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    Overclock my brand new macbook pro??

    so im wondering how safe it is to overclock my new macbook pro. Apple severely underclocks them so that they extend to the rated 6 hour battery time. They are still very fast but id like a little more from it. I was thinking of overclocking and and wondering if this is possible. I know it can be...
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    Apple Laptop Shipment Time?

    So i just ordered a macbook pro from apple. I live in canada and i was wondering what your turn around time for recieving it has been? they are currently telling me a little over 2 weeks. I find this extremely long and wonder if this is the same for everyone else.
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    windows vista and 5.1 sound

    so basicly i have a fully capable direct x 10 computer and id love to run the new direct x 10 demos and such and get ready for the future games. The problem is that the last time i installed vista, other then the fact that it ran undeniably slow for some reason, i lost my 5.1 sound. is there...
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    z5500, klipshes 5.1 ultra or?

    So basicly im in the market to replace my little x530 5.1 system. It was great for the money but i find the bass to be under powered and the sound shows a noticeable distortion at the levels that i usually listen to them at (movies and games and such) Ill basicly be using them for movies games...
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    keep my new 8600gts or return and get HD2900XT

    so basicly i retired my xfx 7600gt xxx video card, which by the way is the best card iv ever seen for the money. Anyway i went out and purchased the new 8600GTS OC by bfg for 250. I can return this card by sunday for my last day and get a in store credit but there is a 20% restock fee. Im...
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    99% core utilization..whats wrong!!!!

    alright so vista is running extremely slow, and games also run extremely slow. This includes simple games like maple story which dont even take advantage of 3d. I have the latest 158.8 forceware drivers for vista 32 bit installed and its slow, as well this is a fresh install and my computer is...
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    help me 99% 1st core usage and possible electic shock

    so basicly i just bought a brand new raid max x-1 gaming case for my hardware. Core2duo 7600gt and etc new power supply. Anyway i installed everything i had a few problems and didnt get anything showing for a while but finally got it going. After getting it going i had strange heart beats in my...
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    computer has temp hangs

    basicly my new core2duo system is the specs below...its overclocked and such and running great, but when i run intensive 3d games like fear or need for speed carbon, just a few minutes after running the game the computer freezes, and the last sound that came out of my speakers comes out over and...
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    SLI with 2 different video cards?

    Alright so currently i have a 7600 GT from XFX but tiger direct has a great deal on the same card made by EVGA... same model 7600 GT... Can i run both of these cards in SLI mode together or do they have to be exact same model As well are there any Micro ATX boards that have SLI?
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    Cannot display 800x600 on my Computer

    Alright so basicly here is the problem. I just finished building up my new computer an E6400 with a 7600GT 1 gb ram etc with a 20 inch wide screen sceptre x20 monitor. Now basicly my problem is that the resolution of 800x600 does not work. All other resolutions work EXCEPT this one. I can do...
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    Problems with Core2Duo Overclocking please help!!

    Alright so i recently just purchased a core2 duo 6300 along with a asus p5ld2-vm motherboard. Now i am having serious problems overclocking it. right now iv hit a barrier of 2.7 ghz. Heres the first problem, when i go into the bios and try to raise my cpu frequency one more it dies (currently...