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I recently built a new system and I was planning to use my old HD5870 graphics card with the new system to conserve money. Upon further thought, I saw great deal on the HIS iceQ X Turbo hd6850's at only $139.95 a piece, so I bought 2 of them to run them in crossfire. After I was messing around...

So I've just installed a new SSD with Windows 8 and want to redirect My Documents, My Music, Downloads, etc. to a secondary hard disk. The simple solution, right click the directory, properties, location works alright but there is a problem. Some applications are either hard coded to...

I want to run some disk management tools to see if my hard drive will work better, and also to see if some periodic crashing, freezing, and slowness will improve for the better. The drive is 70.5 GB with 17 GB free (53.5 used). The OS is win XP. Is this sequence good? Spin Rite (grc.com)...

Since installing the GTX 680 (replacing AMD Radeon 6850) I've had significant problems with massive mouse stutter and lag on the 3 monitor spread (impossible to play COD Modern Warfare 3) - the frame rate dropping from 60 down to zero every time I touch the mouse or the keyboard. Works...

Hi and good day all. :) Right after I updated my graphics drivers from Catalyst 11.11 to 12.2, I noticed this once I enabled 'hidden devices', in device manager. As you can see, the new drivers are still using the previous version, 4.01, instead of 4.1. Sure, a registry cleaner will or...

I am looking for a graphics card and I was offered a 580 for around 200 or less but anyone I ask or any posts I see people asking about these cards they are told to stay away from them. Is this because the are usually cost a lot or are they not a very good card. I have about 200 euro to buy a...

Ok everyone will think I am crazy but here it goes. My current system is as follows: CPU - I5 2500k OC @ 4.0 RAM - 8 GB Mushkin Blackline 1600 PSU - Corsair TX750 GPU- Gigabyte 6950 2 GB refernce flashed ad OC'ed to 6970 specs MOBO - ASRock Extreme 3 Z68 Case - HAF 922 (plenty of air movement)...

Hello, I have searched this forum but have not found any answers that relate to my question. At the end of this year I will have enough money for either a second 560ti to join my first one in a sli setup or should I sell my 560ti and buy a 670? Or should I wait overall and possibly get a gtx 7xx...

Hello, I'm still something of a newb when it comes to RAID setups, and I'm working on some certs and taking some classes in IT and Network Administration. I'm wanting to setup a hardware RAID just for the experience. I have a 120gb IDE drive that I'm thinking about using primarily for OS...

Hello, can any one give me list of low profile graphic card for...mainly gaming.i have a slim cpu cabinet so i need a card (1gb) that is around 2.30 INCHES in Height...or close to that.plz if any1 can help. :)

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.packardbell (More info?) I responded to a post A gentlemen had a PB with a defective goldstar CDROM I spent about 32 Emails with him helping him It was my suspicion that the CDROM was bad I made him a diagnostic boot disk It confirmed my hunch He still...

Hello all, I am preparing for the CompTIA A+ exam and this was a question. Supposedly (according to a random website I stumbled upon) the answer is this. I am very new to computer hardware. Assuming that answer is correct, why is this the answer and how could I have reasoned it out on my...

hello i've got problem with my HDD. I found badsector almost 4% on my hdd WDC green, i used hdd regenerator for recovery bad sector but it takes too long (24 hours more). is there someway to recover bad sector more faster than hdd regenerator? anyone know about WDC green warranty about bad...

I just built a custom computer with a Radeon 6670 HD graphics card. I can't get my comp to display anything when I have the dvi cable going from the router to the graphics card. I can only get a display when I go from VGA to the motherboard VGA. How can I get it to work?

Hello, I need to find a graphic card for an Hp p7-1254 computer, and suggested power supply. I would spend apprx. $200 or less for the card. It currently has an integrated card with an express pci slot and I dont think it has an hdmi slot. I was thinking either a 6770 or 6870 card, but am...

would like to upgrade my graffic card for my HP Pavilion it has a 8500 GT PCI EX. WHAT CAN I UPGRADE TOO?

Hi, I just got the notification that Catalyst has updated to 12.4 . I downloaded the installer, uninstalled 12.1 , and installed 12.4 . But when ever Trixx loads or i bring up Catalyst Control Center it says i still have 12.1. Is this a known issue with this version? EDIT: I have the Radeon...