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    Firing Squid Wastes their Ink

    <grins> 1) Your student is obviously visiting pron sites and has a virus Actually, he had over 400 bits of malware and other virus related problems... For those of you on the other side of the pond I spent 4 happy years teaching CS at JMU - man I miss the Skyline Drive :( Pink...
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    Firing Squid Wastes their Ink

    Hey, i'm old, I'm a lecturer and an IT nut, so indulge me here.... All examinations prove is that an individual is good at jumping through the hoops for the exam, it doesn't, per se, provide an actual measure of how a person is going to perform in the workplace. Likewise, what benchmarks...
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    Please help with aftermarket fan/hs upgrade for x1900xtx.

    Hot here in the UK, but my X1900XT is at a cool 40 degrees Just thought I'd add my two pence worth. X1900XT (OC'd to XTX speeds) runs at 40 degrees C when idle in 2d mode and reaches about 80 degrees when running the ATI Tool artifact test. Have removed the ATI Polling service and set my...
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    The Sytrin KuFormula VF1 Plus VGA Cooler

    Just thought I'd add my two pence worth. X1900XT (OC'd to XTX speeds) runs at 40 degrees C when idle and reaches about 80 degrees when running the ATI Tool artifact test. Have removed the ATI Polling service and set my 2D/3D speeds manually with the 1.425 core voltage and 650/750 timings...
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    HIS X1900XT ICEQ3?!

    I have been using my sapphire x1900xt with the above cooler for a couple of weeks now after problems with *%$*! 7900GT's.... (don't get me started). Have to say that it is quiet and cools like a dream. Idle temps are at 35 deg C and at full load with aggressive o/c (can't recall exactly, but...
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    GeForce 7900 Inferno – Burn Baby Burn @ [H]

    Original Asus 7900GT worked fine for 5/6 days of heavy duty fear playing... then began the random lock-ups and the bizarre flashing desk top. Company agreed to replace with a BFG... arrived with a capacitor floating about in the box, so off it went... Replaced with another Asus EN7900GT...
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