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    QOTD: How Big Is Your PC Display?

    26" LCD (TV)
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    QOTD: What Don't You Like About Macs?

    2x Xeon E5520 Nehalem = 419.97 x2 @ keenzo.com 2x Crucial 3x1GB DDR3 1066 RAM = 49.99 x2 @ newegg WD Caviar Black 640GB 7200 RPM Sata2 HD = 89.99 @ newegg GIGABYTE GV-N95TOC 9500GT (GT 120) = 79.99 @ newegg Lite On 20x Superdrive 23.99 @ Newegg Asus Z8NA-D6 (Can't find this anywhere, but can't...
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    Tom's Intl. $750 Cheap Computing Challenge

    The guys were right for going with a dual core CPU. Cheaper, and can reach high speeds on air for more performance per core. This is most important in games, as even newer games like Crysis see negligible performance gains with similarly clocked quads vs dual cores. As for the topic of the...
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    New to the forums and need opinions/suggestions on my first build.

    Really, I would not go with ATI over NVidia right now. The top 5 or 6 cards as far as FPS in Crysis and other high end games are NVidia. Personally, I'd go with the 9800GTX+. In most cases, it's only 4 or 5 fps below the GTX260, and it's a great card for intense games.
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    Asus P5E-VM HDMI resolution problem

    What you have to do is set the res to 1920x1080, then restart the computer. This will allow the tv to adjust to the resolution on boot. If this does not work, switch your tv to a mode other than hdmi, then back. It should auto ajust to the res of the screen.
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    will 8GB of RAM have any speed benefit on 32-bit prog in Vista 64?

    If all it will see is 4 GB of RAM, you can't change that. As was stated earlier, if it uses 4 GB max, and it's getting 4 GB, you're still getting the benefit over 32-bit because it's not competing for the RAM, it gets the whole lot. Besides, unless you're processing a RAW 10 megapixel image...