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    Your top three all time favorite games

    I used to be a hardcore gamer on the PC then swithced to consoles for a long time so my list probably is going to suck, but.... 1. Full Throttle-This was my first gaming experience on the PC that I can really remember. They don't make games like this anymore and it's a shame because this...
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    MB upgrade help

    I've been racking my brain trying to decide which MB to upgrade to for my i7 build. It's come down to a couple MBs that I want and I can't decide. If somebody could please give me some advice or knowledge on any of these boards, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm looking to do a very...
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    Windows 7 Upgrade question

    I have a question about the free Windows 7 upgrade with the purchase of a Vista OS. I want 64bit and was going to wait until Windows 7 came out but with this free upgrade, I want to take advantage of it. I also want to upgrade my motherboard in the near future as well. My question is, if I...
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    275GTX overclock help

    No question the "TwinFrozr" is an excellent cooling solution. It never goes over 55C when I'm gaming and that's on default fan speed which is 35% I believe. Crysis really gets the card cooking though so I tend to up the fans when I play Crysis. Speaking of, I tried playing Crysis...
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    275GTX overclock help

    Thanks for the replies. I ran the Crysis benchmark after I thought I had a stable overclock. I did use Furmark to get my overclock and temps were sitting at 63C with no artifacts so that's when I ran the benchmarks and started having the problems. Like you said, I think shaders are pretty...
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    275GTX overclock help

    I got the core to 735 and the memory to 1250. I'm going to push it a little more tonight. 3dMark06 score went from 16392 to 16687. Seems to be the shaders that don't like being overclocked.
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    275GTX overclock help

    I know what you're saying, but I wasn't getting my hopes up. I was just using that as an example of what I've seen and that if that's a legitimate stable overclock, I was going to see where I could overclock my card. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to mess around with the card last night...
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    275GTX overclock help

    I'll try this. I have noticed that I can get pretty good increase on core(725) and memory(1265) without artifacts but once I start increasing shader, I get a yellow screen on AtiTool and have to reboot. I'll give this a try tonight and post my results. Thanks palladium!!
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    275GTX overclock help

    Yeah, I always do as well. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to make a difference. Thanks for the reply though.
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    275GTX overclock help

    Looks like I got a crap overclocker. The highest I could go was 700/1548/1250. I tried 715/1576/1250 but it crashed during Crysis benchmark. With the 700/1548/1250, there was zero difference between overclock and stock in the World in Conflict benchmark and Crysis benchmark. I'm just going...
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    275GTX overclock help

    Thanks for the reply. I haven't. I was messing around with it last night and was going to try a combination of things and that was going to be one of them. I'll tinker with it again tonight and post my results. Thanks again. McRipper
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    275GTX overclock help

    I was wondering if somebody could answer a question for me? I just upgraded from a 9800gtx to a MSI N275gtx Twin Frozr(sweet!!) and I read that my 275gtx is a hell of an overclocker because of the twin fans. The most popular stable overclock I've seen for this card is 742/1600/1300 on air...
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    Need a little upgrade help!!!

    To everyone who has posted: Thank you very much for all the help!! I really do appreciate it. I've gotten some very good info from here and this will make my decision pretty easy when I decide what i'm going to do. Thanks again. P.S. When I do decide what I'm going to do, I'll post on...
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    Need a little upgrade help!!!

    T Thanks alot!! I never knew this existed. I really appreciate the info/advice.
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    Need a little upgrade help!!!

    They give you 90 days to do this from when? How do you initiate this program? Do you automatically get this just by buying an EVGA or BFG card, or do you have to apply for it?
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    Need a little upgrade help!!!

    Thanks for the info. I'll admit, I don't really need an upgrade, just kind of want one. Maybe I'll hold off, I tend to impulse buy and sometimes need someone to bring me to reality.
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    Need a little upgrade help!!!

    No, it's a Zotac. What's a step-up? Are you saying that if you have an EVGA or BRG card, you can upgrade for free?
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    Need a little upgrade help!!!

