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    Time to upgrade, suggestions? Here is what I am thinking..

    After all that I decided to just go with a new cpu to prolong my 939's life, rather than spend a ton of money right now. Obviously I could spend about $400 more and get a new mb, cpu, and ram, but I think this should do me a while for the new games coming out, agree? Any other weak spots you...
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    Time to upgrade, suggestions? Here is what I am thinking..

    I see what you are saying. I'll ponder a bit, maybe see how my current setup handles Crysis when it comes out. ;)
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    Time to upgrade, suggestions? Here is what I am thinking..

    Good stuff, thanks a ton for the links as well. Giving me a lot to think about, a lot of new stuff since I last did this in 2005 lol.
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    Time to upgrade, suggestions? Here is what I am thinking..

    Good stuff, exactly what I was looking for, I'll look into that motherboard. I do have 2gb now but it is just DDR. I built my current system in 2005, added the 8800GTX recently but that is pretty much it. Also my 3700+ is a single core cpu, I just figured going from a single core with DDR to a...
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    Time to upgrade, suggestions? Here is what I am thinking..

    I'm a gamer, that is pretty much my main PC needs. I already have a 8800GTX, just it's running with a 3700+, I think I need more CPU power. Obviously this means new motherboard and RAM as well. Here is what I had in mind, buying from Newegg.. Either: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe...
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    USB troubles, devices stop working, cannot reinstall

    I've been a pretty literate user since 1993, haven't even bought a PC the last 10 years, always upgraded and built my own. Never needed tech support or anything, just a visit or two here. So this program, I figured it was safe to delete the devices no longer connected and leave the ones that...
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    USB troubles, devices stop working, cannot reinstall

    I used your program, it showed tons of old devices on there, I deleted all but left my mouse and keyboard, which were all that were still attached. It deleted my keyboard anyway and I was screwed since I have been unable to install or reinstall any USB devices. I ended up just running a repair...
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    USB troubles, devices stop working, cannot reinstall

    First it started with my logitech gamepad, was not detecting it and would not let me reinstall. When the detection software that came with the gamepad started windows hardware wizard would always take over and fail to install the device. Now my Epson CX4200 printer is doing the same thing! It...
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    "Upgrade Anytime" disc??

    Anyone have an idea?
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    "Upgrade Anytime" disc??

    So I got a new laptop, an HP Pavillion from Circuit City, said it came with Windows Vista Home Premium. Ok, it did, installed. The only thing resembling Vista software is this "Upgrade anytime" disc, has no key on it or anything, does not appear to be the OS. Am I missing something? Because I am...
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    does 512mb matter on X1800XT's?

    Games such as GRAW won't even let you choose max settings if you don't have 512mb on your card.
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    Neverwinter Nights 2 help

    The latest patch fixed the performance issue, runs great for me now at max settings.
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    Have 2 7900GT's, trade in for single GeForce 8800GTX?

    I have a 19" widescreen LCD with a native rez of 1440x900, not a high rez but looks very nice. Another reason I am not benefiting from having SLI. Thanks for the input guys, I am going to put this in my plan.
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    Have 2 7900GT's, trade in for single GeForce 8800GTX?

    With DX10 coming out and the next gen of games like Crysis, I imagine it would be a beneficial upgrade for me to trade in my 2 7900GT's for a single GeForce 8800GTX, correct? I am going to wait a bit, just planning my upgrading now, may do cpu or something else now and save for the videocard...
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    Windows keeps "finding new hardware" on bootup-dvd drives

    I ended up having do do a windows resinstall, nothing else worked.
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    Windows keeps "finding new hardware" on bootup-dvd drives

    I had a DVD-RW drive in already, due to copy protect software issues I decided to get a regular DVD reader only drive as well just to run games. I installed it as the master and the writer as the slave, the BIOS detects them correctly as such, windows also identifies them properly. THe problem...
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    CPU upgrade recommendations, A8N mainboard

    I have 2 7900GT's, so not looking to upgrade there quite yet. I have 2gb of ram, a 320gb hd. I see the cpu as my weakest point, or am I wrong? I feel like I could be getting a lot more out of this pc with a more powerful cpu, agree or no? Thank you for the opteron suggestion though, I was not...
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    CPU upgrade recommendations, A8N mainboard

    Hello all. I have been out of the upgrade loop for quite a while and I see so many options with the different types of CPUs, I've done some searching but not sure what to get. I currently have a Athlon64 3700+ in my PC on an A8N SLI board. I was looking for my best cpu upgrade options without...
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    Building new, what do you think?

    Curious to see what you guys think about the new PC I am building. AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego Asus A8N-SLI 2GB Corsair XMS PC3200 320 GB WD Caviar 2 PNY 7900 GT's Creative Labs SFI Extreme 19in Monitor (CRT which is fine with me, no need for LCD yet) Coming out to about $2k with...
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    Intenet explorer or Mozilla will not open

    I had the pokapoka76 malware and it took me awhile to get it all cleaned out. But now when I open up a browser it hangs for about 10 seconds then I get the microsoft error send or don't send box. Mozilla does nothing. I can go into safe mode with network support and it works fine. Any ideas?
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    Radeon 9800 Pro fan stopped working

    I got a Jetway Radeon 9800 Pro in July. THe fan on it already went out and I of course am getting graphical glitches which is what prompted me to check it in the first place. My question is, is it possible to get a replacement fan? Right now I have the side of my case off with a fan blowing in...
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    Motherboard suggestions for Intel or AMD 3.0ghz cpu?

    Thanks to both of you. In your opinion is this a solid board or is it the upgradability that is the best thing about it? I rather have a better board with my AGP than a mediocore board with the chance to PCI express later. FOr about the same price (260-270ish) I could get either the Asus...
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    Motherboard suggestions for Intel or AMD 3.0ghz cpu?

    Been quite awhile since I upgraded so I am out of the loop on new stuff. I am sticking with my AGP Radeon 9800 Pro for now. Will get new MB, CPU, and Ram. Looking to run at least 3.0ghz, looking for affordable but fast and stable. Thanks for any suggestions. Doing some of my own research as well...