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    Can you trust ATITOOL anymore?

    Hi, as the topic states, I get artifacts with any of the new versions of atitool within about 10 secs. The card doesnt even have a chance to get up to 70c in that time, the highest I've ever seen it is 73c after playing crysis for a couple hours. Now, is atitool actually going to support...
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    Getting artifacts in games but it's not my video card!!

    Hi, I have been having problems with minor artifacting in most games for a few months. The artifacts are always the same (seams showing, certain squares of texture on a wall flickering wildly, shadows flickering with polygons). I get these problems in: Assassins Creed, Medal of Honour Airborne...
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    Can't overclock core2duo 6600 even 100mhz!!

    Hi, I have never really bothered with overclocking before, but this morning I got the urge to bump up my core 2 duo 6600 from 2.4 to maybe about 2.7 ghz. Within the first 100 mhz overclock, though, orthos failed immediately! So I clocked it back down. I am running the newest 0803 bios with...
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    Graphical problems with 8800 GT

    Hi, I have been having some troubles with certain games displaying strange shadows (flickering, pixellated, moving strangely), certain textures in a squarish area flickering quite noticeably, and also a very thin white line can appear in corners of buildings. Titans Quest, Medal of Honor...
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    8800 GT give nv4 display driver infinite loop error

    Hi, I have owned the Asus 8800 gt 512mb (stock) in my sig for a month. It has played games great, except for a few artifacts in games I have attributed to crappy drivers. Yesterday, I was playing Titans Quest Immortal Throne, and everything hitched. The graphics went all weird for a minute...
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    Brand New Build for Gaming

    I am looking to build this computer for a friend of mine, for certain reasons all parts are being bought at a local store (cbit.ca) so pricing is not relevant, just want to make sure all parts are compatible for maximum gaming goodness. 1. PC will be used for Gaming for a ludicrous number of...
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    Artifacts and flickering textures on 8800 GT

    Hi, I just recently bought an Asus 8800 GT 512 Mb, with Asus's revised cooler (same as the one they have on the overclocked TOP edition). I have been noticing some strangeness in certain games, and want to see if other people have experienced the same thing, due to drivers or some such thing. I...
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    Can't monitor temperature of new ASUS Geforce 8800 GT

    I just picked up a new Asus geforce 8800 gt 512mb today, and got the revised version with the better cooler. I was anxious to see what my temperatures would be like, but I am completely unable to see what they are. I have tried.... 1: Installed vga drivers off of cd, and smartdoctor off the...
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    Best Free Program to diagnose hard drive problems

    Can anyone point me in the right direction for a program that will tell me for sure whether a hard drive has bad sectors? It is a Western Digital SATA I 7200 RPM 250 GB Drive, with windows XP.
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    Are all batteries for motherboard bios the same?

    Someone I know has what appears to be a dead battery on their MSI K7N-2 Delta-L motherboard (bios has to load setup defaults every time you turn on computer) Can I just buy any 3.3v batter to replace it with? Anything I should be aware of?
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    Can a dying hard drive cause artifacts in games?

    My friends computer has been acting really strange lately. It first became slow in windows when copying files or installing programs, and just recently started displaying artifacts in almost all games. I thought his ram might be bad, so I got him to run memtest86+, he said it ran for 11 hours...
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    Unexplained CPU usage

    On my rig which is listed in my sig, every couple days or so, it seems that my games run really slow, until I reboot. I started checking my cpu usage, and it will sit at 50% until I reboot (which is why it runs so slow). I have run Norton, AVG, spybot, and adaware, and nothing is showing up. I...
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    What are signs of LCD failure?

    I just recently sold my buddy my Samsung 931c 19" monitor, only a few months old, and after plugging it into his computer which has a geforce 7900 gt, it showed some artifacts on Titan Quest for a few moments. (some strange flickering colours) Does this sound like an lcd problem, or a problem...
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    Really S..L...O...W... disk performance

    Hi, my friend just recently did a clean install of windows xp home on his computer, and now it takes about 5 minutes to boot into windows, and installing games takes 3 time longer than it should. Windows 2000 used to work perfectly. His computer is.. Athlon64 3500 2x1gb Kingston ddr 400...
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    Should I mix 2 kinds of ddr2 ram?

    Hello all, for the system in my sig, which has 2x1gb cheap samsung, i was thinking of adding 2x1gb kingston value ddr2 667. The samsung is not on my motherboards compatible ram list, but has worked fine for 6 months, while the kingston IS on the ram list. All modules would be 667 5-5-5-15...
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    So my laptop took a little tumble....

