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    Disabling Sli = Power Saved?

    Well i usually only have my pc on overnight if I'm torrenting something, other times i switch it off to stop my room overheating. I like having it on all the time when im awake, but i do enable speedstep and currently have my 2nd gpu permanently off (i'll only turn it on/renable sli if i fire up...
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    ** OFFICIAL Diablo 3 Thread **

    Meh, SC2 had december 3rd for its release date according to several retailers, but according to blizzard's currently-running invitational event, it's only a 3rd done with the polishing and stuff. I seriously wouldn't expect D3 to be before the end of next summer, given Blizzard's track record...
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    ** OFFICIAL Diablo 3 Thread **

    You'll have at _least_ 6 months to play with SC2 before D3 is out, SC2 is coming in december, I can't imagine D3 even reaching beta before next summer, and i'd hit at possibly a Q4 2009 release, knowing blizzard it could even stretch into early 2010 though :(
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    Disabling Sli = Power Saved?

    Hey all, Recently got a sli g92 GTS setup going, but with me living with my parents and having the pc on 24/7 anyway, the thought of a Second power-eating gpu is a bit worrying, makes me feel guilty as they pay the bills. To ease my conscience i've turned Speedstep back on, but now I'm...
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    8800GTS to 4850 thoughts?

    The first sentence says it all there dude. I'm an ex-AOC player and even running two 8800gts g92 in sli i still saw drops into the lowe 30s, oddly even high 20s on a couple of occasions. The game itself is whack, How can a DX9 game product similar/lower framerates by standard, than Crysis...
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    GPU Overclocking not affecting 3dMark06 score

    Hmm well I am running vista 64 if that helps :\ could attribute to the 3dmark score. what bugs me is, when i was on my asus p5b, my cpu scor was around 3300/3400 i believe, having used it in my sli setup on a evga 780i, its down to like 2900 :o Also my crysis testing was only on the demo as...
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    GPU Overclocking not affecting 3dMark06 score

    did i post in the wrong section :X?
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    GPU Overclocking not affecting 3dMark06 score

    Hi all, Ran 3dmark on my 8800gts 512 sli setup at stock 675/1674/1944 clocks on an e6600 @ 3.6ghz. After a few 3dmark runs at stock, average score was about 15.25k-15.3k, so i thought I'd try my hand at clocking the cards up. So sure enough, I set the fan speed at 100% to be safe, and...
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    VERY slow Vista x64 game installs/ Partition question

    Hey all, Recently bit the bullet and installed vista ultimate x64 with SP1. Having some issues in that, for example, my Unreal Tournament 3 install took around 4-5 hours total, it slowed down terribly towards the last 30% or so - then failed to ever say "complete". This might have been due...
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    Vista x64 TERRIBLY slow installing things

