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    video card upgrade: good or bad?

    please forgive my lack of knowledge on some of this. i currently have an asus 9800 gtx+ video card. i ran across what seems like a decent deal on a ati radeon 4870 (1gb). ive looked at toms hardware, and it seems that the 4870 is overall a better card. i mostly play call of duty, and world of...
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    best place to buy games online for release date shipping?

    yeah, i moved a few months ago, and im kind of in the middle of nowhere. gonna take about a 30 minute drive to pick it up from a store, so was hoping one of these release date deliveries would be reliable
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    best place to buy games online for release date shipping?

    the new CoD, and the WoW expansion are coming out next week, and ive never bought a game online with release date shipping, but im considering it. i know amazon has it, and they claim your game will arrive the actual release date, so im thinking about that, but anyone have any experience or...
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    nub lost trying to install a video card

    ok, buying a new power supply tonight. im just buying one from the local best buy b/c i really dont want to wait for something to be shipped again. anyone know if the following video card would fit in xps 420?: link
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    nub lost trying to install a video card

    got em plugged in. (correctly i hope)
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    nub lost trying to install a video card

    whats the worst that could happen? fry the vid card? or would things jsut shut down?
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    nub lost trying to install a video card

    well, i fired it up. no probs so far, but havent done anything graphics intnsive yet
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    nub lost trying to install a video card

    i had read the older dell xps have some odd mobo and power supply made only for them, and they were hard to upgrade
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    nub lost trying to install a video card

    where do i find that? im looking at the stuff on the power supply, but not see it. its a l375p-00 edit: stole this from another post: Dell Model L375P-00 w/ DC output 375W Combined power on +3.3V and +5V Rails not exceed 150W Combined power on +12VA and -12VB Rails not exceed 350W...
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    nub lost trying to install a video card

    core2quad9300 1 hard drive 4 gb ram (2x 2gb modules) 1 dvd thats about it
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    nub lost trying to install a video card

    ok, so next dumb move.... i jsut realize my power supply is too small. i havent powered anything up yet, but the card says it requires a 400 watt power supply minimum, and mines only 375w..... i have a dell xps 420, and ive heard the power supplies arent upgradeable, is this true? should i...
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    nub lost trying to install a video card

    smooth, and ty
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    nub lost trying to install a video card

    ok, thanks in advance for any help you guys can offer. Basically, i bought a video card, and it came with a REALLY crappy manual. its a 9800 gtx+, and i have it in the slot, but i have a few concerns before i power things up. do i need to hook any extra power up to it anywhere? it has 2...
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    new agp card

    im running windows xp, will i have any problem with drivers? (thought i read something about that).
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    new agp card

    so im still limping along with my old computer trying to make it till the end of the year. it only has an agp slot, which i currently have a nvidia 6800 in. I was wondering if there are any decent agp upgrades out there to bridge my gap until i buy a new computer. i looked at frys online, and...
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    this a decent laptop?

    thanks for the advice adn. i actually found a nice dell coupon at fatwallet thats got me playing with some dell configurations atm
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    this a decent laptop?

    theres another model for 50$ cheaper with an amd processor (i dont recall which it is), but i think its actually worse than that one
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    this a decent laptop?

    i dont necesarily need the screen but it would be nice for movies
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    this a decent laptop?

    im looking for a decent laptop to take to work when im stuck on call. i have a nice gaming desktop, but just need something for entertainment at work. i was looking at some dells, and an acer in bestbuy, and i found an hp that seemed like a decent machine for the money. essentially what i want...
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    explorer.exe not loading

    still nothing. tried a windows repair from my xp disk, but its not recognizing a bunch of files from the cd, im trying to push on ahead anyways. anyone have any other thoughts?
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    explorer.exe not loading

    hmm, ill try chkdsk next, didnt think of that, went ahead and loadded norton before i went for the full repair, and in the process of a system scan
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    explorer.exe not loading

    update, so i tried the scan, it seemed to repair something as it asked for my xp disk, but still nothing on reboot. now on to a boot from the windows xp disk to try and repair from that... anyone have any other ideas? im running out
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    explorer.exe not loading

    so.... it seems like everything that could possibly go wrong with my computers has lately. fortunately, i just got my laptop back with a fresh motherboard... now onto the next problem.... ok, so this is on a desktop. its been running normally, and isnt used that often, except occasionally...
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    mouse/ pointer hangup problems

    i ran norton, and both the spyware programs last night, but no luck
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    mouse/ pointer hangup problems

    i also have adaware and spybot installed, not sure if that makes a difference
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    mouse/ pointer hangup problems

    its a dell 400sc, all the standard components except a geforce 6800 graphics card. My antivirus software is norton. been running this same setup for quite a while, and the problem is relatively new.
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    mouse/ pointer hangup problems

    for the last couple weeks ive been experienceing a problem with my pointer/ mouse. when im using the computer for browsing or playing games, the pointer hangs up on the screen for a very short period of time (less then a second), but it happens very often like every couple of seconds, and is...
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    laptop issues

    so i have an offbrand laptop with an ati x600 mobile radeon video card. its about 5 months old, and i just started having a problem. it started when i would boot up a vvideo game (WoW). i had played w/o problems for about three months, then occasionally the computer would die when i got in...
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    laptop problems

    so i have an offbrand laptop with an ati x600 mobile radeon video card. its about 5 months old, and i just started having a problem. it started when i would boot up a vvideo game (WoW). i had played w/o problems for about three months, then occasionally the computer would die when i got in...
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    spyaxe

    i got a call to help a friend fix his computer today. i just did the usual, ran norton, spybot, and ad aware. i got rid of a few viruses, and his computer is now running better, but im still having a problem with this annoying spyaxe program. ive done some searches, but none of the fixes ive...
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    good hotels in new orleans?

    im planning on going to new orleans for a few days in august just fun drinking, and fun. im looking for a hotel on or near bourbon street in the french quarter.... anyone have any recommendations?
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    Bow before me! i am the king of dead computer hardware

    oh yeah, and the directv HD receiver overheated and crapped out last night too, but they are replacing that for free, so it doesnt count
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    Bow before me! i am the king of dead computer hardware

    ok, so as if my laptop crapping out, and my recent video card problems werent enuff, now today one of my computers just died. i havent even had the desire to want to figure out what went wrong. i was checking email when blam! it just shut off. dead. now flipping the on off switch does as much as...
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    laptop problem

    i tried it, but it takes like 30 minutes to boot up from the cd, then the tests wont run. i run into an error.
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    laptop problem

    so i let it just run for a while with the windows xp boot disk in. it started the installer, but the stopped, and gave me an error message. the message said to disconnect any new hard disks, and check any old hard disks. think its pretty safe to say it is the hard disk? the error code was...
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    laptop problem

    ok, so i have been plagued with hardware issues lately, and my old laptop just went bad. im looking for any help anyone can give. it is an old ibm thinkpad (like a 333 mhtz or something). it was working fine, and then i went to boot it up, and... well, it shows the ibm bios page, but then just...
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    does CC pricematch online prices?

    u feel better now? now go enjoy your day
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    does CC pricematch online prices?

    blah blah blah blah blah.... anyways, it doesnt really fit under any of the sticky threads, it doesnt fit under any other toppic (it surely isnt off topic). this was the best place to post it. so go and try to feel important somewhere else, and leave my thread alone. thank you for your time
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    does CC pricematch online prices?

    does CC pricematch online stores, compusa.com to be specific?
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    can someone help interpret these 3dmark results?

    is there a way to check my video card temp? i know on my gf6800 it is in the control panel, but on this card, i dont know if i can??