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Tigerdirect is running a promotion through tomorrow for $20 off $100 when you pay with V.me, which is a new payment portal available for Visa cards. I signed up last night and it was quite painless. That makes the price $295 shipped - $15 rebate card. You can also get a free trial from...

Zalman 9500 AT... nothing amazing, but it was a breeze to install and pretty cheap at Microcenter, so good enough for me.

I installed the Intel ME driver off the CD, works fine. There is an Intel ME firmware update in the MSI 1.7 BIOS zip file, so maybe you need to flash both... I did. I flashed by creating a DOS USB boot drive and running 7673v17.bat; this updated both MB BIOS and Intel FW. I was able to get...

New BIOS 1.7 is released: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P67S-C43.html#/?div=BIOS Will be trying it soon. If you don't hear back, it's because my board is hosed :p

My MSI 6950 was showing artifacts on DESKTOP using the Sapphire 6970 BIOS, even after +20 power and dropping memory and GPU back to base clocks. 6950 modded BIOS seems perfectly fine, even in 3d. I can only guess the card didn't like the extra voltage.

After looking through the MSI forum overclocking section, it looks like this is a known - if not widely declared - bug. From what I can discern, there is currently a 1.6 BIOS still in beta, which should contain a fix for this. The same bug is occurring on the GD65 boards. They must have...

Probably not a lot of owners out there yet, but this new board is having trouble with CPU voltage in BIOS. Regardless of my setting, voltage remains at 1.208, holding back the new 2500k quite a bit. If I use MSI Control Center (windows utility), I can change CPU voltage, but it returns to...

Mine arrived today, even though the Dell website still indicates it's in production. I feel kind of bad, because I think I lucked out with a good monitor. Backlight uniformity is excellent, little backlight leak and no dead pixels I could see. I feel bad, though, because in TF2 it still...

I'm a CRT die hard... last time I tried an LCD on my home rig it was a Dell 24" about 4 years ago. It was bright as all hell (at min backlight) and the viewing angles were so bad that the black/grey tiles on HardForum drove me insane. Ghosting and input lag were pretty bad too. But, I've been...

Thanks, OP. I almost pulled the trigger earlier this week on a Gigabyte UD3, but I felt that was a bit of a waste since even low-performance Crossfire is not important to me. Now that we know SB isn't launching retail until Sunday, this board should definitely be here in time since 2nd Day...

I'm on a QX6600 (engineering sample!) on a 680i motherboard... it's definitely time for an upgrade; the motherboard is 4 years old and while it still works, it just makes me feel dirty to have such an aged system. I was waiting for Sandy just because the first gen core-i CPUs were already so far...

Yup, first thing I tried. $73.59 for 8GB, even with CA tax. Going to use my $50GC from the last promotion :)

My prejudice isn't based on one experience. Like I said, I've been around LCD technology and used LCDs a lot - but only once have I tried on in my home environment, with disastrous results. I simply didn't want to try again if people's reactions were "yeah, it's not going to be any better this...

Yes, in the age of LCDs I still use a CRT. I have worked in the LCD TV industry, I have a 52" LCD TV that I'm okay with, but for a gaming monitor I've had nothing but disappointment with LCDs. I'm currently using a HP P1100 21" CRT that I saved from the scrapheap at work and it works great and...

Yeah, try switching out the cable first. If that doesn't work, you can pick up a DVI to HDMI adapter and try connecting a standalone DVD or Blu-ray player to your monitor. If it plays, the problem is on your PC, if it doesn't play, the problem is the monitor.

I'd guess he's referring to Firefly. It's a good bet Farscape will never be on Blu-Ray since, for the first few seasons, if not all of it, appeared to be shot on video instead of film. I believe you can get later seasons in 16:9 but I've never seen the earlier seasons in any format besides 4:3.

The Saiga has 10 round detachable mags, because it does not have a pistol grip, folding stock, foregrip, etc, etc. that classify it as an "evil" assault weapon in CA. If I modded any of those things onto the gun (aside from having to put on a certain number of US built parts to comply with...

It's really not that hard to get a gun in CA. Background check is similar to most states and most annoying part is having to wait 10 days. There are certainly lots of stupid laws on mag size, "evil features" (pistol grip, detachable mag etc.) that have to be complied with. Not saying any of...

Just as a point to your original post: Left 4 Dead does not use Physx at all, so having a dedicated physics card in L4D will not get you any extra FPS or cool effects.

