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    Help on new purchase laptop

    No to both the places. $1100 is my budget. I appreciate all the help!
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    Help on new purchase laptop

    I know I'm gonna get yelled at but I play more game on the PS3. My current desktop is working for me with games on all low settings. I have a amd phenom x4 3.6ghs 8 gb of memory. My brother gave me a ati 4870. It is working for all my needs and I figure a $100 gpu will give it a boost later...
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    Help on new purchase laptop

    Hi, I have a desktop but would like to a laptop. It has been so long since I upgraded my computer and I'm about 7 years since an upgrade. I'm looking for a laptop which I can play games like Star Wars the old republic or skyrim. Don't new to be ultra resolution. I need something that will help...
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    AMD's top lawyer discusses AMD Intel disputes

    I wish I could get you all in the same room and have you rip each others a new ahole mauahahahah, this is getting classic!
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    AMD's top lawyer discusses AMD Intel disputes

    Stop trying to argue with Nemesis 1 he is a Platinum member so everything he says is gold!
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    "you may be eligible to receive a new ATI graphics card"

    what I'm thinking is here is another dumb ars trying to get something out of his own mistake. Blowing out his card trying to OC it. We can sue anyone for anything but can they win is the question. I had cards blow out but I just purchased a new better card. Ati can send them refurbished...
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    AMD's top lawyer discusses AMD Intel disputes

    Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one and everyone thinks everyone else's stinks. This is funny shit, keep it going....!
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    Loud PC while gamingand videos, need help

    Put very well. I look into purchasing a new PSU later in the year. Will just have to live with it for now. It did not help with the side off. Didn't test the fan blowing on the psu.
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    Post your Windows 7 Performance Score!

    All my scores are 5-5.9 but my Hard Drive scored a 3.0. Should I upgrade my HD?
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    AMD Phenom II X3 -> X4 users, Unite!

    My Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P did not work. I have the F4 bios installed, the F3 bios did not work also. Anyone know if the F2B bios worked to unlock? Where would I find a working F2B or F2 bios?
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    Loud PC while gamingand videos, need help

    Did you read at the top of my post that I check if the card was making all the fan noise and it is NOT making the noise. What I did was enable the ATI overclock in the CCC and turned the fan on high and then turned it all the way down so i can not hear the fan on load. That is when I...
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    Loud PC while gamingand videos, need help

    I would mod but I suck at cutting! I would like to add a blow hole but again I sucks at modding lol.
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    Loud PC while gamingand videos, need help

    The PSU was very quiet when I had my x850xt installed. Temp are a little higher with the 4870. My case is an older one and did not have a seasonic installed. I would not have purchased a new PSU if I had a seasonic.....
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    Loud PC while gamingand videos, need help

    My Rig PII 720 x3 BE oc to 3.5 ghz 1GB Sap 4870 Vapor-x 4 GB G.skill 2 80 GB WD HD - upgrading this this week to the WD Black 640gb
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    Loud PC while gamingand videos, need help

    Thanks, I'll be looking into a higher PSU in a few months. My hard drive is a first gen Sata and it's scores like a 3 in Windows 7 performance so I'm going to upgrade my HD then PSU. Anyone have a recommendation on the PSU?
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    PII 720 x3 BE 4th core question.

    I found a F2B driver, can someone tell me if this is the driver to use so I can see if my 4th core is working? How dependable are the bios from this site. Since my board has dual bios. If I load a nonworking bios, will the second bios kick in and fix the main bios? Any gigabyte people...
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    PII 720 x3 BE 4th core question.

    where do i get a working ACC gigabyte 790x bios. They have removed all the bios only one left is the F4 on the site.
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    Loud PC while gamingand videos, need help

    I have a vapor-x card very quiet. I even turned the fan to 0 and it's the psu fan cranking up.
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    Loud PC while gamingand videos, need help

    Okay so the good news is my temps look good. lian-li a05b All cores 32 idle 42 load MB 45 Harddrive 40 idle 50 load videocard 64 load 3 Case fans all Yates 1 Noctua on the CPU. My loudest part is my Corsair 550VX, anyway to keep it quiet. My guess is when I game, it's...
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    PII 720 x3 BE 4th core question.

    anyone know if I can downgrade my bios to an older edition so i can try and unlock my 4th core. The batch numbers looks like i should have a working 4th core.
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    PII 720 x3 BE 4th core question.

