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    GTX 280 versus Radeon 4870: DVI signal strength/quality?

    At present I am using a Radeon HD 2900XT with a HP LP3065 display (30", 2560x1600) with a 10 m (32.8 feet) dual-link DVI-cable. I know that a lot of nivida cards struggled with DVI signal quality back in the FX days, but I haven't read any more about this since then. Since I am pushing the DVI...
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    CPU power consumption as a function of frequency and voltage

    I've seen it stated on this forum and elsewhere, that the power consumption of a CPU is proportional to the simple forumla f*V^2, with f the frequency and V the voltage. Is this formula actually accurate, or is it a very crude forula only valid for small changes in frequency or voltage? For...
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    Hardware Acceleration in PowerDVD not working with HD 2900XT for HD DVD playback

    I am aware that the HD 2900XT does not have full HW acceleration, but I believe that some features such as noise reduction is available even on this card, and I am assuming HW Acceleration must be activated for noise reduction to be used. I am certainly seeing quite a bit of noise in many...
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    Do you follow the standards for time, date notation etc?

    I am guessing there are a lot of Americans in here. I am not trying to be an a** hole to Americans here, but I really do feel you guys mess around alot with standards, units of measure, or pretty much anything that could be logical and unambiguous. Not to say Americans suck, but in this regard...
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    Simple question concerning PowerShell

    Hello all. I've been trying to learn PowerShell, and the help docs and the get-help command has been very helpful, but I can't seem to figure out how to launch an external application (specific example here is 7-Zip). Know that I have not got any experience in any text-based shell what so...
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    What are XG drivers?

    Lo all. Just wondering what these XG drivers are that people are talking about. I get the impression they are something like OMEGA drivers. What is it these guys do to make the drivers better than what nvidia originally releases? If they give increased performance, why haven't nvidia done what...
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    The Inquirer reports clocks for R520XT

    http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25898 Let the flamewars begin :-P If the limmited availability rumour is true, then I guess ATi fan bois will have to wait a little while even after the late release to get their hands on the new shiny R520. But first week of October isn't that far...
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    Problem with 2x1GiB Patriot memory and Shuttle SN25P

    lo all. I just recieved some new memory (patriot 2x1GiB sticks, CAS2-3-2-5) and I am having some problems. I have run memtest86+ over night and got 7 passes with 0 errors, and I am currently running Prime 95 in blend mode (lots of RAM tested it says). My porblem is that some times Windows will...
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    No bass/treble controls on integrated VIA Envy24PT

    Lo all. My shuttle SN25P barebone has an integrated sound chip from VIA: Envy24PT. The sound is working fine in games and all, but I do not have any bass or treble controls like I did with my creative live value and audigy 2 cards. In windows sound settings I do not have access to the advanced...
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    Need help buying new LCD; 23" widescreen.

    Lo all. I'm looking to buy a new 23"+ widescreen LCD. As far as I can tell there are two main competitiors: The Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW and the HP L2335 and HP f2304. The Dell uses a newer Samsung panel with overdrive as far as I know, which should make it suitable for gaming. My main uses will...
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    Are there any monitors with HDCP support, or are any coming any time soon?

    Lo all. I was planning to buy a HP f2304 23" LCD screen untill I found out that the motion picture industry will require computer monitors to have HDCP support to play future HD content. This will be supportet in Vista (at least thats the rumour). For this I blame the motion picture industry...