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    Need recommendation (Asus P8Z77 series)

    There are so many SKUs for the Asus P8Z77 series, I need your opinions to make the right choice. After doing some research, I think the P8Z77-LK is the right board for me. Here is a list of things I want the the board to be able to support: - SLI or CrossfireX - 16GB ram suppport -...
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    PowerPlay and RAM speed issue on HD6950

    I recently upgrade from HD4850 to HD6950 (I did the unlock to HD6970), and have been using it for two weeks now. The card is a great performer on all the recent games and I am quite happy with it. However, when I fire up my legacy game like Warcraft 3, I notice texture flickering through out...
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    The next NFS installment: Shift

    http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/needforspeedshift/index.html?tag=topten;coming_soon;2 I was watching the dev interview video, everything sounded right to me until I heard that NFS:Shift is going to be on PS3, Xbox360, PSP, and PC. I already sense a huge flaw in the game...
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    Enter the 800MHz club!!!

    Finally I got my 4850 OC'ed to 825/1100 after changing the stock cooler to Thermalright's HR-03 GT. With the stocker cooler (it does the job well IMO), I was able to hit 750/1100 stable before, and my temp was at constant ~95C + 50% fan setting under full load. With the new cooler pairing a...
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    Can't find Avivo Video Converter on HD4850

    Is the Avivo video converter working on Vista x64? I downloaded and installed the converter from AMD site and I dont see the converter option at all. When I switch to Basic mode, I can only see "Setup my display configuration", I dont know why the "ATI Avivo Video Converter" is nowhere to be...
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    Catalyst 8.10 / 8.11 / 8.12 / 9.1 and Blu-ray playback

    I bought a Blu-ray drive (LG GGC-H20L) recently, hoping to enjoy HD movies. I set up the drive on my HTPC box but Blu-ray playback doesnt work out-of-box :mad:. During playback, I get audio only, video is totally blank, it only shows black screen on my TV. Here is the spec for my HTPC box: -...
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    OCZ Apex SSD

    will this drive address the common stuttering issue on general SSDs? http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/flash_drives/ocz_apex_series_sata_ii_2_5-ssd
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    YES! PowerDirector supports both ATi Stream and nVidia CUDA

    It's about time! Finally stream processing is taking off, with so little software harvesting the power of stream processors, CyberLink's PowerDirector is the only tool that supports video encoding via both ATi Stream and CUDA AFAIK. Accoding to the company's news press, the CUDA supported...
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    RAID 1 on ICH10R, worth it?

    Does it worth the trouble to setup RAID 1 on my Gigabyte UD3P board? I have never setup a RAID configuration before and I have some questions about it. My knowledge about RAID 1: - doubles read speed - slightly slower or same write speed (due to redundant write) - fail-safe against disk...
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    AUTO voltage on GA-EP45-UD3P is killing my cpu

    I happened to launch Gigabyte's Easy Tune 6 this morning and found something horrifying. The motherboard is setting the VTT to 1.5v and VPLL to 1.7v by itself. I went straight into the BIOS and start checking every voltage settings on the menu. Prior to this discovery, I've only fiddled with...
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    4850 dual monitor and clock management

    Before I enabled dual monitor, the core clock on my 4850 will automatically reduce to 160/500 when I am in 2D mode. After I enabled dual monitor, the clocks are not reducing anymore. How can I fix this? Here is my BIOS setting (use ATI RBE): Clock info state 0: 625/993 Clock info state 1...
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    AMD FX-60 good enough for Blu-ray playback?

    I recently used some old parts to build a HTPC. I am actually looking to buy a Blu-ray drive right now, but I am not sure if my CPU is fast enough to allow smooth blu-ray movie playback. My HTPC spec: AMD FX-60 (2.6GHz dual core) ATi X1900XT 2GB ram I am not sure what other things are...
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    How is my OC? (w/Q9300)

    Finally, I upgraded from my 939 system and got myself a Q9300. I've pumped it up to 3.5GHz (467x7.5) @ 1.37v and it's has being running prime95 for about 8 hours so far. the load temp is around 72C - 76C (in CoreTemp). Could I have pushed the chip for more? Should I worry about the temp? I...
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    choosing between P5Q Pro and EP45-UD3P

    okay, i started looking for a good LGA775 board couple weeks ago. now it has came down to 2 boards i need to choose from. which one do you guys think is better? these 2 boards are actually selling for the same price at where i am located, so i just want to get some good recommendation from you...
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    new board recommendation

