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Why do you guys like STALKER so much??

My sentements are similar to PingSpike's, with a few differences. I especially liked the little details, and the relative plausibility, when it came to the ballistics. STALKER is one of the only games I know of that has significant bullet travel time, noticeable bullet drop, and functional...
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- Post #116
- Mar 19, 2008
- Forum: PC Games
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Venice 3000+ retail hsf

Yes, you need to change the back plate.
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- Post #9
- Aug 2, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Looking for Plastic OEM CPU Cases

If I ship just a CPU, I actually put it upside down in a small rigid box then fill it with gelatin and water and let it gel, then I close the box, put it in another box with standard packing and ship it. It's perfectly safe for CPUs without a heatspreader, but if the CPU has a heatspreader you...
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- Post #3
- Jul 4, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Burn in week (my method)

The only thing I have seen burining in help with is Winbond and older samsung memory. I have never had burning in help a CPU. Can never have enough honest experimentation however. Find the lowest voltage it can run stable at stock, then finsih your burn in and check again.
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- Post #4
- Jul 4, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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MJ verdict reached! NOT GUILTY!!!

I honestly don't know if he's guilty or not and anyone who is not MJ or one of his aleged victims will probably never know for sure. Anyway, the jury clearly made the right choice. There was plenty reasonable doubt and a serious lack of real evidence. He was aquitted as he should have been...
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- Post #345
- Jun 13, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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WD74GB Raptor not worth the money?

I used to own a pair of RAID 0 (used with 3 different raid controlers) 36.7GB raptors. The performance difference in everyday use compaired to a single 2 meg cache, PATA/100, 7,200 rpm, 7k250 deskstar was nearly non-exisitant. A single 74GB raptor is faster than a 36GB one, but not two 36GB...
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- Post #28
- Mar 30, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Never Using Prime95 Again...It's Ineffective

Prime95 is not a good memory stress test. I use it for testing the CPU. BTW, prime keeps my CPU at 100% even when using 90% of my memory. The only way it will use less than that is on a SMP system, or if you use more memory than your system has available. In the latter case it will be too...
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- Post #37
- Mar 23, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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WindowsXP 64bit Edition: Drivers, Release Candidates, and Availability, Part 2...

RC2 does not allow me to install monitor drivers! This is a disaster. Every time a new build comes out I install it only to discover that it is worst than the last. All the other public versions allowed me to use my monitor .inf, but not RC2.
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- Post #183
- Mar 4, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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TCCD chips = DDR 600?

Neat to see 300Mhz memory but... I've gotten the same bandwidth with 260Mhz T1. T2 Sucks. You are better off running T1 and using a lower ratio, or just using a higher CPU multiplier and a lower reference clock. Have you tried other timings to try to get it to OC better with T1? I would...
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- Post #5
- Nov 11, 2004
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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How often do you format and re-install windows?

Lol, I haven't had any windows install in the last 3 years last more than 40 days. I usually have to reformat every other week. Then again it's rare for me to keep a motherboard more than 40 days so that explains some of it. I also like to tinker alot and try various OSes. I hate...
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- Post #12
- Oct 27, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Gainward 6800GT *GS*

My first Gainward 680GT Golden Sample was defective and would not do it's ratted 400/1100 speeds, so I RMAed it. This new one I have does 414/1128.6 with perfect stability. It will go alot higher and remain usable in many things, but its only toaly stbale at these speeds or lower. As for not...
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- Post #29
- Oct 20, 2004
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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How fast in mhz is a Cyrix 6x86 chip?

The old Cyrix chips had a terrible FPU, thats why the sucked.
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- Post #9
- Oct 12, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Thermal compound on stock Athlon64 heatsink/fan

Clean off the old crap completely and use your own thermal grease. Just put a dab on the middle of the CPU's heatspreader then put the heatsink on it, it will spread out on its own.
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- Post #3
- Aug 7, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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I wanna build a new gaming rig...

Dual Channel doesn't give anywhere near a 15% boost.
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- Post #5
- Aug 7, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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The mobile Athlon 64 and motherboards

Why would you get the 1.6GHz 2800+? It has a max multiplyer of EIGHT. Get the 3000+ or 3200+ if you can afford it.
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- Post #431
- Jul 29, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards

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