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    Laptop Recommendations, Budget $850

    trigger pulled... never spent this much money on a pc before... always built my desktops using newegg... oh well. Looking forward to seeing what my new baby can do in a week. :D
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    Laptop Recommendations, Budget $850

    I'm in the same situation as the OP, normal surfing, some Word, and light gaming (TF2). I'm looking at laptops around the same budget, +/-$100. Dell Vostros seem to be the way to go. I've been out of the loop for too long and have only had a a 12" ibook G3 for a laptop. How much, if any...
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    New build opinions - it's been a while

    Been out of the loop for a while. Still using the rig in my sig plus an extra gig of memory and an x1650 pro that I actually added a few weeks ago. So it's been almost 5 years since I built this one. Not really in a hurry but I'd like to build something new within the next few months...
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    4.9 Beta Catalyst Drivers Out. (For Doom 3)

    Doom3 locked up for me with 4.7s, well not locked up, just booted to desktop. I couldn't even make it out of the intro scene with the grid of the spaceship coming into orbit. I tried it on both 640x800 and 1024x768 <--(what i run all my games on). Running a 9500 np, stock, on 2500+ @ 200x10...
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    has anyone ever installed an arctic silencer?

    I used the link that wuz gave earlier. It's pretty straigtforward I just installed one yesterday on my 9500np. It was pretty simple. Nothing major. I didn't have to take off the shim. I believe they've fixed that with rev. 3. Took about 15-20 minutes. Just unplug the fan and pop the...
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    9500 problems

    So I have a Sapphire 9500 np, not modded, not o/ced, 4.6 cats. I've had it for over a year now and never had any problems. Until recently... I'm thinking it has to do with heat. And I'm thinking about replacing the stock POS fan. Need suggestions.... Recently, for the last 2 weeks or so...
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    How long does your Mac take to boot?

    imac DV 400, 512mb ram, stock 10 gig HD, Panther... about 1 minute and a half. imac 350, 192, 12 gig IBM, 10.2.8... about 3 minutes imac G4 700mhz, 640MB ram, 40 gig, 10.2.8... about a minute and a half as well...
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    Replacement for my worn Ratpadz...

    i recommend func. I've had my 1030 for almost a year now, still in perfect shape... best $20 I've spent on my rig. and u get a free tin! :D
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    Smokin Hot: I/OMagic 8x DVD±RW/±R dual format, $89.94 after IR

    There's a thread over on fatwallet about this, it's either a BTC or an Optorite: http://fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?catid=18&threadid=269993 I'm gonna head over to staples when they open and see if I can find an optorite. report back later...
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    *** Official Catalyst 4.2 Thread ***

    They fixed it! hallelujah!! I just tested it on 3 games that always used to revert back to the windows default upon exit and now they stay with my "defined" settings... booyaaa! and I like this one too, haven't tried it yet tho' The game Half-Life is now displayed properly under Windows...
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    *** Official Catalyst 4.2 Thread ***

    From the "Fixed in this driver" http://www.ati.com/support/includes/titles/fixed.html Performance losses noticed in Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory with the previous CATALYST™ display driver have been resolved in this release of CATALYST™ And if this is really fixed, it'll be well worth...
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