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    GA-A75N-USB & A8-3820

    Neither of these products is available from the Egg, so when I decided that the Gigabyte mini-ITX FM1 board was the best one for my purposes, I had to "think outside the Egg". Anyway, i want to share my experiences because i'm really impressed with this combo. First of all, the system specs...
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    Logitech Z-560 4.1 speaker system -- 400W bone rattling power! Boston area

    For sale -- for sale -- for sale Let's get out of the way immediately that these are not audiophile speakers. Anyone who frequents the audio subforum can go back to their $400+ sound system. These were Logitech's first foray into enthusiast-class speakers and met with rave reviews. They...
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    Importing Latest Q5 30" IPS, Full spec. 26" IPS monitors....ect...CHEAP...

    Sounds good to me. I couldn't care less about the audio or cupholders or whatnot. I just want a big, quality display at a reasonable price. Be sure you have all the bases covered before you move forward, though.
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    Current monitor options > 30"

    Greetings. My 21" CRT did the snap crackle pop acrid smoke only displays horizontal line thingy last night and i need a new monitor. I want to get rid of my TV (permanent diagonal lines through the display) and use the new display for both TV and computing. To do so i need an LCD over 30" or...
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    2 Monitors = TV + Full-screen Game?

    I'm late to the thread but can report on this. With the 3870 i briefly owned, i couldn't get this to work at all. It seems like the Catalyst drivers at that point were extremely flaky at dealing with overlays, and due to a plethora of problems i bailed out and bought a 9600. The 9600 is much...
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    MSI Geforce 9600 GT OC $159+S&H after MIR

    Well you can look in the review. The cooler performed better than the stock cooler, so maybe you can compare how much better vs. how much better the Pallit did in another review. You can also clock it down to normal levels if it comes to that. Really, though, all the 9600s run so much cooler...
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    MSI Geforce 9600 GT OC $159+S&H after MIR

    Looks like a pretty nice card according to this very thorough German review. Then again, maybe my babelfish-ese is not good. In any case, i have one on the way and will give my impressions. It is replacing a Radeon 3850 i couldn't stand. The card is $179 + S&H and has a $20 MIR, so about...
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    Radeon HD 3850 512MB $159AR

    It's back on the egg now, but at a higher price without the MIR. I gave up and sold mine for a loss on Ebay -- the support in linux was basically nonexistent, and the windows drivers caused random reboots and didn't support any UI effects while in 3D mode (resulting in exceedingly slow...
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    Radeon HD 3850 512MB $159AR

    One thing i'm finding that i hadn't counted on: the tv-out doesn't seem to work on mine. If anyone else could check and see if it's working on theirs, i'd appreciate it.
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    Radeon HD 3850 512MB $159AR

    I compared the ATI Tray Tool and Catalyst temps before, and they were both the same, and the same at idle as what ATI Tool tells me. The big difference is probably ambient T and the fact that i have one 5V 92mm intake blowing on my hdd and one 12cm outlet fan in my Solo case. The CPU is...
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    Radeon HD 3850 512MB $159AR

    ATI Tray Tool reports 512MB. It's probably a BIOS error, as you say. The chips are definitely 512 MB. Speaking of ATI Tray Tool, i've been trying to overclock with it due to the paltry options in Catalyst, but every time i do so, i get an instant BSOD. I'm not familiar with the "right" way...
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    Radeon HD 3850 512MB $159AR

    Interesting. I got mine today and it's a Rev 1.0. It has Qimonda HYB18H512321BF-10 chips and Sanyo 1500 uF, 6.3V caps. The card is 7.5 inches long and looks clean and the default clock is 670/830. It idles at about 43oC. Windows picked up an HD Audio something-or-other device as someone...
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    An Interview With the Misguided RIAA

    I actually have a better regard for the RIAA after reading that interview than i did beforehand. True, that's not saying much, but given their reason for existing and the means at their disposal, it doesn't seem like they've strayed much off the path of the logical. The main problem is that...
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    Radeon HD 3850 512MB $159AR

    Right here:
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    Radeon HD 3850 512MB $159AR

    Well, i found one guy who has good things to say about Apollo. I am getting impatient for a new card and want a 512 MB 3850, so i might as well try this out. I'll report back if there are any problems.
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