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    Google Accused Of Trying To Sabotage Windows Phone

    Win Phone 8 is surprisingly good. And this seems like a dick move by Google. Actually this feels like a move out the past Microsoft playbook, but that doesn't make it right.
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    24 inch monitor

    The 2412m isnt perfect, but it is a lot of monitor for the money ($270 or so). Cons are very light color banding in gradients (but you have to go looking for it), and mine has one dead pixel. This AG fuss just isn't an issue for me whatsoever. On the plus side, the image quality is excellent...
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    ~$300 for a nice Video Card

    Those numbers are comparing a stock 660ti to an oc'd 7930. Stock to stock they are neck and neck. I'm currently running an Asus 660ti with an easy 10% OC, and it runs anything out there flawlessly smooth. My previous three cards were two 6950's and a 580. My experience with the 580 was far...
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    ~$300 for a nice Video Card

    Thanks! Although I have to say, the diff between this card and the 660 TI is pretty trivial. The Asus 660 Ti runs cooler, quieter, and can also be OC'd nicely. Without that amazing game bundle (and it is amazing, but out of stock at the egg rite now), these two are really closely matched...
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    Best IPS gaming monitor 2013

    Dell 2412M at newegg is like $280 after discount. Im pretty happy with mine.
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    ~$300 for a nice Video Card

    Could you link that review? Having trouble finding anything comparing 7870 to 660 ti. Thanks!
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    ~$300 for a nice Video Card

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121656&Tpk=ASUS%20GTX660%20TI-DC2O-2GD5&IsVirtualParent=1 660ti at about $250 right now. Hard to beat.
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    Top Ten Fireworks Fails

    Thank you. This was the biggest lol I've had in weeks!
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    AMD driver update again nonfunctional

    Never again. I've just had it with amd's inability to code a gd installer. I bailed on my 6950 when i couldnt reliably update the drivers, and now my wife's pc is basically bricked re the catalyst control center. Nothing fixes this, ie uninstalls, sweeper, dotnet updates.... Do you know what...
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    HardOCP.com on iPad going to mobile site

    Please make the suck stop! This mobile site is killing me, and the link to full site doesnt work.
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    Bought an Intel 320 120GB SSD yesterday, anything I need to do?

    SSD's are bleeding edge in the most germaine way. Intel SSD'S appear to be the best bet for stability, but not perfect.
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    Anyone have both a 120 hz AND a 2560x1440 monitor?

    Oh and one more thing, sitting behind two ZR30W's, i dont see a shred of "grainyness" from the AG coating. Either it has much less coating than other IPS models (say the Dells for example), or uses a totally different coating, or some people are extra sensitive to such things. Either way, I'd...
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    Anyone have both a 120 hz AND a 2560x1440 monitor?

    If I were in the market for a high rez 27", that Samsung would have my attention. Be warned though, if you've never sat behind a monitor with pixel pitch this small... its... well... SMALL. In other words, non scalable apps and text will be a bit hard to read and use. I have the ZR30W (the...
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    HP ZR30W or Samsung S27A950D for FPS gaming?

    I have the ZR30W, used mostly for simming and rpg style gaming, and it is the nicest display I've ever experienced. I have no need for 120mhz, and TN panels make my eyes bleed. One thing I like to point out to folks looking at this panel is the wide gamut issue. If you have an ATI card, you...
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    Build suggestions for a i5-2500k cpu

    I always recommend the MSI P67A-GD65 board, because it has a button on the board for automatic overclocking. And it works great for those that are intimidated by o/c jargon. 4.2 ghz for free. Goes great with that 2500K! - G
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    Bought an Intel 320 120GB SSD yesterday, anything I need to do?

    Run that optimizer. It's simple and makes great config suggestions.
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    16x10 VS 16:9 -- Game Support

    This is just so wrong. Given the same resolutipn class, say 2560x, 16:10 does indeed have more pixels than 16:9. It's simple multiplication. 2560 * 1440 < 2560 * 1600 And by "doesnt support 16:10", you mean small letterboxing? That's hardly "unsupported". I'd rather have the real estate...
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    Proposed new/first Home Server Build

    DE lets one logical share span one or more disks transparently to the client and server administrator. Whs 2011, drops this feature. This does not mean that you cant easily add disks, only that you must manage your data across those disks by placing the shares intelligently so that you don't...
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    Proposed new/first Home Server Build

    This problem is overstated imo. You don't need to redo any install to add a drive, just expose different shares on it. This really isnt hard, folks. To each his own I guess.
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    Proposed new/first Home Server Build

    To each his own. My WHS v1 has been a troublemaker from the start. I have an HP ex495, and have expereienced hickups with the media collector, the system partition filling with sensless log files, and the full PC restore has never worked when I needed it (although the basic file backup is...
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    Proposed new/first Home Server Build

    I can answer this... Robustness. WHS v1 is an ancient OS platform, and it shows in poor stability. v2011 is built on Server 2008, has none of the one-off complexities of DE, and by most accounts is solid. DE was great when hard drive space was somewhat costly. Today TB's are just about free.
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    Which SSD for my build?