    Need a new board for system upgrade. Here is what i have so far: - planning to get a Q6600 - need crossfire capability - will OC, looking for a board that can do 500+MHz FSB. - ~$150 preferable. that's all i can think of right now.
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    Shader AA (edge-detect) or Box AA?

    which AA mode do you use most often? and why? i remember reading an article that compares the 2 AA modes and the conclusion was that edge-detect AA eats your shader processing power but free up a lot of memory and the benchmark also shown Box AA had a good lead over edge-detect AA in their...
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    firmware 2.1 on ipod touch?

    as the title stated, can i load 2.1 firmware on 1st gen ipod touch? i have a 16GB version.
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    4850 BIOS vmod working or not?

    does mod bios + XML profile get me 1.2v on vgpu? i've flashed guru3d's mod bios and MSI's official bios, then applied the modded XML profile in CCC, however, the vgpu doesnt seem to have increased at all. i am starting to doubt that the vmod does not work at all. i am measuring the voltage...
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    4850 max thermal envelope

    what's the max temp allowed for RV770 chips?
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    HD4850 750/1100 slower than 680/1000 in crysis

    i've OC'ed my 4850 to 750/1100 so far after the pencil mod. the card is running stable at this speed then i fired up the crysis benchmark, to my surprise, the FPS produced by 750/1100 configuration is about 3-5fps slower than 680/1000 configuration (average framerate). even for the minimum fps...
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    4850 voltmod question

    i saw this voltmod here. for the first pencil mod, it stated in the article that it'll get around 1.4v, does it mean that no matter how much pencil lead i put between the 2 contacts, it'll get me around 1.4v tops? or would i mess up my card if i put too many strokes on it? if someone has done...
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    cpu stuck at 100% when 3dmark trying to launch

    i recently found out my 3dmark 05/06 could not launch properly. the Appz would stuck at the splash screen for eternity, and when i brought up the task manager, i saw one of my 2 cores was at 100% load and the other one was just running other regular background threads. does anyone experience...
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    Typical 939 X2 OC limits?

    i got an old 939 Opteron 180 from my friend, which he's not using anymore. i am just wondering what's the typical OC you guys are getting? i just started the OCCT run last night, right now it's passing 2.6GHz @ 1.4v. what you guys recommend for the MAX voltage that i could apply on this cpu? and...
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    is my PSU dying?

    i have noticed that my rig crushes randomly whenever i play Bioshock. My PC no longer passes OCCT burn in, it would last from around 10 minutes to couples of hours, it's pretty random. the temperature looks normal during the tests and i've even tried to lower my oc just for the sake of making...
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    Audio Clean-up and Time Scaling disabled in X-Fi ??

    has creative disabled these options in the X-Fi line? those 2 options are greyed out in my mediasource player, does anyone know why?
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    video playback doesnt work while in 3D mode?

    if i "Alt+Tab" back to desktop while in games, i cant playback any videos (only sound). i tried disable overlay but doesnt help. is there anyway to get around this? i am using 7800gt + 81.98.
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    need tool recommandation

    what tools are out there for geforce cards? i mean something like ati tray tool or equivalent. my last nvidia card was a geforce 4200, it's been quite long since then, lol. my 7800gt will be here tomorrow, i want to start tweaking it once i've got it.
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    anyone using Mushkin redline XP3200?

    is it good? and what's the minimum working voltage on this thing (@200 2-3-2-6)?
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    play video across monitors

    i have tried to play videos across 2 monitor with extended desktop, however, it wouldnt work. when i drag the video to the 2nd monitor, the window just go blank! if i try to start playing the video on the 2nd monitor, it only freezes and go blank :( the only way i can play video on the 2nd...
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    R9800 pro consumes how much power???

    just got myself a new R9800. i was having problems with lockups in games (the screen just go black), after some testing, it turns out that my PSU is not supplying enough power to the card (i have a generic 300w PSU). i dig out an old PSU which has a maximum rating of 100w, i did the pin mod...
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    Yahoo SBC DSL upgrade again!

    i made a reconnection to my DSL modem tonight, just found of my upload speed has been upgraded again, it's now 384kps up from 256 kps. if you are using SBC DSL, reconnect your modem and check your connection, maybe you get a free upgrade too :D
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    9800 PRO to x700 or 6600 -> downgrade or upgrade?

    i've seen many reviews about x700 and 6600 floating on the internet, but i cant seem to find a review that puts 9800 pro against the 2 new cards. any ideas? i guess 9800s are still better/faster than x700/6600, correct me if i am wrong.
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