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GTX 670 NDA dropping at Midnight?

I guess this didn't happen yet? Can't wait for the mid-range 600* releases, GTX680 is just a little more than I need on my new Ivy Bridge system.
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- Post #10
- May 3, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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nVidia vs. ATI - Driver Quality?

Thanks guys. I think I've got plenty of opinions now, and am forming a rough opinion in my mind. I'm probably going to go with nvidia since their linux drivers are noticeably better by seemingly everyone's account. However, I *might* get ATI if they have the right card at the right price.
- corfe83
- Post #60
- May 2, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Linux Gaming Video Card?

Fair enough. Thanks!
- corfe83
- Post #4
- May 1, 2012
- Forum: Open Source
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nVidia vs. ATI - Driver Quality?

OK I should have expected a bunch of fanboy posts, and so far it's not as bad as it might have been, so thanks everyone for being cool :-) I'll look out for other posts, but so far I'm hearing "nvidia might be slightly better, but driver quality is not that big of a factor in the decision"...
- corfe83
- Post #9
- May 1, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Linux Gaming Video Card?

If you were buying a new system and wanted to do some gaming on linux, would you go for an ATI video card, or nVidia? I'll split this into 2 questions: 1) Which one has better proprietary binary drivers that "just work"? 2) If I prefer to use open source drivers only, which brand is...
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- May 1, 2012
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Open Source
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nVidia vs. ATI - Driver Quality?

Looking to buy a new video card to go with Ivy Bridge. I've used nVidia for years, and generally trust their drivers. Used an ATI 1st generation Radeon (maybe ~10 years ago), and felt the drivers weren't... quite as polished as nVidia. Obviously that was a long time ago, though. How are the ATI...
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- May 1, 2012
- Replies: 90
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Heavy Wifi Use Disconnects?

Thanks, I'll try that next time I order stuff. Good to know it isn't normal or expected.
- corfe83
- Post #3
- Apr 26, 2012
- Forum: Networking
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Asus & Virtu MVP

Heheh BF3 and BC2 are exactly what I play. I read that they support about 100 games, and they're working on BF3 support. I found that encouraging. I guess it isn't that important though. Thanks for the input guys.
- corfe83
- Post #5
- Apr 26, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Thermal Armor Motherboards?

Yeah, one of the reviews said it can. That's a good point, I suppose, I can always just remove it if it's problematic.
- corfe83
- Post #3
- Apr 26, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Does What I want Exist?

You probably want a dedicated box like a roku or apple TV that supports wifi, and just teach her how to use it. If by chance you actually want to literally send it from another PC and not buy a dedicated box like a Roku, as in you literally already have a wired ethernet connection going to that...
- corfe83
- Post #6
- Apr 26, 2012
- Forum: Audio Components
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Asus & Virtu MVP

EDIT: OK, apparently I missed a couple of examples of motherboards that had it. I was just looking at the feature advertisement, and failed to look at the actual spec sheets. Still, I'm surprised several expensive boards don't have it. Changing the nature of my post due to that. Is Virtu MVP...
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- Apr 26, 2012
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Motherboards
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Thermal Armor Motherboards?

I'm considering buying a new Asus "TUF" Thermal Armor motherboard for my new Ivy Bridge system (Asus "Sabertooth" Z77 chipset): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821 I'm actually not specifically in love with the Thermal Armor, but I like the Asus brand, I happen to...
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- Apr 26, 2012
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Motherboards
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Heavy Wifi Use Disconnects?

When using wifi on my laptop at home, it usually stays connected just fine when browsing websites & such. However, when I do any kind of heavy operation, like download or upload a large file from my SMB file server, there's about a 30-40% chance that Wifi will disconnect, taking around 60-120...
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- Apr 26, 2012
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Networking
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New Gaming Rig - RAM Amount?

I guess I exaggerated a little - while I admit that the PC is intended for gaming, I can't say I have never ever done anything heavy before - it is true that I might in the future try out a VM occasionally for fun, or encode/convert some video, or something like that. I agree it won't benefit...
- corfe83
- Post #19
- Apr 26, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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New Gaming Rig - RAM Amount?

