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    Laptop for college

    I'm about to make a decision on purchasing a laptop (Dell Inspriron E1505 w/ WSXGA+ panel). However, Anandtech's recent article on various laptop screens' quality has me worried as I intend to use my laptop for an extensive amount image editing and I will not have space next year to buy a...
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    Samsung 205BW Resolution Problems...

    I made the switch from my old Samsung 955DF CRT that I've had for the past 7 years to a Samsung 205BW LCD. While I'm enjoying it quite a bit, I am frustrated by its inability to run widescreen resolutions (with AND without scaling through either the monitor or video card) which are below the...
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    R600 News from VR-Zone.

    I don't know how reliable VR-Zone is when it comes to news, but it appears they have R600 details.
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    3D performance after standby problem

    About 70% of the time when my computer comes out of standby, it is performing at 50-75% of what it usually does. This is noticible in games as it seems like I downgraded my GPU or lowered the clocks by a significant amount. The clocks for the card stay the same though even after standby even...
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    Framerate problems during NFS:Most Wanted

    I'm having these strange framerate problems with this game. During races, my framerate will suddenly dip for a split second and then recover. It occurs every 30 seconds. The settings I run for this game are 1024*768, 2AA, 8AF, all settings max except NO shadows. I typically get ~35-40 FPS. I...
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    G71 Specifications

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    3Dmark problem

    I installed the Forceware 81.95 drivers the other day and when I ran 3Dmark 03 and 05, I noticed that there were some split-second drops in my framerate. It seems to run faster than before in general by a small margin, but because of those drops, my scores are lower (3Dmark 05; before 81.95-...
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    Nvidia System Sentinel Problems

    FP Recently, I've been getting problems with the Nvidia System Sentinel with my PCI-E 6600 GT. It complains I do not have the supplemental power connector attached to the card, however, 6600 Gts do not need power connectors in the first place! I started getting this problem after I installed...