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    A quick look at the Sapphire Tri-X Vapor-X (R9 280x)

    Yep I meant solder/circuitry/etc. Oh, wow. Then there's two more differences there between the Toxic Tri-X and the Vapor-X Tri-X. Check out the backplate and VRM sinks on the new R9 280x (100363TXSR): Ah, nice. Make sure those fans are okay @ 100% fan speed, lol I wonder if it's a % or if...
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    A quick look at the Sapphire Tri-X Vapor-X (R9 280x)

    Lol, what? What fans did you replace it with? Specs on stock fans? The magic with the VRM cooling is on the back of the PCB. It has individual metal ridged heatsinks on each VRM. Get a fan moving air past those and you have nothing to worry about. BTW, does your Vapor-X Tri-X have a backplate...
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    A quick look at the Sapphire Tri-X Vapor-X (R9 280x)

    That was one of the reasons I pulled out of buying this card. I noticed the gap between the input grill and the heatsink was different than the Toxic. It appeared that the HSF on the Vapor-X Tri-x is slightly thinner/different than the normal Toxic Tri-X. Notice the gap in the pic below...
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    A quick look at the Sapphire Tri-X Vapor-X (R9 280x)

    FML. I cancelled my backorder on this card a few weeks ago and paid top dollar for Sapphire's supposed top of the line 280x in the R9 toxic (100363TXSR). It came with Elpida memory, which is inferior to the Hynix memory the OP has in his Vapor-X model. Memory is the most important aspect of a...
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    BIOS attempts to boot from external HD and hangs the system

    yeah, i have the latest bios update though :(
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    BIOS attempts to boot from external HD and hangs the system

    not the answer i'm looking for
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    BIOS attempts to boot from external HD and hangs the system

    I have an external USB drive (Seagate Free Agent 500GB) connected to a Dell XPS2 Laptop running XP SP2. When I attempt to power on the machine with the USB drive connected, the bios attempts to boot off of the USB drive and the system hangs at a black screen with a blinking cursor, requiring a...
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    Paypal $15.00 Cash Rebate!! LOOK!!

    WOW FINALLY gmail "[email protected]" to me PayPal, Inc has just sent you $15.00 USD with PayPal took like 3 months but :D
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    DVD drive powering off for no reason

    apos DW-ISD081
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    DVD drive powering off for no reason

    dell xps 2 laptop running windows xp home
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    DVD drive powering off for no reason

    My dvd drive keeps powering off if I leave it idle for more than 5 mins. It removes itself from the device manager as if it was never there. When I reboot it, it works fine until I leave it idle again and then the same thing happens.
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    Rescuing files from an expired windows xp install

    its a laptop and i dont have a spare drive
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    Rescuing files from an expired windows xp install

    yes its hooked up to our network of two computers they're both laptops, so its an internal laptop hd where do I get knoppix and bartpe?
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    Rescuing files from an expired windows xp install

    doh, forgot about fireFTP should do the trick :cool: if there are other ways though feel free to share
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    Rescuing files from an expired windows xp install

    I need to find a way to recover (preferably burn to cd and/or zip and upload) files in an expired Windows XP Home installation. Since the Windows Genuine Advantage security prevents any way of backing the files up, there are two ways so far that I've heard of to go about doing this. One is to...
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    Paypal $15.00 Cash Rebate!! LOOK!!

    *twiddles thumbs*
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    Whats the worst game Dev and Game Publisher (Poll)

    SCEA... right... God of War and SOCOM are phenomenal, and both are published by SCEA. God of War II is supposedly shaping up to be the best action game of all time. I'd go with EA.
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    Warm. Supreme Commander $37.99 @ CC B&M

    how does this game compare to company of heroeS?
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    Hot - 500GB Maxtor/WD for $139 free 3 day ship 5/3yr warranty @ newegg

    maxtor (5-year warranty from date of manufacture)- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?CMP=AFC-TechBargains&Item=N82E16822144016 wd (3-year warranty) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?CMP=AFC-TechBargains&Item=N82E16822136073
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    Favorite video game ending?

    ffviii
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    winxp pro product key on winxp home?

    Okay, one last question. Will the windows xp product key from the HP laptop work with a windows xp pro student edition cd? Here's the problem: My roommate misplaced his original hp windows cd, but still has the product key on the back of the laptop. Unfortunately I didn't realize it was for xp...
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    winxp pro product key on winxp home?

    meaning it wipes everything, or retains all the data?
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    winxp pro product key on winxp home?

    is there an easy way to upgrade from xp home to xp pro? (w/o reformatting?)
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    winxp pro product key on winxp home?

    Will a windows xp professional product key work with windows xp home edition?
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    Old games you would like to see remade.

    final fantasy 8 vigilante 8 metal slug
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    Most Hated Bloatware

    norton (worse than most viruses) quicktime realplayer nero acrobat reader hp network printer drivers/utilities (terrible stuff, there's like 99393994949 processes running when you install this shit) logitech g15 keyboard lcd utils
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    61" DLP - $1800 - no rebate

    DLP > LCD for gaming. No burn in. The entire samgsung dlp projection series is absolutely stellar for gaming.
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    **HOT** Free Windows Vista

    how will the cd key work for this?
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    Two 7900GSs (SLI) vs. X1900XTX

    What would you take (which setup would perform better)? Two 7900GS running in SLI or one X1900XTX? Any incite or links would be appreciated.
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    E6300 Overclocks - Please Share Yours

    What kind of system memory are you guys doing this on?
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    Dell 40% off laptops back: $1666 XPS 2/WUXGA/go 6800 Ultra, $976 9300/go 6800

    Once you get the system in the shopping cart, it is right underneath the item(s) in the cart.
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    Pentium M vs. Full Blown Pentium -- For gaming laptop

    Dew, thanks so much for posting that. The performance indicated by those tests from the Pentium m is astonishing. On a more level headed declaration, this is truely the best deal ever, knowing this. :)
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    Pentium M vs. Full Blown Pentium -- For gaming laptop

    WTFPWNAGE!!11111111111 Just bought the XPS2 with the 40% off deal (took ALL NIGHT to find a valid code), came out to only be $1850ish, without the code it woulda been $3020 :eek:. THIS IS THE BEST DEAL EVAR OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG /excitement
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    Pentium M vs. Full Blown Pentium -- For gaming laptop

    AMD showed us a couple years ago that GHz isn't all that matters when it comes to the performance in your computer, especially in gaming. What I want to know is does this hold true with Pentium mobile cpus (Centrino) vs. the full blown Pentium HTs? For example, the Dell XPS2 notebooks are a...
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    Newegg = Chiefvalue?

    ttt.....................
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    newegg has a beta website

    Probably did that to make it look like chiefvalue, the company that owns them. http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=869148
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    Newegg = Chiefvalue?

    This discovery was made by a member of supraforums, Eugene. Just thought I'd relay the message if it wasn't already known. http://www.supraforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=2774358#post2774358
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    Tell Me Quick: Which brand of 6800's

    Leadtek
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