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    A Quick PhysX comparison with Mirror's Edge

    So, it seems to me that PhysX started out as a bit of useless technology, not because the tech itself wasn't any good...but because of the lack of support. I read tons of reviews back then concerning the BGX PhysX add-in board, and recall being very underwhelmed. Things have changes...
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    Bug report for Gygabyte GA-P35-DS4 Rev.2.0 ***F9 BIOS***

    Just sent this too Gigabyte:
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    My extreme LCD gaming monitor

    I thought I'd show off my latest upgrade, my new Sharp 32" monitor. The display is up and running fine at 1920x1080 (1080p). It is beautiful, and everything looks/feels very high in quality. Sharp's packing was better than expected as I had this shipped from NY to Japan via USPS. It was not...
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    SMP scaling in STALKER

    http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=33&threadid=2043510&enterthread=y
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    STALKER - SMP boost

    Though you all might like to know how much a dual core system helps with STALKER - Shadow Of Chernobyl Test system: Asus A8N-SLI Delux AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.4GHz 2GB Patriot RAM DDR438 @ 2.5-3-3-5 T2 WD 160GB SATA 8MB 8800GTX (575/900) Vista Home Premium 32bit In game option...
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    Radeon 9700pro capabilities

    THG just posted some updated info about Windows Vista requirements and I'm good for the full "Premium tier" requirements if my R9700pro supports these standards? So does it? or could it support these with driver updates? Or will I have to upgrade? (I don't game anymore, so don't tell me -...
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    Opty 165 @ 2.7GHz at stock voltage

    AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.7GHz w/ONLY 1.35V Tt Big Typhoon, idle temp 35C, load temp 50C 2GB Patriot @ DDR386 2-3-2-5 T1 24hrs dual sp2004 stable Screenshot
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    SST-LC17-B

    Pros: Accommodates six HDDs (if you have supernatural powers)! Great fan capacity. Good looks. I was able to fit a 92mm fan in the side opening (listed only for 80mm), just had to file it down a couple mm's. I also cut a 120mm hole in the top directly above my Big Typhoon, and ducted 1/2" down...
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    problems with "Theater Mode"

    First off my setup: Radeon 9700pro Primary monitor is a Viewsonic P95F+ 1024X768 @ 120Hz Secondary monitor is a 48" Mitz WS48311 (RPTV) at 1920X1080 30Hz interlaced I'm using Catalyst 6.3 and the HDTV is being used in extended desktop mode. I've tried to use PowerStrip (registered) to...
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    Dual Core for $136 shipped

    While it may not be the best choice for a dual core proc, you can't beat that price! I thought these were supposed to be closer to $200. Pentium D 805
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    First OC I'm happy with

    Finally started to dig deeper and found a great reasource for my non-OCer friendly mobo the ASRock939-DualSATA2. Now I'm running my Opteron 165 at 2.4Ghz on only 1.2V, I'm running my first dual prime95 stress test right now...20 min in and no problems, temps stable at 40C (Big Typhoon HSF)...
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    Solid state drives

    It seems all SSD on the market are only targeting corporate buyers. I'd like to see a device that is user upgradable with SD flash memory, seems like it'd be easy to develope, and as SD media increases in size, users would be able to upgrade. Imaging a PCI bus powered card with varying...
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    Need suggestions for new system build

    A good friend needs a system for pro-audio, he's not in a big rush, and is considering waiting for the Socket F & quad-core opterons to come out. Do you think a dual-core opty would suite his needs, or is the prescott a better choice? HE IS NOT...I REPEAT NOT!!! going to be gaming with this...
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    I've got a tough one for you...

    Trying to help a friend with a problem: Installed fresh copy of NAV, worked fine for a few days, but machine randomly locking, fixed by rebooting. Until a couple weeks ago, now when you start Windows (XP Home), you cannot acces any program files. Like Windows forgot how to open them. It...
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    How's my Opteron 165 stepping?

    Bought this from newegg two weeks ago, still don't have it up, wondering what I'll be able to hit on as ASRock Dual-SATA mobo with 4 sticks of TWINX1024-3200C2 and stock cooling. Any guesses? If my ram limits me too much, I might try to only take it to 2100 (9X233) and undervolt it, for a...
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    "Blue screen" troubles

    I get the blue screen with an error in the ntfs.sys during boot. My computer won't boot under safe mode, won't "revert back to last known good config" or anything. I have two OS's on two seperate HDDs (one SATA and the other PATA) and both are giving me the same error with different memory...
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    WMA playback stuttering while multitasking

    Using Windows Media Player 10, and playing back WMA's at 192Kb/s. My laptop is a Celeron 2GHz with 640MB of DDR266 ram, and it will multitask to high heaven with flawless WMA playback. If I do even the simplest file transfer with my faster machine, I get distorted, jumpy playback. It has a...
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    Slipstream Win XP with nLite

    When I purchased my Thinkpad from IBM, Win XP Home was not included on a CD, only on the HDD with a hidden partition for system recovery. Well, this is really stupi, and I'd like to do a full HD format for spring cleanings sake, but I cannot do it with IBM's setup. So I saw this article of...
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    Are processor dies too "square"?

    With the exception of the on die mem (ie L1 & L2) is there any other reason processor cores are rectangular? I was just thinking about everyone's roadmaps...Intel showing 100s or 1000s of cores per processor in thier 10 year projections, and then there's the cell with lots of cores per proc...
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    Miss-matched CPUs, dual Athlon MP board

    I know most of the dual K7 boards will support the XP, but will they support miss-matched XPs? I have two CPUs, and old XP1600+ (180nm Palamino core, 1.4GHz @ 133MHz FSB), and my current system runs an XP 2500+ (130nm Batron core, 1.83GHz @ 166MHz FSB). I'm planning a new A64 system and want...