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Here I am working away on my sig computer and suddenly a fuse blows in my house. I hear a pop and my computer ofcourse is instantly shutoff. Anyway I replace the fuse and go to turn the power on and I hear two more pops coming from my computer. It's on right now and everything seems to be...

Look at the screens I have posted and you'll see that for some reason my 512mb 4870 is using shared memory! Why is this? It has 512 dedicated. It seems to be using the Hypermemory feature found on crap budget video cards. Is Windows and the Cat Control Center wrong?

I've noticed that computers are pretty fast these days and it got me thinking about upgrades. Do you actually upgrade because you're computer is not performing or just because you either want to or feel you should? Be honest now. Also, is there anyone here who has built a really fast computer...

My new Asus 4870 is very loud considering it only has a single slot cooler. I downloaded GPU-Z and it says that it's running at 50% (2600rpm) at the desktop. I'm wondering if it would be safe to turn it down to say 30% and leave it there, not just at the desktop but under gaming load too. Or...

I've noticed in my Catalyst control center that under the hardware tab it says my 512mb 4870 has 2048mb of memory and that the memory type is Hypermemory. Does this mean it's gobbling up my system RAM to use as Video RAM? Is it a good or a bad thing?

I've just upgraded my MSI Radeon 4850 OC Gamer Edition 512mb video card to an Asus Extreme 4870 512mb card. Yes a small upgrade I know but the 4870 was a steal and I couldn't resist. Anyway I just installed the card along with the new 10.3 Cats and removed my 4850 and the 10.2 cats it was...

I currently am running a 320gb WD Caviar Blue and I'm thinking of upgrading to a 500gb WD Caviar Black. Apart from space and slightly shorter load times would I see any other differences in games? Thanks.

I'm curious to know. Has there ever been any benchmarks in games?

I'm just curious as to what the closest Intel match is to the Phenom II X2 555?

I just ran my signature set up (with a 4890 in place of my current 4850) through this antec psu calculator http://www.antec.outervision.com/ It said that I'd only use 340w all up. Surely my 460W Coolermaster Extreme Power Plus PSU would be fine running a Radeon 4890 then right? (In addition...

I'm thinking of upgrading my MSI 4850 512mb card to a 4890 however I'm wondering if it's even worth it because I only game at 1680x1050 and would also have to upgrade my PSU. Is it worth the cost and hassle or should I wait a year until the 5850 drops in price? The 5770 does not interest me...

I just found a guy who was using a Radeon 9700 Pro to play it. This got me thinking, could a Geforce 4, 3 or *gulps* 2 even get the game to render?

I installed that HW Monitor app from CPUID and all my temps look normal apart from this one temp called "TMPIN2". It's running at 79 C (174 F) and has been as high as 106 C (222 F)! Even as soon as the computer has been cold booted on a cold morning it still reads the same high temps. What...

Here are the numbers I pulled off the chip: HDZ555WFKZDGM CACAC AC 1003GPMW 9C58092A00168 I'm a total novice to this so even if the chip can be unlocked is my motherboard capable of doing so? It's the Gigabyte MA770-UD3 Rev2 with the AMD 770/710 chipset. Thanks.

I have just upgraded my socket 939 system and this is how the benchmarks compare (note I am a bit disappointed as I thought the scores of my new build would be higher). Here are my old system scores and specs: Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (939) 3GB Corsair XMS DDR 400 ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe...