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    The Full On Windows 7 Upgrade **Matrix**

    And there's this. http://www.winsupersite.com/wi...tall_upgrade_media.asp But if you already have an activated Windows on another hard drive you can boot off the upgrade disc and install it. I couldn't use the 64 bit upgrade from within activated 32 bit Win 7 but it let me boot from the...
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    How to Activate Hardware PhysX to play with an ATI Video Card

    There are compatibility reasons not to run Nvidia and ATI in the same system. Nvidia doesn't want a bunch of tech support calls because of incompatibilities between drivers. If ATI would port it to OpenCL they could then QA it from their side. A 5870+PhysX card should be faster than a 285+PhysX...
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    Windows 7 Release Date Delivery and Amazon

    Free shipping from Amazon stinks. It was good last holiday season though so maybe it will get better in another month. Newegg doesn't discriminate against free shipping purchasers when they ship so I got it from them.
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    The Full On Windows 7 Upgrade **Matrix**

    Yep. Just installed 64 bit from a cold boot and currently dual booting 32 and 64 bit Win 7. Both copies activated with the same key no problem. Not bad for $50.
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    The Full On Windows 7 Upgrade **Matrix**

    That's good to know. I am going to try that now. How many keys can you use at a time? I booted off of my upgrade disc. Are you sure it isnt possible? I started to upgrade from within XP but then changed my mind and booted off the DVD so I could format the drive before I installed and it...
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    Windows 7 shipping and charging on Oct 22. Have you're credit card ready.

    Got it a few minutes ago with the free shipping from NE. It's nice to live within a 1 day radius of a NE warehouse. lol
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    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for PC is now a LEGIT console port

    Exactly. And you get to pay $10 more for it too. I was skipping this game anyway. If it goes on sale for $20 at some point I might get it.
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    Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

    I like the game. I installed the AI mod and it is more challenging now. I mostly bought it for SP/Coop though. There is some mouse lag when the frame rate goes below 100 which is strange. A patch will be out soon and probbaly some DLC. The people that son't like it are expecting too much and...
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    Shattered Horizons

    I used XP until the 7 beta and I haven't gone back to XP at all. 7 runs faster and much better overall. And both are 32 bit versions. I don't like that you lose some control with 7 but when you turn off auto updates and UAC it is alright. The game is pretty fun I thought. I just have a lot of...
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    Upgrading from Win XP (32bit) to Win 7 (64bit) - upgrade ?

    You got it right. You can't upgrade your PC with an OEM. At least not mobo/CPU. That sounds good that the upgrade will be converted to a full version with an activated XP install. So you can reinstall Win 7 without having to reinstall XP first. So you can only have either 32 bit or 64 bit with...
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    Windows 7 shipping and charging on Oct 22. Have you're credit card ready.

    Me too from Memphis so I will have it tomorrow. :)
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    Windows 7 clean install from upgrade?

    I'm wondering about that also. I originally wanted to be able to keep XP and 7 with the upgrade version. Now I don't care so much about XP. I now want to be able to dual boot a 32-bit and 64-bit version of 7, but I don't know if you can. It looks like Newegg is shipping Windows 7 today as I got...
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    Forza 3 - $54.99 w/FS, $10 Gift Card for Future Game Purchase, and Downloadable Skin - Amazon

    In for one. I was trying not to buy this but the $45 and free shipping got me. Damn.
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    ATI 5870 Triple XFire tested

    uhh I don't see Crysis there. Surely they benched it. Any other game doesn't need 3 5870's. I'll look again to make sure I didn't miss it.
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    GT300 Benchmarks

    Looks about right to me. The 5850 X2 will compete with the GT300, not the 5870. The GT300 should be about 30% faster than a 295.
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    Borderlands four pack preorder $135 at Steam

    I split it with someone for $35. It looks like a pretty cool game and $35 is a good price. The first DLC has already been announced for $10. So you basically get it free if you split the four pack. I'm not sure if I like the cell shading yet. Hopefully it will grow on me. And it has 4 player...
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    Core i7 920 stock speed running hot

    That's at idle too.
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    Girlfriend FU**ED UP MY Core i7 920 to 3.8ghz

    Have your GF set it for you. If she messed it up she knows what she is doing. You can't just unplug it and mess it up. Put BCLK at 180 with turbo on and 1.4v set in BIOS will get it back and memory multi at 6X.
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    Borderlands four pack preorder $135 at Steam

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/8980/ I didn't see a thread on this yet. If anyone wants to go in on a four pack let me know.
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    Civlization IV Complete Edition - $19.99 on Steam

    That's what I was saying. You really only need BTS. Buying Civ 4 vanilla and Warlords doesn't make a bunch of sense if BTS is the better version. And you can buy that for $20 already. You are getting Colonization free with this deal though.
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    Civlization IV Complete Edition - $19.99 on Steam

    I hear all you need is Beyond the Sword as it includes Civ 4 and both expansions. But Colonization is separate. All the scenarios aren't in BTS though.
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    ATI already won contract for next-gen XBOX?

