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Which 7900GT overclocks nicely

I'm thinking of buying a 7900GT with the intention of doin the voltmod, cooling it with a VF1, and overclocking it as far as I can. My question is - are all 7900GT's created equal in this respect, or should I be careful picking out which one to buy? Does factory overclocking have any...
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- Aug 11, 2006
- Replies: 4
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DVD playback improvements?

So I decided to get a new TV and of course build a HTPC for it. My first thought was, "well, now I need to get a fancy VIVO card..." but then I saw my old Radeon 9500 Pro laying around and saw that it had the never-used DVI connector. Today's HDTVs have DVI inputs. A lightbulb lit up over my...
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- Dec 6, 2004
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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HOT!!! Buy.com: Yamaha YST MS50 - 80 Watt Speaker(s) - $23.99 AR + Free Shipping

I got these speakers about 2 years ago, and I am still in love with them. Aside from listening to mp3s, I have used these to power several large apartment-parties, and they deliver clean, booming, and unblemished sound even at amazingly high volume, even with 20 people dancing and yelling. If...
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- Post #24
- Aug 16, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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YMMV - ATI Atlantis Radeon 9500 128MB Video Card w/TV-Out & DVI by SapphireTech -- 162.99 @ GoogleGear

I read this thread and ordered from allstarshop. Card arrived today - red PCB, L memory. I put it in, softmodded it, and it was recognized as a 9700 with no problem. However, there are artifacts, and the system has frozen a few times. I browsed the forums that are frequented by Unwinder (the...
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- Post #77
- Mar 7, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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100-pack Fujifilm 24x CD-R for $7.99 AR at BB (starting Sunday 1/19/03)

I just got them and am trying to file for rebate on that fuji site. It asks for a Retail Store Number, any idea what to put in there? Thanks.
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- Post #61
- Jan 28, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Office Depot maxtor 40gb for $30 AR ++ CDRW 48x for $20 AR

I've been waiting to get a couple of drives like this for a RAID setup, thanks!
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- Post #22
- Nov 29, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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2 for 1 July Special! Cheap, reliable web hosting from $3.95 at Dixiesys

Let's not all cream our panties about dixiesys just yet. Yes, it's very cheap, but there are drawbacks. I paid them $100 a few days ago and planned on transferring a couple medium-sized sites (5GB/month traffic) to them, but now I'm having doubts. It seems that every time I try to do...
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- Post #106
- Jul 22, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Faster and better than Cyberwings, $5 webhosting, Unlimited Email, FTP, SSL, Telnet, Real Video/audio, etc. etc.

Those who haven't signed up with dixiesys, keep in mind that they don't offer telnet or ssh, which I consider to be a crippling shortcoming. Where's the command line lovin!?
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- Post #22
- Jul 19, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Warm? Yamaha YSTMS50 80W 2.1 pc speakers\sub for $56

This is my first attempt at a "deal", so please don't flame me too much if I did something wrong. I've heard reviews about these speakers, and decided to do some price research. They mainstream for about $100, and have a $20 mail-in rebate (for the WHITE model only). OK, this store...
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- Apr 16, 2001
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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drowning in CDs

Hey, does anybody know of a good way to store and organize a whole crapload of CDs without jewel cases or envelopes? I've burned so many, but I just have them laying around in giant stacks, making things impossible to find. Thanks. Vlad
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- Feb 3, 2001
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Warm ??? Monster Sound MX400 (retail) = $34.99 shipped

My MX300 was having compatibility problems with my motherboard in Win2K so I got the MX400. I am not at all proud of this card. It had infinite problems with the gameport (fixed by installing the oldest possible drivers), there is sometimes sound distortion in Win2K, enabling Direct3D will...
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- Post #7
- Dec 13, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Samsung SD-612 DVD drive won't read DVDs

Hey, I got this drive about a month ago, but did not have any DVDs to test it with until now. Here's the thing, the drive reads CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs just fine. But when I put in a DVD (At any time: before/after POST, in DOS, in Win98SE), the drive blinks for an indefinite amount of time...
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- Oct 15, 2000
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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Free Military T-Shirt

