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On both NewEgg and Amazon, prices are rising and more and more makes/models are going out of stock. Looks like they are clearing stock and trying to maximize margin before the big Pascal launch, which makes me think it may be very close.

I am here to rant. I am an IT guy. One of my responsibilities is to prep new computers (both laptops and desktops) for new employees. Part of my checklist is to remove unnecessary OEM software. One of the strangest trends I have seen from OEM's over the years is the fascination with...

I finally took the plunge and ordered the parts (motherboard, CPU, RAM) for my leap from Q9550 Yorkfield to i5-6600 Skylake. I want to run some tests on my current system that I can rerun after the upgrade to get a picture of my gains. What handful of free benchmark programs would you...

I am looking for a Z170 board and I want to keep price as low as possible while still having the following: 1. Stability/quality 2. Overclocking 3. At least 6 SATA connectors 4. At least 1 PCI slot 5. At least 2 PCI-E 1x slots that would not be blocked by a double-wide GPU I don't need...

Those who have or have had an Asus GTX 670 DCu 2 (Non-TOP)--has it been a stable, reliable product for you? Good temps/noise? Thanks in advance! Edit: I asked because NewEgg keeps putting up these cards every few days as open box for $293.99 with free shipping. I never wanted to spend over $200...

Kyle, Brent, and Co. If you are not already doing so, please do a thorough best-playable-settings workup on the 650Ti. I get why you passed on the other low-end 6xx cards, but this one seemingly is just on the edge of respectability for newer games at 1080p. I really want a true Kepler for...

Looks like there may be a 640 with GDDR5 coming soon, and it may be branded as a GTS 650. Reportedly 44% faster than the 640 with GDDR3, which would make it actually moderately interesting if the price is right. Source: http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/27977-nvidia-gts-650-rumours-show-up

In my day-job, I have a programmer who already uses a dual display in his regular work. He wants to go to four monitors, such that two are facing guests in his office and showing a duplicate image of the pair facing him. 1. To drive four monitors in a system with only one PCI-E slot, I'm...

This is a re-branded Lian-Li all-aluminum case, with brushed dark finish and front door. I went in today to buy it for $119.99, thinking that was the deal of the century on a Lian-Li. They had put it on clearance for $71.99! I don't know how widespread this deal is, but there are 5 left at the...

Anybody have info on when or where the AsRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB board is hitting the market? Gary Key mentioned it in his blog on AnandTech thusly: That's what got me searching and led me to the board on AsRock's site. $95, 45nm support, and the little pluses that the 650i boards have in...

I recently upgraded to a Core 2 system and I want to play through Quake 4 again now that my CPU isn't killing me. Whenever I enable multi-core support under Options\System\Advanced Options and load a save point, the screen is almost pitch black. If I fire a weapon, there is a slight change...

This is my first foray into the Displays forum; as the title says, my trusty 19" CRT is getting ready to wave bye-bye. It now has to "warm up" before it will display the desktop without flickering/rolling at the top. So I've been shopping around, and my eye is immediately caught by the wide...

Followed a link from the front page to an OverclockersCLub review of the ATi HD 2400XT. Interesting benches, especially when looking at the differences between some of the comparison cards. But the bottom line on the 2400XT itself is that it's barely playable at 800x600, if that. So, not a card...

It oughta be a crime! I've been running an Abit NF7-S 1.0 + Athlon XP-M 2500+ for 3 years now. The early revision Abit board with the vanilla nForce 2 had to be pushed to max voltage on the chipset before it would run at 200 FSB for my DDR 400 RAM. I had the 2500+ as high as 2.4 Ghz, but that...

I, like several others, was quick to look askance at him buying an 8800 Ultra. In the AnandTech review of DX10 performance, though, there was one constant among all the back and forth over which was the better performance-range card, the 2900XT or the 8800GTS, or which sucked the least, the...

Just a statement/observation on "R600 Day", one that I hope is within the rules since I'm posting in the NVidia forum: comparing the reactions of the "fanATIcs" to the [H] review of the 2900XT, to the "nVidiot" ;) reactions to the [H] review of the 8800 Ultra, I would have to say I am rather...

So we see that the G84 GPU has two SP partitions, each with 16 stream processors, 4 ROPS, and a 64-bit path to memory, for a total of 32 SPs, 8 ROPS, and 128-bit memory bandwidth. I would like to see a GPU that uses four partitions, offering 64 SPs, 16 ROPS, and 256-bit memory bandwidth. It...

Has the Gigabyte 650i board broken cover anywhere? I think it's the only one left on the horizon that hasn't made it to market yet. MSI seems to be the best so far but I'd like to have all my options on the table since I'm bank-account-bottlenecked for the foreseeable future anyway.

