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I've currently got a Sparkle Calibre GTX580 in my system, and I have to say I really like the card. However, Sparkle cards in general, and the Calibre line in particular, are somewhat difficult to find in the US, more often than not. I'm probably not going to upgrade my graphics card for...

A few weeks ago, I recall a small brouhaha here over the Half-Life 2 bundling promotion that Valve and ATi engaged in, with some accusing Valve of "promoting ATi" because of the inclusion of an ATi ad/discount offer in the box. Well, I just opened my brand-new copy of World of Warcraft...

Now THAT'S fast service! I ordered a Gigabyte X800 XT-PE from gameVE on Wednesday, and FedEx delivered it today (I wasn't even expecting it until Monday). The box and card are unopened, and the part numbers are correct. I was a bit worried since I'd heard mixed reviews of GameVE, but they...

Thanks to everyone who's put up with me whining about not being able to find either an AGP XT-PE or 6800 Ultra in stock. Tonight, I found a Gigabyte XT-PE in stock at a reputable vendor, and ordered it along with the rest of my system. The final system: MSI Neo2 Platinum AMD FX-55...

...or, for that matter, any XTPE card? I can't seem to find them anywhere.

Grr. I've waited and waited until the time/money was right so I could begin ordering my new system (AMD FX-55, MSi K8N Neo2 Platinum, 1GHz OCZ EL Platinum Rev2 2-2-2-5, etc.). So, I start looking around last week and this week, hoping to begin ordering things like my graphics card, only to...

After seeing actual benchmark comparisons (both artificial and game) between the existing NF3 boards and the reference NF4 board, I'm convinced that the only two reasons I might consider the NF4 board are: 1) PCI-E 2) SLI SLI boards will be around $200 (and up). Given that I'd have to...

I've done some extensive research, read lots of reviews (and lots of complaints), and here's the system I've arrived at: Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum CPU: Athlon FX-53 RAM: OCZ EL Platinum Rev. 2 1GB (2x512) DDR PC3200 (2-2-2-5) Graphics card: Asus V9999 Ultra Deluxe...

After buying a house, and several other expenses that made me put off my system upgrade for over a year, I've convinced my wife to let me build a new system as my Christmas/Chanukah gift. My current system is an Intel 2.8GHz, 533MHz FSB with 1GB of PC1066 RDRAM and a Radeon 9700 Pro. What...

This afternoon, I made a major breakthrough in a project I've been working on since November: I found and eliminated a major bug in my code that's been bugging me for two months. To explain the project, I'll provide a little background. The background At Black Hat 2003 (a computer...

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