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Upgrading from Geforce GTS 8600

What am I missing? I see a lot of people recommending AMD, but it's not clear why. For me, the performance between AMD and nVidia is about the same (my system is CPU bottle-necked anyway, so any minor performance difference is not going to matter). So, I am looking at other features to...
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- Post #30
- Feb 6, 2016
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Upgrading from Geforce GTS 8600

Aah, would they work with my LGA775 mobo? They're not in the list of supported CPUs for my mobo. They do seem to be marginally better than the fastest LGA775 CPU I can buy, according to cpubenchmark.net. C2Q: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Quad+Q9550+%40+2.83GHz 771 Xeon...
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- Post #23
- Feb 5, 2016
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Upgrading from Geforce GTS 8600

Nope, don't care about nVidia vs AMD. Is there a performance difference though? In the low price range, I should get equally well-performing cards from them both, right? What is your video card recommendation? And don't care about buying from Amazon either. I've just become too used to...
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- Post #22
- Feb 5, 2016
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Upgrading from Geforce GTS 8600

Thanks for your suggestions, everyone. I'm glad I posted on here before buying because I hadn't realized the CPU bottleneck issue. While googling, I found this nifty little tool that gives you an idea of which CPU/GPUs are fairly matched: http://intel.thebottlenecker.com/ My plan is to now...
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- Post #15
- Feb 4, 2016
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Upgrading from Geforce GTS 8600

Nope, I'd buy the used one for $60.
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- Post #13
- Feb 3, 2016
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Upgrading from Geforce GTS 8600

Nope, not planning to upgrade my motherboard/CPU. I current have a Core 2 Duo, but can upgrade to this Core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz (the latest one my motherboard can support): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012WDMNC Do you think the CPU will still be the bottleneck with that upgrade?
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- Post #3
- Feb 3, 2016
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Upgrading from Geforce GTS 8600

Hi everyone, I am looking for a new graphics card. I have an old PC I put together in 2007 and the card now needs upgrading. My budget is $300 and I plan to play the new XCOM 2 game (but want the card to last another 7 years, which should be fine since I don't really play too many demanding...
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- Feb 3, 2016
- Replies: 34
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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What's this song?

Nevermind, I got it. I should've put "what's gonna keep me up" in quotes.
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- Post #6
- Nov 30, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What's this song?

Thanks! What exactly did you google for? I had tried googling the few words, but couldn't find it. I just got Shazam to recognize that clip too (I was afraid it wasn't long enough).
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- Post #5
- Nov 30, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What's this song?

No, I have heard that one before, but this is not it. Thanks for trying though. Hopefully somebody else has an idea.
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- Post #3
- Nov 30, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What's this song?

Does anybody know the song at the beginning of this video: http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/11/22/chinas-new-superpower-a-supermodel?videoId=225575522
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- Nov 30, 2011
- Replies: 5
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Got ripped on my apartment lease

Just this Sunday I signed a 1 yr. lease for a 1-bedroom apartment. Today I find out that my neighbor signed a similar 1 yr lease last month for an exactly similar aparment but are paying $125 less per month than me. Question now is, what can I do? Do I ask them to lower my rent? Is there...
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- Jun 10, 2010
- Replies: 22
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Sweet 16 ideas

So it's myc ousin's sweet 16 and she wants me to do the picture slideshow and talk a little bit. it's supposed to be funny. does anybody have any ideas. I wast hinking i could do something like give advice that is funny. like 10 things to do or not to do now that she is 16. people on these...
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- Jul 1, 2009
- Replies: 6
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Sweet 16 ideas

Darn, so much for posting from my iPhone.
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- Post #7
- Jul 1, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Sweet 16 ideas

Soit'smycousin'ssweet16andshewantsmetodothepictureslideshowandtalkalittlebit.it'ssupposedtobefunny. doesanybodyhaveanyideas. Iwasthinkingicoulddosomethinglikegiveadvicethatisfunny.like10thingstodoornottodonowthatsheis16...
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- Jul 1, 2009
- Replies: 6
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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