    That's good info. Thanks alot gimp!!
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    Need a little upgrade help!!!

    To krnmastersgt and thegimp03: I use a 22" @1680x1050. I play mostly FPS(Crysis, Crysis Warhead, STALKER, Call of Duty, etc.) and some strategy(World in Conflict, CoH) and will be getting Far Cry 2, Mass Effect, and Fallout 3 very soon. I really want to be able to maximize my performance...
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    Need a little upgrade help!!!

    So go with this over the SLI?
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    Need a little upgrade help!!!

    What should I do? I'm looking to upgrade my GPU but I'm wondering what's going to be the best bang for the buck. My budget is about $350. I'm currently gaming with a 9800gtx and I'm wondering if I should get another one of those and SLI or just get a 260gtx or something comparable. If...
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    Boot error after hardware upgrade

    Thanks!! I figured it out and came to the same conclusion. I just ordered Vista 64bit so i'm going to have to wait a couple days. But thanks for the response!!!
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    Boot error after hardware upgrade

    If anybody could give me some help with an issue I have, I would really appreciate it. I just recently upgraded my motherboard, CPU, PSU, and heatsink. After the hardware installation, I booted up the pc only to receive a blue screen error when it tried to load Vista. In the BIOS, it...
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    9800gtx oc help

    This is great to know info, thanks ThaJollyMan!!!
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    CPU temps during GPU oc

    I'll post that later when i get home and I can mess around with it. Thanks JPB!!!
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    9800gtx oc help

    Cheers JPB!!! Thanks for the help.
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    9800gtx oc help

    hahaha I'm at work, doing 5 things at once.
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    9800gtx oc help

    Then what am I complaing about? LOL Seriously, those temps seem ok? I thought initially that my oc was too much. Are the gpu fans ok? Meaning, if I ran it at 60% constantly, will it be ok? Or should I only do that when I need to?
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    CPU temps during GPU oc

    No i haven't touched Speedstep. Do you think that would help?
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    CPU temps during GPU oc

    Cooler has been installed since build which was the first week of August. So it's brand new. I don't know what temps to expect since it's my first attempt at oc but after doing research, it seems that 42c might be a little high. I might have to take it down a little bit. I don't know if...
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    9800gtx oc help

    I set up 3 fan profiles: 60%, 80% and 100%. That's the thing, I don't know if they are working or not. I want to say yes because after I ran 3dmark06, the temp got up to 59c but gradually came back to 42c. It wasn't until after I oc'ed the CPU, the temp was 60c idle. I checked the fan...
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    CPU temps during GPU oc

    It's more a GPU ?, i haven't ran into any problems with the CPU but if you see a problem with that cpu oc, could you let me know? I posted it in the video card section, thanks for your help.
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    9800gtx oc help

    This is my first attempt at ocing so you can laugh at me if you want as long as you answer my questions, lol. I am using RivaTuner 2.1 to oc my Zotac 9800gtx. I set up Fan profiles, schedules, etc. The card is stock. I oced 800/2000/1200 from 675/1688/1100. 42c idle and I ran 3dmark06 (13400...
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    CPU temps during GPU oc

    I thought I did, I don't know what happened there. Sorry, can I delete this?
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    CPU temps during GPU oc

    This is my first attempt at ocing so you can laugh at me if you want as long as you answer my questions, lol. I am using RivaTuner 2.1 to oc my Zotac 9800gtx. I set up Fan profiles, schedules, etc. The card is stock. I oced 800/2000/1200 from 675/1688/1100. 42c idle and I ran 3dmark06...
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    New Guy Here

    Thanks BonzaiDuck!
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    New Guy Here

    Thanks katank!
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    New Guy Here

    Hey all, This is my first post here but i've been lurking for awhile. I just recently did my first build. Let me give you my specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0 MSI P43 Neo 3-F OCZ Reaper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800 GeForce 9800 GTX Xigmatek S963 92mm Cooler I know absolutely...