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    Whats next from nVidia? G90?

    I've been scanning the forums lately and all the talk is about the G80 and Ati's new x2900. Sure the x2900 is new but the G80 is a few months old now so what exactly is expceted from them next? I assume it will be monicured the G90 but other than that I really havent heard or read to much about...
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    Sick of Dell 1505e / ATI Videocard

    Quick Specs: 1.66 C2D x1400 mobile 1gig ram xp w/ sp2 When I first got my laptop i updated all the drivers via Dell's "recommended" ones on their website. After I did that I noticed that when I would play a game, say css, I got really bad fps and the game would crash, bluescreen...
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    Rackem Rackbar

    I laughed for a good while at it .... these types of bums are what crawls around my neck of the woods. Good for a little entertainment http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=286887 just sharing some humor.
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    Finding video driver for laptop

    I have a dell 1505 laptop and i was looking to find the latest driver for my video card which is an ati mobility x1400 but there is no such driver found on ati's website? Does anyone know what/where i am suppose to get updated drivers for this card? Dell's website has what I assume is an...
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    Stating the obvious . . .

    Stating
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    Making an Internal hdd work "outside?"

    I am trying to build an htpc in the next few months. I have a limited budget so it will take me a few to buy all the parts needed to put it together. My question is that if I go ahead a buy my internal hdd right now for the htpc, Is there any way that I could hook it up to my dell e1505 laptop...
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    Making an internal hdd work "outside"?

    I am trying to build an htpc in the next few months. I have a limited budget so it will take me a few to buy all the parts needed to put it together. My question is that if I go ahead a buy my internal hdd right now for the htpc, Is there any way that I could hook it up to my dell e1505 laptop...
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    First HTPC Build

    I've built plenty of pc's but this is my first htpc build so i wanted to make sure that it will do the things i want it to do. Im just going to run windows MCE to store all my dvd's and have it in one single area and also play my music. In the future I might upgrade it to be able to record...
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    Storing DVD's and watching on a tv ?

    So basically, I dont even know where (or what) to START researching my question so i figured i'd try and ask all the resident guru's here first to try and get a head start. Basically what I want to do is take a hundred or so DVD's, put them on some type of system/box/device/hdd and just be...
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    Partitions on new dell e1505

    I just got my first dell e1505 laptop today and ofcourse even though i checked the "no preinstalled software box" i got a crapload of it on there. So i went to just go ahead and reformat and reinstall the operating system but when I went to the "delete partitions" screen there were 4 there...
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    Locking Down Computer Except For Your MusicPlayer?

    What it comes down to is that we have a lot of parties at our place and everyones always on my computer messing/changing songs and what not .... but every once in a while i'll catch someone just snooping and stuff, or talking on my aim. Is there a program that can basically lock the computer...
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    quick tv video question

    were trying to watch a football game tomorrow night on our friends plasma tv and all the connections on the back of the tv are either like s-video ... composite ... dvi. Now the only plug we have is the coaxel cable cord comming from the wall. What kind of converter and where could i buy it...
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    Could someone explain to me why this monitor is so expensive?

    I was wondering why this monitor is so expensive even though it seems to be just a 17inch. lcd. I dont see anything drastically different compared to other monitors. Is it actually worth the price? http://www.dbuys.com/product/?8951&hit_...088837&Campaign_id=149&cart_id=9708549 For...
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    x800pro (agp) problem

    I got a "refurbished" x800pro from ati about 8 months ago and basically since I got it i have had a "little" trouble with it ....... . What happens is that after playing graphic intense games like cs:s with all the candy maxed out - the game will start to turn south. Guns on the screen will have...
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    Best video card available for a 15 or 15.4 inch laptop?

    I have a quick question about 15 and 15.4 (widescreen) laptops in that the best lappy i can find only comes with like a x600 or 700 mobile video card. I was "hoping" to find something with better performance at this screen size but i dont exactly want a 17in. beast. Does anyone know if any...
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    Quick CPU question .....

    I am looking into buying a laptop and was wondering how much performance difference there was between the two cpus. An "yonah" single core at 1.66Ghz and an turion 64 at ........ 1.80 Ghz Would they be about equal ? And for the turion - for $100 more i can upgrade to a 2.2Ghz ...
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    Question between 2 cpu's

    Alright, im helping a friend buy a laptop who does nothing but surf the web, check email on aol, and write papers ..... and watch the occasional movie - nothing fancy - never plays any games. Im pretty sure the dell e15's are the best way to go because this persons budget is between 700-1000...
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    Turion X2 vs Memron ??

    I am going to be purchasing a desktop replacement laptop within the next comming months and was wondering ... .amd is going to be releasing their X2 turions within the next month or so and it is suppose to beat the Core Duo yonahs .... Intel however is supposldy releaseing their Memron procs by...
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    Questions concerning the XPS and the future

    I am getting a desktop replacement laptop during this summer before school starts again in August. I really like the XPS's from Dell cuz i think it would be perfect for what I need (gaming/cad/portability) But I do have a few questions about them. 1. Is the XPS planning on getting the Core...
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    Looking for a desktop replacement laptop

    As the title suggests, I am currently in the business of shopping for a laptop to replace my desktop and I have a couple of concerns / questions. Right now I have a desktop w/ a: sck754 amd 3400+ gig of ram amd x800 It's a solid all around gaming computer ....... With the purchase of...
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    Suggestions for a laptop to replace desktop.

