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Video Graphic Card

I used an 8600GT for my HTPC for a while that I got for $40 on CL. The 8xxx Nvidia series has support for PureVideo, where the 7xxx series does not. I also have a bluray drive in my HTPC and my software is ArcSoft TM3, which supports DVD upscaling to 1080P by using the GPU. I now have a...
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- Post #20
- Jan 18, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Video Graphic Card

You do know they make DVI to HDMI adapters and cords right? DVI and HDMI same thing I use one for my HTPC, plug into the DVI port of the 9600GSO to the HDMI of the Samsung LCD 46", it also caries the sound (MB header SPDIF connected by cable to side of video card) Because HDMI is...
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- Post #16
- Jan 18, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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What is the highest video card that would make sense with an E8400 CPU?

//////////// Summary \\\\\\\\\\\\\ 01/17/2011 23:29:19 - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium DirectX 10 ENTHUSIAST 1X @ Map: frost @ 0 1920 x 1200 AA 4xx ==> Framerate [ Min: 20.86 Max: 30.77 Avg: 26.17 ] //////////// Summary \\\\\\\\\\\\\ 01/17/2011 23:38:35 - Microsoft Windows 7 Home...
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- Post #66
- Jan 18, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Mobo SB_PWR LED stays on when computer unplugged

The DFI NF4 LanParty boards supplied voltage to the RAM when power was off, this was the famous "Cold Boot" issue, the RAM had this bias voltage when off which would prevent it from booting on power up. Oskar lead engineer at easystreet forums for DFI confirmed this. I actually RMAd one of...
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- Post #9
- Jan 17, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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What is the highest video card that would make sense with an E8400 CPU?

Q9550 @ 2.86GHHz, GTX460 925MHzGPU/2000MHzMem DirectX 10 ENTHUSIAST 1X @ Map: frost @ 0 1920 x 1200 AA 4xx ==> Framerate [ Min: 12.27 Max: 32.04 Avg: 27.16 ] Unigine Heaven Benchmark v2.1 FPS: 27.3 Scores: 687 Min FPS: 13.3 Max FPS: 52.6 Q9550 @ 3.6GHz, GTX460 925MHzGPU/2000MHzMem DirectX...
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- Post #49
- Jan 17, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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what benchmarking software should i use

How about the Unigine Heaven bench, its free and a lot of review sites use it so you can compare on line to other hardware: http://unigine.com/products/heaven/ Ive been running the frostbench benchmark lately and comparing to anandtech, but I think you might need the game to run...
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- Post #18
- Jan 17, 2011
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Mobo SB_PWR LED stays on when computer unplugged

You should always turn off or unplug the PS and then press the power button on, and watch the LEDs go out as the power drains out (only takes a second). You could kill your RAM installing it without draining the power from the board.
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- Post #5
- Jan 17, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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Who has the best quality?

Good support is a 3 year RMA;)
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- Post #64
- Jan 17, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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Who has the best quality?

I too have had issues with EVGA, had a 680i board that had tons of storage issues, and then seems like it killed two sets of DDR2 1066 RAM, had one stick die on a pair, two times in a row?? Didn't have much better time with a two 780is either, and I'm dying to get the 630i out of my HTPC cause...
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- Post #59
- Jan 17, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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Who has the best quality?

temperature standard MIL-PRF-39003L of the US Department of Defense I work at a semiconductor Fab, we are DOD certified. They did, here's their press release: http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/hardware/25482/msi-details-advantages-its-military-class-graphics-cards Rubycon, Please let...
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- Post #49
- Jan 16, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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Who has the best quality?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolytic_capacitor Aluminum electrolytic capacitor: compact but lossy, these are available in the range of <1 µF to 1 F with working voltages up to several hundred volts DC. The dielectric is a thin layer of aluminum oxide. They contain corrosive liquid and...
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- Post #47
- Jan 15, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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Who has the best quality?

Oh, didnt mean to sound like it was classified, just gets boringly technical. Things like less leakage, overvolt protection, guaranteed performance over a -55°C to +125°C temperature range, reverse polarity protection, lower dropout voltages, thermal enhancement etc. You can google military...
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- Post #45
- Jan 15, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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Looking For A Good LGA775 Board?

One for sale on this forum! http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2134571&highlight=775
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- Post #10
- Jan 15, 2011
- Forum: Motherboards
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GTX 460 Hawk buzz

OMG, feel so stupid. When I was playing around with plugging headphones into back, I noticed pulling on card stopped noise. It still cycled with what was on the screen, and didn't do it before this card. Oh well, time for new headphones!
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- Post #9
- Jan 15, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Need better graphics! :D

You might not get a higher max fps, but the minimum will increase and difficult rendering wont dip down as low. Things will run smoother, plus levels seem to load faster: Q9550 @ 2.86GHHz, GTX460 925MHzGPU/2000MHzMem DirectX 10 ENTHUSIAST 1X @ Map: frost @ 0 1920 x 1200 AA 4xx ==>...
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- Post #40
- Jan 15, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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