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    Power consumption of G92 when you lower clocks

    wrong, wrong, wrong. Power consumption goes up as the square of the clock speed. Every time the clock ticks, the processor does work. The more voltage you push, the "harder" it does the work. If you have less clock ticks, you do less work. edit: here's another example. You buy a brand new...
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    Power consumption of G92 when you lower clocks

    You just contradicted yourself, because less heat means less power dissipated. The heat doesn't just get lowered by itself. If heat is lowered, it must be as a consequence of lower power dissipation. Imagine your CPU or GPU as though it is a guy on a bike. This guy on a bike is constantly...
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    Power consumption of G92 when you lower clocks

    I do that, too. Standby-ing the graphics card, however, isn't an option when I am websurfing, word processing, or the like.
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    I just need a basic graphics card

    Post a link?
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    Multi-Display with only One Card

    I have run a dual monitor setup through an ATI x1900XT and then nvidia 8800GT. I have not run any benchmarks, but I've never noticed a difference if I disable the second monitor or not. So there might be a difference, but it's small, and it's outweighed by the fact that I can display things on...
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    My experience with a 2600XT

    How could the 8xxx series, in general, stutter in Unreal 2 games when the 9600GT is basically the same as the 8800GT? I could understand if there were issues with the old G80s, because the hardware is different, but a G92 is a G92; if it works on the 9600GT it should should work just as well...
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    My experience with a 2600XT

    Why did you buy last-gen tech when you can get a 3650 for under $50 after MIR? It will perform about the same, or better, and use less power.
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    Who here would like to see a Low-end graphics chart?

    I can't really speak about the differences between the nvidia 7000-series and 8000-series low end, but in terms of ATI graphics cards, here's a nice rule of thumb: The 3000-series is better than the 2000-series in every way. The 2400 Pro evolved into the 3450, and the 2400XT evolved into the...
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    I just need a basic graphics card

    Here's another vote for the 3450. If you are doing NO 3D gaming at all, there is no reason to get anything faster. You will just spend more money up front, use more power, and create more heat. However, if you want to game even a little, then for the money you can't beat the 3650. Two people...
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    Power consumption of G92 when you lower clocks

    Well...if you want to try it again underclocking below stock that would be sweet :D. I'm trying to find out how many cents per month I would save. A penny saved is a penny earned. Every cent counts. I'm not sure what you mean by the quoted part. And the first part, what was your delta...
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    Power consumption of G92 when you lower clocks

    I have an 8800GT that I typically run at 680MHz core 975MHz RAM when I play games, and then lower the clocks to 300MHz/600MHz when not running any 3D applications. I was wondering if there were any reports detailing how much power you save when doing this. If I had an ammeter or a...
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    Just had to take off 9800GTX HSF...

    About re-applying TIM, it's my belief that an individual with minimal investment and knowledge can do a far better job applying TIM than the factory job. I've never come across a product that had a good TIM applied in an ideal fashion. You can surely improve your temps by at least 1C by applying...
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    G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory $74.99 Shipped...

    Too late. http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2187394&enterthread=y
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    Antec EarthWatts 500W $55 shipped

    Can anyone comment on which of the above Earthwatts, or the $36 BFG, is the quietest at a load of about 200W? Thank you.
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    Where I can get the 8800GT/9600GT stock cooler?

    What do you have in all those slots seggy?
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    G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 1000 for $74.99 shipped at newegg

    Just like with every other brand of memory. The price we pay for getting a good deal is that the manufacturers don't have the resources to thoroughly test every product that leaves their hands.
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    G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 1000 for $74.99 shipped at newegg

    I bought this stuff for $90 a few days ago. Then it was $80. Then it was $75.
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    nVidia GT200 Series Thread

    Did it take them a year to do it or did they take a year to do it? Two slightly different phrases, very different meanings.
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    nVidia GT200 Series Thread

    Why would they put a 512-bit bus on a card with GDDR5 offering far more bandwidth than they will need, all they need to do is ramp up the clock speed or ROPs.
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    How does the Geforce Go 6150 run the Source Engine?

    If it's comparable to a Geforce 6200 then it will be playable but choppy.
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    Where I can get the 8800GT/9600GT stock cooler?

