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QQ -- I've seen many people boost their 970 voltage in afterburner to the max (+87); is that because it's still way below unsafe levels or because the card handles voltage dynamically regardless (so you're essentially setting a theoretical max instead of a constant level). Thanks for the info!

Hi all, I was playing around with Fur Mark as an easy way to test my overclock boost results, and noticed that it won't rise above the stock core overclock. For example, I'm at +140 on my MSI Gaming 4G card (1254) and in Fur Mark that's the peak. If I try a game, boost kicks in (~1490), but...

Just wondering if you guys are getting the same poor performance as me on a 6970 or comparable AMD setup. Using the first level (ship) as a bench I'm getting 25-35 fps with a 2500k + 6970 2GB @high, 1920x1080, with no motion blur or AA (13.2 beta 6 drivers). Doesn't seem right. The second...

Curious if anyone else is getting some buggy stutter in Far Cry 3 DX11. I'm talking about 60 fps all low, yet still if I stand in Earnhardt's house and spin (for example), certain light sources (or just "spots") will cause a small stutter. Running around will do it too but this example is...

EDIT: Just saw the other thread on this. My bad, mod feel free to remove. This was on sale earlier this month for maybe a little less but it sold out ridiculously fast. Not sure if this one will go quick, seems like a good deal though. Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/120G 2.5" 120GB Promo Code...

Topic says it all, Newegg is offering a Crucial M4 128GB SSD (CT128M4SSD2) at a promotional price of $99.99. Need an SSD but on the fence whether I should wait for a better deal to come along. Great SSD though, and that's the lowest I've seen it at Newegg.

Hi All, My Nephew's MOBO is dying so I'm buying him some parts to keep his rig running. The only parts he'll need are a MOBO, CPU, and RAM. I'll be re-using his HD 4850 and the cpu he's coming from is a C2D e6600. I have $200 to spend and this will be used for school and some gaming (just...

Hey Guys, I'm close to pulling the trigger on the new Acer M5 14" (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215392) and wanted to hear your thoughts. ***Current Rig*** I'm due for a laptop upgrade and have been looking around. My current one is over 2 years old now and...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Web browsing and videos (no HD/Bluray) 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Up to ~$800 shipped 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. U.S...

Hey guys, Looking into getting a cheap webcam that I can view online through my Android phone. Thinking of picking up this one up from newegg: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 USB 2.0 720p HD widescreen: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826105420 I don't care too much...

So this fix worked for me (thanks Tim James) and I wanted to see if anyone else has success removing most of their stutter. Tim used Dxstory to force a fps limit of 60fps. This worked for me with and without vsync. Keep in mind stutter still pops up a bit but the difference was dramatic. Any...

Hey guys, I'm playing through the campaign (I know, I know) and was curious what settings you guys ended up on for the best compromise of eye candy to FPS. Report in if you feel like it with what you're using, the settings you chose + why, and your FPS. I'm only to Operation Guillotine so far...

To begin, I'm not trying to start a fanboy war here so please read my question carefully. I keep reading comparisons of Nvidia vs AMD cards and they all seem to pit the 6970 against the GTX 570, even stating that the GTX 570 is faster. While I've seen a couple benchies that show the GTX 570...

My 6970 has been stuttering in games (f3ar, portal 2, bf3) when vsync is disabled ever since I bought it, a few weeks ago. While I haven't done extensive testing (up till bf3 I just enable vsync), I'm fairly confident the problem exists in all games, the above three are just examples. I have...

So I picked up some random parts from my buddy for my new build (2500k, p8p67-m pro, 64gb M4 SSD) and he gave me a kingston SNV425-S2 64gb SSD that he had laying around. What would be the best thing to do with it? Should I do a RAID setup with the M4 or will that lower my system performance (the...

Hey all, I just took the plunge, bought a g700 to go with my microsoft 3000 wireless keyboard in hopes of moving some of my gaming to the couch (42" vs 19"). I'm running into some serious range issues with both devices. I'm talking about loss of connectivity at ~6 feet. I've tried switching...

Hey all, the goal of this build is to both upgrade my aging components for the next wave of titles (Skyrim, Diablo 3, Firefall) and move to a smaller case to appease the fiance -- she's not cool with my stacker 810 in the living room, lol. Currently, I'm running the system in my sig and...

Hey, My Dad's comp is ancient and he is finally ready to upgrade. His budget is $500 but I am trying to build it as cheap as possible. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Web, email, streaming video, maybe dvd's sometimes. 2) What's your budget...

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I just cannot get it to work at all. I have tried forcing it through the control panel, in the game, turning down all the settings (HDR off), 2x 4x and 8x, 8.10 hotfix 1 drivers, then the new hotfix 2, even old 8.9 (cleaning drivers out in-between). Nothing gets me any AA. I just don't get...

