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    $1000 for Titan isnt too bad, I spent $749 fot 7800 GTX 512s

    The problem is that most enthusiasts already bought 2x 670/680 or a 690. So to get a definitive upgrade, you need to spend not $1000, but $2000. It's not a matter of whether people can afford it or not. It is a matter of whether it is a ripoff/overpriced, someone could price an t-shirt at...
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    Titan Benchmark Results obtained from HWC / Guru3d

    I like the idea of running a fast single card vs SLi. But the performance isn't quite on par with SLi or a 690. I would need to buy two of them to actually make it a definitive upgrade over what I have now, and for two of them it is $2000 not including tax. That coupled with the fact there...
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    Geforce GTX Titan - First Pics & True Specs

    I think the Titan pricing underscores how important it is that AMD/ATi is to the price of computer hardware. There would be no way nVidia would charge $1000 for Titan if AMD had a card ready to compete with it. Sure hope AMD/ATi don't ever go out of business, or decide to abandon the high end...
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Preview

    I probably would have gotten one or two of these before I got married in my single days. But spending $1000 on video cards in SLi is hard enough to explain to the wife, $2000 would probably land me on the couch. Also, with the rate at which video cards become outdated $1000 per video card just...
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    SFF Home Media Server

    I don't think that will be enough for real time transcoding.
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    SFF Home Media Server

    I built a similar mini-itx home server, I opted for the Intel DQ77KB. I find Intel boards are generally slightly more power efficient than the competition, plus the DQ77KB has a built in power supply so you don't need a Pico PSU. It also has dual gigabit ports, which means it can replace your...
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    MC001-XBMC(US)

    The main drawback of this and other Atom and ARM based boxes is that they are insufficient to decode codecs that aren't supported by hardware. An Atom is insufficient to decode 10bit h264 videos (mainly used by the fansub scene), and high resolution rmvbs. It will also be insufficient to...
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    Seeking opinions on AMD based consoles and effect on the desktop.

    Both the PS3 and Xbox 360 already had multiple cpu cores. The new consoles will not make any difference with respect to that. Also, from the most recent reports I've seen, the 720 will not be using bulldozer processors, but it will still be an IBM Power PC architecture, AMD will only be...
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    Intel to buy nvidia?

    I don't see it happening either, as the article states, Intel wanted GeForce graphics for the Sandy/IvyBridge. But at this point Intel already developed the graphics core of Sandy/Ivy. Although I still wouldn't game with it, it has improved significantly each generation. Even with nVidia's...
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    I am looking for a router case

    I have the same motherboard (DQ77KB) in my router/server. I opted for the minibox m350. Very small and good ventilation, other than the CPU fan, no additional fans required. Not the best looking case but it is a router/server so who cares.
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    AMD vs Intel mini-itx for plex?

    He is building a Plex Media Server. For Plex Media Server the GPU is not utilized.
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    AMD vs Intel mini-itx for plex?

    Is your network wired or wireless? If you are running wireless you will probably need to transcode the video to a bitrate low enough for wireless. Transcoding on Plex runs much better on Intel CPUs than AMD, though you probably want an i5 if you want to transcode 1080p. If you are running...
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    ASUS GTX 660Ti [all flavors] BIOS upgrade 9/6/12

    I'm guessing they increased the boost clock or modified the clock table so it stays in the higher boost levels more often.
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    GALAXY GeForce GTX 660 Ti GC 3GB Overclocking Review @ [H]

    Wow [H] must have gotten a golden chip/card. Anand wasn't able to exceed 7Ghz on the memory on either of their 3 cards and nor was Toms or most of the other major sites I read. I wonder if it has anything to do with the odd memory configuration on the Galaxy?
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    AMD price cuts on 7900 and 7800 series!

    I remember that. nVidia actually gave me $125 bucks cash back after the 280 GTX price drop. Sadly that was only half the actual price drop of $250 dollars (650 to 400). The 280 GTX was a horrible launch, my first 2 cards overheated causing shutdowns when they hit 105 degrees and they were...
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