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As I see it, Newegg is the main point. I think any of us on this forum will be dealing with Newegg, the retailer, and not their suppliers or distributors they buy from. Next, this situation, on the face of it, is pretty near ridiculous, that these "mock ups" got, so far, as being delivered to...

Having a BA in Journalism and never having worked in the field, because a Journalism BA and $3.79 will get you a cheap cup of coffee at Starbucks. To Kyle, remember Watergate and the Washington Post Editor, demanding the Watergate reporters must get more than one source to make something...

The explanation was a bit more than needed, but thoroughly understandable. It looks to be a standard, that is nice to have, but probably won't be used. Something a particular software user would be looking to have for proper operation of their program, but for general PC users will never be used.

Looking at the ATI 5870 video cards, I find a few, that along with DX11, also support OpenGL3.2, which I know nothing about. Is it an important standard for a video card to support, as DX11 certainly is for Windows 7? I did a web search and can only find reference to the missing DLLs issue with...

Yesterday, I was doing several computer things for some hours with the ATI 10.1 drivers and my system snapped with the screen being all goofy and the audio hissing, like before. A reset button boot and a couple of restarts got me back to normal. Later, an hour or more, did a restart and my...

I am certain, now, that GIGABYTES DES,Dynamic Energy Saver program was the real source or culprit for my problems. When I first installed my motherboard and used DES in XP Pro, it quickly caused a lot of problems, much like the opening thread here. I installed Windows 7 retail, replacing Win 7...

I installed the latest 10.1 ATI Driver software version on my system and within 2 to 3 hours, I had a BSOD. This followed with intermittent video and audio corruption, needed a reset button action, and sudden restarts and more BSODs. These were an hour to hours between incidents. Along with this...

I think the supply problem, not to many retail units has hurt the usual progress of the 5XXX video cards. I believe I recently read TCM or TSM(?), the company that supplies the GPUs on ATI 5XXX cards has improved production and overcome manufacturing issues and, or low yields, so these cards can...

defy, you are probably right on the noise issue. I have heard some pre-built or boxed stock units at idle, that were louder than my system in the same mode. Prolima Tech has a just released GPU, video card cooler, the MK 13, which is huge and weighs some 555 grams. The cooler kit includes heats...

I over looked the Sapphire Vapor X ATI 5XXX cards, before my post, but after the reply here, I took another look. The review, I believe, on the OverClockersClub website was very favorable and said, the Vapor X cooling solution does lower temps a good bit, allows lower fan speed accordingly and...

When the 4870 and 4870X2 came out, I experienced the overly noisy stock cooling, to me, unsatisfactory, setup and jumped to the cooling modified cards, two or more fans and opened to the case design, that followed some months after the first release. Its been some months, I believe, since the...

I thought I read USB 3.0 was going to be delayed to 2012. That it couldn't be done on the normal motherboard chipsets and required a separate IC, circuit chip to run? Are these motherboards running such an IC? And didn't they jump SATA 3 name to SATA 6, I guess to reflect the 600 speed?

If Eyefinity makes multi-displays, panels an easy to implement feature, I could see it coming to a large market. But the complaints about the existing borders and distractions of, on these display setups will probably have to be addressed and customer calls, demands for solving the issue will...

The IEEE committee was held hostage by stubborn interest groups wanting their features, standards, to be in the N specs. and a required number of votes from the committee for standard adoption. This infighting is what held up this standard for years, pretty stupid, heh. Patents come into the...

It seems to have started with Vista, I never used it, that hardware drivers were coming from Microsoft solely and not from manufacturers. Going to the hardware manufacturers driver download sites, you were directed to Microsoft or the MS hardware driver update in Hardware Manager. On Window 7...

With competition between NVidia and ATI, probably, being what it is. It would be nice to see drivers for both companies being somewhat standard, dare I say, interchangeable and the hardware being a performance factor only. I wonder what that would do for game programming were video card...

I remember from many years ago, reviewers found that manufacturers were sending test video cards with special, enhanced, drivers for the video testing software reviews were using then to achieve higher ratings. Reviewers were outraged and then started buying retail units only for testing with...

First, I say clear your CMOS and redo all your general BIOS settings. Next install CPU-Z and read the info from all the tabs in the program, especially the SPD tab. Most RAM needs a higher voltage setting, 2.0 to 2.2 volts, to achieve the highest profile, usually 1066, this is 533X2 for the 2...

I first had installing problems with IE8, but finally accomplished it. But, then it wouldn't open, just would get a quick flash of the busy hourglass on my cursor and nothing else. No problems after this. So, I rolled back to IE7. Thought I was in the minority having trouble with IE8, but just...

My first thought here, is that we are working with nothing more than "smoke and mirrors," until the first pre-production units or retail video cards with these new GPU's that support DX11 make it into reviewer's hands and we get some real hands on facts. Second, as a computer user and PC gamer...

We all know computer technology always marches on. If you have a good, excellent working system and no real need for a major system change, obsolete, not making the grade system, then enjoy what you have and wait an see what develops. The problems you see reported I am certain are being worked...

