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    16gb SDHC, an old card reader, and xp x64

    I have an older model lian li card reader (CR-31A I believe) which doesn't support SDHC. I found a hotfix that MS released which added the SDHC support for xp32, but I can't find anything for xp64. It seems to be a pretty straight forward hotfix, and plenty of people are successfully using...
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    I finally made the jump from CRT to LCD

    It's probably been 4 years that I've been researching lcd's, biding my time for the right LCD and waiting for the finances to line up, putting up with 1024x768 the whole time. After reading about and seeing and testing a number of different LCDs, I thought that the time was finally right. So I...
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    Westinghouse LVM-37w3

    Link I couldn't find this in the last few pages, so, apologies if it's a repost. Anyway, I just ordered mine this morning, figured I'd pass it on to anyone else who may be interested.
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    A8N32-SLI chipset cooling question

    I already posted this in the mobo forum, but realized it probably belongs here instead. Well, I love my case, except for that feature I once thought was nice, although I can't remember what I thought was nice about it other than the fact that the cpu is lower as far as thermals are concerned...
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    A8N32-SLI chipset cooling question

    Well, I love my case, except for that feature I once thought was nice, although I can't remember what I thought was nice about it other than the fact that the cpu is lower as far as thermals are concerned :P. Anyway, I have been using a couple of vantec CCB-A1C's to do the job, and although it...
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    Did anyone see the "r600" for sale on ebay?

    Saw this on the inquirer. How could someone not know what they had? And if he was going ship what he showed in the pics (sure looks like an r600 to me), why would no one take the chance on it? Would you have bought it? I'm almost tempted to email the guy and ask if he still has "that crappy...
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    My 7900gt finally takes a crap...

    Well, needless to say, I was incredibly happy with the speeds. I'm actually kind of suprised it didn't happen sooner. The card does work, although I am currently underclocking to keep the artifact to a managable level :P. I made no hard mods to the card, so an RMA shouldn't be any issue (albeit...
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    2560x1600 vs. 1920x1200

    I'm one of those 8xAA 16xAF minimum @ max res type of guys. So how long do you think till I'm no longer able to run games at 2560X1600 with all the eye candy enabled? I'm not asking anyone to predict the future, but do you think a 30" would be a good choice? Obviously a 1920x1200 monitor...
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    4800+ 939: how much of a bottle-neck?

    I've yet to make the jump to LCD, and brightside isn't going to be offering anything on the consumer level (that I can afford anyway) any time soon, so I may be taking the dive, coupled with a vid card upgrade. So, would it be foolish to run an 8800gtx or r600 with this cpu? x2 4800, 2 gigs...
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    question about a WD 160gig

    My inlaws hd went bad and dell sent them a new one. I knew there had been some issues with dell's raid controller/driver that come preloaded on some of their systems which caused some file coruption. Hoping that was the case with their's (and I had a good hd on my hands), I retrieved some of...
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    Quick question regarding nvidia raid drivers

    I was looking for the nvidia raid drivers on MSI's website for xp64 and only see them for xp32. I'm using a k8n diamond plus, and already have nvidia raid xp 64 drivers that I've been using for with my asus a8n32-sli. Are these the same drivers I need for the MSI? Or do I need specific drivers...
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    MSI K8N diamond plus

    I'm having some issues possibly related to the mobo (interesting and, more importantly, annoying gaming issues) and am also in the market for a sound card (asus a8n32-sli onboard sound is terrible!). So I was thinking about scooping up an MSI K8N diamond plus (overstock or ebay). It would give...
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    Annoying SLI issue

    If there's a post regarding this issue, my apologies and I'd greatly appreciate a link. The problem is not in enabling SLI mode. It's when I actually turn on any SLI feature (such as SLIx16 or AFR, etc.). I get a rythmic choppiness in any configuration other than "single gpu rendering"...
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    7900gto vmod OCing

    ah... This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120029 Thanks to johnnyliu3377 and SF3D over at xtremesystems.org here's the originating thread: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116999 And I'm pretty sure this...
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    7950gt/7900gto SLI or wait for 8800?

    I currently have my 7800GTX 512 on ebay, and the current bid would allow me to purchase a 7950gt/7900gto outright with some change to spare. Hopefully, that price keeps going up. My 7900gt is currently vmodded at 700/2000. Now, I've done a decent amount of searching and haven't found anything...
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    7900gt overclock

    I know the volt mod is old news, but I was so pleased with the results that I had to start a new topic, rather than dredge up one of the old ones. I used a circuit writer pen to take the gpu to 1.55v, and shaded the resistor to take the mem 2.2v. Using a zalman vf900, my temps are 38c idle...
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    Deciding on upgrade path...

    I'm currently using my secondary rig while I've been waiting for some rma'd parts to arrive for my main system (see sig). The specs for the secondary: MSI K8NGM2-FID A64 3700+ @ 2.4GHz 2GB corsair 3500LL (borrowed from main rig) Antec Truepower 430 7800GTX 512 (610/1810) (also borrowed...
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    please help

    When playing WoW and Doom3 (only games installed so far on new build. see sig) I'm seeing a wierd jumpiness in gameplay. It at first looks like a framerate issue, except that I'm reporting high framrates and it doesn't change under heavy graphical load; it's rythmic and consistent. Everything...
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    please help with nvraid xp64 install

    I'm using an asus a8n-sli premium and two 74gb raptors in raid 0. I installed the 64 nvraid and sata controllers via f6 without a problem, and windows setup recognized my 140gb array, no problem. So I partitioned the logical drive, 40/100 and installed on the 40gb partition. Everything is smooth...
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    help setting up raid 0+1 using sata and ata

    I'd like to setup a RAID 0+1 using two 74gb raptors as 0 and a 150gb (roughly) partition of a 7200rpm ata as a parity drive, leaving the other 100gb or so for general storage of crap. Is this possible, or would it be pointless as my raid 0 speeds would drop to that of the ata parity drive?
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    when to expect 7800 Ultra?

    I have until dec 11th till my evga step-up expires. I'm relatively new to the scene so, I'm asking what may be a dumb question. Should I hang tight on my step-up for the 7800gtx 512 in anticipation of the Ultra? Or is that incredibly stupid for me to think because, even if they do release an...