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    Opera 10 Beta Available to Public

    opera link does exactly this (and more)...File->Synchronize Opera
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    Power Consumption of current graphics cards

    Just looked at the numbers again and wow the 4830 uses a whole lot less than the 4850. It's only using 26 W vs. 42 W at idle even though the 4830 is running at full speed at idle (585/900) and the 4850 is at 500/750. And it uses only like 60% as much as the 4850 at load. I thought these two...
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    MSI HD4850 PowerPlay not taking effect?

    I'm getting more or less the same results as SpeedEuphoria. Using ATI Tray tools, at 1.006 voltage I see an 8-9 W difference between idling at 500 MHz mem and 993 MHz mem (core speed doesnt affect much). My card can't go much below 500 MHz (artifacts on desktop at ~475). I'm not sure why I'm...
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    Power Consumption of current graphics cards

    AWESOME article. I've been looking for exactly this (furmark load testing and clocks the cards run at idle). 9800gtx+ 55nm seems pretty impressive (~60 W less at load compared to vanilla 9800gtx 65nm while also running higher clocks).
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    MSI HD4850 PowerPlay not taking effect?

    They weren't all the same values in my stock BIOS though (Visiontek). They were something like 500/750 in 2d and 625/993 for 3d. The card switched from 2d to 3d mode fairly often on the desktop (when closing a window, etc) and I never experienced any flickering at all. There probably is a...
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    MSI HD4850 PowerPlay not taking effect?

    Ah you're right about that. However underclocking the core does almost nothing for power consumption/heat. There is only a 1 Watt difference between 160/993 and full 625/993. But something like even 500/500 will save ~15 Watts over */993.
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    MSI HD4850 PowerPlay not taking effect?

    I dunno, maybe try ati tray tools to force a 2d clock (I can't test this right now since I don't have two monitors at the moment). Also I don't know of ANY card where downclocking works with dual monitors. I read that the Nvidia gtx260/280/etc also have this issue. I'd imagine the difference in...
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    MSI HD4850 PowerPlay not taking effect?

    Are you using dual monitors by any chance? AFAIK the card stays locked in 3d clocks whenever there is a 2nd monitor in use (it works fine with only one monitor though). I'm nearly 100% sure all 4850's do this when using two monitors and I'm not sure if there's any way around it.
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    Fuzzy fonts on w2408h

    briefly had a w2408 non-h, and text was definitely not as sharp as the samsung 245bw I'm currently using (both using DVI). It didn't really seem fuzzy or hard to read when I was using it though...until I had it side by side with the Samsung.
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    Apple LED Cinema Display is H-IPS (LG LM240WU6)

    I knew it was IPS by looking at it in the store...the real question: is this standard gamut or wide gamut? I can't find any info on that...
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    Apple 24" LED-backlit IPS Cinema Display with DisplayPort ($899)?

    the 212W is "while charging MacBook Pro" There's no way in hell it uses anywhere near that much power, especially since LEDs are more efficient than CCFLs. I'm fairly sure max actual power consumption will be <100W...and probably more like <50W at humane brightness levels (my Samsung 245BW is...
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    Apple 24" LED-backlit IPS Cinema Display with DisplayPort ($899)?

    Yea, exactly what I was talking about. however, I couldn't get used to it...I bought and returned 2 MVA panels and used them both for a few weeks (I was DEAD SET against TN at first) before returning it and getting a a TN panel, which also annoys me but it's definitely easier on my eyes (no more...
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    My "Apology" of glossy coatings

    I agree that glossy definitely doesn't reduce color accuracy, but reflections are HORRENDOUS for me since I tend to use dark/black backgrounds (for coding, etc). Glossy screen + black background = reflections under ALL lighting conditions except for no light sources in the entire room. From my...
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    I'd just like to say

    you are NOT an idiot...the ACD is vastly superior to anything else you can get anywhere near that price point ($380) and is one of the only 1920x1200 standard gamut ips panels you can get, period...(for me standard gamut and ips are the most important features)
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    So Apple FINALLY releases their new Cinema Displays

    i saw it in person at an apple store today...99.9% sure it's IPS (i can usually tell the difference between the 3 panel types easily by visiting these forums --- the dark grey exposed the differences/weaknesses of all non-ips panels imho).
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