Cyberian, come on, there is no need to take pot-shots at my post from personal convictions. I am an immigrant myself, so it was a bit shameful to make the mistake, but didn't we all get the meaning? Anyway, your very last sentence matches almost exactly what Albert said. He despised the act...
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- Post #17
- Sep 29, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Free Military T-Shirt

It's amazing how consistently people miss the point of so short and frank a statement. Please re-read it several times, and perhaps you will understand that he is indeed against war and going happily to kill them before they kill you. He hates the system, And did everybody forget that...
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- Post #12
- Sep 29, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Free Military T-Shirt

"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality...
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- Post #6
- Sep 29, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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free 104 song cd

Got this a while ago. You really get what you pay for.
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- Post #16
- Sep 18, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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nVidia Geforce 2 GTS 32MB $200

Are you still taking orders? If so, I'm interested, so please e-mail me. vlad007@flashmail.com
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- Post #51
- Jul 25, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Is my CTX PL9 19" monitor SUPPOSED to be like this??

I have been looking at other threads, and people are giving great reviews to the Samsung line. I am intrigued by the 950p 19" model, which isn't totally flat, but is still well-liked. Is that model better than my current one? Vlad
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- Post #4
- Jul 20, 2000
- Forum: Displays
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Is my CTX PL9 19" monitor SUPPOSED to be like this??

I bought this 19" CTX PL9 monitor at Sam's Club for $300 a couple months ago, and I have been at best putting up with it. There are two issues with it that seriously bug me, and I wonder if they are defects in my particular monitor, or in the whole model. First, when the monitor returns...
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- Jul 20, 2000
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Displays
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Putting a heatsink on a Duron

Sorry for being a newbie, but I just received my Duron 650 OEM part. I am not totally sure how to put a heatsink on it. My experience has been with older socket-7 AMD chips, where the heatsink would touch the whole surface of the chip. But on the Duron, only the center part sticks out, and...
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- Jul 19, 2000
- Replies: 1
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Recommendations on a 19" monitor?

I have a question about the Samsung monitors in discussion. Does their flatness entail the two horizontal lines that are present on true-flat and trinitron monitors? Maybe it's just me, but I can never ignore those when using a flat monitor. Vlad
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- Post #16
- Jul 19, 2000
- Forum: Displays
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VooDoo or DDR GeForce? Stability/Compatibility is main concern

May I recommend a voodoo3 3500TV? The TV tuner is a nice bonus for somebody who doesn't use the card primarily for games. Vlad
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- Post #4
- Jul 19, 2000
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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CD-R Media

Ah, well seeing as my ghetto-mobile won't be getting a CD player anytime soon, I'll probably take this offer. Thanks for the info. Vlad
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- Post #8
- Jul 16, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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CD-R Media

About those blanks at outpost.com, is the brand reliable? As I understand (please correct me if I'm wrong) the brand only matters if you leave your cds in the sun a lot, but I just wondered if these are quality. Vlad
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- Post #6
- Jul 15, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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10 bux off at accessmicro.com

Here's one story. A while back I ordered a k6-2 500mhz CPU from AccessMicro, because it was a great deal: it was something like $60 including a fan and heatsink. When I opened the box, I didn't know whether to laugh or get mad. heatsink was about 1.3cm tall, and the fan was clear plastic and...
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- Post #13
- Jul 10, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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1600x1200 over 4x FSAA??

No way! You too!? I'm running a riva128/voodoo2 combo! Actually, I'm planning to build a new system and am having a very hard time deciding between v5 and gf2. The problem is, I play quite a bit of UT and Deus Ex, and I've heard horrible things about the geforce2 with those games. Vlad
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- Post #12
- Jul 5, 2000
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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2 questions, win2k and winME

I just bought Win2k for $5 at my university, but after reading a few threads here, I am still hesitant about installing it. I am building a new system with an Athlon 700, about 128MB Mushkin PC133, Geforce DDR, and a Quantum Fireball LM 30G 7200 HD. I play quite a bit of UT, and am getting...
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- Jul 5, 2000
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Question about frame rates and the human eye...

