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    Need help buying a video card

    Got my system today and threw in the card and PSU and they both fitted like a very very tight glove (like a few mm gap) and everything is running great with a vista rating of 5.7. I'm a happy camper! Thankyou all once again.
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    Is my old PSU gonna be enough for an upgrade?

    Hi all. I'm getting the following: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard - Retail Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor And I intend on keeping my Radeon x1650 series PCIe card and my DDR400 ram and my system is...
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    Need help buying a video card

    Ok I got the following; MSI NX8800GT 512M OC GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail - $219.99 ($189.99 AR) CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX ATX12V V2.2 450W Power Supply - Retail - $79.99 ($69.99 AR) Thank you all very much for all the info...
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    Need help buying a video card

    dang that sucks :( I know almost nothing about PSU's >_<. So I think I need a 450W+ power supply. What should I be looking for when deciding on one? are the $50-$80 ones anygood? Sorry to keep asking but I don't know what to look for =/
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    Need help buying a video card

    this sounds perfect! now I just gotta figure out if the PSU that comes with the dell is good enough and wether it can run PCI-E2.0
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    Need help buying a video card

    GT or GTS?
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    Need help buying a video card

    is the 8800gts better than the 8800gt? if so, enough to make the extra $$ worth it? I did a look for 8800GT cards in newegg and theres a ton of them within my price range. I have no idea who to go with...MSI? XFX? how do I know which would be better?
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    Need help buying a video card

    Hi all! I ordered myself a dell system (should be here next week) and I decided not to go for the graphics offered there but instead to get my own one and throw it in there. I have around $200-$250 to spend on one. I was looking for a card a few months ago and I had heard good things...
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    Got a wirless N network going but having issues

    Hi all, We recently got ourselfs a Lynksys N router and 2 WMP300N Linksys N PCI cards. We got the network up and running without a problem but my connection/latency is almost twice as fast as my wife's one even tho windows is telling us we have the same connection and signal strength. The...
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    DEAD WD external 400gb SATA $49.99 AR

    I wanted to get a decent size internal HD. Would I be better off getting this and throwing the HD inside it into my machine or would I be able to get a better deal on a HD without the external enclosure?
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    Photoshop help

    My wife came hope and I told her what happened and she told me what to do and it was fixed @_@ Opened photoshop, Edit>Color Settings, chaged the RGB field under the Working Space section from sRGB IEC61966-2.1 to Monitor RGB. Sorry to have wasted your time :x
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    Photoshop help

    Hi all, First off please forgive me and direct me if I've posted this in the wrong section. I'm running Photoshop CS and the last time I used it without it having a problem was on Friday. Now whenever I run it the grayscale isnt gray...instead its tinted with a rusty brown color. This...
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    Video signal stops

    Checked the card's fan and it seems to be working fine. Is there a way I can test the PSU to see if thats the issue? Don't wanna spend 150+ on a decent gfx card and find out its my PSU =/ I do usually leave my PC running and since I've had this issue I've still left my machine running (with...
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    Video signal stops

    Hi all, Yesturday out of the blue I launched world of warcraft and while I was logging in my screen went blank and my dell LCD monitor's power light was orange (indicating no signal) but my machine was still running. I tried rebooting but nothing happened so I powered down and back up...
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    Unable to send emails on my current network

    YAAYY!! turns out our SMTP port is supposed to be 587 as opposed to the one at my inlaws which is 25 :D Thank you all once again!
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    Unable to send emails on my current network

    I'll call them tomorrow and let ya know what happens :D
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    Unable to send emails on my current network

    But my inlaws have the same isp and I was able to email at their house using the exact same settings (port and smtp address). =/
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    Unable to send emails on my current network

    Hi all! I had recently updated my AVG to their new one which came with an email scanner addon. After installing I relised I could no longer send emails through outlook (I could still recieve them). I asked for help on the AVG forums but that didn't lead anywhere so I decided to uninstall...
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    pixel pipeline limit on motherboards?

    Thankyou all
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    pixel pipeline limit on motherboards?

    Hi all, I just have a quick question! Do some motherboards only support video cards upto a certain number of pipelines? for example can one motherboard only support video cards with 16 or fewer pixel pipelines? If so, what would happen if you put a 24 pixel pipeline video card in a...
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    Wireless network cant be seen!

