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*RUMOR* New Xbox will be '5 times more powerful' than PS4 Neo

Anyone who was thinking about getting the samsung UHD BD player can now get one of these for the same price.
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- Post #115
- Jun 14, 2016
- Forum: Console Gaming
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Heard a rumor, want to know to know if it's true

I suspected as much. Thanks guys
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- Post #4
- Jul 16, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Heard a rumor, want to know to know if it's true

This one guy recently told me he read about some upcoming Intel technology that would trick older programs that only support one core into supporting all cores of the processor. I asked him to give me a link to what he read or an Intel codename or some such but conveniently he could not find...
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- Jul 16, 2008
- Replies: 57
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Is there such thing as a quiet high end computer?

I'm going to build a powerhouse gamer computer in winter when 45nm intel comes out and I'm wondering if there is such thing as a quiet gamer computer? I will not be overclocking. My goal would be to keep everything as quiet as a 360 during DVD spinning. so is there such thing as a very...
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- Thread
- Aug 26, 2007
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building
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Page file being used instead of RAM in Vista?

oh ok, thanks for the info
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- Post #3
- Jul 7, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Page file being used instead of RAM in Vista?

I have Vista 32bit with 2 gigs ram and I just noticed that the performance monitor says I'm using 1.7 gigs of the 4.3 gig page file but my physical ram usage is only 1.17 gigs out of 2 gigs. Why is it using my page file instead of physical ram? I'm running photoshop cs3 atm and have the...
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- Thread
- Jul 7, 2007
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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20 pin power into a 24 pin?

Guy I know bought a mobo with a 24 pin power connector and a the 4 pin 12V on the side. His 300W PSU has a 20 pin connector along with one 4 pin connector. Is a 24 pin connector required? It's a some cheapo nforce mobo...
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- Apr 30, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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My experience with Gateway

BirdDad, May I ask whether or not the AC adapter was plugged in while you were gaming? Also, can anyone else confirm that NHC fixes this supposed CPU throttling issue?
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- Post #15
- Jan 26, 2007
- Forum: Laptops
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Which video card/chip is on par with a 9800XT?

ok so a 7600GS is about on par with a 9800XT so anything higher than that would be better, and how about as far as ATI goes? Just in case I see a laptop that peaks my interest but it only has ATI as an option... thanks again
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- Post #3
- Jan 23, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Which video card/chip is on par with a 9800XT?

I have an old 9800XT on my desktop. Had it for years, does what I need it to do. I'm looking for a laptop and I'm not familiar with all the new video cards that have come out recently. Which model numbers of video cards are comparable to the performance of a 9800XT 256mb? For example...
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- Thread
- Jan 23, 2007
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Buffer Underrun problem

Anyone know if there is a beta driver or bios for the VIA SATA 8237 or promise 378?
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- Post #4
- Feb 12, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Buffer Underrun problem

Actually I found something more interesting: VIA VT8237 RAID NG Operates in PIO mode only--can not achieve optimum performance. That's the controller I have it plugged into...damn VIA chipset... I'm about to switch it over to my promise controller on my motherboard but then...
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- Post #3
- Feb 12, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Buffer Underrun problem

When burninga dvd in Nero, I'm noticing my drive buffer and my read buffer are dropping very fast. My drive buffer, which drops near instantly, goes from 99% ---1% ----99%----1% and it pauses the laser every time for the buffer underrun protection. The DVDs end up burned fine but it takes...
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- Feb 12, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Ground loop electrical interference + lockups

I am attempting to repair a cheap computer which I normally connect to a small 20" TV via SVideo output for things such as quick web surfing (wireless) and listening to music. When the computer is actually running (or was) there was an apparent ground loop that caused distortion in the picture...
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- Thread
- Dec 2, 2004
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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Problem with CD Audio "ghosting" using 4 pin cable...

Wow, yea winamp fixed the problem. I must have been in denial for a few years because I liked the bloated GUI of WMP9. I have seen the light. WMP sucks. Cool that winamp plays videos now too =) Thanks bud
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- Post #4
- Mar 3, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building

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