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Quality/Longevity concerns regarding ATi

Before I knew any adequate amount about computers I got a crappy ati on black friday that failed, then a crappy nvidia that failed. This has no real significance. Now I have a 3870, going strong for about a year now.
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- Post #7
- Dec 4, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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How do I rip DVDs?

I have a couple of movies I'd like to put on my HD. I know it's possible, anand's written articles on it. How do I do it, and what's the necessary software? Is there freeware that does this? Thanks in advance.
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- Nov 30, 2008
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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FSX pegged at 16FPS, GPU stuck at 70%

Yeah, pretty sure I have SP1.
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- Post #12
- Nov 29, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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FSX pegged at 16FPS, GPU stuck at 70%

Ok, I'm checking the situation out again, and the proc isn't even pegged. It's hovering around 70% max, and sometimes it looks like it's only consistently utilizing one core at about 50%. Also, turning off filtering and AA bumps the FPS up to 28. What gives?
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- Post #10
- Nov 29, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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FSX pegged at 16FPS, GPU stuck at 70%

Ok, thanks guys. Guess this is one of the only games that gets bottlenecked by the 6750. On a related note, last night I saw a phenom with 8Gb of RAM and a 3200 run FSX just fine on all high settings at best buy. Go figure...
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- Post #8
- Nov 29, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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FSX pegged at 16FPS, GPU stuck at 70%

FSX is stuck at about 16fps for me, and a look at CCC tells me that the GPUs isn't going over 70% utilization much, if at all. I've heard that this game is very bus intense, so is PCIE v1 limiting me here? specs: C2D conroe @ 3.2Ghz P35 3870 Anyone else have a similar setup that they...
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- Nov 28, 2008
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Ok here's a n00b question I never bothered to ask when I was a n00b..

on a related n00b topic... what the hell is shens?
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- Post #27
- Nov 28, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What's with nehalem pads on top of the chip?

1. Well, wouldn't that require screwing with the IHS? You'd have to lap and then re etch. Seems pretty impractical. I don't follow.
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- Post #3
- Nov 4, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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What's with nehalem pads on top of the chip?

On nehalem there's a couple of pads around the IHS. Based on pics I've seen, they don't seem to be making contact with any pin on the locking device. Are these the Vcc pads supplied from the locking device, or are they there just for show?
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- Nov 4, 2008
- Replies: 14
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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The off button?

Thank you, silentrunning. bsobel: It was extremely disorienting when I first switched to vista, and I prefer shutting down over sleeping.
- Goldfish4209
- Post #4
- Oct 29, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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The off button?

I just read the article on the graphics testing platform and was pleasantly suprised to find out that the sleep button in vista can be changed to being the off button, as logic (and the icon) would suggest. How is this done? Thanks in advance.
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- Oct 29, 2008
- Replies: 17
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Help-A-Noob with his first build

I agree with the previous posts. However, I would go with a P45. From what I know, P43s are binned versions of the P45s, and logically should be worse at OCing. Personally, I'd put money into a better PSU. The earthwatts isn't really shoddy, but I'd still get a solid PSU. I'd go with the...
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- Post #4
- Oct 25, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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Nehalem Review

The marked die shot looks messed up to me: 1. The L2 is arranged in between blocks of L3? WTH? That doesn't look right. I found another version saying it's write buffers with the L2 in the core rectangle, but still, it looks a bit screwed up. 2. Obviously, it's 3 channel DDR3.
- Goldfish4209
- Post #29
- Oct 19, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Good CD ripper?

Itunes 8 apparently can't rip in non mp3 192kbps formats anymore. I'm pissed. I like all of my music in aiff (any lossless, for that matter, but wav doesn't support as much metadata). So, is there any option out there that rips in multiple formats, has good codecs, and will download metadata...
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- Oct 13, 2008
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Windows
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2008 VP Debate Thread Part 2

Holy crap. Now that's what you call real debates. This is what the US needs to have.
- Goldfish4209
- Post #188
- Oct 4, 2008
- Forum: Politics and News

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