    If you have an SATA 3 controller, go with the 510. I don't think you can go wrong with either of these intel drives.
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    Looking for the best 27" or 30" Display for me

    This is easily adjusted for in GPU software. As I suggested above, if you are an ATI/AMD user, you can click the EDID checkbox in the control panel. Instant correction, and by my admittedly uncalibrated eyes, looks accurate and fantastic. I suspect nVidia has a similarly easy solution.
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    Looking for the best 27" or 30" Display for me

    ZR30w is the only wide gamut display in consideration. This makes it an almost automatic win for color professionals, so for you to claim it has inaccurate color is indefensible. http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/hpzr30w_060110184507/23137.png And it&#8217;s delta-e is excellent, better...
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    Looking for the best 27" or 30" Display for me

    It has excellent accuracy, and better coverage than the others. Black levels are in the ballpark of the others. Latency is lower, and resolution is equal or higher. AR coating is light, and you dont need to put up with reflections.... So precisely which monitor are you recommending?
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    Looking for the best 27" or 30" Display for me

    Almost as annoying as the reflexive haters. Fact is, you picked the one weakness of this display and discounted it, while ignoring the wins it racks up against the op's criteria. No monitor meets all his needs. No other monitor meets as many as well as the zr30w.
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    Looking for the best 27" or 30" Display for me

    The 2ms 120hz über alles crowd will dismiss any IPS display, even if it's the best fit for the need.
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    Looking for the best 27" or 30" Display for me

    Color accuracy on the zr30w is outstanding. If one cares about accuracy, calibrate it. And it will out perform every other monitor in the list. In fact it is a hit on three of four of the criteria. Of the five he's looking at, it's the best fit. Note that no monitor hits on all four, so yeah...
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    2560x1600 on 30", wait and regret?

    I agree also. My 30" is amazing for simulations and games, not so great for... well.. typing this post for exampe :). I think a 27" 16x10 would be the best for non-gaming, and pretty damn good for gaming also.
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    60hz to 120hz, and my unfortunate experience

    You are paying for that refresh performance by sacrificing in many other, more easily perceived areas. So with this approach above (even if its true) you are basically suggesting, "teach yourself to become hyper critical of refresh, so you too can hate every monitor technology equally, and find...
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    2560x1600 on 30", wait and regret?

    HP, it has the least AR coating from what I've read. This panel is amazing.
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    60hz to 120hz, and my unfortunate experience

    Trust you eyes, not the hype. One thing is certain, human perception differs dramatically person to person. If you can't see the advantage in 120hz, there isn't one (for you). This is liberating, because it opens up a lot of other options.
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    Which display should I get for gaming?

    You'll get like a billion answers to this question. Here's mine: if you have $1200 to spend, get a ZR30w. No vices, fast, low lag, bright, unbeatable color accuracy/saturation, and super high rez. The only downsides are those that are germane to IPS (some white glow at high angles, decent...
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    fastest IPS with no backlight leakage?

    ZR30w. Fast, good contrast ratio, with less AR. Absolutely zero backlight bleed on mine (and the reviewers agree). 'spensive though... If you can up your limit by $200, it's the right choice.
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    Going back to 4:3 CRT for pc gaming... what should I expect?

    And by the way, "without numbers, we know nothing". Here's some empirical data on the speed of the HP ZR30w, which is among the fasted IPS panels out there (but not quite the fastest). http://www.anandtech.com/show/3754/a-new-30-contender-hp-zr30w-review/8 As you can see when compared to...
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    Going back to 4:3 CRT for pc gaming... what should I expect?

    Unless you are extraordinarily fortunate, a *healthy* CRT does not exist. In all my years of looking at CRT's in PC applications, I recall seeing just a single unit that had geometry that didn't make me want to vomit (and that was this awesome 17" Nokia). The day I never had to look at...
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    Going back to 4:3 CRT for pc gaming... what should I expect?

    What I'm saying is that everything has a cost. You are giving away the benefits of LCD, partially for some nebulous speed issue, which I contend is a non-issue for 99.9% of us. It's a matter of prioritization of your needs. People put too much emphasis on what is really a bragging rights...
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    Going back to 4:3 CRT for pc gaming... what should I expect?

    But thats just the thing, it's not faster nor smoother. Is your video card pumping out over 60fps regularly in games you play? CRT's need the faster refresh to avoid flicker, as they draw each screen fully each cycle. LCD's work differently, they only change the pixels that differ each cycle...
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    Do I need SLI/Crossfire to push 2560x1600?

    Agreed, DPI is the key item. 120hz is unimportant to me. I was never able to perceive, for example, CRT flicker at 60hz that would drive some of my friends crazy. So yes, for some 120hz may be nice, but for me its a waste. And LCD's don't refresh like a CRT so, flicker isn't an issue...
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    Last day for Californians to order with no sales tax!

    Please don't turn this into a political argument, because that's not what it is. Simply put, taxes should be applied evenly to everyone, or not at all.
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