Yeah, planning to get a smallish SSD as a system drive and maybe fitting just a few games that really benefit from it.
- corfe83
- Post #9
- Apr 26, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Mini Rig w/ Good PSU?

Thanks guys. I don't have a super-specific size requirement, just wanted something less bulky than my current mid-tower. I hadn't considered mini-ITX - that actually looks perfect for what I need. Really liking that mini-ice case, since cooling is definitely a concern with the GPU. I'll...
- corfe83
- Post #5
- Apr 25, 2012
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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New Gaming Rig - RAM Amount?

Thanks for the replies everyone. I guess I'm still going to go with 16GB since it really only costs like $40-50 more, but I'm definitely NOT going to get 32GB.
- corfe83
- Post #7
- Apr 25, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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New Gaming Rig - RAM Amount?

Definitely don't have money to burn :-), but when the total PC is costing slightly over $1K, seeing that it only costs an extra ~$100 to up from 16GB to 32GB was making me wonder if there was any real benefit from a gaming perspective. I'll take that as two votes for "not worth it", but I do...
- corfe83
- Post #4
- Apr 25, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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New Gaming Rig - RAM Amount?

If you were building a new gaming rig (Ivy Bridge, GeForce GTX 680), how much RAM would you buy for it? I generally only upgrade every 4 or 5 years, so.. I'm trying to be somewhat future proof. I'm not doing any virtual machines, this is literally *only* for gaming (and/or web browsing, etc)...
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- Apr 25, 2012
- Replies: 30
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Mini Rig w/ Good PSU?

I'm looking to replace my old gaming PC with a new gaming PC sometime this summer. I'm *considering* migrating from my standard size to a mini size (1x 5.25" external bay, 2x 3.5" bays). Is it feasible to get a miniature barebones PC, with a beefy enough power supply to support a decent Ivy...
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- Apr 25, 2012
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Which 30" Monitor to buy for gaming?

I'm Nvidia biased too, but you raise a good point - I heard a website say the R600 will be available around May 19th (who knows if it's accurate, but I think everyone agrees the R600 must be coming out soon). It's probably better to wait until it comes out, either to buy the R600, or buy a...
- corfe83
- Post #14
- Apr 30, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Which 30" Monitor to buy for gaming?

Thanks for your replies everyone. I really want the 2560x1600 resolution - it's just a matter of personal preference. I know it might be harder to run games at native res, but benchmarks say it shouldn't be too bad. I'm going to get an 8800 GTX that is stock overclocked by 10%. I don't want to...
- corfe83
- Post #11
- Apr 30, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Which 30" Monitor to buy for gaming?

My ancient 19" Samsung CRT is starting to die, and I'm looking to finally upgrade to an LCD. I don't mind spending more, I just want to get the best 30" gaming monitor that's available right now, a monitor that will (hopefully) last me at least 5-8 years. I will mostly be gaming with it, and...
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- Apr 29, 2007
- Replies: 20
- Forum: Displays
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Will a single core A64 4000+ 2.4G with one meg cache play games better than an X2 3800?

Besides Supreme Command (which I'm currently obsessed with I might add), Bethesda's Oblivion also takes advantage of dual cores, and I've read nvidia graphics card drivers (and possibly ATI's as well) also takes advantage of dual cores (to the extent that it can - I'm not sure what % performance...
- corfe83
- Post #12
- Apr 19, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a new backup server...

I think the odds of two hard drives failing at the same time is pretty astronomically low, and it sounds like you'd have to lose 3 at the same time to lose your data, which makes your odds even more insanely miniscule. Personally, my backup server at home just has two drives - one for main...
- corfe83
- Post #2
- Apr 16, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Constant freezing in games using Geforce 7600GT

This doesn't apply to the OP since his video card is PCI express, but for future people who find this post and are having similar problems, if your video card is AGP, you may have forgotten to plug in the video card's extra molex power cable. I say this, because I used to have a similar problem...
- corfe83
- Post #4
- Apr 16, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Ideas on home server...

