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    Advice on New Build

    A friend of mine wants to put a computer together that will be around 1.2-1.5k. I told him to get Core 2 Duo and 8800gt, as for the other parts, ive been out of the computer scene for half a year and KNOW a lot could change since then so I come here for advice. Can someone put together a good...
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    Weight Lifting & Sprinting Music

    I want to start using my ipod whenever I workout, I know some good angry music for lifting, i was wondering if anyone else in my position could list some good songs, albums, bands which would help my situation. Also, if any of you use an arm band or something for the Ipod 5G, can you send me...
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    HD 2900xt 2gig (thats right, TWO)

    http://www.engadget.com/2007/0...-2gb-vfx-2000-pro-gpu/ Thoughts? Other than it will cost you an arm, maybe an eye as well to obtain.
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    Newegg RMA quick help

    Hey, im about to do a newegg RMA, ive never done one, ive never even sent out a package before, so im just asking for some quick help from people that have done this before. I purchased & printed a UPS Shipping Label and will put it on the box. Newegg did send me a "included shipping label" but...
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    Defective Video Card?

    I recently built a pc fo rmy friend, and the motherboard is giving me beeping. I have the Gigabyte P965-DS3 and an Asus x1950pro. When I first put ot together, it worked fine, installed drivers, even played some games. Then I did some more stuff to it, and it wouldnt post, only all the video...
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    Need to Merge Two Partitions...

    Yeah, now that windows sees the full HDD, its split in two parts. I need them merged, can someone recommend me some good Freeware to use for this? Or software in general that I could "obtain" online if ya know what i mean.
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    Windows will NOT let me use full 250gig HDD

    Im building a system using XP Pro and a 250gb Seagate HDD, upon installing windows, it only detects a portion of the hdd (137gigs) When the HDD itself is meant for 250gigs. I installed windows on this partition, everything else seems to work fine, just the HDD is smaller. I tried to create a...
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    Miracles do happen..

    Apparently God decided to give this dumbass two lives, I just lost one of them, and will cherish the one I have now. I was just in a 60mph rollover car crash, in a convertible, with the tops down, and all three of us walked away with bumps and scratches. The police officers said this is one of...
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    Decent PSU, yes/no?

    would the psu on this case be enough for 2gigs of ram, 3ghz e4400, 8800gts 320mb, 2 hdd's, cd drive, and 3-4 120mm fans? HERE (fixed) 430watts, 20a on each rail...seems good. right? this is a rather inexpensive build, and I want to keep the cost down as much as I can...
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    Need cheap c2d for 3ghz+

    im building a cheap 800 dollar pc for someone, and havent really ben following the overclocking results of the low end core 2 duo's, i was wondering which low end cpu from intel would overclock to around 3ghz, and be good for gaming & stuff. edit: ALSO, what would be a good cheap motherboard...
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    HD2900XT 1GB Released....where are the reviews?

    Yeah...Anyone find comparisons of this card to its little brother & 8800 cards? Its priced to compete with the gtx.
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    BEST ISP for New England

    Im getting comcast cable internet disconnected soon, I get download speeds of up to 500KB/s and have been pretty happy with it. Its very expensive though (60 dollars/month). I did have SBC DSL before, but was placed on the lowest teir, download speeds were capped at 40KB/s, this was due to the...
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    What car would be good in my situation

    I'm about to bite the bullet and pickup tons of hours & another job in order to save money and get a new car. I commute 5 times a week 30min to college, and in general, spend a lot of time driving. I want to spend around 5k, i MIGHT take a loan, but considering i'm 18, it might not work out. I...
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    Working HDD not detected, AT ALL, doesnt even spool up.

    Working IDE HDD not detected at all even when all calbes are plugged in correctly. PSU works fine, IDE cable is fine, it simply wont spool up. I tried plugging in a SATA hdd and that still didnt spool up. The motherboard is an Asus A8S-X. Anyone hear of this problem before?
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    Infernal Graphics Engine

    I just played the demo of infernal and was astonished to see how well it ran on my puny 7800gt, even with everything maxed out. It looks great as well, does anyone else know anything about this engine? It should be used in more games IMO. Just some screens to get ya going...
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    VR-Zone x2900xt review

    Its going pretty slow, lots of people looking at it... I dont know if I should even make a new thread for it, but it seems like its the best & most believable review out there. http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4946&s=15
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    X2900XTX Won't be out for a while... Should we Wait?

    So ever since I knew the 8800 cards were being released, my initial intent was to wait and see what ATI had to offer. Ati's X2900XT will be released soon, but that wasnt the original plan was it? Unlike nvidia who released their two fastest models, ati is forced to make due with the XT, possibly...
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    Stalker Performance..

    I am planning on upgrading my video card, and hate playing games in anything less than their full glory (full quality everything). For those of you who have Stalker up and running, I was wondering if you could please post your settings and Hardware configuration, and let us know what frame rates...
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    I NEED MONEY!!!

    im 18 years old, attending college full time. I commute so I can work somewhere close by my house. I hate how its almost impossible to get a good job at this age, even if you have some skill in an area. Me fir example, I am a graphic designer, know photoshop VERY well, also know flash &...
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    TEST YOUR REFLEXES!!!