So, just like the original Crysis, I am getting massive stuttering issues in DX10. Crysis eventually seemed to get fixed, either because of me updating drivers or using a custom cfg (which I suppose could have fixed some default cmd which was to blame). However, in Warhead it's back and in full...

I was complaining about this issue awhile back. Basically, Crysis was stuttering like hell in dx10, but decent in dx9. Also, this issue only popped up with Vista (duh=dx9). Others had complained about the same problem. In fact, the game would play smoother at dx9 "very high" than dx10 "medium"...

So I am finally building my first loop (got my stacker for it like a year ago :rolleyes:) and need some advice on parts. My specs are in the sig, I want to include my GPU+CPU in the loop and would like it to be fanless. The parts I am looking at currently are: CPU = MC-TDX $59.95 GPU = MAZE5...

Since getting my asus 4850 I have logged a handful of benches under different settings in Crysis and thought I might as well post them here and share the list. Yes I know there are tons of review sites with crysis+4850 benchmarks, but another couldn't hurt ;) ***XP PRO x32***...

So I have been testing the OC for my new 4850 and am wondering if ATItool is not working correctly. At first I was just turning on the artifact finder with GPUZ in the background and walking away. Going off "no errors" I had these stable overclocks: 660/stock 9+ hours stable 675/stock 11...

So I was thinking now that I have a dx10.1 card I should move to vista. I could move my copy from my school computer so it wouldn't cost anything but sadly I still don't know if its worth it. I dislike the os itself (bloat for nothing I care about) but my question is based on image/performance...

With overclocking in mind... Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $89.99 EVGA 512-P3-N841-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $244.99 (-$30.00 MIR)...

Building this for family. He wanted Quad core (I tried telling him a 5000+ would be enough for a non gamer but he wont listen). Here it is: AMD Phenom 9550 Agena 2.2GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor - $195.00 G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) -$44.99...

So I just started business school and am finally breaking down and buying a notebook. Here is my primary goals: 1. I will be using a school loan so I want to keep my costs around $1000 (will go up to about $1200 shipped if there is a good reason). 2. I need a quality screen with very...

This is new in box (shrink wrap still on) OCZ Powerstream 520w (OCZ520ADJSLI) PSU Asking $110 shipped OBO This is a quality PSU and doesn't have any off the "power ripple" rumors about it like the gamextream models. Here is a review if anyone is curious...

First, here is my current system e6600 @3.0 evga 7800gt @494/1.20 asus P5W DH 2gigs of g-skills ddr2-800 @ ddr2-1000 150gig raptor hdd + 250gig seagate 7200rpm hdd 2 dvd-rw burners creative x-fi wireless lan adaptor 5 120mm case fans My OCZ 520w died after about a year of use (tried...

A while ago a power surge put this box out of order and I am having trouble deciding what the problem is. Obviously something must have got fried, and I have narrowed it down to the mobo or cpu (possibly both?). Here is what happens. I hooked the rig up to a different psu, and turned it on, the...

I am building a am2 setup for somebody on a 400 dollar budget. The mobo I am looking at is a msi kn9 nf5 550 mcp mobo. Any better mobos or comments on the current pick? The 590 ultra one Is supposed to be good so I am hoping this one is also. Btw ithis rig is not for anything intensive just...

I am getting a 150gb raptor to boost my game loading performance and am concerned of the effects of RAID0 with my current 250g seagate SP 2504c. Will this slow down my raptor? I did read the article that showed no benefit between RAID0 for real performance but I am still curious. After all, it...

From what I am reading, quite a few people are hitting my temps on water which makes me wonder what I will be seeing on air. With my e6600 at 3.4 (1gig OC) 1.537v I am staying under 60c in coretemp, and about 46c max load in speedfan (dual prime orthos). For comparison, my HDD and cpu idles at...

I know that when priming a cpu, if its at least 6 hours stable its considered stable enough for anything. For memory, what is the limit that is good for usability? I have not had any memory errors during games yet but I am just curious as to how stable my ram is. Memtest ran to 2049% (like 20...

I just dont get it. I am trying to reach the right settings to get 400 fsb stable on my p5w dh Deluxe yet am getting some weird problems. I am trying 8x multi on my 6600 and 1.45v at 3200. If I try 400 at stock volts (mobo) I get a endless reboot before I even get video (cant post), so to boot...

I basically need this to have a high memory and cpu overclock but am concerned for the chipset. I have not done any of the mods and would rather not bother. Speedfan and the bios both show the mobo at only 40c even at 1.85v. Do I need to be concerned about temps? Or is 1.85v basically nothing...