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    AMD responds to 4GB issue ...

    I like how Richard Huddy's anwser basically says if you don't have enough GPU memory just use more system memory, without mentioning that the GPU has to talk through the ~16GB/s PCI-E bottleneck. That's great so you've got 512GB/s of nearly useless bandwidth if you have to swap resources out...
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    AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Video Card Review @ [H]

    That comparison doesn't even make sense, since it appears there's different settings being used, a different version of the game being used, different drivers, and, having not played the game, possibly even a different play area. That's far too many variables to simply say "the drivers did it".
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    2015 Q2 TEC Build

    I'm not sure how you plan on making this work, but if you run your TECs at 12V then each TEC will draw ~7A and you'll be able to move a maximum of about 10W at a theoretical 50C delta. Not to mention that any thermal joints you have will lower that number, so at 12V don't expect more than 45C...
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    Recapping a video card...strange solder behavior

    It's likely that if the solder is following the iron that the joint is not hot enough, graphics cards, and motherboards have many many layers and huge low impedance ground planes which can sometimes require a lot of extra energy to heat up. Try and leave the soldering iron on the pad and lead...
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    My GPU temps have skyrocketed, but why?

    This is completely wrong, if for instance you were to take a look at servers they are almost all completely negative pressure based. The reason is that air will travel from high pressure zones into low pressure zones, so if your case is negatively pressurized and you have all your exhaust fans...
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    fan controller capable of 24A

    PWM fan controllers are not the same thing as PWM controllable fans. First PWM fans or fans with the fourth pin have extra hardware in them to permit the logic level signal to turn on and off the 12v supply on the fan. This doesn't mean you can't do the same with non-PWM fans. Instead it means...
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    Titan Zeta is posponed until it will never be released.

    It was quite apparent in the context the Titan Z was mentioned in the GTC video that it is NOT designed for gamers, but rather for workstation compute purposes where it is actually a hell of a deal for a signle card solution. Look at the cost of the Tesla K40X or the comparable Quadro then the...
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    Used Samsung 305t Plus worth getting for $250?

    I wouldn't bother, I've had a 305T that died and now I have a dead 305T+, if it hasn't died yet it's probably getting close. These things have a serious design flaw in that the display processor isn't properly cooled, so it's only a matter of time before it fails.
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    Short lived GeForce video boards

    I'm totally disinclined to believe this, firstly because I have two 8800GTS 512s that still work from nearly 7 years ago, and they've both spend a significant number of years overclocked. I think that, as is always the case, sometimes you get a dud of a card and there's not much that can be done...
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    R9 290x idle power use help please

    A partial answer to your question as to why the different display devices show up even if they are powered off, it's because of the DDC I2C communication lines. DVI, VGA, and HDMI, pass DDC (EDID) information about the monitor using serial I2C lines that are always active when the monitor is...
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    So what's your take on Mantle

    Just a correction, mantle is not open source. Making the source code open for AMDs implementation of mantle would release too many details about it's own intellectual property for the GCN architecture and since it earns its money from GCN that's not likely.
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    Nvidia blocks AMD from optimizing drivers for GameWorks titles.

    You know it's funny because people cry wolf when one competitor tries to get better performance than another competitor. This is no different than mantle at all. Mantle is a lowlevel API designed to run very well on the GCN architecture (for now), yes they've said it's "open" but they don't...
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    Nvidia blocks AMD from optimizing drivers for GameWorks titles.

    To be honest, it sounds as stupid as mantle, and it's probably designed to partially combat mantle. Honestly neither organization is doing the graphics/gaming industry any favours they just want more money. However ultimately consumers have to deal with crap like this from most companies that...
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    [Tom's Hardware's] AMA With AMD, In Its Entirety

    It's fine for them to say that all components are designed for that, but they haven't tested all the components for 2+ years to see what happens. High heat = higher liklihood of failure, that applies to all ICs. That's why mosfets are rated to run at 150C but they don't recommend it. In the real...
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    CoolClouds Crowdfunded CPU Cooler

    Hmm, such a cooler might be adequate at cooling laptop chips. It definitely isn't going to suffice for desktop chips pushing 130W or more. It's possible those pictures aren't correctly showing the scale of this cooler, however from what I can see there isn't possibly enough surface area to be...
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