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Summer will bring a GPU war by
AirRaid Mach 2.5
Analysis PR teams gear up for carnage
By Charlie Demerjian: Friday, 02 May 2008, 5:05 PM
THIS SUMMER WE are going to see an large scale GPU war, something we
haven't really seen for a few years now. Nvidia may have all the
headlines today , but ATI has been plotting and rebuilding for the...
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May 13th 08 08:43 PM
by chrisv
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GT200 Board CAD Model Leaked by
First of One[_2_]
GT200 board CAD model leaked, possibly from the HSF manufacturer (cough
Coolermaster cough...):
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=274391
Doesn't look too far fetched from the G80/G92 boards, though the die size is
considerably larger (or nVidia finally put a heatspreader on the chip...
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BFG video cards and overclocking by
CarpathiaMan
Hey all,
Any BFG video card owners here doing their own overclocking?
I'm trying to get an idea of how strict they are with the enforcement
of their warranty.
I've searched around, but I'm finding conflicting answers.
Peace.
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May 12th 08 07:35 AM
by johns
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7600GT AGP : Is this card defective ? by
[email protected]
I bought a used 7600GT AGP card (BIG brand) to be used in a second
system thrown together from left-over parts. The config is -
Sempron 64 2500+ S754
Asrock K8Upgrade-VM800 (VIA chipset)
384MB DDR333 (PC2700)
200GB SATA HDD
DVD-R/W
450W PSU - not one of the big-name brands, but it has served...
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Free benchmark programs? by
Dennis[_2_]
A few years ago I used to use 3DMark to benchmark my computers and get
a feel for if my tweaks were helping my gaming performance or hurting
it. I just re-visited their site and they seem to be pay only now (or
a crappy trial that only runs once).
The question: What are some FREE benchmarking...
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ram question about crysis by
zachman
hey guys,
I have crysis for xp32bit and 1 GIG of ram at 667 speed. I obviously
need more ram to run crysis , i was thinking of getting another 1 gig
667mhz , my question is should I get a 2x1(2gb total ) 800mhz kit
instead of the 1 gig 667 and should I see performance of crysis
greatly improved...
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chip model by
jojolucky[_2_]
Wavelength-Selected High-Power D2587P-Type (with Wavelength
Locker)/D2547P-Type Isolated DFB Laser Modules
Features
High-performance, multiquantum-well (MQW),distributed-feedback (DFB)
laser
D2587P-Type is offered on 50 GHz ITU grid wavelengths ranging from
1528.77 nm—1610.06 nm
D2547P-Type is...
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Energy Star problems by
Baz[_2_]
I have an 8600GTS connected to a Samsung SM223BW via DVI and am having
problems whereby Energy Star power saving seems not to activate
reliably.
If I set a screen saver to activate then the screen will quite often
work but the monitor will occassionally not go in Energy saving mode.
I have...
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May 9th 08 05:54 PM
by Folk
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New PC with 8800GT - is my driver the latest? by
Terry Pinnell
In Device Manager on this new XP Pro PC I see
Driver Provider: NVIDIA
Driver Date: 05/12/2007
Driver Version: 6.14.11.6921
That looks pretty recent, but just in case I chose 'Update Driver' and
enabled the option to let Windows search Windows Update. I was then
asked to...
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SLI motherboards by
Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)
If I only plug in one PCIe x16 card,
could I plug it into any one of the
2 or 3 SLI slots? Or is there a
primary slot?
--
@~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY.
/ v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you!
/( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.10) Linux 2.6.25.2
^ ^ 18:43:01 up 22:06...
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Upgrade with the same 8800GT card...huge difference by
Augustus[_3_]
Finally splurged and did a major upgrade on my primary workhorse computer,
my venerable Opteron 185 2Mb (2.9Ghz) with 2 Gig PC4000 OCZ in an A8N-E
m/b. This has my tweaked Galaxy 8800GT OC 512Mb unit. Went with an E8400
retail box unit on a Gigabyte EP35-DSR3 and 4 Gig OCZ PC6400 Platinum....
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Dual Monitor Usage by
Gary
Can somebody please explain to me how to use dual monitor? I have it set up
but how do I open another program on it? The only thing on it is the
desktop but no icons or start bar and the only thing that I've been able to
open on it is the NVidia Control Panel as I can right click on the...
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May 8th 08 02:53 AM
by John
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Idea for a new kind of shooter: A Glass Shooter with automatic aim. by
Skybuck Flying[_2_]
Hello,
The days of Quake and Unreal Tournament are as good as over.
Which means the days of the corridor shooter are over.
Maybe because of cheats like wall hacks and aimbots.
So here is a new kind of shooter idea to combat the known cheats by
re-designing the games:
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Bridge connector question by
Bryan
Hello all,
I am considering upgrading my motherboard and PSU and adding a second
EVGA 8800 GTX so I can run SLI. The strange thing is the cards don't
seem to come with the SLI bridge connector and the motherboard I am
looking at does not seem to have one either (ASUS Striker II Formula
780i). I...
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May 4th 08 04:53 PM
by Bryan
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NVIDIA blames MS for not having fullscreen video mirroring (video out). by
Ant
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=29212&view=findpost&p=345781
Section "Known Product Limitations: (...) problems that will NOT be
fixed. Usually, the source of the problem is beyond the control of
NVIDIA.":
-Full.screen video mirroring is not supported on graphics cards based on...
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faster video card or processor? by
Daryl[_2_]
Hi everyone,
I'm considering buying a Dell XPS laptop. In terms of gaming power
(FPS in Crysis, for example), which combo would be preferable:
1. Core 2 Duo Extreme X9000 processor plus an NVIDIA GeForce 8700MGT
with 512 MB GDDR3 memory
2. Core 2 Duo T8300 processor plus an NVIDIA GeForce 8800M...
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