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    should i hw raid or not raid

    considering the theoretical maximum PCI bus maxes out around 133 MB/s .. I dont see how your going to get 150 MB/s unless you have a onboard RAID or PCI-X raid controller. You'll also want to put all the drives on separate channels too if you can for best performance.
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    Best/Favorite Chocolate goodies?

    Well he said he didn't want cheap stuff. But yeah its always good to keep a box on hand just incase the gf gets PMSy. Granted this is all a bit much for relatives. You'd usually get this kinda stuff for chicks/ close family members(rarely lol). Godiva's pretty crap compared to all the other...
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    Best/Favorite Chocolate goodies?

    http://www.lylaschocolates.com/chocolates.html Their online site seems a bit borked though. Ive always gone there in person to buy them. Edit: Fixed link
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    Best/Favorite Chocolate goodies?

    http://www.scharffenberger.com/ For just bars. Picked up a $30 dark chocolate box for a xmas gift recently. Not sure if they offer it online.
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    Best/Favorite Chocolate goodies?

    http://www.josephschmidtconfections.com/ add that to your list if your looking for truffles only.
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    Best/Favorite Chocolate goodies?

    http://www.chuaochocolatier.com/ and http://www.recchiuti.com/cgi-bin/recchiuti/index.html are always a hit with the chicks. Tad bit pricey though. The girl I got chuao for liked it ALOT. Recchuti is a bit of a hit/miss for some people like certain ones alot, I'd go there in person...
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    Does the PC&P 510 ASL really have 2X more power than standard PSU's?

    Most other 500W PSUs arent really sustained 500W. Their just 500W peak (if your lucky), meaning it can run @ 500W for a couple hours (usually good enuff for system startup) and the'll blow. The PCP&P ones will be able to run 500W sustained. Also the amperage that PCP&P sends down their rails is...
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    EVE on-line

    lol. Whoever said you need 20mil SP to join a alliance is talking out of their ass. After FOE ended I applied and got into the .5. alliance with 8mil SP. I'm now approaching 18mil and I've easily pulled my weight since the beginning. I can tell you low SP players can easily demolish high SP...
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    Suggested Video Card for Graphics/Photo work?

    Arent matrox cards specifically designed for this task? Theoretically they should be better than both ATI/Nvidia cards for the tasks you named.
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    I don't get it, Raid 0 can't be worthless..

    For me at least when extracting large archives. Ive found the biggest performance to be from transferring from one raid array to another. By performing operations on itself, you limit the effectiveness of a RAID array drastically. However if you extract an archive from one RAID array to another...
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    AVIVO video encoding acceleration

    AVIVO performance on the X1300.. http://www.chip.de/artikel/c1_artikel_17670022.html
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    3DMark Next - Preview & Interview

    the x300 is my waiting for ATI/nvidia get this whole mess sorted out and prices fall to sane levels for a 512MB card. I could go out and buy either card within the next month, but it wouldnt be nice on my grades(midterms suck) or my wallet.
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    3DMark Next - Preview & Interview

    so is that rendered in seconds per frame? or frames per second.... im leaning towards the former....
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    Poll at R3D: X1800XT vs 512 MB 7800 GTX

    Just wanted to point this out here even though I dont post here much... the longer they hold the R580 back the less profits they will potentially make out of it. Because when vista is released, you know the IHVs will want to have a GFX card shipping for DX10 a month before then, so they can get...
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    Upcomming MMORPG

    EVE hit 16k recently.... The hardware their buying to keep their servers going is insane. They just ordered Solid State RAMDrives to power their DB and their switching to dual core 64bit opteron servers. EVEs new free expansion Kali is going to be amazing once it goes live.
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    Is my motherboard fried?

    Ive built a couple of the k7s5a systems over the years... Ironically the 1st revision of the board was the one that lasted the longest 4 years. All the newer ones died pretty quickly.
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    Eve, talk to me good peaple about EVE

    The problem with giving a decent EVE tutorial is that it is very open ended basically its a sandbox. What you get from the game is what you put into it. There is no "guide" per se on what to do, its all up to you. During your newbie time the first 2-3 months.. the most important thing you...
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    The best MMORPG ever?

    the extra 2% they have from that lvl 5 skill isnt very important usually.. its what equipment you have fitted that matters the most.
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    The best MMORPG ever?

    TBH I didnt find a MMORPG that was worth spending money on till I found EVE... there your actions leave lasting effects on the world and you dont need to buy expansions to stay up to date. The learning curve is pretty high but it filters out the people with short attention spans and no patience...
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    Is there an AT Eve corp?