Pcfreak, 60fps is definitely outside the area where you can detect a difference. Don't forget, however, that the psyche can have drastic effects on the physical body. So it's completely possible that somebody who spent $350 on a video card honestly believes that he can see a difference between...
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- Post #10
- Jul 1, 2000
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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TV tuner on V3 3500 any good?

Hey, I am building a system for my girlfriend to take to college. After watching Hauppage WinTV on my computer, she demands a TV-tuner. At first I was going to get a separate video card and tuner, but now I'm leaning towards Voodoo3 3500 TV, which has the built-in tuner. You guys that have...
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- Jul 1, 2000
- Replies: 0
- Forum: TVs
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How's this for cooling a Duron?

First of all, crash, your freezer runs at absolute 0?? Where did you get that, Sears? K-Mart? NASA? :) But to go back to the very original post: do you mind sharing how are you planning to o/c the duron? The Asus A7V board apparently won't support multiplier adjustment. There have been talks...
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- Post #24
- Jun 30, 2000
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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SX830/1030 my vote for case of the year.

I just got my sx830 a couple days ago. This thing freakin' rocks. It's currently waiting for me to order a MB/CPU/Video card to build a new system in it. A friend of mine came over, i couldn't find a chair, so he used the case. After about 30 minutes of sitting, there was a sound like...
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- Post #2
- Jun 30, 2000
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Warm Deal: IBM 15 GIG 7200 rpm $109 @ buy.com free shipping.

The 5400/7200 rpm difference isn't noticeble for every user. It all depends on what you use the HD for. If you use it to store your mp3s, play a few games, some amateur programming, e-mail, etc, then the rpm difference is negligeble. If, on the other hand, you work with Photoshop or 3D...
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- Post #35
- Jun 30, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Partition Magic 5.0 $29.99 after (Cyber)rebate

I haven't used Norton, but their products are considered to be pretty high up there. Partition magic, however, seriously f***s with your drive. It can report errors if you have linux partitions (and fix them in such a way that you'll never see linux again), and I've heard (so don't rely on...
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- Post #10
- Jun 30, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Warm Deal: IBM 15 GIG 7200 rpm $109 @ buy.com free shipping.

ATA100 will work with an ATA66 controller, but these numbers for the most part are marketing terms, just like AGP4x, which has very little performance difference from AGP2X. The truth is, none of these drives will ever hit 33mb/sec transfer rate, which is <b>ATA 33</b>. So don't base buying...
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- Post #30
- Jun 30, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Quantum Fireball LM Plus 7200rpm 30GB $133 after rebate

Straight from the rebate page: To receive your rebate, please mail: Completed mail-in form A receipt for Quantum Fireball Plus LM 10GB 15GB, 20GB, 30GB hard disk drives, showing purchase date between 5/15/00 and 6/30/00. So unless I'm totally blind or stupid, the question remains: is the...
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- Post #29
- Jun 29, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Quantum Fireball LM Plus 7200rpm 30GB $133 after rebate

I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, but I just got the aforementioned drive. Does the buy.com packing slip count as the receipt when i send it to Quantum for a rebate? Or do I have to print out the buy.com online receipt? Thanks. Vlad
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- Post #27
- Jun 29, 2000
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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GeForce 2 MX

Anyone know if these are in stores or for sale online yet?
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- Post #2
- Jun 29, 2000
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Asus A7V----No multiplier adjustment????

The Epox board looks nice (6PCI, and an ISA for that last old part), but I wouldn't rely on it for overclocking. Epox has never been specifically geared toward overclockers. Vlad
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- Post #7
- Jun 28, 2000
- Forum: Computer Building
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Slot A T-Birds seem to be easily available, are these the only hope for oveclocking?

When you go to pricewatch.com and ask for the category AMD Thunderbird, the majority of returns says they're slot-A and not socketed. I thought this was a bit peculiar, since the slot-As are supposed to be less available, and intended for OEM manufacturers. Also, is the only hope of really...
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- Jun 17, 2000
- Replies: 11
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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