    Hi all! I have a wireless network setup and all was working fine until a few minutes ago when my connection died on my laptop and after rebooting my laptop keeps saying 'No wireless networks in range' I know the wireless network is working fine cause I'm able to get on it on my wife's...
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    Connecting PC to the internet through my laptop.

    Well....it kinda works :s After about 5-7 mins my connection drops and I have no idea why but if I open up the browser on my laptop the connection is back up instantly. Eg. if I'm downloading something on my PC or playing an online game at some point it freezes and if I hit refresh on the...
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    Connecting PC to the internet through my laptop.

    YYAYY it worked :D Bridged the Wired and wireless NICS on my laptop then connected the ethernet cable from my laptop to the first slot on my linksys switch and plugged the PCs to the other 2 slots opened up IE and BAM everything loaded :D Thankyou all very much.
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    Connecting PC to the internet through my laptop.

    Yes it does have a wire NIC too and is indeed running winxp pro. I will try this and see how it goes :D RebateMonger: :o guess I shouldn't of been looking at the $50 wireless linksys PCI cards at wallmart lol I will check this out in the after noon...thanks for the heads up :D
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    Connecting PC to the internet through my laptop.

    Anyway of working around it?
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    Connecting PC to the internet through my laptop.

    Hi all, I'm staying at a friends' who has a wireless router set up in the house. My laptop has a wireless card built in but the PCs dont. I can get on the internet fine with the laptop. Is there anyway I can connect the PCs to the internet without having to buy wireless NICs for...
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    Laptop trouble =/

    Anyone have an idiot proof explanation on how to use those DOS USB drivers please?
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    Laptop trouble =/

    First off, thanks for the super speedy replies. I managed to download the driver and extracted the exe, went into the F2H dir and found the USBASPI.SYS file but I have no clue what to do with it to get it working in DOS and I have no idea what you posted your config.sys details for =/
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    Laptop trouble =/

    Hi guys, I've fond myself in abit of a pickle. I've recently aquired a Toshiba Portege M2000 notebook and it has no OS installed and no flappy/cd drives. I tried booting it up with my external cd drive plugged into the USB port and I ended up at a LAN bootup option which I couldnt get...
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    Can't post!

    I have the java stuff enabled in the internet options > advanced tab. I havnt installed anything java related but I relised that I installed the java SDK in my previous comp (which didnt have this problem) so I'll try installing that when I get home ^_^
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    Bad colour with TVout

    Well it lets me pick it and my TV seems to display it so... :confused: I have also tried 800x600 (which is what I used with my old gfx card) but that didnt do anygood except crop out some things!
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    Bad colour with TVout

    I apologise for the lack of detail in my post but please bare with me :o Yes by everything else I ment video, dvd player, consoles etc etc My TV is a pal TV which can also deal with a NTSC signal (according to the manual) but I have chosen 'B/Pal' in my graphics card settings only cos...
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    Thanks for all your help

    As far as I am awar, the sound cable on optical drives is only needed for when using the headphone jack in the actual drive. I could easily be mistaken tho :confused:
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    Can't post!

    I'm sticking with SP1 and dont plan on using SP2 so it can't be that :(
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    Can't post!

    Hi all, Whenever I click on 'reply to post' or 'new topic' nothing happens! I thought it might have something to do with my popup blocker but I went as far as to uninstall it and still nothing :( I'm currently at work and thats why I'm able to post this cry for help. WinXP with IE...
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    OverClocking utility

    I wanted to use clockgen but I couldnt find one which supported my mobo (Abit KT8Pro) so I'm stuck with using the OC Guru thingy but can't for the life of my figure out how to lock the AGP/PCI thingy
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    120mm fan in 80mm case

    You could always use one of those 80mm to 120mm fan adapter thingies then you can get whatever case you like (assuming theres enough room for the adapter thingy) Heres an example of an adapter, http://www.akasa.co.uk/spec/ac...es/spec_ak_m1812_4.htm
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    Low 3dmark05 score with bfg 6800 HELLLLLLP!!

    I'm currently using the .77 drivers but I'll change when I get home! I just wanted to know, do I just download the drivers I want to use and install them over the one I'm using now? or will I have to first uninstall my current drivers? One more random question, what is a safe operating...
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    Bad colour with TVout

    Hi all, I'm having abit of trouble with the tvout feature on my Leadtek GF6800! The image on my TV almost seems black and white (very light hint of colour). Everything else on my TV seems to have fine colouring and the desktop is also colourful. Is there anyway of increasing the colour...