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    dual monitors from 1 6600GT??

    I've had no problems mixing brands when using an AGP and a PCI card. Granted it was an old radeon card with an even older matrox PCI card. As for two monitors off one 6600 card, I don't see why that would be a problem. As long as the card has two outputs, it'll run two monitors. Immagine...
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    6600GT AGP power requirements vs. x800 Pro

    Unless you have a <200W power supply I'd be very surprised if you out run it. I'm running a 6800 ultra and an overclocked amd64 3000 on a quality 300W power supply without problems.
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    EPoX "EP-8KDA3J"?

    I've got one and am pretty happy with it. It's a good price and I've had no problems with it at all. My main gripe is that AMD's cool'n'quiet does not work when more then one memory slot is filled.
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    Linux vs Win XP

    I'd say definetly stick to windows if gaming is your main objective. Since you've never used Linux before, it'll take you a good bit of time to setup your computer to the point where you can actualy play modern windows based games on it. Don't get me wrong, Linux is great, and I use it much...
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    Pulse Width Modulation for Dimming LEDs

    It's higher then that. You can notice it at around 50Hz and below in your peripheral vision. It's harder to notice if you look right at it though (not something I recomend with bright lights btw)
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    linux vs xp

    I'm a pretty avid Linux user, using it both at work and at home ~80% of the time. If you're mainly a gamer and don't care about playing around with random crap on how you setup your system, stick with XP. Linux is lots of fun to mess around with, and DEFINETLY a better environment for...
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    Eh what the hell...UPDATED WITH CARD IN COMPUTER

    I've got an NV5 on my card...HUGE difference! The thing is amazingly quieter then the stock cooling, and cools better too. It's still the loudest thing in my case, but I've done a lot to quiet everything else. Aside from the noise benifite, I really like how it blows the hot air out the...
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    LEDs for General Lighting

    I read an article about someone who outfitted his whole appartment with LED lights probably a year ago. The gist of it said it was feasable, but the high cost of the LED's initial cost would never be made up by the savings on the electric bill. Of course they're cheaper now, but I still think...
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    My rail gun

    bob, there's your problem, you've got to use winebottles for your leiden jars! And it was a 24V cell. I picked it up from a wreaking yard and have no idea what it came out of...probably a mac truck or something. :-P
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    Something's cooked - An emegency of sorts

    Yea, sounds like a cap poped. The PSU will most likely work but not regulate voltage as well. The caps are there mostly to smooth out the highly fluctuating power coming from the wall.
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    Power requirement for a 6800 GT

    I'm running a 6800 ultra, AMD64 3000 and a couple drives off a 300W power supply with no problems. It's a seasonic with 18A on the 12V line and a very stable output, which I think makes all the difference. The 6800 actually pull most of their power from the 12V rail, not the 5V, so make sure...
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    My rail gun

    Figuring out the induced current on the projectile isn't just one simple equation. The changing electric field through the wire, ie turning the current on and off, creates the magnetic field. The creating and destroying of the magnetic field creates the induced current in the cylinder...
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    A64 Temp Issues

    Why do you say disable Cool N Quiet? I'd say the opposite and enable it. Anyways, yes that seems pretty high. I only get up to 70 or so when under full load, like running prime 95 or something. Mine ideled around 43-45 with no cool N quiet and in the 38-39 range with it enabled on the...
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    Uhh, kind of an odd question.

    so to be annoying and finish the great explaination from TuxDave, 0.45 = sin(angle)/cos(angle) = tan(angle) angle = arctan(coefficient of friciton) = atan(.45) = 24.23 degrees
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    What's a good safe & clean LCD cleaner?

    I'd say go with compressed air for cleaning the lint and dust off your monitor. If you've got greasy prints or something like that, I'm with the people saying distilled water is a good way to go. Don't bother trying to make it or anything, you can get a gallon of it for ~$.70-$1 at any grocery...
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    Dual-booting for fun and profit

    Grub should be able to do what you want. I've got win xp and 3 linux distros on my comp right now and have no problem switching between them with grub. You do have to be a bit careful when installing grub since it's fairly easy to make your windows install non-bootable if it's the first...
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    NV Silencer 5 w/ Gainward Golden Sample 6800GT

    Hey guys, I don't have a gainwood card, but I've got one of the eVGA limited edition ones that's basicaly like an ultra and an NV silencer. I've got an extremely quiet case with my vid.card being the loudest thing in there, even with the silencer on it. There is honestly no comparison between...
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    64 Bit people.

    Yes, but I don't think it's because it's a 64 bit cpu. The performance difference is mostly because the amd64 is a newer and better design then the xp. I don't know how the 64 and sempro compare, but I think the 64 has the edge there too. In all honesty, unless you're going to run linux, you...
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    Which Linux version Should I get?

    What're your goals for installing linux? I mean, are you doing it because you need to have a 'nix environment for your class or because you want to learn about how it works while taking the class? If you just need a 'nix environment, and since you said you'll be running it in virtual pc, you...
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    What does more damage?

    Theoreticaly turning it on and off does more damage, but in reality, your going to end up replacing the components YEARS before they get to the point where they start behaving badly. I'd say don't worry about power cycling and turn it off if you want to save some power and not hear the fans...
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    Building a new gaming rig...

