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    question about sli, number of cards reported

    ok, I need a bit of help. I bought a new pc from one of the custom shops and that all went pretty well. booted up and everything appeared to be working. 2x evga 980ti (hydro copper in a liquid loop). (1 evga sli bridge connecting those) asus maximus hero viii 6700k (also in the loop)...
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    7970 dcii help...

    so I finally managed to over pay for the asus 7970 dcii. that new video card smell now wafts through my computer room... sadly, I could not make it go. I'm hoping you can help me. what I have: p6t se motherboard i7 960 cpu 12 gigs of ram 850 watt psu (upgrading from) evga 295 gtx...
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    580gtx + 295gtx (for physics) = how any psu watts?

    I'm looking to upgrade to a 580 from a 295 and then dedicate the 295 to physics... but I have a 750 watt psu (I think antec) psu and an intel 965. Will I need more psu to make that happen? Thanks!
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    u3011 optimal cable

    Hey folks, I have a dell u3011 and I'm wondering what's the best connection I can make to it? dvi or hdmi or displayport? I'm looking to pair it with the ASUS MATRIX GTX580 so it's just a question of picking one. Thanks!
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    multi monitor setup + gaming

    hello all, I'm looking to set up a 3 or 4 monitor system that I'll mostly be programming on. but when the work day is over I'd like to game on it too (wow, ddo, bf2 etc). what do you recommend to have it both ways? I'm willing to sli a couple of cards together if necessary, and I don't...
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    MSI K8n Neo2: worst mobo of all time

    So I've rma'ed this baby twice now. I made zipzoomfly test the hell out of the last one, actually using a geforce 6800gt and they too found it didn't work. so they gave me a brand new board and guess what: it doesn't work. but what makes it so crappy is that it kinda does. I'm typing this...
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    MSI K8N Neo2 + Geforce 6800gt: no boot -- help?

    I've been struggling with a new set of parts, specifically an MSI k8n neo2 platinum (939), athlon 64 3500+, corasir xms 3200 (2-2-2-5) and a pny geforce 6800gt. the problem is, the system won't boot with the 6800gt. all the fans will spin for like 2 seconds and then it just gives up. if I...