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    GPU advice sought

    Thanks to you both - I've plumped for a single 2Gb HD6950 (Sapphire) and will throw in another if I need to once other parts upgraded. Nice to be told what you secretly want to hear anyway ;-) .
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    GPU advice sought

    Friends - I'm having trouble deciding on a gaming GPU with which to replace my ancient 9600GT. Tom's latest 'Best Graphics Cards For The Money' article has been my main guide, but as I live in New Zealand, I'm not sure how well it 'translates' to local conditions. My only real concern is...
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    Baffling problem... please help

    Thanks Bill. The ASUS doesn't appear to be available in NZ, and Newegg doesn't ship here, but I've 'put my request in' for one of the following models: Linksys WRT160N, Linksys E1000, Netgear WNR2000. I'll leave the desktop cables alone but don't think I'll be able to resist using the...
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    Baffling problem... please help

    OK so with a birthday coming up [and this thread gone pretty quiet =) ] I'm thinking of asking missus for a wireless-capable router. Our current setup consists of 2 desktops with gigabit ethernet, a laptop with gigabit ethernet and 150 Mbps Wi-Fi, and a gigabit (non-wireless) switch (not in use...
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    Baffling problem... please help

    I'll look in to it =) . What state are you in (I'm guessing you're in the US)?
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    Baffling problem... please help

    You're all correct of course; the easiest solution involves throwing money I don't have at the problem. I must be very old fashioned though as I see this as an admission of defeat given that our setup has worked perfectly well for many years! However, with 2 laptops recently acquired the need...
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    Baffling problem... please help

    Thanks for your patience f1y. autotuninglevel currently equals normal on 'B', so I'll give this a go just as soon as I can get the missus to restart 'A' ;)
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    Baffling problem... please help

    The redaction team have just finished with the netstat output. Here's what's left (see bottom for 'legend') :rolleyes: . Also, IPv6 tables removed (can post if useful). 'A' PC: =========================================================================== Interface List 12...00 05 5d 27 e8 d0...
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    Baffling problem... please help

    Right, I've got the netstat info - does it contain anything I'd be foolish to release onto the interweb (given our security consists of the win7 firewall)?
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    Baffling problem... please help

    "Poor" is the operative word f1y - US$50 is more than one third of what this student gets by on each week. I've tried different DNS servers but the problem remains. As far as hard coded settings go, the only IP address that fails to be static is that of the 'B' machine, which obtains its...
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    Baffling problem... please help

    Our 'network' consists of two PCs running win7. One PC ('A') is attached to a (router-less) cable modem, the other ('B') makes use of this modem via 'internet connexion sharing'. The problem I'm having is that the 'B' PC is unable to load certain websites that the 'A' PC loads immediately, with...
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    Maverick session crippled - how to save files before rebooting?

    My current Maverick session features no upper and lower desktop bars, and is ignoring alt-tab commands. I have many open files I'd like to save before rebooting but have no idea how to task switch using the terminal. Any ideas welcome!
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    Vista users: can you do me a favour?

    Thx Techie. A couple of minutes before I read your post I realised I could try 'blindly' clicking on the red 'shutdown' button, and finally managed to do so. Appreciate your reply nonetheless. Had the same problem with the Win7 beta - and the solution here seems to be identical: unplug the telly...
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    Vista users: can you do me a favour?

    I've just uninstalled my NVidia video drivers (to prepare PC for latest forceware version). System rebooted, I logged in fine, closed the 'welcome' window, then suffered a loss of signal to the monitor. Now, I don't like hard resets so I found a shortcut to restart the PC from that state. Sadly...
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    Gigabyte P965-P35 X38 overclocking and BIOS tweaking Guide

    Gidday talk2troy - I don't think so - current arrangement sounds good. I'm guessing you're using a 32 bit OS - using the 64 bit version of XP (or Vista, or some other OS) should reveal your missing memory.
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