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    Power Requirements 7900GS or 7800GS

    System is listed in signature. After my other topic on this board, have come to the conclusion that video card needs an upgrade. The TrupowerII has dual 17 or 18A on its rails, but some people say it all needs to be on a single rail. I know the larger graphics cards are amp hungry and...
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    MMORPG Lag - Low 3dMark05 scores

    *edit* I was browsing the wrong forum when I posted this. Should go in Technical Support. :( *edit* Free version of 3dMark05 Main Test Results 3DMark Score 2116 3DMarks CPU Score 4657 CPUMarks Detailed Test Results Game Tests GT1 - Return To Proxycon 9.6 fps GT2 - Firefly...
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    Double Checking monitor upgrade vs video card

    Guess I'm not really on topic with all the 7800, 7900, and 8800 topics, but here goes. System mentioned in signature. For those who can't see for some reason... Gigabyte K8NSC motherboard, AGP/DDR400 dual channel/SATA150/Athlon64 3700 San Diego Core Athlon 64 Socket 939 2gb 2x 1024mb...
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    Video display goes black randomly - sorta

    I have the computer listed in my sig... and it has run fine since march. No problems whatsoever.... except for video. 5 years ago, I bought the original system.. AthlonXP1800, Geforce5500, 512mb ram... etc.... 19" AOC CRT Monitor. The 19" AOC had lasted 4 years, before it started making...
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    Windows XP Freeze / Lotus question.

    Dell 2400mhz celeron budget line computer.. upgraded to 512mb(shipped with 512, but not standard) because of 233mhz 32mb PC with Windows 95 not being compatible with Norton 2002... So the customer had Lotus 97, Windows 95, and only used it to update his GPS and other devices via serial...
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    Lots of noise/oddness on a new WD hard drive

    Recently upgraded my computer to a 3700 Athlon 64 San Diego 1mb cache/Gigabyte K8NSC/Western Digital 250gb SATA1 Hard Drive(WD2500YD)/Antec 430W Power Supply TruPowerII 2x 1024mb Kingston PC3200 Dual Channel DDR Ram EVGA Geforce6600 AGP 8x 256mb PCI SoundBlastery Audigy(4years old) sound...
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    Ideas or recommended case fan brand

    2 Zalman 80mm case fans... one oriented to be exhaust, other to be intake. nearly full tower case, getting either a vibration or the exhaust fan is going bad. They are also quite loud, louder than expected along with the new CPU fan on the 3700 Athlon 64. They are quite prone to dust build...
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    Mobo/CPU Upgrade concerns

    4 year old computer purchased from a local shop before I studied information systems and got my A+ cert. Info listed in signature so won't redo it all here. Has been a great computer but is starting to show slowness in some games. I mostly play Id guess youd call it second tier games, mostly...