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    P5Q Deluxe BIOS

    Does anyone know where in the BIOS might I find settings to change the FSBRAM ratio? I've found that mine is fixed like 4:5 and could not find it anywhere maybe the name of the settings are strangers to me... Thanks for your help in advance!
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    Colormax PCS+ 4870 1GB shines except...

    I am stunned at the solid performance of this beast. put the 8.12 driver on, got some screen flickering issue at the beginning, resolved using Riva Tuner by manually overclocking to 780/928 bypassing CCC, now it is working admirably in 2D as well as 3D games. I must admit that I am stunned at...
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    Sapphire 4870 1GB stock cooler

    I want to know how do you tell whether the cooler is NOT the reference cooler when you buy a Sapphire 4870 1GB card? Is that the heatpipe? Thanks!
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    Which version of 4870 1GB to buy?

    Just at the beginning of the week, I was still considering both PowerColor and Sapphire. PowerColor is offering an overclocked version of the 4870 1GB DDR5 which is doing 780MHz/3.7GHz. Sapphire released her Toxic 4870 1GB the day before yesterday which is doing 780MHz/4.0GHz. Which one...
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    What brand names 4870 1GB available in the market

    I only know about Sapphire HIS ICON Which else am I missing here?
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    GTX260 or Raedon 4870 1GB

    A silly question really, but I know they are sort of opposite number to each other. So in terms of performance, they might be the same or close to each other. But what about heat dissipation? Which one runs hotter? Also I read from a few other forums that people are having run time problems...
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    Windows Vista - What's the deal?

    I take it that installing Windows Vista on a PC will register that PC's CPU to Microsoft and if you want to reinstall the same licensed Vista after the CPU is upgraded, the installation won't do, is that true or that's just a rumour?
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    GPU or CPU

    I am not saying it is a problem specific to COD5, it's just a good example to illustrate my point here. What makes me difficult to understand is that both COD4 and COD5 are using the same graphics engine, but the frame rates I am getting from both games are different, given the same graphics...
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    4870 X2 and PSU demands

    I am looking for a PSU for building a rig with 4870 X2 as the primary display. Trouble I am getting is information from all fronts tell different things about the PSU Watts requirement for this card. Let's say, using ATi's official specification, 650W is the minimum requirement for the 2...
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    Core i7 vs Core 2 Duo 8600

    I notice both CPUs are pretty much at the same price point, it's such a difficult call. If you were me, which I would you get?
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    What CPU for a new high end system?

    I am planning to build a new system, my budget is around $1000 maybe a bit more. Why would I deploy a Q6600 rather than an E8500?
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    A stupid about about Dual Core

    We have Athlon64 x 2 and Intel Pentium D. We all know that the marketing slogan is "Dual Core". Question is: are there actually 2 cores inside the Athlon64 x 2 and Intel Pentium D CPUs? Are Athlon64 really a 64bits CPU or it is just an emulation?
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    Thermaltake Tai Chi Water Cooled Case

    I am in the process of planning a MAJOR upgrade. A re-build of a brand new PC to be precise. All these years, I have managed several system build. I find Case is as important as any other components of the PC. I give myself 2 choices: ThermalTake Tai Chi with the Water Cooling sub-system...
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    PCI Slot voltage monitor?

    Is it possible to use a thrid party software utility or anything of the sort to check out the voltage of the PCI slots? The reason for that is because I have a TV tuner card with FM radio. The card has been damaged 3 times so far. Last time, the repairer said that the ROM had been flashed...