I moved from an absolutely terrible NVidia 680i to the XFX 780i in Early 2008 and used it for about 3 months. Even though it was an improvement to the 680i, it also developed problems. One BIOS version caused a sudden snap to a BSOD and my SATA HDD would have errors. Checkdisk had to be run...

I believe it was from the Newegg reviews, but for the Gigabyte P45-DQ6 several commented being able to use the first setting in the Easy Tune 6 program for quick overclocking, but added they couldn't go any further. Which is why I tossed out this original post, wondering if there was anyone...

With my recent post "Gigabyte P45DQ6 won't OC QX6850" I wonder if anyone has had any success in using the "quick and easy" overclocking software or BIOS settings found in most motherboards? It seems from my past experience and recently with the Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6, these programs and BIOS...

I have played around some more and achieved getting the RAM to 5-5-5-15. I moved the (G) MCH Frequency Latch to 400, this is described, as bootup FSB. The System Memory Multiplier was changed to 2.66D, C is for 333 FSB and D is for 400 FSB. Then made DRAM Selectable Manual from Auto and entered...

Bill, I am a soft Noobie and looking for the easiest solution. I just want to click 'n play. But it appears Gigabyte CIA2 and Easy Tune 6 settings don't work with my system, at all. So, I had to play your game. I moved the settings in the BIOS to acheive 3.2, 3.4 and 3.6 for the CPU, my goal...

Having worked in carpet cleaning, it is always best to test your cleaner or solution on a small hidden area to see what happens. I would avoid any harsh, abrasive, scouring powder cleaners, that would probably leave fine scratches. A chemical or liquid dissolving type cleaner would be the...

I moved from an MSI P45 Platinum to this Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 mobo, I know this was just a sideways upgrade. But I can't get this DQ6 to do any overclocking of the CPU. I dumped the Gigabyte DES, energy saver program, because of the DSvr.exe errors popping up from it. And all settings are...

This review reveals, that we customers are in the "catbird seat." And that there are great and truly comparable video cards from two companies. With this equal competition, it comes down to what the customer has as their priorities, price, features or just personal want or preference. The...

You are right. I cranked up Freelancer, Epsilon Mod, and had GPU z logging the video card settings and the GPU jumped to 750 and held during game play, along with the fan speeding up. I thought factory or default settings were the minimum hardware settings a unit would hold to, but that is not...

Replaced an MSI 4870 512 OC with the ASUS Dark Knight for the increased video RAM and better cooling, lower fan noise. The stock cooling of the MSI, especially the fan noise, when trying to lower temps by increasing the fan speed was terrible, a much noted complaint. The Dark Knight improved...

I had been using Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2K2/2GN in a 4X1 Gig. setup, a carry over from an XFX 780i MB on this MSI P45 and it was readily reported that the performance profile of 533 MgHz. with 5-5-5-15 timing was available and achieved. But I just purchased KHX8500D2K2/4G 2X2 Gig. setup and...

I have had the same situation of a item supposedly shipped and billed for, but the shipper doesn't get it picked up for two or three days after the shipment notification. It is clear this is to get around Federal Law, that mail order CAN NOT bill you, until the item is shipped. The shippers...

My OC of the RAM was my attempt to just achieve the max SPD or performance profile of the Kingston HyperX. I am not looking to push the CPU to 4.0 GHz. and the RAM beyond the 533 Mghz. These specs are thrown down on the table by the RAM manufacturers and they make it seem this should be readily...

First off, I could never tame an NVidia board, Abit 680i or XFX 780i. But most of my problems from a game crashing was from the Video Driver and, or, Video Software Utility. I suggest a good uninstall, back to MS generic video drivers, and a fresh install. Be sure to disable programs or applets...

In my first attempt, I disabled pretty much everything, MSI's D.O.T. and Intel EIST and just pushed the DRAM voltage, per Kingston to 2.2 volts. My second go round, I pushed CPU voltage to 1.34 volts and the MCH, Nothbridge, to 2.20 and a couple steps above, but it seemed 2.20 was the best...

A couple of weeks ago, I found the BIOS settings to push my Kingston RAM to the fastest, 533 MgHz. or 1066, speed. This was just pushing up the RAM voltage to 2.2 volts and adjusting the ratio setting. And I ran the system for some two hours and then had BSoDs. So, I set everything back to...

I would disconnect all fans, except the CPU cooler and see what is reported. Then add one fan at a time and again, see what is reported, taking notes accordingly. I would imagine this should reveal the fans working with your motherboard and those just simply running. Check out the owner manual...

Visit ThermalRight's website and you will probably find a compatibility list for cases on the CPU cooler. Download the spec sheet and check the measurements for your RAM clearance.

I posted this thought in another thread. Wait for the Holidays to pass, pricing holds and is high from Late Sept., until after Xmas or the New Year. And this year with the economy and poor Xmas sales expected, discounts and price drops will no doubt happen. Wait for some eight weeks or less and...