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    Do you still keep your dead video card?

    I had a dead HD4850 I revived doing the toaster oven trick. Did use it briefly when I had to RMA another card
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    BL2: AMD Card + nvidia for physx

    I used 285.x on Windows 7 I believe, had to install physx seperatly. In Windows 8 had to use 306 driver. The 1.05 patch didn't work for me, I used hybridize.exe (right/click, run as administrator), reboot. Took some messing around so I don't recall the exact steps. Then goto: C:\Program Files...
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    Wondering if I should upgrade my Radeon 6950

    I have very similar specs, Borderlands 2 is the main game I'm playing, too. Anything over low physx on an ATI card isn't going to work well since it's all done in cpu. I think borderlands is a little buggy - I've read even people running gtx690's can slowdowns in places I purchased a $30...
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    GTX 650 good for Physx?

    A 650 may be overkill - I bought a GT440 (96sp) so I could use PhysX with my HD6950 and it's utilization barely goes over 50% in big battles.
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    Help diagnose a graphics glitch scrolling window (with video)

    I'm thinking it's not the video card anymore - I was recording a new video using screen capture software forgetting I used my cell phone for the first one, and although I saw lots of glitching on the screen none of it was recorded, which makes me think it's the monitor now. Switched from...
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    Help diagnose a graphics glitch scrolling window (with video)

    A followup, sometimes now have to reboot twice to get it to go way - then it's fine all day. Newest 12.8 drivers. Any thoughts before I try to RMA it? Worried they won't be able to replicate it.
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    Help diagnose a graphics glitch scrolling window (with video)

    For the past few months I've get a graphical glitch when scrolling a window at startup. It only occurs when scrolling. Shutting down and restarting makes it go away. Happens once or twice a week. I have an HD6950 and have 12.6 drivers on Windows 7 x64, occurred on previous release as well. I've...
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    Please help me decide.. 30" IPS or 3 X 120hz

    I love my Dell U3011 ... I recall seeing in a review the LED backlight thing has to due with color accuracy and that's really important with these panels aimed at professionals, LEDs giving a blue tint.
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    ATi 5850/5870 review thread

    I'd like to see a comparison of the 5850 to a 4850 crossfire setup ... checked all the reviews and no one has seem to included that yet
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    I need a 22" monitor for gaming and movies

    I second the Dell 2209wa ... first affordable LCD without all the sacrifices of a TN, made the move from my old 21" CRT. e-IPS and only about $229, I got it for less on sale.
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    Possible to add a 2nd video card that clones the primary display on the 1st?

    The first option would work, but isn't really what I'm looking for. The projector doesn't have pass through. The main card is a quadro nvs 290 which a single DVI port and with a splitter running both monitors. Looking at splitter cables it seems like they only work in certain circumstances. The...
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    Possible to add a 2nd video card that clones the primary display on the 1st?

    Here's my scenario: I have a computer running Windows 7 with an nvidia card running two monitors. This computer also needs to be hooked up to a projector. Since the computer has a second PCI Express slot, is it possible to add a 2nd video card and have it clone the primary monitor from the 1st...
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    Problem with Asus P5Q Pro - Stuck on BIOS splash screen

    Thanks for the advice guys, I have it working now. I think I had two issues ... I'm not sure why an overclock to 3.6 at stock voltages that had worked fine for a couple of months would suddenly stop working, but the BIOS didn't actually lock up until I updated it. I had tried resetting the CMOS...
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    Problem with Asus P5Q Pro - Stuck on BIOS splash screen

    I have an Asus P5Q Pro and an e8400 overclocked to 3.6 GHz. It's been working fine up until tonight, I was rebooting to run ghost, and I got an overclocking error and it asked me to go into the BIOS. I left it along and did some work, rebooted again and got the same error. I should have put it...
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    E0 compatibility with P5q-pro and EP45-DS3~URGENT!

    I have an e8400 e0 and a P5q pro I got about a month or two ago from newegg, I don't recall what bios it had, but it worked fine out of the box and I've since gone to the newest bios (1406 I think?)
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    Are there any other die hard CRT fans here?

    I really like my 21" CRT ... I'd take a 24" widescreen if I could find one locally. Size isn't an issue for me ... it's not like I store stuff behind my monitor. I tested out someone's 22" widescreen for a couple of days but I didn't like it. Colors and black levels weren't as good, viewing...
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    Motherboard won't fully power up from cold boot

    I have a 690g based gigabyte board that has a problem ... some times when it powers up from a cold boot, ie after being completely unplugged from the wall, the power light comes on but no video, hard drive activity, etc. If I hold the power button so it powers down and turn it on again, it's...
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    Best bang for buck?

    My 3800+ does 2.4ghz with no problems, stock voltage. I didn't try to push it any further. I did buy a $25 freezer 64 pro fan, the 939 X2 comes with a plain aluminum heat sink, the 4200+ (and all AM2's?) have the better heatpipe one. Still came out way ahead
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    CPU Fan direction/FreezePro 64

    It have a chieftec matrix/ie dragon case. I never throught to rotate it ... I was thinking of one of those ducted systems, but I guess that really doesn't apply
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    CPU Fan direction/FreezePro 64

    I just upgraded to an X2 3800+ and have a question about airflow. I have two 80mm fans exhausting directly behind the CPU cooler, and two in the front doing intake. I've realized now that the FreezePro is sucking in air, too, so it seems like it's creating some kind of void with both fans...
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    Keep the single core or go dual core?

    I was wondering the same thing, I came across this review. It compares an X2 3800+ and one overclocked to 4600+ speeds (what I plan to do) to a single core 3800+ review link
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    Athlon 64 3800+ (single core) on the cheap!!!?

    I'd probably use it 2-3+ years. I'd be replacing the mb and processor, but reusing everything else in my current system. I currently have a mobile barton 2400+ running at 3200+. I normally don't overclock but the mobile was so easy to do without touching the memory. I have cheap value RAM...
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    Athlon 64 3800+ (single core) on the cheap!!!?

    I've been trying to decide between the 3800+ and waiting for the 3800+ X2 when it comes down next month. Looking at benchmarks though the single core beats the X2 in pretty much all tests since it's clocked higher except multitasking tests. I'm do run several apps at once, but nothing CPU...