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The slanting design doesn't take it away from the memory on AMD mobos, where mounting it will mean the slant actually takes the heatsink 'up' parallel to the memory, rather than away from it. And yet this is where such a feature is arguably needed the most considering how close the memory...

Finally, an AMD motherboard with 2 PCI slots, which doesn't suck as a whole! I think this will be my next board.....

This post is about social networking addiction, but I want to comment on the denial games addiction that was mentioned by the OP. Let's see what an industry-recognised game designer has to say: http://www.gamedev.net/reference/design/features/genreaddict/default.asp I think it's time...

I bloody well hope so. The special effects will be bloomin' awesome.

Ooh thank you all very much, that's what I'll do then. Mr. Kyle once posted an article when the K8s were beginning to get trumped by the Core 2s that proved that upgrading the CPU at that time didn't have any effect on gameplay. Was just wondering if things had changed with the latest games...

Hi, So here's what I'm thinking - I'm currently running an old K8 Athlon X2 6400+ at 3.4GHz, with a Geforce 8800GT. I want to get a GTX 280 wotsit thingy to go with my new 1920x1200 monitor that I plan to get. The question is: will that old CPU, a K8 at 3.4GHz, power that GPU adequately...

Here is my drawing. If I win, could you ship it to the UK? Yes, I'll pay the postage and packaging.

Although these cards are suitable for an HTPC, I think a motherboard with the new RS780 chipset from ATI/AMD is way better - almost exactly the same GPU, 64MB of dedicated DDR2 memory for it, but without having to put another card into the case, resulting in less heat and more air-flow - meaning...

On the chips that would not reach 3.0GHz, were you able to get at least one or two cores to 3GHz?

Hi, Looking at the layout of several RD790 boards, it seems that I won't be able to fit my Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme on them without obscuring at least one memory slot. On my current DFI LanParty nf4 Ultra-D, the heatpipes pass over the nearest memory slot, so I can't fill up all 4 memory...

Ah - I thought there was a big speed difference between 1T and 2T on S939.... was assuming it was the same on other systems too.

Hi, You guys know about the problem that Socket939 CPUs had in that when using all 4 memory slots, you couldn't set the memory timings to 1T, and had to use 2T? Do AM2 or AM2+ CPUs/motherboards suffer from this problem? i.e. should I be aiming to fill up all 4 slots of memory with 1GB...

Google have made my dreams come true.... I currently have a Sony Ericcson P990i, and Sony recently announced that they'd stop releasing firmware upgrades to it (idiots) because they think "it works well enough". Which is of course nonsense, it's always going into "can't turn off" mode where it...

Makes me wonder if tri-cores will become obsolete to the enthusiast. I could imagine enthusiasts buying tri-cores if they had higher clock speeds (or could overclock more) than quad-cores (I'd certainly consider it), but this utility makes it a moot point - get a quad core, find the best...

From what I understand (fudzilla gained knowledge here, so it's probably wrong), the new 8800GT is going to replace the 8800 GTS 320MB, and be a bit faster. It'll use the D8E chip, a 65nm refresh of the G80. The next 'high end' is going to be 2 cards using these chips stuck together in a...

Thanks for the replies guys - a TJ-10 it is! :-)

Hi, I was all set to buy a Silverstone TJ10, having convinced myself that I'd never need another case again, and therefore the investment would be sound. Then I thought, "but what happens when the ATX form factor is replaced, or newer motherboards or coolers come out that end up being...

I was thinking of making myself something like this, but I had more of a sitting-position exercise bike (recumbent bike) in mind, ala: http://www.exerciseequipment.co.uk/catalog/productinfo.aspx?id=314 Much more comfortable (exercise bike saddles are horrid if you ask me). Also, much more...

I have to sympathise with Bit-Tech some-what, but I don't totally agree with their decision to drop real-world testing. The reason I sympathise is because I REALLY wanted a real-world comparision between the 7600GT (that I've got) and the 8600GTS, but I understand there's not enough time to...

Hope nobody minds me puking into someone elses thread, but I have a related question: I know someone mentioned that Seasonic power supplies are dodgy, but they didn't say it was one of they 'S12' range. I've got an S12-430 (430W), 2 hard drives and 1 optical drive. 1 case fan. That's it...

I have to agree with the chap who hoped ATi's Linux drivers improve... since nVidia seem to be the only ones to have mature stable Linux drivers for their graphics cards. I am a little sad, since nVidia basically allowed AMD to be in the position they are in, and from a sentimental point of...

If it still craps on the carpet, you know it's bad. Sorry couldn't resist with a title like that :-) Seriously though, I bought a Socket 754 motherboard and it would have all sorts of crashes etc. like you're having. The solution? I upgraded the BIOS on the motherboard - the BIOS was...