    Seven years is a bit too long to stay on one console. Hardware has come such a long way in the last five years, especially on the GPU side, that they should release a new one before that. And MS/Sony can still release games for the current consoles for another two-three years. A quad core and a...
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    5870 X2 is 5970..?

    I guess he doesn't need more than one hard drive anyway. lol My case is already like that with the 295 so I doubt this would fit.
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    prices on 5850s seem to be climbing

    I was surprised that the 5870 sold at MSRP at the egg when it came out since it was in short supply. They are making up for it now. hehe
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    ATI already won contract for next-gen XBOX?

    It depends on what DirectX or its equivalent will be out by then. If we are still on DX11 it won't need that much power. And a 5870 with a Crysis-level game that is written specifically for that hardware would run it just fine assuming they put a couple GB of RAM in it. Plus it's possible a $599...
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    ATI already won contract for next-gen XBOX?

    PC's have multiple GPU's now that weren't mature in 2005 so they will never achieve the equivalent of a high-end PC again since it can use 1200 watts. A console can't go over 200 watts unless they water cool it. On the CPU side consoles can compete and the 360's Xeon was better than anything a...
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    ATI already won contract for next-gen XBOX?

    Damn 2012 is a long time from now. A PC will have over 40X the GPU power over current consoles by that time. I doubt consoles will ever compete with high-end PC's again. They are getting too far behind. It is quite likely that the next-gen consoles will be a lot cheaper than the current gen was...
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    What temp to stop stressing CPU oc?

    I wouldn't worry about temps when stress testing. It is only for a couple-few hours and nothing else will stress it that much. I ran LinX for 3 hours yesterday and it was at 84C the whole time. I then ran a few games and they rarely break 60C. And those are games that support...
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    Warhammer Online, NWN2: Storm of Zehir FREE AC for Reward Zone Gamers Club members at Best Buy BM

    I just got COJ and Prototype for $30. They were still marked $50 a piece. The cashier looked at it for a minute or so. lol I thought about getting SF4 for $20 but that is plenty for now.
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    Direct2Drive $5 Sale -- World in Conflict Gold, Company of Heroes Gold and Supreme Commander Gold etc

    You do both sides and it starts with the Soviets. You can't play just one side. The expansion added the Soviet side to the game.
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    BFG 285 GTX 1 GB

    LOL. Lose driver support? Are you guys for real?
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    Warhammer Online, NWN2: Storm of Zehir FREE AC for Reward Zone Gamers Club members at Best Buy BM

    Thanks. I just signed up and I will get 2 or 3 of these. COJ for $10 is a great price.
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    Hunting down a D0

    That's nice if they ship at that price.
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    Nvidia drops out of chipset business

    And it makes Nvidia's recent actions pale in comparison to being locked out. Hopefully Tesla,Ion and PhysX will more than make up for this in the meantime.
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    Nvidia kills GTX285, GTX275, GTX260, abandons the mid and high end market

    I don't see any shortages so far. Are they trying to create a shortage to boost their profit margin?
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    Havok and Ubisoft sign long-term deal

    "Ubisoft?s long-standing usage of Havok's middleware products in such award-winning, best-selling franchises as Assassin?s Creed®, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®, Prince of Persia®, Shaun White Snowboarding®, Tom Clancy?s Rainbow Six®, and Tom Clancy?s Splinter Cell®." No hope for blowing leaves...
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    Nvidia kills GTX285, GTX275, GTX260, abandons the mid and high end market

    Just when you think Charlie can't sink any lower. Tomorrow he'll say they quit producing graphics cards altogether because ATI is just too awesome to compete against.
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    Direct2Drive $5 Sale -- World in Conflict Gold, Company of Heroes Gold and Supreme Commander Gold etc

    Assassin's Creed Battlestations Pacific WIC Gold COH Gold XCOM Pack Bioshock Riddick I almost bought a couple more. This will keep me busy for awhile. I also got SC Gold and DOW2 when they were on sale last month that I still haven't finished. lol
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    Gulftown (32nm 6-core 2nd gen nehalem corei9) photo & benchmark

    1.48v is really high for 32nm. I used 1.54v for the q6600(65nm) and now 1.408v for the 920(45nm). 1.408v is considered high for a 920. So 1.48v on 32nm is pretty darn high. I would expect 1.3v to be on the high side for Gulftown and it is probably about 1.1-1.15v stock.
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    5850x2 and 5870x2 pricing

    $399 is too low when the 5870 is $379. Either the X2 is $449 or they will have to lower the 5870 to $329. The 5870 X2 will be $549 or $599 since it will be the fastest card.