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vista 64 no previous card and I have tried all the drivers I can get my hands on.

I just set up my machine: Cori7 920 HD4850X2 (2G) 6G ram ASUS P6T mobo corsair TX650W psu here is my problem. I run 3D mark vantage (came with card) and I get the following problems. the water is going crazy meaning the waves peak so high that the go through the roof and...

specs Core i7 920 6Gb ram 3X2Gb sapphire radeon HD 4850 X2 ASUS P6T mobo vista home premium 64 bit. I have not overclocked anything I just set up my stystem and everythign seems to be running ok until I do a 3dmark vantage. The first time I ran it there were all kinds of artifact...

Hello I just received my components and I have a question. From Newegg with my stuff I added oem vista home premium 64bit. It says on the packaging that I must use an OPK to preinstall the software onto a harddrive. Is this true? I cannot just pop it in the dvd drive and boot off it like I...

So many to choose from varied in price and presumably quality? do you think I should spend a lot or a little I will have a core i7 and a XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler. will the cooler include thermal compound and if so should I invest in some higher quality...

thanks. with teh DDR3 1600 do I have to do something to get it to run at that speed or will it the controller just recognize the ram and run the clock at the appropriate speed?

would you recomend an aftermarket cpu cooler which would be better for overclocking than the stock intel one?

Thanks for the reply would it be better If I got the 4850 X2 2Gb card or would it not be worth the extra money?

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming 2) What's your budget? My target is around $1000 3) Where do you live? Florida 4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU RAM MOBO VIDEO CARD HDD PSU OS (cpu cooler?) 5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be...

I am trying to recover data from an NTFS drive that Windows will not recognize anymore. I have downloaded Active@ NTFS Reader for DOS and it works like a charm, however it will only copy from NTFS to a FAT drive or a network drive. I dont have either. I have two other hard drives but they are...

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Ok kind of a long story.. Windows XP P4a 2.0Ghz 1 gig ddr333 120G SATA HDD (NTFS windows partition) 9800xt AGP I was installing the Zune software so I could have connectivity with my new xbox360. During the installation the hdd was making several squeak---CLICK sound at regular...