    This was my first try on this game, I may give it a whirl later. Just post a screenshot of your first high score of you can, and tell us a little bit about yourself. Here is the link to the game: http://missionred.com/index.php?game_de...eflex_2&username=unknown&game_id=2&SID Here is mine...
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    Maximum PC WITH CD'S!!

    I want to subscribe to this, but with the cd's. I cant seem to find any online deals where the subscritopn comes with the disks. Can anyone help me out?
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    Best *free* mp4 converter...

    Can anyone recommend me a good freeware program that can convert different video files into mp4? Thanks.
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    Anyone know anything about graphics design?

    Im currently going to CCSU (yes, the college with the rape article) majoring in Graphics Design. This college has one of the best gfx des. programs in the North East. I love making nice websites and really...designing anything in photoshop etc.. I was wondering if there is anyone here that...
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    iPod Recorder for Class Lectures...

    Sorry if I posted in the wrong section.. im in my second semester of my freshman year in college (w00t). My main lecture classes are Russian History and Art History. I take as many noted as I can in Russian History and Art history is impossible to stay awake in since you sit in a giant room...
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    Normal Mapping, HDR, Soft Shadows...

    I dont know much about the different features that games support, but one that was pretty big a couple years ago was HDR. It pretty much makes light act in a MUCH more realistic manner than before right? So whats next? What are some major features that we can use when we get video cards that can...
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    How does the RIAA track what you share/download?

    Since around 3 years ago, I have been hearing more and more about people being busted for illegal downloading/sharing of pirated software, music, vidoes, etc... What I want to know is how do they track what you download or share? Do you mainly get busted for sharing? I dont really share...
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    Missing Files

    So I put together a rig for someone else. As im installing windows xp (the same disk that has worked for a long time already) it gives me the error that it needs some file from the windows xp cd. In the directory it shows, it wants the file from D:/i386. The cd is already inserted so sll I can...
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    so d3wd k

    so wasted, tonight wa teh first nigth i puked & passed out. rethinking my life/.
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    Military Robots = FPS Gaming

    Ok so the military is now using a remote to control some planes in order to complete their mission. The vehicle is totally unmanned and the polit sits in a trailer back at the base, controlling this vehicle. This being true, why not do this for tanks, jeeps, and maybe in the future, smaller...
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    360 vs PS3 Graphics

    Here we see that the box is a bit ahead of the ps3. Then it was noted that when the 360 first came out, games did not look as good on it as they do today. I think we will see the ps3 slowly inch ahead in the image quality & framerate battle next year. I do feel that Gamespot is a bit biased...
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    l33t ling0, parents cant understand! HAH

    short vid on the news about l33t lingo, so funny how they call it dangerous. Why do parents even give a crap? Mine don't lol.
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    Interesting CPU post on INQ

    Here They compare the perfromance of 3dmark benches as well as new games and it shows that if you have a midrange level gpu, the cpu wont make too much of a difference. On the other hand, of you have a top performing gpu such as the 7950gx2 they tested....ad every resolution, its faster with a...
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    Cant Decide on PSU...

    I need a psu to power my system that will soon have a high end dx10 card in it. I will also add a watercooling system and maybe some more hdd's, a burner, and a front LCD Display. Im thinking 750-850 watts should be enough even when I add MORE parts. I Looked at a few of them, posted on some...
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    Resistance: Fall of Man, next gen graphics?

    I was looking at videos and screens of this ps3 game and to tell you the truth....im not all impressed with the graphics of it. Some of the textures are low resolution, and I think this game can easily be played on cards that we have today. I was expecting much more from something that claims to...
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    What is the BEST video card for 200-250 dollars?

    He has 200-250 big ones to spend on the last and final component of his pc he is building...not sure what to get though.
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    Cheap Build for a friend....need help

    My friend wants a cheap gaming pc. He told me to make something around 500 bucks, but Said he will try to save up some more money also. I want to make him a pc that is cheap now...but highly upgradable for the future. He already has some hdd and cd drive from his old pc..so here are the parts I...
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    How good are your ears?

    I am using the onboard sound card right now, I tried this with my cheap ass 90watt stereo and quality headphones....got the same results from both, I could hear all of the freqencies.....22000 was the hardest one though....and 25000 is as easy to hear as 21000....bad test? You try...
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    for the g80 owners....

    I have decided to wait & not uppgrade just YET to the g80....and instead to take a look at r600 performance and whatever is best once that card is released. I am curious to know a few things about this g80 though.... 1. Can the best HR-03 lower the temps at least 15c from the stock cooler? (I...
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    Nvidia LAN 3??

    Is there a site that has..or really....had coverage on the Nvidia LAN 3 event where they announced the g80 and were going to do some type of amazing realistic render with it? thanks. edit: dang, im a nub, I spelled the topic wrong.....my fingers cant catch up to my caffine-saturated brain. :)
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    Refresh rate Problem....

    I get these weird lil vertical waves that appear on the left side my my monitor. These waves are as long as the height of my monitor and extend about an inch into the monitor. It ONLY happens, when the monitor's refresh rate is set to over 60 at 1280x960 res. If I select a higher...