Here's my situation: I'm planning my Big Upgrade to Core 2 Duo, PCI-E, DDR2, etc., but I want a board that supports two IDE connectors (one for optical drives, one for hard drives) and has a floppy controller and a parallel port for my printer. Very few of the 965 or 975 boards offer all of...

I looked at the Egg yesterday and the cheapest prices were: 8800GTS: $489 8800GTX: $659 Now they are: 8800GTS: $459 8800GTX: $629 Those optimistic-sounding MSRPs we heard of just before launch are now only $10 and $30 away, respectively, and we are already below the MSRPs that were...

Thoughts upon reading the story about the PCI-E 2.0 spec: Not only are they doubling the bandwidth from 2.5 to 5 Gigabits per second, but they are adding the capability to connect external devices with copper cables up to 10 meters (30+ feet!) long at the current 2.5 Gbps. Doesn't sound like...

I have a client who bought a Gateway Tablet PC laptop about a year ago. He's decided he doesn't particularly care for the tablet features and would prefer to use it simply as a laptop. It's the kind that doesn't go into full tablet mode unless you swivel the screen. This being the case, I...

I keep expecting to see an [H] review of the 7950GT and so far I haven't seen one. Did I miss it?

This may be the dumbest question ever, but aim high, I always say! The Rules are firmly against Thread Hijacking and Thread Crapping. The first I can understand, even in face-to-face conversations it's easy to have a thought and go off on a tangent. But what is considered thread crapping? If...

I am beginning to think there is something seriously borked in the way WinXP handles drive letter assignments. I have had to deal with similar issues now with two different computers, one an e-Machines and the other an HP. Both have multi-card readers installed in a floppy bay, that attach to a...

When you install Forceware drivers for your nVidia card, do they only install the necessary files for your particular card, or do they detect the model at runtime? If it's the latter, does that mean I can change out nVidia cards (for example, if one needs to be RMA'd or if I'm upgrading from one...

Where are the laptops based this chip? It's been almost a month since the official launch, and I've seen only one full review of an X2 based machine. I keep checking around and nothing's out there. Why?

Have there been any roadmaps/interviews/leaks/press releases about nVidia's upcoming GPUs that give an idea about addressing issues like angle-independent AF and HDR+AA? I would like to see parity on these techs, but I'm afraid that the lead time on development is so long that we might not see...

I looked at the announced quad systems today, and wow! What a crazy range of prices! First I check out the link to the Velocity Micro. $5995, and I'm thinking, yikes! But I notice with approval that there are top-level components throughout, and down at the bottom of the configurator, there's...

Forgive my ever abundant ignorance, but I have been wondering something about the 7800GT/GS and their disabled features. I remember the days of the Palomino core Athlon XPs and the "laser locks" on the multiplier switches. There were several guides on the Net detailing how to bridge the cuts and...

Do any folks who work for AMD frequent these forums? I've got something I'd like to discuss with such a one...

Ay caramba! Can you believe this monster? http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2561 I realize this is a motherboard, but I think it's relevant given the graphics capabilities it brings to the table. They have two of their dual-6800GT cards in there to feed 8 of the 10 displays, and...

Anyone else hear the rousing strains of "Blame Canada" echoing in their ears lately? Just my way to say, love the new tag in the site banner!

I wanted to play a little Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings, and it has raised a very weird problem. I hadn't played in a long time (don't even remember if I was running WinXP the last time). When I got to the main screen where you launch a game, my monitor went black. I could still hear the audio...

The 7800GTX review at Rage3D that was linked from [H] has some interesting comments in the conclusion: 1. First review of an nVidia card ever posted on that site. 2. First experience with a top-end nVidia card by the reviewer. The fact that they came away thoroughly impressed with the GTX...

This is just a semi-educated guess, but I'm thinking that if AMD had unfettered access to partnerships with OEMs, their market share would rise from about 17% now to somewhere in the 30-40% range. Intel would be able to hold on to the larger share by virtue of customer loyalty and areas of...

Seeing the official press release on the front page regarding the Turion has me wondering: Will this be like the Barton core XP mobiles were? That is: -Underclocked? -Under-voltaged? -Unlocked multiplier? -Compatible with desktop motherboards? (If so, which socket?) And therefore...

I've been wondering something since this morning: If nVidia is holding back a 32-pipe Ultra to squash the R520 (big IF, I know, could just be a speed bump)... Wouldn't it make sense that the current core has 32 pipes, but they went with 24 for the GTX because of yield issues (otherwise how...

When does the nVidia 7800 NDA lift? That isn't a secret, is it?