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#1 freesafety13
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[QUOTE="freesafety13"][QUOTE="harjyotbanwait"]

Which would present less of a bottleneck and let a graphics card use its true potential. I am thinking of 4890 CF or gtx 285 sli in terms of graphics cards. BTW I know amd is better when it comes to price/performance, but which is really better.

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This will depend on your os first. Speaking from experience, Nvidia's drivers for Vista are worthless. I have a 280ocx and my system constantly just freezes, no bsod's or minidumps. Freezes. If I remove the Nvidia drivers and replace it with my old 3870, everything is as right as rain. So with that said, if your going xp, get an i7 and SLI. If your going Vista, go crossfire. Your processor wont matter as much in gaming.

you video card might freeze becouse its unstable with that overclock, you can turn down the oc for it to be stable or increase the voltage (through rivatuner or something) to make it more stable.

That was my original suspicion. So I turned the oc down to match the preclocks of the non-oc version. Same problem. It was a Nvidia driver error. I tried editing the registry, then I read somewhere that Vista sp2 was supposed to have some fixes in regards to Nvidia drivers. But it froze during the update to sp2. After that HIPS was crashing randomly, repairing the registry didnt work. So, I had to reformat, download all the updates, including sp2, and now it hasnt froze once.
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We need some info about your keyboard, brand, usb?, is it a custom build or a factory build? etc
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#3 freesafety13
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[QUOTE="x-2tha-z"][QUOTE="balla4162"]

Don't get the 295. You don't need such a beastly card. Go with a better cpu and motherboard. For 500+ you can get an i7 rig and a decent video card. But if you do end up buying this setup the Q8200 will bottleneck a little bit and sometimes depends on resolution or even sometimes the gpu will bottleneck.

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The max resolution I'll be using is 1920 x 1080. That's the maximum resolution my LCD supports. The most demanding games I'll be playing are both Crysis games, System Shock 2, both Stalker games, Diablo 3 when it's released. Will these bottleneck with the Q8200 at stock and a 295? Q8200 is 2.33GHz I think.

Anyone know if a Q8200 will bottleneck a GTX 295 @ 1920 x 1080?

Yes, yes it will. With a clock speed of 2.33 and a fsb of 1333, your multiplier would have to be 7 at max. A 1333mhz fsb is going to bottleneck a 295 easily. It bottlenecks a 280. The fact of the matter is that if you dont have a cpu and motherboard that can support a 1600mhz fsb, your better off saving your money for something else. By the way a fsb of 1600 is basically a cpu with 9x400mhz, or 3.6ghz, being quad pumped, if its a quad core. If you get a dual core, you will get alot more headroom on your fsb. later.
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Which would present less of a bottleneck and let a graphics card use its true potential. I am thinking of 4890 CF or gtx 285 sli in terms of graphics cards. BTW I know amd is better when it comes to price/performance, but which is really better.

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This will depend on your os first. Speaking from experience, Nvidia's drivers for Vista are worthless. I have a 280ocx and my system constantly just freezes, no bsod's or minidumps. Freezes. If I remove the Nvidia drivers and replace it with my old 3870, everything is as right as rain. So with that said, if your going xp, get an i7 and SLI. If your going Vista, go crossfire. Your processor wont matter as much in gaming.
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[QUOTE="qwerty567"]Hi, currently I'm playing Empire total War on a 2yr old desktop and I am limited to medium settings for land battles and low settings for sea battles. My CPU runs on a 933 socket which is all but obsolete now, so I was wondering if, based off the processor I'm using, its worth upgrading either the video or RAM, (ie are either of those seriously bottlenecking me?) or will I have to wait till I buy a new computer with a better socket to enjoy the new games with full graphics. processor: AMD athlon 64 processor 3700+ 2.2 Ghz RAM: 2.00 GB Video: Nvidia GeForce 7600GT OS: Vista 32 bit Thanks.teddyrob

Best to buy a new computer right now. Don't bother upgrading old rubbish to be honest with you.

I agree with teddyrob, but probably for reasons he or she doesnt understand. Your motherboard probably has a max fsb of 1066 at the best. If you upgrade to a duel core, which is like $70 on Amazon, then upgrade your gpu, you will be exceeding the capabilities of your motherboard and chipset. You would be much better served going either i7 or am2+.
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Why is this even a discussion? XP=directx 9, Vista=directx 10. Seems like a nobrainer to me.
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without a doubt go with the Sennheisers. You wont regret it. The only downside I found was how hot my ears got after a couple of hours of Mass Effect.
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[QUOTE="freesafety13"]I had DSL back in [size=15]2002[/size] with SBC which used to be AT&T but the FCC made it branch off into its own company due to a monopoly but has recently been reacquired by AT&T. I had to sign in to the internet through their browser using a username and password. I couldnt use any other browser but theirs. Which was built by Netscape so it wasnt all that bad. Like I said, its been a long time since I had DSL so things may have changed since then. BTW, I dont see anyone else trying to actually solve the problem. Just a bunch of people pointing out how their own DSL setup. You want some true advice. Dump DSL and get a real broadband through your local cable company. If I have to guess, I think your problem lies with your DNS servers. Also make sure your subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, if its not you have a problem with your ip assignment. Or it could be a problem with a ethernet port on the pc, modem or router. Good Luck.painguy1

When did i ever say i have DSL. I have cable.

I'm sorry, are you the author of this of this topic? Whats that, no, well then nobody said you have DSL. So you now have 2 worthless posts in this topic. Nice job.
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#9 freesafety13
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[QUOTE="freesafety13"][QUOTE="UssjTrunks"]

The only area in which Harris is better is defence,

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Devon Harris good at defense, now thats funny. Devon Harris gets schooled. I would take LeBron James and Mo Williams as a better backcourt than Carter/Harris every single time.

:lol: you really just used that video. Liek you seriously think Harris was gonna play serious defense on a stranger who just wanted to play some hoops. Anyways Lebron James is a SF. Backcourt=PG/SG oh yea and Harris defense is laughable huh? http://www.hoopsstats.com/basketball/fantasy/nba/new-jersey-nets/players/devin-harris/profile/09/18/255

LeBron came in the Association as a SG. He can play 1-4 so how can you strictly make him a SF? Because thats how the press portrays his position? Second, how many other "top" defenders in the Association have a YouTube video of them getting punked. None, you know why, because they wouldnt allow some dude off the street to get away with it. You would think that after some dude in jeans just went between your legs on the first possession that you would pony up and play some D so you dont get embarrassed. No, as a matter of fact Harris goes on to actually lose that game. Stop being a homer and admit he's not a top flight defender. 1 steal a game and 1 block [color=#FF0000][size=15]ALL SEASON[/size][/color] is not top flight defense. This is what a top flight defenders stats look like.
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[QUOTE="freesafety13"]Florida by 2 touchdowns, unless theres alot of rain. If theres bad conditions, and Bama can run the ball consistently, then Bama by 6.BLBxLakers24
Games played in the dome in Atlanta

Then that makes me a dumb ass.