    Well as one of the developers commented during an interview, cant find the link atm. EVE is a niche MMORPG. Its not everyones cup of tea, but the people that do stay, stay long term. Thats why the playerbase has been growing albeit slowly for the last couple years. Its not meant to cater to a...
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    Is there an AT Eve corp?

    lol EVE is different from most games as it does not give instant gratification. Skillpoints are not everything in the game. Player skills are a big deal too. A person who bought a 32 million skillpoint char off ebay, will get wtfpwned anyday by a 3-4 mil skillpoint char who knows what hes doing...
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    Is there an AT Eve corp?

    your first player corp and first CEO will determine whether you stay in the game or not. That seems to be the general rule of player retention in EVE.
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    Is there an AT Eve corp?

    for the above poster try sorting by distance if not just ctrl click on your targets and dont use the overview to target. also the guy who said hes a MASS member. I'm Suprm :P Sorry about all the mess with the standings and stuff its just that were maxxed out... stupid CCP
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    Expandable Graphics Cards

    1 reason waaaaaaaaay too many pins for both the GPU and Ram
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    Is there an AT Eve corp?

    yeah 0.0 is about to break out into a North vs South war... if the servers survive... it'll be interesting to see the aftermath.
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    ATI RV530 & RV515 specs revealed

    this is ridiculous people are claiming that ATI is losing market share. Hundreds of 7x series cards are a drop in the pond that is the OEM market. BOTH companies to date have not released their mid/low end range that makes them all their cash so the point about marketshare is moot. OEMs arent...
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    Is there an AT Eve corp?

    Sadly EVE is too complex to experience within 14 days... imho the game only REALLY took off for me 6 mths in when i decided to take the move from northern to southern 0.0. The player interactions of eve are something you cannot experience with just a trial alone. The severity of losing stuff...
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    Need help with new computer to power 2405FPW

    I play EVE Online mainly and I noticed with the ingame fps counter the other day I was getting 7-15 FPS with my current rig at 1920x1200 :( . Anand's tests showed that it was mainly CPU limited, but the vid card I think is playing into it too. Thats why I'm thinking i need a whole system upgrade...
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    Need help with new computer to power 2405FPW

    Current system: Sempron 3100+ 1.5 GB DDR 400 Radeon 9700 Pro 2x80Gb 7200.7 in RAID 0 MSI K8N Neo Plat SB Audigy I need a backup plan for a system im currently building to power my new 2405FPW. This will be an upgrade to last another 2 years. I had the following system planned, but with...
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    Best Ingame Fraps movie To Date in ANY GAME

    http://eve.klaki.net/CH1-Vanguard.WMV Words cant describe how good it is.
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    Which is the better OCer AXP Mobile 35W or 45 W?

    Topic says it all... which one is the better overclocker? The AXP M 2400+ 35W or the 45 W Version? I've looked through the mobile athlon overclocking thread without seeing any evidence pointing to one being better than the other?
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    QUAKE 4 ANYONE?

    with all the delays and stuff who knows???? okay when is DNF gonna show up :P any idea what engine their using now?
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    QUAKE 4 ANYONE?

    so i guess we'll be looking @ Q4 vs whatever is made with Unreal Engine 3?
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    Friend Wants Doom 3 Comp to run at High

    Wow this goes to show how many people didnt read the whole article :P "The fps dip you see at the end of the run-through is actually a cut scene and not real gameplay, so the impact of the frame rates there is nothing that would detract from your gaming experience."
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    Ok, is raid 0 really that unsafe? Is it worth it?

    Ok ultra long time lurker here that wants to speak out on the RAID 0 issue, might seem a bit subjective from my own experience. Furthermore I'm away from home atm and I'm unable to show some raw data. I've been using my current RAID array for ~ 2 years without problems. But from personal...
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    Serial ATA optical drives? When?

    Anyone have any idea when we'll get serial ATA optical drives or if any company is even developing one? thxs in advance
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    Dual Athlon 64 system

    any guestimate on any of em? :(
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    Dual Athlon 64 system

    hi i was planning/saving for a dual athlon 64 system to bring to college @ june 04. All was going well till yesterday my mobo decided to kill itself. Now im debating whether to get a new mobo and scrap the athlon 64 plan OR somehow scrounge up a old motherboard and wait. There are a couple key...
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    HELP NEEDED with ECS K7S5A

    mine runs fine with 1 stick of 256MB kingston and 1 stick of 256MB crucial both PC2100... tried a cheapo stick of 128MB SD the other day and it worked fine. mem timings @ ultra 2.0 - 2 - 3 Running at 133/133 stable havent had a crash/freeze in months, try flashing the bios it might help.
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    The cry against "sniper" rifles is starting to come in congress.

    the M82A is used for taking out light vehicles i think. The M92 is used for anti-personel . Either way your screwed if you get hit or even a near miss possibly considering at that speed theres probably a sonic boom:P