    I'm a bit biosed since I just got an AMD64 3000, but I'd say the AMD chip is a better price/performance bargin for you. If you get a socket 939 chip, expect to pay more like $120 for a mobo. You can get a socket 754 mobo for ~80, but they're a half generation older. Like everyone said, if...
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    Eh what the hell...UPDATED WITH CARD IN COMPUTER

    for riva tuner, there are two places you can see the overclocking options. One where it says you've got 16 pipes, 6vertex shaders, which has the option greyed out. The other is the one below it where it says you've got a forceware driver. That's the one where you can turn on overclocking.
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    Running 2 PSU's on one system ?

    400 shoudl be enought to run it. If not, be sure that you ground the second PSU to your case to make sure you don't have any funny ground loops between the two PSU's. You can definetly fry stuff if you're not careful. You might want to run your hard drives or optical drives off the second...
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    $500 for a new rig what parts to get ?

    If you're going to buy components to build a system, do no, I repeat DO NOT buy them from newegg! They charge you shipping per item, so if you want to buy a whole slew of things you're going to end up paying $40 in shipping fees. I built my comp. about two months ago and ended up saving a good...
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    Eh what the hell...UPDATED WITH CARD IN COMPUTER

    I've also got a question about the whole auto detect bit. When I ran that it put my speeds to 423/1242, which crazy high. Of course it's so high that I get lots of pausing and stuttering. The card runs like a champ at 410/1242, so I'm not complaining, I'm just wondering if the auto detect...
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    OK, so how many PSU watts do I need for an Athlon 64?

    I've got a seasonic 300W tornado PSU in my system and am having no problems. I've got an AMD 64 3000, 1 gig ram, 2 hard drives, 1 optical drive, a lan and firewire PCI cards, and a crazy power hungry Geforce 6800 LE. Check the video forum about the vid card, it's basicaly a 6800 ultra and...
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    Linux for the noobs

    You may also want to checkout ubuntu at http://ubuntulinux.org/ It's based on Debian and one of the easiest install I've ever had as well as great hardware detection. I'd recomend either that one or mandrake for pretty much the same reason. Both are focused on ease of use rather then...
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    Eh what the hell...UPDATED WITH CARD IN COMPUTER

    thecat, Yea, I had to cut off half of the cover. I checked all my spare pci and video cards to see if I could mod. one of them to fit, but nothing had a screw tab like the one on this card. I know other companies sell dual DVI 6800 cards with a single slot cover, so you *might* be able to find...
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    Eh what the hell...UPDATED WITH CARD IN COMPUTER

    So I got my NV silencer today, very impressive! It's *significantly* quieter then the stock cooling and dropped my idle temps by ~4 degrees and load temps by ~10. Having it push the air out of the case make the biggest difference I think. My hard drive temps also dropped by the same margin...
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    Why are so many people wanting to OC brand new cards???

    I've overclocked since my first computer...a good old celeron 300A. I had that puppy running at 450Mhz the same day I got it. 50% increase isn't too bad for something that cost half the price of a PII 450 at the time. It's the same reason people push 500hp in a honda.... because they have the...
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    Pulling A Heatsink - AMD Wasn't Kidding

    It's good to know that they're an essentially glued together. I've not a new HS arriving today so now I'll not be freaked out when the chip comes up with the old one.
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    Eh what the hell...UPDATED WITH CARD IN COMPUTER

    Woo Hoo! Another happy camper over here! I'm using the LE-GT at 1.4V from thugsrooks. The boot disk linked here wouldn't boot, so I used an old dos disk i had and swapped once it was booted up. I think Vallybally is right about needing to format it as a system disk. I didn't uninstall the...
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    Eh what the hell...UPDATED WITH CARD IN COMPUTER

    Aonic, I saw you put two bios disks up, one here and one on bleedingEdge forum. What's the difference between the two? I'll be flashing my card later tonight when I get back from class and can play around more.
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    Having trouble OCing my A64 3000

    If your vcore and CPU speeds are going up and down at the same time, then that's cool'n'quiet doing it's job. It drops the multiplier *and* the vcore when the system is not under load. So if the CPU is at 1GHz, then don't worry if your vcore is lower then 1.4.
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    Out of these 3 PSU. Which is the quietest?

    I've got a 300 watt version of the seasonic and it's great. I can't hear it at all above the other fans in my case (all of which will be replaced once fedex gets me my stuff later this week) and it keeps things much cooler then my old PSU. It's also a really high quality PSU. I've running...
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    So with watercooling...

    It's fun stuff to play around with. There are tons of sites out there detailing how to set one up in a reliable and worry free way. I eventualy got rid of mine mostly because it was a pain in the ass whenever I wanted to move my computer. I never bothered to set it up with the radiator inside...
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    Upgrading just cpu and mobo to 64 bit

    I did the exact same upgrade about 2 months ago. I got a new mobo, chip, and ram and kept everything else the same. I had w2k on there and had to do a clean install since it wouldn't boot with the new chip. I tried it first without removing any drivers then after removing pretty much...
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    2 Video Cards, Must Chose one

    I had an old matrox G400 and a pair of 21" sun monitors running at 1600x1200 with no problems. I tried a couple of the dual display setups mentioned actually. I had a radeon 7500 as a dual setup, but it had issues running two screens at such a high resolution. I also had a PCI videocard for...
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    So with watercooling...

    The somewhat unintuitive thing about fans on a radiator is that you should use them to pull air through the radiator instead of blowing it through. You should also have your fan an inch or so away from the radiator. Both of these are to eliminate dead spots in the air flow and create an even...
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    6800 Ultra Cooling - looking for hardware

    I have one of the raved about eVGA limited edition cards which has the same bracket as an ultra. I've got an NV silencer on the way and would love to hear of a solution to the bracket as well. So if you find one, let me know. If all else fails, I'll either hacksaw the current one or rig...