    For my gigabyte board I did not have an ACC option with the F3 Bios but when upgrading to the F4 bios the option was available. I guess my bios has disabled the 4th core sad. but the board still rocks. If I can install a bios that would work , that would be great. All try the ACC set to all...
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    PII 720 x3 BE 4th core question.

    I just picked up a gigabyte board and i will never buy asus again lol. the board is heavy with 2 oz copper. I just enabled the ACC to auto and the 4th core did not show up. In the bios under the ACC setting, I can see the 4 cores and options are Auto, Per core. This means I have a proc with...
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    Need help on choosing a new MB

    What do you think about this board? I would like to try and open the 4th core can it be done on the board? If the 4th core works I'm game if not I'm still happy with the cpu. How stable is gigabyte, i have been using asus for a very long time now. Bios stable...
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    Need help on choosing a new MB

    I will be just replacing my MB, need help choosing a good MB for OCing and stuff
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    Need help on choosing a new MB

    My mom's computer MB died so I'm going to upgrade mine and give her my 2 month old board. What board do you all recommend? I have a PII 720 BE and 4 gb of ddr800 and a 4870 i may upgrade to xfire not sure. Thanks!
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    will game performance be affected ?

    $200 for 10 more fps forget that.... $200 could get me cross fire with another 4870 lol. If it was 70 for 20 fps many be, but a big maybe still.
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    will game performance be affected ?

    never heard of a killer NIC.... Just wanted to know if the onboard sound and nic would take away from my cpu and if it would be better if i use pci card for that and shutdown the onboard items.
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    will game performance be affected ?

    I use the onboad nic and sound, will my performance improve while gaming if i install a soundcard and a nic and shut off the onboard items? If so by much of a improvement? I run a asus m3a78-em board PII x3 BE with 4 gb HD 4870 1gb.
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    Questions about adding a 2nd lcd screen and others

    Will this effect the performance of games?
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    question on my current PSU

    I can hear it but not as bad as if the room is quiet. My case is kinda quiet and I was just worried that I'm taxing my PSU to much because of the new card. My old card was a x850 xt.
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    question on my current PSU

    I upgraded my card to a 4870 and when I game , the computer PUS fan fires up pretty high. Making my silent puc sounding like a low hire dryer. It could be that my computer is super quiet. I have a Corsair VX 550w and the Sapphire 4870 vapor card. My case is a Lian-li A05B so the PUS is...
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    what is your view on this 4870 card? Update

    That is a nice price, I usually purchase from newegg. Is that store trusted? If it is I'll be ordering my new card asap. That site is charging me 45, next day shipping to hawaii or 35 for ground lol.
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    what is your view on this 4870 card? Update

    should i purchase the card now or should I wait till prices drop? or will it drop in a month?
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    what is your view on this 4870 card? Update

    Do you know the length of this card? 10"?
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    what is your view on this 4870 card? Update

    i have a BS -03 that is blowing air on to my current card. I switched it from exhaust to intake. The card will have air comming from the out side I have a 120mm fan blowing on to my cpu and the BS 03 120mm fanblowing on to the videocard area. I figure I have the cooling down. I have a PC...
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    what is your view on this 4870 card? Update

    Hey AstroManLuca The game will not matter much, don't care. Does the card run cool? What are your temps? I have a smaller case so I would like quiet and cool. The x850xt is pretty quiet, turned the fan down but it's a hot card running around 50 on idle and 80 on games.
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    Corsair 550w enough for my system?

    I have the corsair 550w PSU, will it run with a 4870 card? Thinking of upgrading soon.
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    Is poistive pressure better?

    just as a test, I setup my case 1200 bs-03 intake blowing on the NB and gpu 800 blowing on the cpu 1200 exhaust. My temps CPU 48 load core's around 32 load NB 38 load I'm going to try out 2x 1200 intake and the 800 exhaust and check the temps.
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    what is your view on this 4870 card? Update

    22" thinking of upgrading to a 28" or a LCD tv later this year. I saw a few 28" LCD on sale for around 300.00 at costco.com.