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Single AMD or Nvidia SLI for tri-monitor

Great information! Thanks everyone. Now my options are more open. Option 1: The cheapest route for my triple display seems to be a good primary card (something like GTX 560) connected to the primary 1920x1200 display and one of the 1600x1200 displays. Then a cheap secondary card (like...
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- Post #8
- Apr 11, 2012
- Forum: Displays
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Single AMD or Nvidia SLI for tri-monitor

Hmm a GTX 680 runs about $500 minimum I see. I may be able to consider that. Care to elaborate on the "add on" card for Nvidia below 680?
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- Post #4
- Apr 11, 2012
- Forum: Displays
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Single AMD or Nvidia SLI for tri-monitor

I will soon have 1x 1920x1200 monitor and 2x 1600x1200 monitors that I would like to set up in a triple monitor configuration on a new machine build. I have always purchased Nvidia graphics cards but am discovering that you pretty much need an SLI configuration to support a tri-monitor setup...
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- Thread
- Apr 11, 2012
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Displays
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X25-M delay on resume from sleep

Regardless, this wouldn't explain the delay I get on resume from sleep. Some days it is instant, other days 3-5 minutes.
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- Post #6
- Jul 15, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Brother laser printer problem

Probably not an option, but if you happen to have a spare toner cartridge available, swap it in there and see if you still smear. If so, its an issue in the printer hardware, if not, its the toner. That is usually where I start to troubleshoot smearing issues. If it is the toner cart, you may...
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- Post #2
- Jul 15, 2009
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Will i get better ping if i upgrade my internet ?

I suspect not, if there is nothing else sharing your current 5MB/500Kb connection, then it should be plenty fast for online gaming. I wouldn't hesitate to run multiple computers gaming from that kind of connection. Your latency issue probably lies elsewhere, out of your control.
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- Post #3
- Jul 15, 2009
- Forum: Networking
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Using a backup harddrive.

Fantom seems like an 'off' brand to me. Although they probably use another companies drives with their label. If you are just using this drive for backups, where speed is not an issue, consider the Western Digital Green drives. They seem to be a crowd favorite and are cheap as well. It has...
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- Post #10
- Jul 15, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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X25-M delay on resume from sleep

Drivers are current as of a couple weeks ago, but since it is Windows 7 I'll check again to see if there are recent updates. OS issue, not sure what to look for there.
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- Post #4
- Jul 15, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Good time to get 1TB? or get 1.5TB?

At first I was only concerned about performance for my storage needs also. So I invested in a decent raid card and 500gb Western Digital RE drives to get max (relative) performance for my storage. After adding drives to the array to expand my storage needs, I ended up dealing with heat...
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- Post #11
- Jul 15, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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720p MKV overloading Athlon64 3000+?

I believe it is a 256mb model, and I do not recall Turbo Cache. I will check and see what it is specifically. Thanks for the welcome, although I'm not sure where the cross-posting comment came from. I'll give CoreAVC a try as suggested by Falloutboy and vj8usa. I'm a bit mixed on...
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- Post #11
- Jul 14, 2009
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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720p MKV overloading Athlon64 3000+?

I may be in a bind, a quick search seems to indicate that there is no X2 for the socket 754 platform. Best proc i could find would be a 3700+. Probably not worth the upgrade cost. Even if I could find a cheap one, do you think it would solve my issue? I'm not so sure.
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- Post #6
- Jul 14, 2009
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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720p MKV overloading Athlon64 3000+?

I have a socket 754 MB, MSI K8N Neo3-F. I am running a passive cooled MSI 7300GS video card. MPC-HC=Media Player Classic Home Cinema? Are you talking about using video card hardware acceleration to help decode media?
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- Post #4
- Jul 14, 2009
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X25-M delay on resume from sleep

I've been amazed by the performance of the X25-M 80gb running Windows 7 on my T61p. The only performance issue I have experienced thus far is an occasional delay on resume from sleep. Generally, the laptop will sleep all night and wake up the next day within seconds (literally less than 5...
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- Thread
- Jul 14, 2009
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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720p MKV overloading Athlon64 3000+?

I run an HTPC built from spare older parts. Currently running an Athlon 64 3000+ proc with 1GB ram on Windows 7 (which runs surprisingly well on this machine). I experience varying amounts of choppy video with this setup. Generally it will play divx/xvid fine, but when I play 720p MKV, I have...
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- Thread
- Jul 14, 2009
- Replies: 15
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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