Just as an update, step-up price has already dropped to $259.99. I paid $234 for my GTX 260 192 SC which will only hit 650/1400/1150 stable. Hopefully the step up price drops a bit more and I'll just have to pay shipping :p

As of this morning part number 896-P3-1255-AR is available for step-up through the EVGA website. From the same part number on ZZF, this appears to be the 55nm part. Price is the same as ZZF, $279.99. I think I'll wait for my step-up to get closer to its end-date to see if the MSRP drops a bit :p

Someone who has ordered this already, I have a question: Does the Invoice you get from Mwave show an instant rebate of $30? ($249.99 - $30 = $219.99) Or does it just list the price as $219.99 straight up? My concern is that the Mwave website shows the price as $219.99 after $30 instant...

Notice for us California residents who have to pay tax to almost every e-commerce site that exists besides Amazon... Amazon just lowered prices on the MSI 260 to $230 - $40 MIR, and the EVGA 260 to $240 - $30 MIR, no tax, free ship. Personally I'd say the EVGA is worth the $20 extra for...

I'm actually pissed at Valve. All said and done with coupon, cashback and selling my 8800, I could snag a GTX 260 off ebay right now for around $60. However, the only game I plan on playing in the foreseeable future is Left 4 Dead which really isn't going to run any better on a GTX 260 at only...

Here's the rebate form (Thanks to google cache) ... however since it isn't in the item description any more, you never know if MSI will still honor it, though I doubt newegg and the MSI rebate center would have such good coordination...

At $245, I can almost promise you purchased from a private seller. This means you are not the original purchaser and will not be able to get the MIR or warranty coverage if this card turns out to be a dud like the other one you had. Again, it does not matter if the card was "factory sealed"...

Lowest I see for EVGA 260 GTX from techtreasure is $269.99 instead of $259.99. Is OP a typo?

So the seller sent you a receipt/invoice that indicates the card was purchased from a non-ebay business that PNY can verify? A lot of individuals on ebay state "new in shrinkwrap, never opened - full warranty" but that doesn't make it true. PNY, EVGA, etc, have no way of knowing whether the...

People who are getting better deals than MWave won't get warranty coverage (I haven't seen any cheap XFX cards for sale for their 1+1 warranty). So, you can be happy with your peace of mind, and they can hope the card doesn't die. I've never had a card die, but I'm not willing to take the risk...

If you have the 10% coupon, combine with MS Live Cashback of 30% for this card: http://cgi.ebay.com/POWERCOLOR-AX4870X2-HD-4870-X2-2GBD5-H-2GB-512bit-DDR5_W0QQitemZ220297157273QQihZ012QQcategoryZ3761QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l1262 $520 - $156 (Live Cashback) - $52...

I've been looking at these PNY cards for $127 after coupon and cashback... and while it's a hell of a deal, I'm not sure I can look past losing 3 years warranty. Unfortunately MWave's store charges me sales tax or that would easily be the best deal after rebate. If only the PNY guy was...

MWave has the eVGA version on their ebay store as well for around $20 more after cashback and coupon considerations. May be worth it for Step Up and Lifetime warranty - the MSI website seems to vaguely indicate a 3 year warranty on their graphics cards, but Newegg lists the warranty on the same...

Mine was delivered today. I didn't get double box, and the single box arrived in good condition. Drive fired up fine and is currently formatting.

Just ordered, thanks OP. No tax in California = even hotter deal :)

I think we're still at least one generation, probably two, from seeing PCIe 1.x being a bottleneck. AGP 8x didn't appear to bottleneck the 3800 cards, and there's some rumor an AGP 4800 is planned (probably not officially supported by AMD)

DDR2-1000... might as well for a few dollars more. You should be able to keep the RAM running 1:1 with your CPU, though the performance increase from that is pretty small. Based on reviews and my experience, you may want to go with PC Power & Cooling over Antec. Also $30 cheaper after rebate...

Agree with tiraides on many things - WD6400AAKS - Samsung DVDs - Lesser version of Vista - Less expensive case Also suggest -- do you do video encoding or anything that explicitly uses all 4 cores of that processor well? If not, get a 3+Ghz dual core Wolfdale for $100 less. Decide...

I like to sit in a dark room, and LCD's are just too bright. At work, when reading text in a well lit room, LCD's are unquestionably superior. I'm currently using an HP 21" CRT and loving it. I tried a Dell 24" LCD about a year ago, but the thing was like a torch - even with brightness and...

I haven't started Crysis yet, but I will now be weary of over-hyped games in what I will forever call the "Bioshock Effect".

Nom, you seem to be of the mindset of someone who lives with their parents? Some of us work, or would be working if we weren't feeding the trolls :(