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    AMD responds to 4GB issue ...

    I like how Richard Huddy's anwser basically says if you don't have enough GPU memory just use more system memory, without mentioning that the GPU has to talk through the ~16GB/s PCI-E bottleneck. That's great so you've got 512GB/s of nearly useless bandwidth if you have to swap resources out...
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    AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Video Card Review @ [H]

    That comparison doesn't even make sense, since it appears there's different settings being used, a different version of the game being used, different drivers, and, having not played the game, possibly even a different play area. That's far too many variables to simply say "the drivers did it".
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    2015 Q2 TEC Build

    I'm not sure how you plan on making this work, but if you run your TECs at 12V then each TEC will draw ~7A and you'll be able to move a maximum of about 10W at a theoretical 50C delta. Not to mention that any thermal joints you have will lower that number, so at 12V don't expect more than 45C...
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    Recapping a video card...strange solder behavior

    It's likely that if the solder is following the iron that the joint is not hot enough, graphics cards, and motherboards have many many layers and huge low impedance ground planes which can sometimes require a lot of extra energy to heat up. Try and leave the soldering iron on the pad and lead...
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    My GPU temps have skyrocketed, but why?

    This is completely wrong, if for instance you were to take a look at servers they are almost all completely negative pressure based. The reason is that air will travel from high pressure zones into low pressure zones, so if your case is negatively pressurized and you have all your exhaust fans...
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    fan controller capable of 24A

    PWM fan controllers are not the same thing as PWM controllable fans. First PWM fans or fans with the fourth pin have extra hardware in them to permit the logic level signal to turn on and off the 12v supply on the fan. This doesn't mean you can't do the same with non-PWM fans. Instead it means...
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    Titan Zeta is posponed until it will never be released.

    It was quite apparent in the context the Titan Z was mentioned in the GTC video that it is NOT designed for gamers, but rather for workstation compute purposes where it is actually a hell of a deal for a signle card solution. Look at the cost of the Tesla K40X or the comparable Quadro then the...
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    Used Samsung 305t Plus worth getting for $250?

    I wouldn't bother, I've had a 305T that died and now I have a dead 305T+, if it hasn't died yet it's probably getting close. These things have a serious design flaw in that the display processor isn't properly cooled, so it's only a matter of time before it fails.
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    Short lived GeForce video boards

    I'm totally disinclined to believe this, firstly because I have two 8800GTS 512s that still work from nearly 7 years ago, and they've both spend a significant number of years overclocked. I think that, as is always the case, sometimes you get a dud of a card and there's not much that can be done...
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    R9 290x idle power use help please

    A partial answer to your question as to why the different display devices show up even if they are powered off, it's because of the DDC I2C communication lines. DVI, VGA, and HDMI, pass DDC (EDID) information about the monitor using serial I2C lines that are always active when the monitor is...
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    So what's your take on Mantle

    Just a correction, mantle is not open source. Making the source code open for AMDs implementation of mantle would release too many details about it's own intellectual property for the GCN architecture and since it earns its money from GCN that's not likely.
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    Nvidia blocks AMD from optimizing drivers for GameWorks titles.

    You know it's funny because people cry wolf when one competitor tries to get better performance than another competitor. This is no different than mantle at all. Mantle is a lowlevel API designed to run very well on the GCN architecture (for now), yes they've said it's "open" but they don't...
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    Nvidia blocks AMD from optimizing drivers for GameWorks titles.

    To be honest, it sounds as stupid as mantle, and it's probably designed to partially combat mantle. Honestly neither organization is doing the graphics/gaming industry any favours they just want more money. However ultimately consumers have to deal with crap like this from most companies that...
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    [Tom's Hardware's] AMA With AMD, In Its Entirety

    It's fine for them to say that all components are designed for that, but they haven't tested all the components for 2+ years to see what happens. High heat = higher liklihood of failure, that applies to all ICs. That's why mosfets are rated to run at 150C but they don't recommend it. In the real...
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    CoolClouds Crowdfunded CPU Cooler

    Hmm, such a cooler might be adequate at cooling laptop chips. It definitely isn't going to suffice for desktop chips pushing 130W or more. It's possible those pictures aren't correctly showing the scale of this cooler, however from what I can see there isn't possibly enough surface area to be...
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    EK Back to their old Tricks Again..

    While I don't condone manufacturers sending out products that look like this the issue you see is one of appearance, blemishes of the surface finish are usually superficial and if you don't like what you see I would just send it back. I'm a hobby machinist and I've made things that have...
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    EK Back to their old Tricks Again..

    That's clearly not a good example of machining I will say that much. Those markings look a lot like chatter meaning someone on the manufacturing line probably didn't tighten the vise/workpeice holding clamps. However, markings like that are quite likely less than 0.0005" and there's not much...
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    EK Back to their old Tricks Again..

    I wouldn't be worried about a machined block of copper showing machining marks, the only times you don't get machining marks are when they are lapped afterwords. All the markings that I see are superficial, except maybe the first picture, but then I can't actually tell from the picture. Just as...
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    Power DVD 11 Ultra Issue...help?

