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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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    Maybe my wife is the only one...

    Since no one's suggested this: Women know that men need to feel useful, so we ask them to do things. If we just do everything ourselves then they feel unneeded. (I'm female-Kypron's fiancee)
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    Smash TV

    Never heard of Smash TV for the pc. I used to play that in the arcade about 14 years ago though. The closest thing is probably Alien Shooter Vengeance - I just bought it off of steam for 10 bucks, is really similiar in concept.
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    Getting artifacts in games but it's not my video card!!

    Under my nvidia control panel, I left everything on defaults, which has the image quality on "quality". I have been careful not to force things like anis or antialiasing in the control panel as well. I agree that it doesn't quite make sense that I am still getting these problems, I hope it isn't...
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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!!

    These sticks are all rated at 1.8v. Is it harmful to go above this? I know a lot of high end memory is rated for 2.0 v and above, but these sticks are cheap samsung. I should note, as well, that 2 sticks are slightly different than the other two sticks. All are 667 and samsung, but 2 of them I...
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    Can't overclock core2duo 6600 even 100mhz!!

    Ok, I've figured out that it is indeed the ram that is the culprit. If I change it to 667 5-5-5-15 with no overclocking, the system hangs at the splash screen. I had to remove two sticks to get it into the bios, and lower it to 533. Looks like I'm out of luck for oc'ing this time around.
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    Can't overclock core2duo 6600 even 100mhz!!

    Hmm, I'm not sure how to put a screenshot up. But it says under SPD tab all four sticks show as 1024mb ddr2-667 at 533 4-4-4-12 1.8v, at 667 5-5-5-15 1.8v under Memory Tab ddr2 - 4096 mb in dual channel symmetric 266.9 1:1 ratio 5-5-5-15 2T other info is greyed out...
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    Can't overclock core2duo 6600 even 100mhz!!

    Hi, yes I have tested out memtest 86+ 2.1, and everything checks out ok for 10+ hours. I just tried to OC again but I manually set the cpu voltage to 1.25, and raising the bus from 266 to 276 causes immediate errors.
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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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    It's all so... confusing.

    You certainly don't need 3000 bucks to do something with that system. Since I don't know what country you're ordering parts from, I can't link to anything. But in my opinion.... Keep your Geforce 8800 GTX, 30" monitor, powersupply, sound card, and hard drives. Get either: 1. Intel Core 2...
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    Second NWN2 Expansion coming

    I agree with you sirjonk. I ranted about the annoyances of this game on another post a few months ago. You forgot to mention how Okku the bear god always gets stuck on corners and blocks doorways with his fat ass as you are trying to run from a group of liches that like to continually teleport...
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    Brand New Build for Gaming

    Unfortunately, my buddy needs to buy this stuff from a local store because his company is going to cut him a check after he gets a quote, they won't do this for an internet based sale, so yeah, it is more expensive but he gets to pay it back over a few years (with no interest) I am editing...
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    Brand New Build for Gaming

    Unfortunately my friend doesnt want to get TOO expensive with the video card, wired247, he has an allowance of 2000 that his company will lend him to buy a computer, but he still doesnt want to go to extreme. A 8800 GT is probably the best I can convince him to get. I didn't know about the OC...
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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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    My computer is courpted by the DEVIL! Random letters in the bios?

    My friend had the exact same thing happen on his 7900 GT OC. The temps were not even all that high, and I took the card out to dust it, but hardly had anything on it. Like lopri says, card is dying, try to RMA.
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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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    Looking for a new dungeon crawler...

    Theres a few out, but nothing is quite as amazing as diabo 1 +2. 1: Titan Quest, and Titan Quest Immortal Throne expansion 2: Dungeon Siege 2 and Dungeon Siege 2 Broken World expansion 3: Loki Heroes of Mythology 4: Hellgate London 5: Sacred and Sacred Underworld expansion
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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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    SLI, Or Upgrade VIDEO CARD

    I'm thinking of getting this card myself http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130312 If you don't already have crysis, it's a great deal. The 8800 gt 512 mb cards are cheaper, but their coolers really aren't as good as the 8800 gts 512's, and a little bit slower as well.
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    Official PC game screenshot thread.

    If you're looking for a screenshot to blow your retinas, look no further..... http://www.e-oss.net/albums/album09/pong.sized.png
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    Q6600 running at slower speed???

    Download intel TAT for the most accurate temperature readings. Does it go over 60c?
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    Am i stuck in Hellgate London?

    As long as the sequel features killing the same enemies in the same environments for 40+ hours, I'm all in!
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    Am i stuck in Hellgate London?

    London Wall is just north of liverpool station on your big map. hit "m" for the big picture. that guild hall portal is something you go through after you pass all 4 or 5 tests. i can't remember the name of the portal you need to go through, but it is right in liverpool station. If you're stuck...
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    Mask of the Betrayer

    I really hated this game. Features I dislike the most would be... 1: Spirit Eating. If you don't continually eat spirits every day, you will become weaker and weaker until you die. If you rest, or travel, your spirit points drop accordingly. Oh yeah, best part about it is, most of the time...
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    Best Free Program to diagnose hard drive problems

    Thanks Jack, I will try the free one! Looks very useful.
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    Best Free Program to diagnose hard drive problems

    Ok thanks. I will do the chkdsk, but I'm not sure what to get from WD's site, Data Lifeguard tools doesn't seem to come with a diagnostic... Is it advisable to run chkdsk and continue to use the drive? I mean, windows has reported bad sectors, is it worth it to try and keep using the drive or...
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    Gears of War

    I'm going through the game for a second time, at 1280x1024 everything max, 4x anistropic filtering, with the rig in my sig, and it runs absolutely perfectly. Not even any bugs the first time through, unlike Hellgate London!
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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?

    ok thanks, i will check out a radio shack. (or, "THE SOURCE", as they are now called up here in canada)
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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?

    Hopefully next monday i will pick up a hard drive for my friend, and do a fresh install of windows. Shortylickens, he gets artifacts in Two Worlds, and Oblivion. There are lines coming out at odd angles from character models, and sometimes everything goes either red or black. He told me that...
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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?

    Thanks for the suggestions - in a couple days I will install some new drivers on his system, and will try the monitor again on my own (though it ran flawlessly for 3 months) I have the feeling his video card might have got damaged when his rear case fan died a few months back, and he didnt...
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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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    CRT to LCD Resolutions

    I currently have a Samsung 22" LCD, and I run a lot of games at 1280x1024 (or 1280x960). In my driver options for my video card, I can pick either "Display adapter scaling", "fixed aspect ratio scaling", or "centered output". I leave the settings on "centered output", so all games will run in...
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    Can 3GB memory enable dual channel

    I have 4x1gb, and it is in dual channel, though it shows 2.93 gb in windows xp pro. Benchmarking it shows that the 4x1gb is as fast as 2x1gb too.