    I have a Dell Inspiron 9300, and it was in it's dell carrying case when I had to put on the brakes in my truck, and it fell about 2 feet off the back seat and flipped over. It seems to work fine so far, but my question is should I be worried about damage that will manifest itself over time? Or...
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    Does a Vista upgrade install disable your XP install?

    Hi, I was considering buying a second harddrive, and installing Windows vista on it while leaving my Windows xp install intact on the first hd. I own Windows xp pro oem, so i would buy the vista premium upgrade. The thing is, I heard somewhere that when you upgrade to Vista from XP, the XP...
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    Antec Sonata II woes.....

    Hi, I built my friend a computer about 9 months ago with an Antec Sonata II, and last night I discovered that his power supply was running really hot, and making a high pitched whine, (also the fan on it was really loud). I looked a bit closer, and it seems the back case fan died, which explains...
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    Can dead pixels on an LCD spread?

    Hi, i've just noticed a couple burnt out pixels on my Samsung 225BW, they arent very noticeable, but I was curious, will pixels adjacent to burnt out ones be more likely to fail in the future? Or is it something that will likely stay as it is? (I'm used to CRTS)
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    Using a widescreen lcd monitor with XBOX 360 vga cable

    I was thinking of picking up an XBOX 360, but dont have a tv. I know there is a cable u can buy so u can play on a monitor, but.... 1. would the console have troubles with widescreen aspect or resolution of an lcd? 2. if the xbox isn't running at monitors native resolution (1650x1050), is...
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    Extremely slow to boot to windows and install\uninstall

    Hi, as per the title, my friend is experiencing these issues after formatting and installing windows xp on his computer. He was using Windows 2000 Pro before with no issues at all. His specs are... Athlon64 3500+ MSI K8N Neo4-F 2x1 gb kingston value BFG Geforce 7900 GT OC 256 mb 250 GB...
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    Adaptec Gamebrige TV

    Hello, I just picked up this little usb device called a gamebridge, so far it ALMOST meets my expectations. I can hook up my xbox and ps2 to this thing, and i find that while the xbox puts out a great picture and sound, the ps2 has some issues with the sound distorting. I also find the ps2 looks...
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    Is there such a thing as an S-video to vga adaptor?

    Hello, I was contemplating on whether it was possible to use my Playstation2 or XBOX with my Samsung 225BW LCD Monitor. All the monitor has is a DVI and VGA input. Is there any affordable way to do this? Or ridiculously expensive way, for that matter?
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    How reliable are lcd monitors?

    Hello, I just bought a Samsung 225BW widescreen LCD, and I still have the option to purchase extended insurance for another 80 bucks. Anyone here have LCDs die in the first few years? Are they more prone to failure than CRTs?
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    Spiking Vcore or inaccurate readings?

    In the last few days I've had my asus probe alarm go off, (usually when playing a game), and when I check it, it has shown Vcore to be 1.65v, (instead of the stock 1.25). It quickly returns to normal, though. A couple times also, when I didnt have asus probe running, it sounded like a very...
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    Best Methods of controlling CPU Fan speed

    Hi, I've been noticing that the stock cpu fan on this core 2 6600 tends to sit between 2000 and 2200 rpm all the time. It seemed a little excessive to have it going full blast all the time, so I turned on Asus Q-Fan to "performance", and now it sits below 1000rpm at idle, and goes up to 2000...
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    How reliable is Asus Probe?

    I've been using Asus Probe as my primary monitor for temps and voltages, but yesterday when I put in a different power supply, I got all sorts of voltage warnings, and at one point my cpu temp jumped up to 90c?!! (I checked in bios and temp was 40c). The thing is, I swapped out that power...
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    Power supply making noise, please advise

    Hello people, I just built my new rig (in sig) and everything is great except recently I've been noticing a clicking/whirring sound. I ignored it, figured a case fan was making a bit of noise, but when I adjusted the fan on my Enermax power supply, I can tell it is definately this. It is not...
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    Will this Samsung Ram be good enough for me?

    Hi, I just recently built the system in my sig, and due to OCZ memory incompatibility with my Asus P5B, I had to settle for somewhat generic DDR2-667 Samsung Ram Chip no. k4t51083qc-zce6, as the options were really limited at the store i bought this stuff. Does anyone else currently use this...