    As the title suggests, I am currently in the business of shopping for a laptop to replace my desktop and I have a couple of concerns / questions. Right now I have a desktop w/ a: sck754 amd 3400+ gig of ram amd x800 It's a solid all around gaming computer ....... With the purchase of...
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    Unpacking and Installing A pc game from .rar's ....

    Alright, so there was a game online that I downloaded and it came to me as 12 .rar's. I downloaded the 12 .rar's. I "thought" i would just extract all 12 .rar's into a single folder and be off and running but when i go from extracting the first folder to starting the second ---- all the...
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    NO Sound After ripping Wedding Crashers in IFO mode

    Well i just got wedding crashers and I wanted to put it on my iPod. So like all my other dvd's I loaded up DvDDecryper, put it on IFO mode - enabled stream processing - and then selected the first video and audio stream like i always do. The problem is that after the ripping is complete ...
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    Television Picture in the future .....

    I just got back from visiting family where my grandfather is now looking at purchasing a new T.V. He said that while he was at his electronic store the sales rep. there told him that in a few years when all video streams become digital (which is happening), that they will also make ALL your...
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    F.E.A.R. on sale ......

    I don't know if you would consider this a "hot" deal but at my local "Target" i just picked up a copy for $40 .... normally $50. It's sticker said it was a sale that was lasting untill this Saturday, so if you were looking to get this game (so far its pretty cool) - try your near by Target
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    Laptop Video Cards .......

    I am looking into getting a laptop and I cannot search or really find anywhere that gives a breakdown on the good laptop video cards. First and formost the laptop is for school / work / and for its portibality. Therefor i would like to have a video card that doesnt chew up the battery when I...
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    A Good DVD Ripper ?

    mmk ... I have a bunch of dvd's that I want to put onto my computer - whats the best dvd (ripper, burner, copier)? out there to be able to put them onto my computer. I am not too concerned about the size it makes the file ... so the better the quality - the better. (I have a 400gb storage...
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    Question about a motherboard / ram

    I am getting the Asus A8N SLI Premium and had a few questions about ram selection. This is with a x2 4200+ cpu. First: With a 2x 1gig sticks of OCZ ram .... would there be any difference between timings of 3-3-3-8 & 2-3-2-5 ? It would only be a $5 increase going to the lower timings...
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    Whats Your Favorite Computer Magazine?

    So what computer magazine do you like the most? I'll put the big "5" that i know .... and if your favorite is different then just write it.
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    Better Server CPU

    What is better suited for a gaming server ..... an intel or an amd? Edit - will be a midranged cpu - like @ a 3500+ amd or whatever intel has at the same budget
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    You Upgrade Teh Server !

    So my friend runs a pretty popular CS:S server and decided its time to upgrade it a little bit. These are the current specs: CPU - AMD 2600+ Mobo - Asus A7N8X HD - 2 HDs that total 20GB (prolly 5400, not sure) Ram (type & amount) - 1 GB Crucial PC3200 Video card - ATi 3D Rage Pro...
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    Folding @ Home

    What is Team Anandtech's folding @ home's team #? i cant find it anywhere by serching.
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    WTF is going on here?

    OK so i just bought a new x800 pro (Refurb) from ati and installed it in my computer ..... so I plug it in, play CS for a little while, maybe an hour, and then I get crazy weird graphics on my screen - such as the guns are all sparkly and shiny, when someone killes somneone and you get the...
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    Worth it to keep?

    I was having a lot of problems with my 9800 pro 256mb lately with overheating and decided to just go ahead and buy the x800 pro from ati for 199.00. As luck would have it a friend of mine (whom is a big computer hardware nerd) somehow fixed a few of my ram heatsinks or whatever and so now my...
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    Unlocking the ATI pipes?

    I noticed that the X800Pro only has 12pipes compared to any other x800 card that has 16 .. .. . is there any way to unlock the other 4 pipes?
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    Best Video card for NO MORE than $200

    Well unfortunatly my 9800pro 256mb card FINALLY just died. I have had this thing forever. I am going to be upgrading my system entirely in about a year hopefully to X2 and PCI-E so i want a good solid card that can get me by till then. I dont want anything too expensive since im upgrading in a...
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    Overclock temp questions......

    I have a skt 754 3400+ My normal without overclocking are 40c idle and 51c Load After overclocking they are 49c idle and 60c load. Is this still safe? or do i need to back it back down
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    Problem while gaming.......

    Specs: Asus K8V SE Deluxe (bios 1007) AMD 3400+ (754 skt) ATI 9800 Pro 256mb 1 gig Kingston ram 74gig Raptor / 180gig WD storage hd Windows x64 My problem is this..............as I am gaming, starting about 10 mins after I am into it (im normally playing CSS) my frames per second slowly...
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    Problems with FramesPerSec/Lag while gaming

    This just started 2 days ago and nothing I can do seems to fix it. What happenes is while im playing any of my games which is usually CS:S, after about 10-15 mins in my fps start dropping dramatically. If i watch them with cl_showfps 1 or netgraph I will have my normal fps scrolling along and...
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    Hows this for a sub $1500 system?

    Case - Sonata II (nice and quiet + good looks) Mobo - Asus A8N SLI Premium (passive heatpipe) Ram - OCZ Gold Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR400 [2.2.2.5] (quick and cheap) Video Card - XFX 7800GTX (mid priced 7800 but easy oc) DVD/CD Burner - Samsung H552U (very quiet) Sound Card - Audigy 2 ZS...