    Takes up an extra slot?
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    SATA DVDRW $25 shipped

    Who thinks this price will be good until 5/30?
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    BFG ES-800 PSU for $69.99 ( after MIR) + Free Freight

    If anyone is building a high end system this power supply will be awesome. If it was available anywhere two months ago I would have bought it.
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    *DEAD* WD10EACS 1TB GP Hard Drive $179.99 from Buy.com

    If you look up that cavalry model number, it specifically includes the WD10EACS. The same thing happened last time buy.com had a good deal on this "cavalry" bundle and everyone got the promised WD10EACS.EDIT: nevermind, the specs never used to say "hitachi or seagate" Not like it matters...
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    *DEAD* WD10EACS 1TB GP Hard Drive $179.99 from Buy.com

    The 750GB spinpoint F1 is slightly lower cost per gigabyte, more power consumption, more noise, more performance. The spoinpoint may be a better "value," for the WD10EACS you are paying about 1-2 cents a gigabyte premium for getting the quietest, lowest power consumption drive on the market...
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    *DEAD* WD10EACS 1TB GP Hard Drive $179.99 from Buy.com

    I already used the 5% coupon the last time when WD10EACS drives were $199, so no luck there. There's a $5 off $100 or $10 of $200 I could use but neither of those is very sweet. Yeah, but if anyone was so inclined, they could add the drive to their buy.com cart, apply the coupon, send me a...
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    *DEAD* WD10EACS 1TB GP Hard Drive $179.99 from Buy.com

    Deal is dieing, no longer are you promised the WD10EACS. http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/...nnb20MJarI0OBe0CNA40GY Google checkout coupons could make this an even more HOT deal. $199 at newegg currently and even that is about $20 cheaper than normal. If anyone has any spare buy.com or...
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    World in Conflict $19.99 + $3.00 shipping

    http://bestsku.com/productsDetail.asp?PID=2533 $14.99 with $7 shipping. That makes it $1 cheaper than gogamer. EDIT: DEAD here. gogamer.com probably still has it.
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    Sorta weird comparison... for a cheap HTPC

    Don't bother with either of those. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814121230 Or any other hd3450. It's the best value by far for any HTPC. How much are you going to save by buying some outdated, used, no warranty card? The answer is, not enough. The 3450 is dirt cheap and...
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    Should I wait 4 OLED

    You know...if you're going to compare an LCD next to a CRT you're going to have to spend a LOT of money to find one that doesn't suck. If you care about image quality, and you have room on your desk, and you have a sweet trinitron, there's no reason to get an LCD. The saving space is the only...
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    8800 GT Problem

    You have two choices.... send it back OR attempt to fix it yourself, which would be step 1.) inspect the fan and see if it's actually spinning at fast RPM when the card gets hot. If not, replace the fan. step 2.) try to reseat the heatsink and reapply thermal paste and see if that...
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    Which one is easier to overclock, and more stable?

    It's all in the title. If you vote, please give a reason!
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    ASUS P5E/E8400 Success Story

    I said it's inaccurate at low temps, so you'll know if you're running hot or not. If it's stuck at 40C that means you're probably below 40C. You can install a thermal probe on the heat spreader if you really are that curious that your chip is running below 50C or below 40C. Installing a thermal...
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    Team Fortress 2 - $18 new (free shipping)

    that deal is dead, too.
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    ASUS P5E/E8400 Success Story

    What temp problem? If you're referring to the temp sensor being wrong, that's not an issue for which they will let you exchange your processor. The temp sensor on board is designed for one thing only: to throttle the chip if it gets dangerously hot. The fact that it is inaccurate at the low...
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    ASUS P5E/E8400 Success Story

    That's the exact reason I got the P5E motherboard in the first place. My last motherboard could not handle 400MHz FSB. I was hoping to easily get to 1800MHz FSB as my RAM can comfortably handle 900MHz. Unfortunately I need to go from about 1.32 to about 1.40V to be stable at 1800MHz and I'm not...
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    ASUS P5E/E8400 Success Story

    The voltage required to keep my e8400 stable goes up dramatically after about 3.4-3.5GHz. I can probably clock it at 3.4GHz at 1.225V, but it needs 1.300V at least to be stable at 3.6GHz.
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    ASUS P5E/E8400 Success Story

    I've never tried stock cooling. Good luck getting it to run at stock voltage, though. What do you mean by stock? Because at stock clock speeds the motherboard auto sets the vcore to under 1.2V. The chip is rated, however, to handle 1.3something, I can't ever remember if it's 1.325 or 1.375...
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    Asus web site

    To all of the people who are saying it loads quickly for them...the home page loads perfectly fine. It's once you get to the support section that things start to slow down.