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Thanks for the replies, but I'm still a bit confused. Is anything above DDR2-533 only useful for OCing? Or can I buy something like DDR2-800, run it at 533 speeds, but with tighter timings?

Interesting...unlike the earlier pics, it looks like EVGA went with the NVidia reference cooler after all.

Pretty much all of which are doubly true for G82, the G83, etc, etc. There's always something better on the horizon.

I've been out of the loop on DDR2, but an E6700 Duo is calling me back. What speed ram do I need to buy if I'm not interested in OC'ing, and just want synchronous operation with the CPU? Would buying faster ram allow me to drop timings and cut latency, same as with DDR?

I think anyone who labels those whose buying patterns don't match their own as needing "serious help" is themselves in need of help. :p Let people spend their own money how they wish.

The Inq is 100% reliable...20% of the time.

Except that the DX10 cards run DX9 games faster. And except that foward-compatibility is always a welcome thing.

He needs them about as much as you need _one_ gaming computer. Anyone who uses the word "need" in conjunction with recreational activities should rethink the issue.

Thanks...so do you think some etailers will have order links up then?

I was planning on buying an 8800GTX today, but I can't find an order link on any of the sites...I thought NDA expired today as well, and was expecting to see new reviews posted everywhere. Am I still early a few days?

Are you expecting some major, heretofore-unexpected announcement by Intel here?

Just so. Intel is still maintaining nearly an 80% market share, even with inferior chips. The "empire" isn't going to vanish anytime this decade, regardless of what happens.

source article AMD fan boys start your engines...

Any cheap video card will work fine...the only thing you want is a decent-quality RAMDAC, so I'd avoid "no name" cards, but an older brand name card in the $30-$50 range would do nicely.

Well, there was talk of each manufacturer getting a key pool, large enough to allow them to assign unique keys to each production run, or even uniquely to each device. I don't know if this made it into the final spec or not; anyone else know?