    Hey all, Recently bit the bullet and installed vista ultimate x64 with SP1. Having some issues in that, for example, my Unreal Tournament 3 install took around 4-5 hours total, it slowed down terribly towards the last 30% or so - then failed to ever say "complete". This might have been due...
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    My main concerns with the gx2 are in-case heat issues (Might end up heating up my wc tubing xD), the need for an 8-pinpci-e cable which i do not have, and the price for anything but the club3d version >.<
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    I'm not sure. I'm torn between several 780i/750i motherboards, possibly even willing to consider a 680/650i if its decent enough to keep my c2d at 3.3-3.6 with sli support that works properly :\
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    Meh, what i mean is, sure the x1900 series was there but then nvidia got its g80 out to beat that. Meanwhile ati released their counter to that which didnt actually top it as far as i know. Also as for the 850 beating the 6800, they were pretty much par too iirc, i opted for the 850 as it was...
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    Cheers for that heh. Problem is, i was quoting the _cheapest_ x2 i could find, the Club3d one on one specific website. The BFG card comes in at a hefty £422/$840 for the americans :) Insanely expensive :|
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    As with most benchmarks, the gx2 and 8800gts sli are literally on-par, with it being down to which brand of gts you get (stock vs oc) as no gx2 ocs are out yet afaik. I'll never go back to ATi i think, Haven't seen them bring out anything at all to compare to nvidia for ages. Even when they...
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    Ahahaha xD I knew there'd be people looking at the prices and gasping, hence why i remembered to put in bold about taking into consideration that i'd be getting money from the sale of my current card :P
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    Hmm well i was looking at a possible monitor upgrade too but that can be left for when 24" monitors drop a bit more heh. Already got my 8800gts 640 on ebay so im hoping to decide what to get pretty soon :o Also, 9800 GTX at $350? You sure you don't mean the gts? UK prices are really bitchy...
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    Had the motherboard for ~ 13 months now so i doubt a return is possible hehe. So i'm literally left with the three options, each of the latter two costing quite a bit more. There's the whole thing about being able to quad sli in future if i get the gx2, but then that'd be more money and i'd...
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    Incidentally, is there any other option for better gaming performance than i have now, aside from the gpu? As far as i can tell my ram(on Xp 32-bit) and OC'd cpu are fine and the card is the best upgrade path for better fps/gameability :o
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    Well that's where my 2nd purchasing option came in, the fact that the Asus p5b-deluxe is unfortunately not a SLi motherboard as it only has one pci-express 16x slot (the other is a 1x i believe). Hence, if i want sli-levelled performance (Which i wouldn't mind at all seeing as i can't think what...
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    Hmm, well don't forget that the 9880gx2 is essentially two 8800gt cores on two pcbs running as one card. My only worry is whether the on-board sli of the gx2 will work correctly, and besides that i've heard that the cooling isnt that good due to one card being cooled with the warm air from the...
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    Upgrading Rig: 8800GTS SLi or single 9800GX2?

    As the topic says, I'm looking to upgrade my rig slightly. I plan to play COD4, Crysis as best as i can, and am looking to hopefully not upgrade again this year. Current specs are as follows: e6600 2.4ghz @ 3.3ghz Asus P5B-Deluxe mobo BFG 8800GTS OC 640Mb (g80) 2Gb OCZ PC-8500 SLi-Ready...
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    9800GX2 cards are here

    Hi all For those of you viewing Anandtech from the UK, or indeed anyone in europe, here's where you wanna check: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1009 Will set you back about £450 o_O That's $910 ish for those in the US!
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    8800GTS FPS drop, Driver issue i think, PLEASE help.

    Believe me when I say I've tried everything short of a re-installation of windows :) I set nVidia control panel to as non-intrusive as it can be, making every setting "let the application decide" and turning off anything that the control panel would override (and besides, Crysis's benchmarking...
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    8800GTS FPS drop, Driver issue i think, PLEASE help.

    As drastic as it sounds, it also sounds pretty much like my only option before buying a new card :| Tried using system restore but for whatever reason the only restore point i can go back to is the one where i rolled back the driver from 174.20 to 158.22 :S Also i dont think that would help...
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    8800GTS FPS drop, Driver issue i think, PLEASE help.

    I have the game, I just use the benchmark for apples to apples comparisons of drivers. That's beside the point though, my point is that all my games have taken a hefty fps drop all from this one-time install of the 174.20 drivers which, no matter how many times i uninstall/run driver...
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    8800GTS FPS drop, Driver issue i think, PLEASE help.

    Tried that. I've tried going from 174.20 back to 158.22, tried 169.21, im currently sitting on forceware 171.17 WHQL and im STILL having the damn issue. Crysis benchmark down ~10-15 fps, World of Warcraft won't even hit the 60fps v-sync anymore when previously it'd be topping 100fps constantly...
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    8800GTS FPS drop, Driver issue i think, PLEASE help.

    Right so here's the story I wanted to see what effect having newer drivers would have on my gaming - I was originally running forceware 158.22 WHQL drivers. I ran a crysis demo bench and got a healthy 31.5fps average at 1280x1024 with custom medium/high settings. (Was up at 50fps on...