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    Rumor mill: 5850 going up $20

    I was willing to pay $360 for the 5870 and placed a few orders, all but one of which was subsequently canceled by the vendor. With the 5870 jumping to $399 recently, I sighed and decided that the $140 premium over the 5850 wasn't worth it. Now that the 5850 seems to be going for $299, I'm not...
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    Cheap, Semi-Temporary Video Card Choice

    I'm in a similar boat - waiting on Radeon 58X0's to come in stock and that could be a month or two. I've found it's always nice to have a "back-up" card in hand anyway. Won't be playing any hard-core games with it, but need something in the short term. I was open to ATI or Nvidia. Found...
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    ASUS EAH5870 Deactivated at Newegg?

    The last two times they went in-stock and orderable last week, it was for a confirmed shipment they were getting in. If something can be ordered from their source or a shipment is expected they list it out of stock with the auto-notify option. If something is "not orderable" via a vendor, they...
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    5850 in stock at ncix

    Yeah, NCIXUS still lists the cards as in stock, but "add to cart" yields a pop-up that they are unavailable. Real-time stock check is all 0's.
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    Rumor mill: 5850 going up $20

    Shocking that they'd be raising the price really. If they didn't foresee supply being an issue for a while, they wouldn't be doing this. Wonder how many are being cranked out right now. I would have thought they'd be ahead of things going into the holiday season. If supply is expected to...
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    ARG!!! i7 HSF for P182 + P6T - why is this so hard?

    So... I thought this would be easier, but between blocking DIMMs on the P6T and the width of the P182, finding a nice HSF is becoming a significant problem. The Scythe Mugen 2 was my choice until someone commented that it would be too tall for the case. The Cogage TRUE Spirit looks great...
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    New i7 Build - 6gb or 12gb?

    Great thread - glad it got bumped recently! However I didn't realize it was a year old and choked when I read the $ amount above. I am building an i7 rig right now and the 12GB of memory I bought came in under $300. For a minute, I panicked thinking that I must have spec'd the wrong memory...
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    Asus x58 mobo's

    So what role does the Deluxe play? With SAS gone in the V2, the only differentiators I see beyond the P6T is dual GigE and 2 extra USB ports. The Deluxe actually drops the JMicron JMB322 of the P6T giving it 2 less SATA ports.
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    Asus x58 mobo's

    I've been looking to get a x58 Asus board and am a little confused with their logic in having 9 different boards. The P6T itself is a great board. The P6T SE is just a slightly gimped cheaper "value" board. Makes sense. I don't get the 2 Deluxe models, they aren't very different...
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    Why don't manufacturers still do this?!

    Back in the day, it wasn't just memory add-ons, but co-processors and full "daughter-board" add-ons that improved or added capabilities. For example, a 3D daughter board could be clipped on to add 3D capabilities to a 2D board. Not quite the same thing, but you could even buy the Math...
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    5870 overclocking / voltage adj

    Great feedback... Had not seen it explained so clearly elsewhere - makes complete sense. Thanks!
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    5870 overclocking / voltage adj

    Long time reader (2000), first time poster. Is there anything special about the Asus hardware that allows for the core voltage adjustment enabled by Smart Doctor? Will Asus Smart Doctor or MSI Afterburner work "equally" on any 5xxx card to allow core voltage adjustments? Or are specific...
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