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    Graphics Card Recommendation Please

    I'm looking to upgrade my ATI Radeon x1950 Pro (512 MB). I have a E8400 running @ 3.8Ghz and a Dell 2408WFP running at 1920 x 1200. Currently I don't play any games that are to graphics intensive. Mostly Team Fortress 2 and some Mass Effect 2 and Call of Duty WaW. I would like to be able to play...
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    Best Sub $100 Tv Tuner?

    What is currently the best sub $100 TV Tuner (or there abouts)? I'm looking at the Hauppauge HVR-1800, but the reviews on the picture quality are not stellar. I will be using the card under Windows 7 and primary will be watching over the air HD. Not interested in recording, so a hardware encoder...
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    Samsung 2493HM

    In regards to the Samsung 2493HM not having 1:1 scaling. Does this only effect things that outputing 16:9, i.e. gaming consoles? Or will this being cause other problems? I will probably only have the monitor attached to my computer for gaming and movie watching, and presumably my video card can...
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    Creative G500 or Logitech Z-5500?

    I'm in the market for a set of 5.1 speakers and I am debating between the G500's or the Z-5500s. Newegg has the 5500's for $219 right now ($50 off) so they are priced the same as the G500s, but I doubt the savings will last for much longer. I won't have these in a large room right now, but a...
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    New Hard Drive Purchase

    I'm looking to purchase a SATA drive. I think I've narrowed it down to either the Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 or the Maxtor DiamondMax 10. The Deskstar is SATAII and includes NCQ where as the DiamondMax is SATA150 but has a 16MB cache. Would I see more performance if I went with the SATAII or with...
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    SLI Supported Games

    In nForce4 SLI Roundup: Painful and Rewarding it states the following; But I've been told on Neowin that all you need is a NVidia profile file for the game to work under SLI. So did the people who wrote up this review not use the profiles with games like UT? And if I did use the profile can...