I recently built a system precisely for this, and I too wanted to go as energy-efficient as possible. I ordered one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813181019. It's fanless, super low power, and has gigabit LAN, which you may want to have in the future. I also...
- corfe83
- Post #29
- Apr 16, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Core 2 Duo & DDR1

I know there's some performance hit, I'm trying to figure out whether it's bad enough that I really should upgrade to DDR2 soon, or instead focus on upgrading my video card next (Geforce 6600GT AGP). Also, if I could get my RAM working in dual channel mode, that would double my bandwidth - I...
- corfe83
- Post #3
- Mar 28, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Core 2 Duo & DDR1

I just got a new Core 2 Duo processor (E6600 - 2.4 Ghz with 4MB L2 Cache). With it I got an ASRock motherboard (chipset: Via PT880) which allows me to use DDR or DDR2 memory, and right now I have some DDR400 RAM plugged in. This lets me do upgrade in phases from my old Barton system. First of...
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- Mar 28, 2007
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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Samsung Spinpoint 500GB for $150? Is this a good deal?

I'm thinking about this one too. Samsung has always been a good brand to me, but I've never had one of their hard drives. The price at newegg is a steal for a 500 gigger...
- corfe83
- Post #2
- Dec 1, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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EPIA Fileserver?

I agree it won't "fully saturate" the gigabit connection (even without those PCI bus limitations, I doubt the hard drive I'm putting in this thing is fast enough). The server will share files over both Samba and NFS, and I'll tweak as much as I can to get good speed out of it. The transfers...
- corfe83
- Post #6
- Dec 1, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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EPIA Fileserver?

That's what I was hoping to hear, but I just couldn't find any articles to confirm it - thanks!
- corfe83
- Post #4
- Dec 1, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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EPIA Fileserver?

I'm building a linux fileserver (it will host a bunch of files for home use like digital pictures and CD/DVD images, and run daily incremental backups to a secondary hard drive with rdiff-backup). My entire home network is gigabit LAN based, with a couple wireless laptops. I'm eyeing a...
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- Nov 30, 2006
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Laptops
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DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) has any problems running at slower speeds?

It shouldn't have any problem, and you should be able to get lower latency values when running on the slower speeds.
- corfe83
- Post #2
- Nov 30, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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good hard drive for me?

I'd suggest the Raptor 150Gig - I'm planning to get one soon myself. The speed is excellent (even better than the 74 gig raptor), and it has an even more comfortable capacity.
- corfe83
- Post #3
- Nov 30, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Centrino Duo = Core 2 Duo chips (Merom)?

I sit corrected. The way that page is written suggests to me that "Centrino Duo" is the entire series, which includes "Core Duo" and "Core 2 Duo". Can someone confirm?
- corfe83
- Post #4
- Nov 29, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Centrino Duo = Core 2 Duo chips (Merom)?

I believe "Core Duo" = "Centrino Duo". Note the lack of a "2". "Core 2 Duo" is the Merom chip, NOT the same as a "Centrino Duo".
- corfe83
- Post #2
- Nov 29, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Monitor Suggestions

I've always had good experiences with Samsung, and know several other people who feel the same. If you're really wanting something good for the long-term, you may want to wait - I hear that OLED monitors are coming out (maybe sometime next year?). They're supposed to have more vibrant colors...
- corfe83
- Post #3
- Nov 29, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Best Low-Energy Light Bulbs?

I bought CFL's, but they don't turn on instantly - maybe I should look into a better brand of CFL (The ones I have now are from IKEA) Also, I believe LED's get higher energy efficiency than CFL's, so I was really hoping for LED's, but they just don't seem to be available. Maybe the technology...
- corfe83
- Post #6
- Nov 27, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Best Low-Energy Light Bulbs?

Well, are there at least some low-energy, bright (80 watt or 100 watt equivalent) options that fit in a normal light bulb socket, BESIDES compact fluorescent? I just can't find LED bulbs that match the brightness, or any other type of bulb that works! Again, up-front cost isn't a concern...
- corfe83
- Post #3
- Nov 27, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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