now increases the chance of step-up availability to the next Nvidia gpu.
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    raptor x 150 for $159 at best buy , or less with 10% coupon if it works

    I have used the coupons on the Raptors before. YMMV, but most BB will accept and apply them. Just talk to them to distract them while they are ringing it up. Even if the system doesn't accept it, they'd think it's buggy and do a manual override. :)
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    HURRY UP EVGA!!

    With your cooling (especially that strap-on fan), you should be able to clock the GTX to 626/1000. Not much higher though beyond that for the core.
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    E6600 or Q6600

    Swtethan, I'd wait til the street confirms the shipment and widespread availability of the G0 stepping first. 10W reduction gotta help OC'ing a little bit. We can afford to wait with our OC'ed Conroe. :)
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    AMD Pushes Back Barcelona Launch till August...Sept??!!

    AMD is their own worst enemy now, if this rumor is true.
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    WOAH! Time for NG-GPU FAST!

    Hence... the DisplayPort instead of DVI. The $$$ we pay for the next everything - Vista for DX10, etc. Edit: Looking at the picture closer, it looks like the panel comes with a DVI to DisplayPort converter, but one of the two DVI ports is stubbed. Interesting.
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    WOAH! Time for NG-GPU FAST!

    I hope you are right Swtethan! ...Step-up...tick tock tick tock... :D
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    WOAH! Time for NG-GPU FAST!

    Sexah!!! Coming from Dell no less... http://www.gearlog.com/2007/05/dell_shows_off_superslim_displ.php Reputedly at 3840x2160 native res (4X the pixels of 1920x1080), we need the next gen GPU FAST! /sign up Edit: Hmmm...The 4X reference is referring to the DisplayPort potential not...
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    So seems like AMD/ATI totally missed it this time

    One notable incentive for AMD to design highly efficient (IPC) CPU - they know their fab process will always lag Intel's. Brute force, high frequency design approach is not an option for them. Necessity is the mother of most if not all inventions.
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    techPowerUP! goofs and posts HD2900XT review early?

    For the faithfuls, there is still a chance that in HD2900XT will blow away the GTX in DX10 games. AMD/ATI must have optimized it for DX10 games. We haven't seen the whole story yet. Yeah... /fingers-crossed
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    E6600 G Batch (or rev G whatever)

    I run my 44G E6600 now at 3.45GHz with 1.49V. To get to 3.6GHz, I'd need to set the Vcore very close to 1.55V. That last extra 150MHz isn't worth it.
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    Thanks Anandtech for My New Rig

    Yeah, only one DVD-/+RW. Don't really have a need for more than one. I don't copy jack to warrant another.
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    Thanks Anandtech for My New Rig

    It's actually pretty quiet since 6 of the 9 fans are Scythe S-Flex, and the CM ones are lower in RPM. Plus I have a Honeywell air cleaner in the room. That drowns out everything anyhow. :)
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    Thanks Anandtech for My New Rig

    ^ Corsair HX620