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    4850x2, 4890 tri-fire

    I bought a 4850x2 this christmas and I was wondering what type of performance gains I might see my slapping a new 4890 in there with it?
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    Need a new RPG?

    Until recently I was mainly a fps shooter or racing fan, mainly due to the fast pace. However, recently I picked up oblivion and instantly loved the immersed feel I got from the quests. I now need another game along oblivion's line. I have been eye balling "The Witcher" but don't know to pull...
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    Triple monitors?

    I have 1 acer 24" monitor now and was wanting some feedback when it came to everyday use, gaming, and programming with three monitors. Also I don't know about the triple head to go or if my 4850x2 will run all three with standard outputs. And if anyone has any gaming performance information...
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    Online tv

    I usto be able to watch shows on a site but the dang thing was shut down. Does anyone know a site to watch tv shows?
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    NewEgg's pricing?

    So I know that I shouldn't be complaining, but what the heck is up with how they price. Just yesterday I bought a video card for 279.99 and now it is 329.99. Normally isn't it the other way around?
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    Need a great multiplayer game help!

    So I just sold my xbox 360 which I did a lot of online gaming with ( graw, graw2, gow...) and I was really into the competitive clan matches. I would like to get into something like that on PC but don't really know where to go. I was thinking about something new(er) so that a lot of people would...
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    Asus p5W DH Deluxe Help

    I ran three hard drives for awhile without an issue, I then decided to get a 500gb drive and that is where the trouble started. The bios displayes three of the four drives and none are 1st ide master or slave. When booting the pc up they all work fine, but the boot was annoying. Now I just got a...
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    Video card size help quick!!

    Alright I just got the money for a 4850x2 and it is on a 24 hour discount price, but I need to know if it will fit in a coolermaster case. I have a 8800gt now with about 3" of space but I have heard that the 4850 x2 is damn near 1 foot. I have a coolermaster centurion 5 case. Thanks, arthur
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    x1900xt for physics?

    Alright, so i have an old x1900xt laying around and I was wondering if I could pop it in with a 4850 x2 and run physics on the x1900xt. The card has decent processing power, and from what i have heard about physics requirements it should do the trick. What i am wondering is if it is actually...
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    Devil May Cry 4

    Ok, so I just installed this game and wow. I am getting 120 fps off a 8800gt oc'd maxed out 1920x1200 and it looks amazing. I really don't understand why other games can't look this good and preform like it.
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    Dead Space Language Pack

    Hi, I accidently got the german version of the game and despite extensive googling I can't seem to find a Dead Space language pack. Any ideas? Thanks Arthur
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    e6400 bottleneck with gtx 295?

    I am getting a new card soon and I really like the way the gtx 295 turned out. I am currently running my e6400 at 3.0ghz but with my new cooler I am pretty sure I can get 3.6. My only question is I am wondering if the card will be bottlenecked by the cpu at 1920x1200
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    AX51 headset need soundcard?

    It is way past due for me to experience good sound. I have narrowed my search down to the ax51 and am wondering if I will get a great 5.1 experience out of these without a soundcard. I have a p5w dh deluxe board so it had the connectors but I don't know if I should go for a sound card for extra...
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    4850x2 To Big?

    After much deliberation I decided on going for the 4850 x2 but now I am a little worried that it won't fit into my case I have a mid-atx coolermaster centurion 5. As of now my 8800gt comes near my hard drives but I heard the 4850x2 was 11.5 inches long. Anyone have experience with this card or...
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    4870 with cooler master 5

    Will this card fit in my case assuming the hard drive bays are occupied? Thanks,
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    Is this 1 years worth of futurproofing?

    I did my first build in 2005 and ever since have been upgrading at christmas. Luckily last year the 8800gt allowed all of us to have then enthusiast level graphics, however now I can feel that the card is becoming dated in many 1900x1200 applications. I was considering many different upgrades...
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    Crossfire with p5w dh delux. HELP!!