    Well apparently I have the same problem, and the software was working fine less than a week ago. I hate computers some days.
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    Frankenstein coolit setup

    How hot is the cooling heatsink? TECs have a max delta of about 67C at Vmax. If you are running them at 12vs or so you're probably going to cook them pretty quickly. If they are wired in series you might be fine.
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    MSI Barebone System Give-Away

    Better components in general, cooling, power regulation, etc. Good stock cooling.
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    3x 30" Portrait 6970 CF Eyefinity vs 580 SLI Surround Showdown

    Well this should be a really nice thing for all those nvidia users with 3x30s :P. Vega you are a hero (with a lot of money).
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    My personal Feelings About nVidia Surround.

    Oh don't get me wrong I don't think there's anything wrong with display port. But for such a new interface and not fully supporting more than one DVI monitor, that's not the smartest move. I mean it would be better for monitor companies to switch to display port but there's a huge conflict with...
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    My personal Feelings About nVidia Surround.

    With their current setup 2GB per 384 bit interface is impossible. Second unlike AMD, NVidia does not FORCE users to use display port which does allow for monitor daisy chaining, but requires active adapters for more than one DVI interface per card. And third I don't know of any single GPU...
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    Peltier chiller

    First, I think you need to post some pictures of your idea because I have no idea what you are trying to do, other than create a chiller. Second, I think you need to do a lot of reading, TECs produce a very large amount of heat, while at best hard drives produce maybe a few watts. Your blocks...
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    8800 GTS just went

    Are you sure it's the card, because the last time I had a green tint it was in fact the monitor that had gone. Sadly it was a Samsung 305T+ but it wasn't the video card and I only realized that after I bought a spare graphics card. So just make sure you test a few things first.
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    GTX 580 overclocking @ Sweclockers.com

    Looks like a TRUE got stuck on there.
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    GTX 580 still only 1.5 GB?

    Yeah you know we really could do with 512bit, and 1024 shaders, and 2GB of GDDR5, and 256TMUs, but could we afford one of those :P.
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    Q9550 suddenly throttling under load?

    You sure it's thermal throttling, and not C1E? On my CPU (Q6600) C1E drops the multiplier from 9 to 6. It should be a simple change in the BIOS.
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    Nvidia Forceware 260.89 WHQL Certified Driver

    Anybody had any issues with these drivers breaking the nvidia control panel? I can't enable SLI with these drivers with my 2 8800GTS 512 cards. It just hangs on enabling SLI. Edit: Okay I take that back, it works now but after the first reboot it definitely broke something. This is something...
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    upgrade video card downgrade look

    According to the manual for the LCD TV you posted, you can only run the LCD TV at a highest of 1280x1024 or 1366x768 from a PC input. Probably due to 60hz vsync limitations. Therefore try and use one of those settings for the best performance. LCD TVs often have problems with PC inputs if they...
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    8800gts g92 sli is equal to which current gen video card?

    I'm not saying that it isn't hitting a memory cap, I'm saying that 512MB is still enough to play games by at 1920x1200. There is no way you can argue that. Obviously it's not the best, but that's just the way life is. However if the card was running out of memory then it wouldn't display a 10FPS...
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    8800gts g92 sli is equal to which current gen video card?

    Funny that I just checked with mine at 3.2GHz and it's 10fps faster. From 35 to 45fps average. Also note that the Vmem is running at 504-508 on the Baja track. Meaning that 4xAA is the max it would run on. With the GPU usage at 50-65% it means the shaders aren't being completely used so..take...
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    8800gts g92 sli is equal to which current gen video card?

    Well my sig is most definitely wrong, I can say that for sure. CPU is at stock and I have 2 8800GTS cards at the same specs and 8GB of RAM instead of 4. The only thing I'm saying is that the 8800GTS is more powerful than people assume. I haven't seen a need to change my system and I don't have...
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    8800gts g92 sli is equal to which current gen video card?

    Yeah probably a large part of it has to due with my CPU being at stock. So your CPU is 1.4GHz faster per core. I'm sure that would make a big difference.
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    8800gts g92 sli is equal to which current gen video card?

    8800GTS 512 SLI is far more powerful than people think, I tried the dirt2 demo yesterday, and with 4xAA at 1920x1200 I'm still getting 30+ fps which is fast enough for that type of game. I think people just don't understand the big difference in computational power between DX11 and DX9/10.
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    Next Gen Nvidia 2nd half 2011

    Actually I believe they were both accused of price FIXING. Which is very different it's when two companies collaborate and align their prices so there is very little option for consumers vs the regular competitive pricing. You can't really lower the price of an item if you don't know what to...
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    Next Gen Nvidia 2nd half 2011

    So you believe that if a company heard their competition was going to come out with a new product but had no release date that the price would all of the sudden drop? That would be pretty poor marketing practice, a company doesn't change it's price for a something that doesn't as of yet exist...
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    Next Gen Nvidia 2nd half 2011

    Retailers don't drop their prices because something new is coming out, that's not how the world operates. Anytime you buy something, you have no idea what could come in the next month. It IS the gamble you play in the technology world, and anyone affected by it just has to find a way to deal...
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    Project: Helios | concept and design

    Langer, you live in Canada right? Well how did you manage to order from McMaster they don't seem to allow orders that don't ship to a US address. Something about paperwork. Anyways nice build, as always :).
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