Forum: Ati Videocards
January 31st 09, 12:08 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 0
Views: 304
Overclocked XFX Radeons Now For Sale
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=50001669%2040000048%201305520549&bop=And&SpeTabStoreType=0&Order=PRICED
All the benefits and quirks from nVidia's side of the operation...
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Forum: Ati Videocards
January 30th 09, 01:04 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 12
Views: 702
Catalyst 9.1... Almost Here
http://game.amd.com/us-en/AVIVO_Survey_ThankYou.aspx?file=9-1_vista32_xcode_74235.exe
http://game.amd.com/us-en/AVIVO_Survey_ThankYou.aspx?file=9-1_xp32-64_xcode_74232.exe
URLs came from AMD...
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Forum: Ati Videocards
January 30th 09, 03:35 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 12
Views: 702
Catalyst 9.1... Almost Here
Interestingly, the driver can handle the nVidia NV_conditional_render
extension.
What ever happened to the multithreading optimizations that were supposed to
improve Crysis Warhead performance by 8%...
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Forum: Ati Videocards
January 29th 09, 06:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 12
Views: 702
Catalyst 9.1... Almost Here
Well, as of this post the front page says 9.1. When you click on the links
it takes you to the 8.12 page.
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx
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Forum: Ati Videocards
January 25th 09, 04:15 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 1
Views: 293
HD 4850 Detection Driver Failure
When you run the Catalyst installation program for the new drivers,
regardless of whether the installation was ultimately successful, the files
should have been extracted to a folder on your hard...
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Forum: Ati Videocards
January 24th 09, 12:58 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 1
Views: 492
Qimonda Files for Bankruptcy
Is Qimonda still the exclusive supplier of GDDR5 for AMD? Wonder what this
might do to 4870 prices in the short...
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
January 24th 09, 12:56 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 8
Views: 395
nvidia Driver Download Portal is SCREWED
Tell that to Seagate... or NASA (Hubble). Not testing a product before
releasing it into the market seems to be the norm nowadays...
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"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can...
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
January 20th 09, 02:12 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 7
Views: 666
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
January 14th 09, 05:51 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 7
Views: 666
What are those GSO, GS, GT, GTS, GTX, GTX+, Ultra codenames stand for?
Marketing jargon. Toyota brands its Camrys in trim levels like CE, SE, LE,
XLE, etc. for the same reason.
If you want to know the real differences in terms of shader units and
pipelines, go...
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
January 6th 09, 03:04 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 2
Views: 529
XFX Radeon Card Photos
On which Geforce, the 9800GTX+ (4850's direct competitor)? I am under the
impression the standard 9800GTX+ cooler is quite good, large fan and all.
The slight cant even prevents the top card from...
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Forum: Ati Videocards
January 4th 09, 11:16 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 2
Views: 392
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Forum: Ati Videocards
January 4th 09, 05:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 0
Views: 497
XFX Radeon Card Photos
http://www.cpu3d.com/news/6945-1/xfx-ati-cards-up-for-pre-order-on-scan/story.html
Nice black PCB. Interesting dual-slot cooler on the 4850 as well.
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
January 4th 09, 05:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 2
Views: 529
XFX Radeon Card Photos
http://www.cpu3d.com/news/6945-1/xfx-ati-cards-up-for-pre-order-on-scan/story.html
Nice black PCB. Interesting dual-slot cooler on the 4850 as well.
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
January 3rd 09, 10:27 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 2
Views: 459
SLI
Nope. The monitor cable remains the same. Communication between two (or
three) cards in an SLI configuration is handled by a bridge (either a ribbon
cable or a small PCB). If your motherboard is...
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Forum: Ati Videocards
January 3rd 09, 09:59 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 6
Views: 489
X1950 temperatures
Make sure you have filters on all of your case's intake fans. They go a long
way in preventing dust buildup inside the case. See here for example...
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Forum: Ati Videocards
March 10th 07, 10:23 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 8
Views: 360
s-video cable?
Indeed, the specs for the card say it is capable of outputting to composite
and s-video. The card just needs a breakout cable to do it.
This is most likely the appropriate cable for the AIW Rage...
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
March 10th 07, 08:10 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 4
Views: 318
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Forum: Ati Videocards
March 10th 07, 02:52 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 11
Views: 607
Vista - ATI drivers
Nope. The usual alternative, ATi Tray Tools, is limited to XP.
Then again, if you already resigned yourself to the bloated, slow Vista,
installing Catalyst Control Center won't add any additional...
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
March 10th 07, 02:47 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 2
Views: 553
SLI in Quad Environment Question
Quad 8800GTX? Dell's web site shows a conventional dual 8800GTX SLI as the
top-end configuration. The fact that your box has only 4 DVI outputs (2 per
card) seems to confirm this.
In SLI mode only...
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
March 8th 07, 03:09 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,300
Windows XP & DirectX 10
Well, the government will collect and squander the taxpayers' money one way
or the other. It can fund some feel-good program to buy votes, or upgrade
software that brings absolutely no benefits...
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
March 8th 07, 02:43 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 4
Views: 342
Changing my evga 6800 ultra
There is the 7800GS. It is typically 25-30% slower than the X1950 Pro and
can be found for $25-30 cheaper in the USA.
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"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be...
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
March 6th 07, 12:54 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,300
Windows XP & DirectX 10
Yep, and of course the EU and the South Korean government aren't buying
that.
Then again, there's a running joke in the Dailytech forums that the EU is
conjuring up new fines for Microsoft just to...
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Forum: Ati Videocards
March 5th 07, 06:45 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 6
Views: 415
My X1950XT reports wrong clock speed!
I thought all ATi cards from the X1600 and up had different 2D/3D clock
speeds. Did your X1900GT run full-blast at all times?
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"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
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Forum: Ati Videocards
March 5th 07, 01:31 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 2
Views: 334
Mobility 9000 IGP and TVout???
"Spike" wrote in message
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I am looking for a cheap and easy way of watching movies from notebook
(amilo pro v7010) on...
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Forum: Ati Videocards
March 4th 07, 11:37 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
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Replies: 1
Views: 298
Where To Buy Thermal Tape?
http://www.2cooltek.com/Thermal-Tape--Frag-Tape--p-367.html
http://www.bigfootcomputers.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=Bigfoot&Category_Code=200
That didn't take long did it?
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