    I got my p5w dh delux several years back with a 1900xt and intended on doing crossfire. Well by the time I had the money I ended up just getting a 8800gt. My question is this, I am preparing to get two 4870's or two 4850's and I need to know if this bord can handle it? I read in the manual that...
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    Cheap Full Atx Case

    As of now I have a coolermaster mid-atx case but I think that I am growing out of it quickly. I am getting the zalman 9700 cpu cooler and will be running two 4850's in crossfire with 6 hard drives and just want something big with good airflow. The only problem is I have my heart set on a full...
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    p5w dh deluxe slow boot

    Ever since I installed my new hard drive and cd drive upon boot a screen pops up showing newly connected devices and displayes the newly installed drives. Is there anything that I can do to make it skip that during boot. Thanks, Arthur
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    Raid 0 With p5w dh deluxe

    At the moment I have 36 gb raptor 2x250 wd 7200rpm drives 1 500 wd 7200 rpm drive and I want a 1.5 tb drive and possibly another 36 gb drive to run in raid. Am I going to run into problems with this many drives and doing a raid 0 setup also? Thanks, Arthur
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    Worth upgrading from 8800gt to 4850

    I have been putting together a list of things to buy for christmas and I was thinking about getting two 4850's and running them in crossfire. I want to upgrade but I think graphics would be smarter than going quad core. I was just wondering what the communities thoughts were about the upgrade...
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    Crossfire Ready Power Supply

    I am looking for a power supply and am not sure where I look to. Here are my rigs specifications, if you would please direct me I would appreciate it greatly. Motherboard: P5W DH Delux Cpu: e6400 @ 3.16 ghz Video Cards: 2 4850 ( Will be overclocked) Hard Drives: Two 1 TB Drives, Two 250...
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    4850 aftermarket cooler

    I am picking up two 4850's to run in crossfire but have seen that many of them on newegg have aftermarket cooling from the factory. Which one should I go for. Thanks, Arthur
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    e6400 overclock temperature

    I am doing a little overclocking but have some concerns. I have a e6400 with l2 stepping but when I look into cpu-z it has revision b2. I then went to http://www.tomshardware.com/fo...core-temperature-guide and they said not to let it get over 60 degrees. It idles around 48 and full load is...
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    Ram running pc5700 instead of pc6400 help

    I have two sticks of pc6400 ram and at the current overclock that I am at the ram simply doesn't reach pc6400. It is really close but when I bump it up to 800mhz it freezes after windows boot. Thanks,
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    asus p5w dh delux boot hang

    I have been running the board just fine since I built it, but when I did my last upgrade I added another hard drive and at the beginning of the boot it says that it doesn't detect the hard drive. Then it brings me to a jmicron screen and says it doesn't detect it, but in windows I can access the...
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    2 gb or 3 gb dual channel

    I originally had 1 gb and when I decided to upgrade my system I was going to go with 2 but the price of ddr2 was so cheap I decided to get a 2gb package. My concern is can I run dual channel mode with 3 gb or should I run only 2 and then when I buy another stick just have 4. Here is the ram. I...
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    HDD mount issue

    I have a coolermaster 5 case and it has 4 hdd bays but I already have 4 hdd's and will probably be getting two more soon. Does anyone have any ideas of how to mount two more. I was even considering somehow mounting inside a 5.25 bay. Oh and kind of off topic but my drives have become a little...
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    Cooler Master 5 cooling

    I just bought this case because I was getting tired of the 250mm power up case fan and was wondering how cooling is going to be on this thing. I was considering adding a top mounted fan if possible. Here is a link to the case if you are unfamiliar...
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    8800gt on non-sli board

    I have an asus p5w-dh deluxe motherboard and am upgrading to nvidia cards. It has two 16x pci-e slots but I noticed that it says it is certified for crossfire but did not mention sli. I am pretty sure that it can do sli but I just wanted to make sure before spending an extra 260