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What happened to 40-hour work weeks?

Typically there is some amount of uncompensated overtime that is expected in engineering. Its usually either 10-20% (ie 4-8 hours) over the regular 40 hours that is expected. This allows the employers to present a lower average billing rate to the customer, which can decide whether or not the...
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- Post #13
- May 2, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Got a ps3. Any game suggestions?

I'd recommend Assassin's Creed II and Killzone 3.
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- Post #18
- Mar 31, 2011
- Forum: Console Gaming
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*DEAD*Direct2drive 25% off promo works on COD:black ops

I bit. Once its out, Ill just install on Steam.
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- Post #29
- Nov 8, 2010
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Overclocking the Phenom II 920 X4!

Good luck with the overclocking!
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- Post #22
- Sep 20, 2010
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Quieter replacement for HD4870

Well, I tried reinstalling my OS (Vista 64 Ultimate) Thursday, and I am thinking that my issues were due to a crap install of my OS. I played Fallout 3 with few crashes last night for several hours; the crashes I had were easy to deal with and occured seldomly. I know F3 is known to randomly...
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- Post #24
- Apr 4, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Quieter replacement for HD4870

I was using Catalyst 9.3, but I am currently trying to downgrade to 8.11
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- Post #23
- Apr 2, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Quieter replacement for HD4870

Cod 5 was working flawlessly at 1680x1050; I did not remember to change to 1920x1200. Most of the other games that I have seemed to work fine (TF2,COD,COD2, etc). Thus, it may just be an issue with Fallout 3 1.4 and Vista-64 Ultimate. I'll test again tonight if I have time. Frankly, if it is...
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- Post #21
- Apr 2, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Quieter replacement for HD4870

Well, that will teach me to not purchase a used video card again. It sounds like I'll have to just get a new card and eat the extra cost; RMA does not appear to be an option, especially after reading their terms. On the bright side though, its a chance to upgrade, just an expensive one. On a...
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- Post #16
- Apr 2, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Quieter replacement for HD4870

I'll call Visiontek tomorrow and see about RMAing the card. RMAing the card would certainly be the cheapest option.
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- Post #13
- Apr 2, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Quieter replacement for HD4870

The core temps were a little bit lower. 45-46C idle as compared to 50-51C idle. I have no idea on load temps, but I know that Fallout was still crashing within 5 minutes, requiring a hard reboot each time to get back to windows. Yes indeed, the card would seem to be defective.
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- Post #11
- Apr 2, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Quieter replacement for HD4870

Does anyone know how Visiontek RMA process is? I bought the card secondhand from a fellow on HardForum, so I'm not sure how the process goes for second hand owners. Also, I did remove the heatsink last night to apply a fresh coat of Arctic Silver 5 to the core, so I am unsure as to how that...
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- Post #9
- Apr 2, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Quieter replacement for HD4870

All of the fan spaces in my Antec 300 are filled currently. I might should change the exhaust to better fans though as the tri-cools that come with the case are not the greatest fans known. The two front fans and the side panel fan are all filtered intakes; currently, things are set up for a...
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- Post #4
- Apr 2, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Quieter replacement for HD4870

I just recently put together a new rig, and initially purchased a Visiontek HD4870 512mb. The following components are housed in an Antec 300 case: AMD Phenom II 920 (cooled by Xigmatek S1283 HSF) 8gb of DD2-1066 Seagate 500gb HDD Evga 7900GS (temp card at the moment) PC P&C 750W Silencer...
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- Thread
- Apr 1, 2009
- Replies: 23
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Phenom 2 at 6Ghz(!)

I am looking forward to these new parts; forcing myself not to upgrade in the mean time is the hard part. The idea that AMD might have something with great overclocking headroom is wonderful to me. I'll admit to being an AMD nut, so I really want to go back to running an AMD rig ASAP from my...
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- Post #81
- Nov 22, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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The future of the GOP

The plebs have already figured out that voting Democrat will get them bread and circuses. Democracy in America is officially dead now in my opinion, and I believe it too late to save. That said, if the GOP wants to come back, they will have to move further right.
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- Post #107
- Nov 4, 2008
- Forum: Politics and News

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